Big 12 Fines UCF $100,000 Over Fan Chants Aimed at BYU
IRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league said the money will go to student education programs. In
Saquon Barkley Sold Polymarket Stake Under NFL Rules
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments are off limits, and that prediction markets now fall on
Key Dates Ahead
NEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became free agents at 9 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, and trades
Ernie Johnson to Step Away From Inside the NBA
ATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his alone. He said he had long promised himself he would
NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship Brought Arizona $71.5M
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5 games and counted only new money that came into Arizona
Garrett Wilson Says He Wants to Stay With the Jets
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets receiver Garrett Wilson said Wednesday that he wants to remain with the team, even as a 2-5 start and a shrinking role in the offense have left him openly frustrated. Wilson said he loves playing in New York but admitted that winning matters more to him than any
MLB Free Agency Opens With 144 Players on the Market
NEW YORK — Baseball’s offseason market formally opened Thursday when the Major League Baseball Players Association declared 144 players free agents at the close of the 2026 season. The list is only a starting point. More names will join it once teams settle club and player options written into individual contracts, so the pool should
NCAA Signs on to Program Aimed at Online Abusers
INDIANAPOLIS — College athletes who get threatened online by angry bettors have a new line of defense after the NCAA said Thursday it has signed on to the Bad Actor Program, an effort to track down abusers and cut off their access to sportsbooks. According to the association, no other sports governing body had publicly
Packers Beat Panthers 27-19 as Christian Watson Returns
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jordan Love threw three touchdown passes and piled up 288 yards on Thursday night as the Packers opened Week 8 of the NFL season with a 27-19 home win over Carolina. The bigger story of the night was receiver Christian Watson. He was hurt on a 53-yard catch early in the
Cameron Boozer Triple-Double Keeps Grizzlies Unbeaten
PORTLAND, Ore. — Memphis rookie Cameron Boozer needed just five games to put his name in the NBA record book. The 19-year-old forward had 18 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists Thursday night as the Grizzlies routed the Portland Trail Blazers 124-103 and stayed perfect at 5-0. It was the first triple-double of his pro