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Fox Sports 1’s Undisputed will undergo a significant change in the near future. 
Co-host Shannon Sharpe is set to leave the program after reaching a buyout agreement with Fox Sports, according to Ryan Glasspiegel of the New York Post.
Sharpe reportedly will remain on the air with co-host Skip Bayless through the NBA Finals. His final appearance on the show is expected to come shortly after that, although no date has been specified.
In addition to his work on Undisputed, Sharpe’s podcast, Club Shay Shay, is also leaving the network, per the Post.

“Undisputed” co-host Shannon Sharpe will be leaving the successful FS1 morning program by the end of June. Sharpe has reportedly reached a buyout agreement with the network.
The bombshell was confirmed Wednesday by New York Post’s Ryan Glasspiegel, adding that Sharpe is expected to remain on the morning show until after the NBA Finals (June 1-18).
Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast will also be departing the network, according to the report.

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With the Athletics inching closer and closer to a move from Oakland to Las Vegas after a deal was finalized earlier this month for $1.5 billion stadium to be built on the Las Vegas Strip, club owner John Fisher is considering an interesting schedule tweak.
When the Athletics officially move, Fisher reportedly is considering start times of 4 p.m. for home games. The thinking behind the possible move is to allow tourists to come to the game before they head elsewhere on the Strip for evening entertainment, per Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times.

Lionel Messi, the soccer world’s biggest star, could be heading to play in the United States sooner rather than later.
Messi started and played the vast majority of his career at FC Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga. But a few years ago moved to Paris Saint-Germain and France’s Ligue 1.
His time at PSG though has been rocky, to say the least.
In early May, news broke that Messi had been suspended by his club for an unauthorized visit to Saudi Arabia.
While he’s since returned to the team, the visit sparked rumors of a massive offer to move to the Middle East.

The Panthers are slated to face the Golden Knights in the Stanley Cup Final following their improbable playoff run. 
Ahead of the franchise’s first Stanley Cup Final appearance since 1996, the team unveiled its jerseys, which include a commemorative patch.
Although the team was excited to reveal the new threads, the reaction from fans likely wasn’t what they expected.

Some things are simply inevitable. Sevilla do not lose Europa League finals, not even against José Mourinho at his most cussed. Since 2006, Sevilla has been in seven Europa League finals and won them all, contributing to the astonishing record of Spanish teams in European finals as a whole: 18 now in a row against non-Spanish opposition without defeat after Sevilla edged out Mourinho and Roma in penalties Wednesday. Mourinho, of course, refused to take responsibility, blaming the referee, Anthony Taylor.

Cincinnati baseball coach Scott Goggins has resigned after six seasons in the position, the school announced Wednesday. His decision comes as the program is under investigation by the NCAA into possible violations stemming from a gambling scandal involving the Bearcats and the Alabama baseball program.
At the center of the investigation is Bert Eugene Neff Jr., an Indiana resident who drew attention from an Ohio sportsbook after placing suspicious wagers on an Alabama-LSU baseball game on April 28.

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Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chandlee has not shied away from making his thoughts known on Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour.
Golf Channel analyst Brandel Chamblee has not been one to pull his punches when discussing the topic of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Tour. On Wednesday, he took to Twitter again, this time using some very bold language.
He cited and included a story from Politico detailing part of LIV and it’s Saudi ties.

There’s plenty of buzz surrounding the Colorado football program and new coach Deion Sanders.
Since taking over the head coaching position, Sanders has made the Buffaloes one of the most discussed teams in the nation. And it seems TV networks have taken notice, too.
In 2023, Colorado is set to have three nationally televised games in its first three weeks of the season for the first time since the 1990 campaign when the program won its lone national championship.

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Georgia fifth-year senior Jenny Bae is the 2023 Julie Inkster Award winner after putting together quite the final year of college golf.
Jenny Bae is a fifth-year senior at the University of Georgia who finished her collegiate career this spring by winning the 2023 Juli Inkster Award presented by Workday. The announcement came onsite from Workday at the Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio.
Named after Inkster, who won 17 individual titles, this award is given to the highest-ranked D1 women’s collegiate golfer in her final year of eligibility.