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Report: PIF’s LIV Golf investment nearing $5B as losses mount
The Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund is nearing $5 billion in total investment in LIV Golf, according to financial documents reviewed by the Money in Sport newsletter on Thursday.,Saudi Arabia has invested in global sports, most notably men's golf but also soccer, tennis and auto racing, with cri...

Report: Ohio State to tap Matt Patricia as defensive coordinator
Ohio State is turning to former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia to be its next defensive coordinator, ESPN reported on Wednesday.,Patricia would replace Jim Knowles, who helped the Buckeyes to the national title this past season. Knowles, a Pennsylvania native, left Ohio State to assume the s...

Report: Bills part ways with special teams coordinator
The Buffalo Bills fired special teams coordinator Matthew Smiley, NFL Network reported on Sunday.,Smiley, 46, had been with the Bills since 2017, spanning the entirety of Sean McDermott's head coaching tenure with the team.,Smiley started off as an assistant special teams coordinator, He held that r...

Dash D Tarciane heads to France on record transfer fee
The Houston Dash completed the transfer of Brazilian defender Tarciane to French side Olympique Lyonnais Feminin for a team-record fee, the Dash announced Sunday.,Per the team, the undisclosed transfer fee is "among the highest in NWSL history.","First, we want to wish Tarciane the best as she begin...

Reports: Price tag reaches $8M for Super Bowl LIX commercials
Fox Corp. has sold at least 10 commercials for Super Bowl LIX for $8 million apiece, multiple outlets reported Wednesday.,The price tag is said to be about $500,000 higher than last year, far exceeding the typical year-over-year increase of $100,000.,Fox announced in November that it had already sol...

Sergio Garcia completes LIV roster with fellow Spaniard Luis Masaveu
Sergio Garcia completed his 2025 LIV Golf roster with the addition of fellow Spaniard Luis Masaveu to Fireballs GC.,The 22-year-old Madrid native will also join Spain's David Puig and Mexico's Abraham Ancer.,Masaveu reached the semifinals of the 2024 U.S. Amateur and won the Low-Am trophy twice at t...

Ravens QB Lamar Jackson leads NFL All-Pro team selections
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson received 30 first-place votes to lead the 2024 NFL All-Pro Team, the Associated Press announced Friday.,Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen trailed Jackson with 18 first-place votes, with Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow nabbing two, as chosen by a nationa...

Masters champ Trevor Immelman to take over as OWGR chair
Trevor Immelman, the 2008 Masters champion and current golf broadcast analyst, will take over as chair of the Official World Golf Ranking on April 10, its board announced Tuesday.,The OWGR said in a news release that the South African will continue in his role as lead golf analyst at CBS, where he's...

UCLA makes big jump as top 13 remain unchanged
The top 13 teams remained unchanged while UCLA made a big jump and Gonzaga and Ole Miss took major tumbles in the latest Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll, released Monday.,With 41 first-place votes, Tennessee (12-0) stayed on top thanks to an 82-64 win over Middle Tennessee, whi...

Unbeaten UCLA remains atop women's Top 25 poll
For the sixth consecutive week, unbeaten UCLA holds the No. 1 spot in the latest women's Associated Press Top 25 poll, released Monday.,The Bruins (13-0) captured 30 of the 32 first-place votes, with No. 2 South Carolina (12-1) and No. 3 Notre Dame (11-2) each earning one vote.,The Top 10 remained u...

Tennessee, Auburn remain 1-2 in Top 25 poll
Tennessee, Auburn and Iowa State retained the first three spots in the latest Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll, released Monday.,The Volunteers (11-0) grabbed 41 first-place votes and Auburn (11-1) the other 21. The two teams are set to begin Southeastern Conference play on Jan....

Notre Dame climbs to No. 3 in women's hoops poll
Notre Dame rose five spots to No. 3 as UCLA remained the top-ranked team in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll released Monday.,The Fighting Irish notched a 79-68 home win Thursday over previous No. 2 UConn, which dropped two spots to No. 4. Notre Dame (9-2) has victories ov...

NBA: Officials made correct calls in Warriors-Rockets game
Coach Steve Kerr's blistering criticism of a foul call that went against his Golden State Warriors in the final 11 seconds of their loss to the host Houston Rockets was unwarranted, the NBA announced on Thursday night.,The play in question was a scramble for a loose ball after the Warriors' Stephen ...

Brewers bring in RHP Deivi Garcia
The Milwaukee Brewers officially signed free agent right-hander Deivi Garcia to a minor league contract on Tuesday and invited him to spring training.,The team reportedly came to terms with Garcia in November.,Garcia, 25, went 1-2 with a 7.07 ERA, 11 walks and 15 strikeouts in 14 innings over 14 rel...

Oregon, Georgia sit atop final Top 25 poll before CFP announcement
Oregon and Georgia, which won their conference championships on Saturday, finished 1-2 in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll of the regular season.,The poll was released just hours before the College Football Playoff selection committee was set to announce the field of 12 teams that will meet in...

TCU, Duke crack top 10 in women's hoops poll
Duke and TCU made major jumps into the top 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 women's college basketball poll released Monday.,The Blue Devils (8-1) climbed five places to No. 8 after knocking off Kansas State and Oklahoma to win the Ball Dawgs Classic. The Horned Frogs (8-0) soared nine spots after ...

Ohio State, Miami, Clemson tumble in AP Top 25 after losses
Upset losses by Ohio State, Miami and Clemson sent those teams plummeting in the latest Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, released Sunday, as Oregon again was a unanimous No. 1.,This is the seventh consecutive week atop the poll for the Ducks (12-0).,Ohio State (10-2), which lost to Mic...

Sergio Garcia reapplies for DP World Tour membership
Sergio Garcia has reapplied for membership to the DP World Tour with an eye on being eligible for next year's European Ryder Cup team.,Garcia, 44, resigned from the European tour last year after racking up what is reportedly more than $1 million in fines after joining LIV Golf in 2022. After reporte...

Oregon still No. 1, but top teams shuffled in AP Top 25 poll
The top four teams in the Associated Press Top 25 held their spots in the latest poll, released Sunday, and were joined by three new teams.,Oregon (8-0) received 61 of the 62 first-place votes to remain at No. 1, followed by Georgia (6-1), which received the other vote. They were followed by Penn St...

Chiefs welcome WR DeAndre Hopkins, target Sunday debut
Three-time All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is in a rush to get acclimated to the Kansas City Chiefs.,Hopkins' acquisition from the Tennessee Titans became official Thursday with the Chiefs parting with a conditional fifth-round draft pick to land the 32-year-old. NFL Network reported the compe...