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On the same day that reports emerged about the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission launching an investigation into the University of Iowa baseball team, the Iowa State athletics department released a statement saying that it has been made aware of allegations against members of the school’s football, wrestling and track and field teams over online sports wagers that are in violation of NCAA rules.

On Monday, NBC Sports writer Peter King reported that the NFL schedule announcement might be delayed. However, the league quickly squashed that rumor by sending out an announcement.
It announced that it’s going to announce the schedule as scheduled. There will be a schedule announcement show and everything.

Yes, this is the announcement to the announcement.
2023 NFL Schedule Release — Thursday May 11, 8pm ET on @NFLNetwork! pic.twitter.com/UutPiu0kfy
— NFL (@NFL) May 8, 2023

The league also changed its Twitter header photo and bio to reflect the schedule announcement.

The Royals are placing pitcher Ryan Yarbrough on the injured list with head fractures after he was struck by a line drive Sunday afternoon, the team announced Monday afternoon.
In the sixth inning of Kansas City’s 5–1 win over the Athletics at Kauffman Stadium, Oakland first baseman Ryan Noda’s comebacker hit Yarbrough flush in the face. The sixth-year pitcher immediately dropped to the ground and was escorted off the field by trainers while covering his face.
Yarbrough, 31, is 1–4 with a 6.15 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 26.

The NBA reached a decision Monday regarding discipline for Nuggets star Nikola Jokić following his sideline brush with Suns owner Mat Ishbia during Phoenix’s 129–124 Game 4 win over Denver on Sunday.
Jokic, 28, received a fine of $25,000 from the league and will avoid a suspension for Sunday’s incident. The possibility of Jokic missing Game 5 was a widely discussed topic in the aftermath of Game 4, though ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported Monday morning it was “unlikely” the NBA would suspend the two-time MVP center.

West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins made anti-LGBTQ comments directed at Xavier basketball fans during a recent radio appearance.
Via an audio clip from Awful Announcing, Huggins used an anti-LGBTQ slur when referring to Musketeers fans during a sitdown on the Bill Cunningham Show on 700 WLW, prompting laughter from the show’s hosts. 
“I tell you what, any school that can throw rubber penises on the floor and then say they didn’t do it. By God, they can get away with anything,” Huggins said.

Nikola Jokić’s encounter with new Suns owner Mat Ishbia was the viral moment of Phoenix’s Game 4 win, as Ishbia appeared to flop as Jokić tried to get the ball from him during a dead ball period. The Nuggets star received a technical for the incident, even though he didn’t seem to strike Ishbia.
On Monday, ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith addressed the situation on his podcast, and he commended Ishbia for his acting job.
“Mat Ishbia, bravo man, bravo,” Smith said. “That was a flop that Vlade Divac couldn’t have pulled off.

BATON ROUGE, La. – Sooner or later, LSU’s average pitching was going to catch up with its elite offense.
It happened over the weekend in Auburn, Alabama, to the Tigers, who had been No. 1 in virtually every poll since before the season.
LSU’s pitching collapsed for an 8-6 loss at Auburn on Saturday. Then disaster struck Sunday with a 12-2 loss in the series finale as four pitchers allowed eight hits and eight walks. That included four free passes by starter Christian Little, who did not record an out in the first inning.

Bob Huggins is in hot water after using a homosexual slur during a radio appearance on Monday afternoon. The 69-year-old college Basketball Hall of Famer not only used the word once, but doubled back and said it again moments thereafter.
Huggins, currently the head coach at West Virginia, coached at Cincinnati for 16 seasons from 1989-2005. He spoke to the Bearcats’ rivalry with Xavier on Monday during an appearance on Bill Cunningham’s radio show, which airs on 700WLW as part of the iHeartRadio Network. Things quickly got out of hand.

The Houston Texans seemed poised to draft either Bryce Young or CJ Stroud for most of the NFL Draft season. Whoever the Carolina Panthers did not select appeared to be the clear favorite to go to Houston.
But as the draft drew near, and the Panthers honed-in on Bryce Young, speculation ran rampant that the Texans did not want to pick Stroud.
OutKick previously reported that a source said Houston’s visit with Stroud was “terrible.” That’s why, in the days leading up to the NFL Draft, oddsmakers had Stroud as a heavy underdog to go second.

Alvarez seemed a tick or two worse Saturday than he was and given the talent in our Top 10, that causes him to drop.