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Big 12 athletic directors took part in a conference call Tuesday with Commissioner Brett Yormark to address the situation around Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby and the court ruling that restored his NCAA eligibility for the upcoming season. The temporary injunction issued Monday by a Texas district court prevents the NCAA from enforcing its ban of Sorsby. The transfer QB had been ruled ineligible for what will be his final college season after he acknowledged years of gambling that included at least 40 bets on his own team while a freshman at Indiana. Since NCAA rules call for a permanent loss of eligibility for any player who wagered on his own team, the judge's decision sent shockwaves through college sports, including in Texas Tech's own league. Yormark said there was a "thoughtful and productive conversations" with the athletic directors as "we continue to work through the broader implications of this situation." In a statement without getting into specifics, the commissioner said many of the ADs voiced their opinions. "We will continue to have open and honest dialogue amongst the group, and until there is something to report, these conversations will remain within the conference," he said. Next will be a meeting of the league's executive board, when there is expected to be a discussion to present options, but no immediate action is expected then. The full board of directors, made up of presidents and chancellors from the league's 16 members, is expected to meet next week. Part of the injunction from the 99th District Court against the NCAA includes a two-game suspension for Sorsby. He would miss games against Abilene Christian and Oregon State, but eligible to return when the Red Raiders play their Big 12 opener at home Sept. 18 against Houston. The NCAA is appealing to a higher Texas court. Sorsby made thousands of impermissible bets on college and pro sports that were worth at least $90,000 while at Indiana, Cincinnati and Texas Tech. Those bets include the ones he made while a freshman with the Hoosiers in 2022, though none were on games in which he played that season. "I think thats the unpardonable sin," Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said Tuesday. "And I think everyone in America grew up knowing that was the unpardonable sin when it comes to sports and gambling." Reporting by the Associated Press.

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Long-time Browns offensive lineman Joel Bitonio announced his retirement on Tuesday, after 12 NFL seasons all in Cleveland. And, as Bitonio recounted some of the things he learned from various veterans over the years, he mentioned one specific teammate who got to town when Bitonio did."I was drafted the same year as Johnny Manziel," Bitonio said. "And we actually roomed together. I learned some things not to do from him."It's funny now. It wasn't at the time. The Browns ultimately wasted a first-round pick on a player who never took his job seriously. He was released after only two seasons, with eight starts and a 2-6 record.Bitonio, a second-round pick in 2014, made it a decade longer. He appeared in and started 178 regular-season games, with seven Pro Bowls, three years as a second-team All-Pro, and two as a first-earn All-Pro.

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Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen did not dress, meaning Brandon Bussi gets the start against the Vegas Golden Knights for Tuesday's Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.Bussi, who has never started against the Golden Knights, led the team onto the ice for pregame warmups, and backup Pyotr Kochetkov also was in uniform.The Golden Knights lead the series 2-1.No reason was given for why Andersen did not dress.Andersen could have been hurt when Golden Knights forward Ivan Barbashev skated into the goaltender in the second period of Saturday's 5-4 double-overtime victory by Vegas. Barbashev made contact with Andersen's head and neck areas. The puck went into the net, but the goal was successfully challenged by the Hurricanes for interference.Even so, Andersen stayed in for the remaining 16:06 of the period, so there was no indication at the time he was injured.Trailing 4-0 after two periods, Hurricanes coach Rod BrindAmour replaced Andersen with Bussi, who saved the first 18 shots he faced as the Hurricanes mounted a furious rally. Bussi failed to save the 19th shot when Vegas' Shea Theodore knocked the puck off the boards and it bounced off Bussi's skate for a Golden Knights victory.Should the Golden Knights win and take a 3-1 series lead, they will be in an almost unbeatable position. Teams with such an advantage in the final are 38-1, the one defeat occurring 84 years ago when Detroit lost a 3-0 lead and fell to Toronto.A Hurricanes victory would not only even the best-of-seven series, but regain home-ice advantage with potentially two of the three remaining games in Carolina.Good luck trying to predict where this series will go. What was largely expected to be a high-checking, low-scoring championship round has been wide open at times, with each team capitalizing on the other's mistakes. The teams have combined to score 25 goals, the highest total through three games in the final since the New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars had 30 in 1981.There have been blown leads of at least two goals in each game. Vegas rallied from such a deficit in Game 1 and Carolina did it in Game 2.Then came the real doozy in Game 3 when the Golden Knights led 4-0 well into the third period before the Hurricanes scored three goals in a record 39 seconds and eventually forced overtime before Theodore's winning goal.___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/stanley-cup and https://apnews.com/hub/nhl

Carolina Hurricanes goalie Frederik Andersen did not dress, meaning Brandon Bussi gets the start against the Vegas Golden Knights for Tuesday's Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.Bussi, who has never started against the Golden Knights, led the team onto the ice for pregame warmups, and backup Pyotr Kochetkov also was in uniform.The Golden Knights lead the series 2-1.No reason was given for why Andersen did not dress.Andersen could have been hurt when Golden Knights forward Ivan Barbashev skated into the goaltender in the second period of Saturday's 5-4 double-overtime victory by Vegas. Barbashev made contact with Andersen's head and neck areas. The puck went into the net, but the goal was successfully challenged by the Hurricanes for interference.Even so, Andersen stayed in for the remaining 16:06 of the period, so there was no indication at the time he was injured.Trailing 4-0 after two periods, Hurricanes coach Rod BrindAmour replaced Andersen with Bussi, who saved the first 18 shots he faced as the Hurricanes mounted a furious rally. Bussi failed to save the 19th shot when Vegas' Shea Theodore knocked the puck off the boards and it bounced off Bussi's skate for a Golden Knights victory.Should the Golden Knights win and take a 3-1 series lead, they will be in an almost unbeatable position. Teams with such an advantage in the final are 38-1, the one defeat occurring 84 years ago when Detroit lost a 3-0 lead and fell to Toronto.A Hurricanes victory would not only even the best-of-seven series, but regain home-ice advantage with potentially two of the three remaining games in Carolina.Good luck trying to predict where this series will go. What was largely expected to be a high-checking, low-scoring championship round has been wide open at times, with each team capitalizing on the other's mistakes. The teams have combined to score 25 goals, the highest total through three games in the final since the New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars had 30 in 1981.There have been blown leads of at least two goals in each game. Vegas rallied from such a deficit in Game 1 and Carolina did it in Game 2.Then came the real doozy in Game 3 when the Golden Knights led 4-0 well into the third period before the Hurricanes scored three goals in a record 39 seconds and eventually forced overtime before Theodore's winning goal.___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/stanley-cup and https://apnews.com/hub/nhl