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FCS playoffs offered plan to go private
A proposal to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) commissioners could eventually turn over management of the NCAA's Division 1 FCS playoffs to a private equity firm, Front Office Sports learned on Thursday.,Sequence Equity, a private equity firm, recently presented a plan to transfer the man...
Drive the first green? Ryder Cup layout prompts aggressive strategies
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- The video made the rounds Tuesday for everyone who hadn't yet arrived at Bethpage Black: Justin Thomas and Bryson DeChambeau at the first tee, ignoring the fairway and bombing away toward the green.,Imagine that being the first shot of the Ryder Cup, in front of a grandstand pac...
Fan favorite Bryson DeChambeau ready to fire up Ryder Cup crowds
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. -- It's a new world for Bryson DeChambeau since his last Ryder Cup appearance four years ago.,At Whistling Straits in 2021, he was best known for one U.S. Open victory and his feud with Brooks Koepka. He had his fans and detractors in the classic golf sphere; his YouTube channel ha...
NASCAR discussing playoff format change for future years
The NASCAR Cup Series playoff committee has concluded its meetings to discuss the championship format, but any changes won't be announced until after the current season concludes on Nov. 2 in Phoenix.,A potential new format would come in the form of an announcement from NASCAR's board of directors.,...
Dodgers’ $350M Payroll Faces Test: Will LA’s Rotation Dominate October?
The Los Angeles Dodgers boast a $350M payroll and a dominant September rotation, but can their postseason plan turn regular-season tuning into a World Series title?...
No. 25 BYU takes on 'different' Colorado squad in its Big 12 opener
When No. 25 BYU travels to Colorado on Saturday night, it will count as a Big 12 Conference game.,The teams squared off last December in a rare intra-conference bowl game. The Cougars picked up a 36-14 win in an Alamo Bowl that served as a de facto tiebreaker in the Big 12 standings. In the mega-con...
Patrick Cantlay, other U.S. players plan to donate new stipends
Patrick Cantlay stuck to his story when the topic of Ryder Cup headgear arose on Tuesday.,Multiple outlets reported in 2023 that Cantlay chose not to wear his team-issued hat at the Ryder Cup in Rome as a form of protest for not being compensated to play. He was wearing a United States hat at his pr...
New dad Xander Schauffele taking baby steps to Ryder Cup prep
Xander Schauffele had a very good reason why he didn't join his teammates for a Ryder Cup tune-up earlier this month.,Schauffele and wife Maya had their first child in late August, and the two-time major champion only peeled himself away from home a few weeks ago to set out and begin his preparation...
Scottie Scheffler prepared, unbothered by expectations at Ryder Cup
The United States has the No. 1 player in the world on its side at the Ryder Cup, but Scottie Scheffler would rather view himself as another member of the team.,The ever-humble Scheffler brushed off a comparison to Tiger Woods and any thoughts of the external expectations on his shoulders as the U.S...
Wofford names Kevin Giltner new coach six weeks before season
Kevin Giltner was named head coach at Wofford on Monday, following the controversial departure of coach Dwight Perry earlier this month.,Giltner played at Wofford from 2008-12 and worked on the Terriers' coaching staff from 2013-19. He followed coach Mike Young from Spartanburg, S.C., to Blacksburg,...
Reds on cusp of playoffs, set for series with Pirates
The playoff-hungry Cincinnati Reds are playing their best baseball at the right time, and they hope that continues Tuesday night against the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates as the two teams open a three-game set.,It marks the final three home games for the Reds (80-76), who have won five straight and ha...
Brewers RHP Brandon Woodruff hits IL with lat strain ahead of playoffs
The Milwaukee Brewers placed right-hander Brandon Woodruff on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a strained lat muscle, casting doubt on his availability for the postseason.,The move was retroactive to Thursday.,The 32-year-old felt discomfort on the 13th pitch of a bullpen session in St. Louis on ...
SEC: Refs missed 'unfair tactic' on Oklahoma TD in win over Auburn
The Southeastern Conference criticized one of its officiating crews for missing a "hideout tactic" used on a touchdown pass by No. 11 Oklahoma in its 24-17 victory over No. 22 Auburn on Saturday afternoon in Norman, Okla.,The Sooners should have been assessed a 15-yard penalty for team unsportsmanli...
Caitlin Clark says she was fined $200 for social-media ref criticism
Sidelined Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark says she was fined by the WNBA for a comment she made on Instagram criticizing league referees.,"Got fined $200 for this," Clark posted on her Twitter account Saturday with multiple cry-laughing emojis. The caption accompanied a screengrab of a "refs couldn...
QB Kaidon Salter's big game lifts Colorado past Wyoming
Kaidon Salter threw for 304 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night and Colorado's offense got going after a slow start to subdue visiting Wyoming 37-20 in Boulder.,Salter, a Liberty transfer who started the season's first two games but didn't play last week in a defeat at Houston, completed 18 of...
Cal Raleigh passes Ken Griffey Jr. with 57th home run
Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hit a solo home run in the third inning of the Mariners' game against the Astros in Houston Saturday evening, passing Ken Griffey Jr. for the Mariners' record for home runs in a season with his 57th.,Griffey hit 56 homers for Seattle in both 1997 and 1998.,With one out in...
Virginia Tech pounds Wofford in first game since firing coach
Kyron Drones threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Virginia Tech drubbed visiting Wofford 38-6 on Saturday at Blacksburg, Va., in its first game since firing head coach Brent Pry.,Ayden Greene and Devin Alves each caught a touchdown. Marcellous Hawkins led Virginia Tech on the ground wit...
Lawyer: Six Wofford players reinstated amid improper benefits ordeal
A lawyer representing six Wofford men's basketball players who faced suspension said Friday that they have been reinstated.,It is the latest twist in a strange scandal that began last week with Wofford firing head coach Dwight Perry and associate head coach Tysor Anderson.,After The Field of 68 repo...
Joe Gibbs Racing rides major momentum into New Hampshire
As the window for the Round of 12 opens for business on Sunday, the NASCAR Cup Series' playoffs certainly have a different look and an important question after three races.,For starters, can any team stop Joe Gibbs Racing right now?,JGR swept the first trio of the 10-race postseason and will look to...
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden wins historic double at worlds
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden made history at the 2025 World Athletics Championships at Tokyo on Friday, becoming the first American woman to win both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the event.,Jefferson-Wooden, 24, won the 200 on Friday in 21.68 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year. Her win...