Mark Puleo

The will remain under the ownership of the Lerner family after all, as managing principal owner Mark Lerner said Monday the family will continue to run the team. News of the Lerner family’s decision was first reported by the Washington Post. “We have determined, our family has determined, that we are not going to sell the team,” Lerner told the outlet. He added that the family made its decision “a while ago.” A family spokesperson confirmed those quotes to MLB.com. The family had sought to sell…

, who played basketball at Nebraska from 2020 to 2022, accused former Nebraska associate head coach Chuck Love of using his position and influence to groom her into a sexual relationship, according to a civil lawsuit filed Sunday. The lawsuit lists Love, head coach Amy Williams, athletic director Trev Alberts and the Nebraska school of regents as defendants. Scoggin is seeking unspecified damages for the alleged violation of her civil rights. “The University was made aware of the lawsuit this mo…

Eight total players from Texas A&M-Commerce and basketball teams were suspended by the Southland Conference on Wednesday, two days after the teams got in a prolonged brawl during the postgame handshake line. Players from both teams threw punches after Texas A&M-Commerce’s 76-72 overtime win. Four players (three from Texas A&M-Commerce, one from Incarnate Word) received three-game suspensions for their roles in the fight, while three Incarnate Word received three-game suspensions and one from Te…

Just over two months after , the Professional Women’s Hockey League () and Upper Deck announced the league’s first exclusive multiyear trading card agreement Thursday. Upper Deck celebrated the new exclusive license by releasing a fully accessible, free digital trading card set for fans. The digital pack features some of the league’s biggest stars, such as Ottawa’s Emily Clark and Savannah Harmon, Minnesota’s Kendall Coyne Schofield, Boston’s Hilary Knight, Montreal’s Marie-Philip Poulin, Toront…

UFC legend Mark Coleman is hospitalized Wednesday after saving his parents from a house fire in Fremont, Ohio, on Tuesday, his family announced. The former fighter carried both his father and mother out of the house, before going back in in an attempt to save the family dog. According to fellow Hall of Famer and heavyweight competitor Dan Severn, that’s just the type of man Coleman is. “Did it surprise me that he ran into a building on fire? No,” Severn told The Athletic about his friend and riv…

Sixteen athletes have filed a lawsuit against the NCAA alleging the organization’s transgender participation policy “serially violated Title IX in 2022” when it allowed Lia Thomas, a transgender swimmer who was a member of the University of Pennsylvania’s women’s swim team, to compete in the NCAA swimming championships. The class-action lawsuit cites Thomas’ participation in that championship, as well as her access to women’s locker rooms during the event, as “a continuing pattern and practice o…

coach demanded an apology from CBS Radio after JR Jackson, known as JR Sport Brief, called South Carolina center “the giant Brazillian woman that knocks people over” in an ad read on the “CBS Sports Minute” on Thursday. “I’m more excited for the women’s tournament,” he said during an Audacy sports minute commentary segment. “I’m ready for , and the giant Brazilian woman that knocks people over.” Advertisement Staley responded by saying she “never thought I’d hear one of my players described i…

With NC State taking yet another step in its glass Cinderella slipper Sunday night, the 2024 men’s NCAA Tournament is officially whittled down to four teams. The Final Four will take place on Saturday, April 6. NC State will face in the first game of the day, with tipoff scheduled for 6:09 p.m. ET. While the No. 11-seeded Wolfpack have become a national darling throughout their tournament run, the No. 1-seed Boilermakers have lived up to their top-seeded billing with multiple tough wins over el…

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) approved a transgender participation policy Monday that will only allow athletes to participate in NAIA-sponsored women’s sports if their biological sex assigned at birth is female and they have not begun hormone therapy. The policy will also allow all athletes to participate in male sports. Advertisement “We are unwavering in our support of fair competition for our student-athletes,” NAIA President and CEO Jim Carr said in a news rele…

From at No. 10 to at No. 253 — taken by former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s — the Wolverines had 13 former players selected in the NFL Draft this week, leading all college programs in the country. Here’s a breakdown of when and where each former Wolverine wound up: No. 10 J.J. McCarthy, No. 49 , No. 50 , No. 69 , Los Angeles Chargers No. 83 , No. 84 , No. 85 , No. 121 , No. 172 , No. 240 , No. 249 , No. 252 , No. 253 Cornelius Johnson, Los Angeles Chargers The program had 18 players invited…