NCAA panel tweaks rule for men’s lacrosse shot clock
The NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Rules Committee has altered its proposal of a shot clock after receiving feedback from survey data, according to several coaches. The committee has shifted to an 80-second shot clock that starts on possession. Teams will still need to clear across midline in 20 seconds, but the shot clock will be triggered on possession. So, if a team clears past midline in 10 seconds, it will have 70 seconds to shoot from there. The reset will be 80 seconds, as well. The initial proposal announced in early August featured a 60-second shot clock after crossing midline, with 20 seconds to clear. The reset was 60 seconds. MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Senior Amar Sejdic scored for the first time this season to lead Maryland (1-2-2) past West Virginia, 1-0, on Monday. ... Junior transfer Davey Mason scored his first col-
Former Formula One champ Kimi Raikkonen will leave Ferrari after the season and return to Sauber on a two-year deal. Raikkonen, 38, who won the 2007 title and has 20 career victories, began his career with Sauber in 2001. Charles Leclerc, 20, will take Raikkonen’s place with Ferrari alongside Sebastian Vettel.
A former Michigan State field hockey player filed a lawsuit against the school, saying she became pregnant after she was drugged and raped by Larry Nassar when he was a medical student in 1992. The woman alleges that George Perles, who was the school’s AD until spring 1992 and also the Spartans football coach, was aware of the assault and covered it up, and campus police wouldn’t pursue it. The school said in a statement that it was taking the allegations “seriously” and “looking into the situation,” but Michigan State police Chief Jim Dunlap said it’s “nonsense” that the department would have refused to investigate because Perles or the athletic department was involved. Nassar, 55, became a sports doctor at Michigan State and for elite U.S. gymnasts but now is in prison for child pornography crimes and molesting female athletes. ... With Hurricane Florence approaching the Carolinas, the West VirginiaNorth Carolina State, East Carolina-Virginia Tech and Central Florida-North Carolina football games scheduled for Saturday were canceled. The teams will try to reschedule the games for later this season but there’s no guarantee that will be possible. Virginia moved its home game against Ohio to Vanderbilt’s stadium in Nashville, Tenn. ... Senior RB Bryce Love will sit out No. 9 Stanford’s home game against UC Davis because of an unspecified injury. Last year’s Heisman Trophy runner-up left the Cardi- nal’s 17-3 win over Southern California last weekend during the fourth quarter. ... Georgia Tech junior RB KirVonte Benson will miss the rest of the season after suffering a left knee injury during the Yellow Jackets’ 49-38 loss to Central Florida last weekend. Benson ran for 1,053 yards in 2017. ... Michigan State senior P Jake Hartbarger will miss six to eight weeks after suffering a leg injury during the Spartans’ 16-13 loss to Arizona State last weekend.
Steve Yzerman stepped down as general manager of the Lightning, but he will continue to advise the team. Yzerman, 53, had been the GM since 2010. Julien BriseBois was promoted to the job after serving as assistant GM. ... The Rangers acquired D Adam McQuaid in trade with the Bruins. McQuaid, 31, had played his entire nine-year career in Boston. The Bruins received a 2019 fourth-round draft pick and a conditional seventh-round pick. ... Commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed that the league entered into mediation with former players in a bid to settle a concussion lawsuit. He said the league simply is following a federal judge’s order.
Spain scored three goals in an 11-minute span during the first half and cruised to a 6-0 vitory over World Cup runner-up Croatia in a UEFA Nations League group-play match in Madrid. In other notable action, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku scored to lead World Cup semifinalist Belgium past Iceland 3-0 in Reykjavik. ... Barcelona and Girona submitted a formal proposal to the Spanish federation for a La Liga match between the two clubs to be contested Jan. 26, 2109 at Hard Rock Stadium outside of Miami.