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Oklahoma and Texas now can officially leave the Big 12 and join the SEC on July 1, 2024.
The Sooners’ planned exit from the Big 12 was approved by the University of Oklahoma board of regents on Friday. Oklahoma’s approval came after the University of Texas board of regents signed all obligatory measures to allow the Longhorns entry to the SEC earlier this week.
Joe Castiglione, the Sooners athletic director, is excited about Oklahoma’s future in the SEC.

Forbes unveiled its 2023 list of the highest-paid athletes in the world this week, revealing a star-studded ranking in which eight of the top 10 earners reached the nine-figure plateau.
LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo headline an elite group of eight superstar athletes who earned more than $100 million over the past 12 months, dating to May 1, 2022. The total of eight athletes in that category is twice as many as in any previous year.
Although the pros in the top eight carry an impressive distinction, the final two names on this year’s top-10 list are far from poverty.

In one of the most anticipated returns in the history of combat sports, Henry ‘Triple C’ Cejudo makes his return to the UFC Octagon after a three-year hiatus to face Aljamain Sterling for the 135lb championship. The former Olympic gold medalist and two-division champion abruptly retired after knocking out Dominic Cruz to defend the bantamweight title in May of 2020. Since then the division has seen Petr Yan and the current champion, Sterling, sit atop the division.

Major League Soccer is not happy with U.S. Soccer, the country’s leading international competition organization.
The disagreement stems from the U.S. Open Cup, a tournament organized by U.S. Soccer.
The Cup is meant to replicate events like the FA Cup in English soccer, where MLS teams compete against teams from lower divisions of domestic soccer.
Unlike the FA Cup though, the U.S. Open has been almost entirely ignored by American soccer fans.
MLS commissioner Don Garber though, doesn’t blame them.
At a U.S.

The Astros now have three starting pitchers on the injured list, months after losing Justin Verlander in free agency.

Joel Embiid continued his MVP coronation ahead of Game 3 of the 76ers’ second-round playoff series against the Celtics on Friday at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center.
As NBA commissioner Adam Silver presented the Michael Jordan Trophy to Embiid, the six-time All-Star was filled with emotion. Embiid, who has described his journey from Cameroon to the NBA as an improbable one, delivered a speech thanking fans in the City of Brotherly Love.

Noel Mazzone has coordinated offenses at some of the top collegiate programs in the country for more than four decades since his first gig as a GA for New Mexico in the 1980-81 season.
But that was the start of a long — and impressive career — according to his stops over the years.
Mazzzone has held offensive coordinator roles at places like Ole Miss (twice), Auburn, Oregon State, NC State, Arizona State, UCLA, Texas A&M, and Arizona. He even spent two seasons in the NFL as the New York Jets wide receivers coach from 2006-2008.

A frightening scene unfolded early in Friday’s Red Sox-Phillies game in Philadelphia after a fan required medical assistance following a fall into the visitors bullpen.
The incident occurred shortly after the game began around 7:05 p.m. ET during Phillies outfielder Masataka Yoshida’s first at-bat in the top of the first inning. Suddenly, members of Philadelphia’s medical staff rushed to the opposing bullpen inside Citizens Bank Park to treat a fan who unexpectedly tumbled into the area, resulting in a stoppage that lasted approximately 10 minutes, per Masslive.com.

Gerrit Cole could not have asked for a better start to his 2023 MLB season, despite the Yankees’ early struggles this season.
The Yankees ace remains undefeated and recently notched a feat unseen in the past 65 years. In the Yankees’ 4-2 win against the Guardians on Tuesday, the 32-year-old became the first Yankees starter since Bob Turley in 1958 with an undefeated team record through his first seven starts, along with an ERA of 1.50 or less, according to ESPN Stats and Info.

New York Jets coach Robert Saleh said the talk about quarterback Aaron Rodgers having a wish list of former Green Bay Packers players is “silly.