Yanks name Boone manager
Aaron Boone will be named the next manager of the Yankees.
Boone has been an ESPN analyst since 2010 and has never managed in the big leagues.
Boone, 44, is best known for his Game 7- winning home run in the 2003 American League Championship Series that extended the Red Sox’ curse and sent the Yankees to the World Series.
He was a big- league third baseman from 1997 to 2009 and was an All- Star in 2003, when the Yankees acquired him from the Reds at the trade deadline.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL USCwinsPac- 12 title
Sam Darnold threw for 325 yards and two touchdowns and engineered a backbreaking 99- yard drive in the fourth quarter to lead No. 11 USC to a 31- 28 victory over No. 14 Stanford ( 9- 4) in the Pac- 12 championship game.
Darnold threw touchdown passes to Michael Pittman Jr. and Tyler Vaughns to stake the Trojans ( 11- 2) to the lead. He then connected on a 54- yard pass to Pittman to spark the key touchdown drive in the fourth.
Florida State football coach JimboFisher resigned to take the head- coaching job at Texas A& M. The school reportedly approved a 10year, $ 75 million fully guaranteed contract, which would be the richest deal in college football history in terms of total value.
He’ll be the second- highestpaid coach in the FBS with an average salary of $ 7.5 million, which ranks behind only Alabama’s Nick Saban.
GOLF Tiger 5 shotsoff lead
Tiger Woods built on a solid start in his return to golf by shooting 31 on the front nine, only to stall on the back nine for a 4- under 68 at the Hero World Challenge. By the end of the second round, he was five shots behind Charley Hoffman, who shot 63 at Albany Golf Club in Nassau, Bahamas.
Hoffman made 12 birdies to take a three- shot lead into the weekend over Jordan Spieth ( 67) and Tommy Fleetwood ( 69).
NBA Jokic to miss severalgames
Nuggets starNikola Jokic is expected to miss several games with a left ankle sprain, but an MRI revealed no further damage.
Cavaliers guard Iman Shumpert could be sidelined up to two months after surgery on his left knee.
HOCKEY Wolves fall in overtime
The Wolves rallied from a three- goal deficit to force overtime, but Vinnie Hinostroza’s goal 37 seconds into OT gave the host Rockford IceHogs a 4- 3 victory.