Ole Miss to vacate 33 football wins
OXFORD, Miss. — Mississippi’s football program will vacate 33 wins over six separate seasons as part of its punishment in a recently resolved NCAA infractions case against the school.
The school vacated wins in 2010 (four wins), 2011, (two wins), 2012 (seven wins), 2013 (seven wins), 2014 (eight wins) and 2016 (five wins) according to documents on the school’s website. The 2010 and 2011 wins were under coach
Houston Nutt. All the other vacated wins were under coach Hugh Freeze.
The vacated wins include the 2013 Compass Bowl win over Pitt and one of the most iconic wins in school history when the Rebels upset Alabama at home 23-17 in 2014.
The vacated wins were on top of several other punishments in the case, including a two-year postseason ban, probation and scholarship restrictions.
BASEBALL Mets, deGrom set deadline
Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom has informed the Mets that he has decided on Opening Day as a deadline to complete a contract extension.
General manager Brodie
Van Wagenen called it “a mutual understanding.”
If there is no deal by then — March 28 — the club would have to wait till the offseason when deGrom would be one year from free agency, to try again. In other news:
• The Angels hope Shohei Ohtani recovers from Oct. 1 Tommy John surgery on his right elbow in time to join their batting order by May.
• Former Yankees catcher Jorge Posada is joining the Marlins as special adviser. The Marlins also agreed to a one-year deal with reliever Sergio Romo.
• The Sugar Land Skeeters signed lefthander
David Holmberg. Holmberg, 27, made his Major League debut with the Diamondbacks in 2013 and has also appeared at the Major League level with the Reds (2014-15) and White Sox (2017).
SKIING Switzerland tops Austria for title
Ramon Zenhausern edged Marco Schwarz in the final run and Switzerland narrowly beat Austria to follow up its Olympic title with gold in the team event at the world championships. Wendy
Holdener, the combined gold medalist, gave Switzerland its first point in the final, which it won with a lower overall time. SOCCER
World Cup star Banks dead at 81
Gordon Banks, the goalkeeper who helped England win its only World Cup in 1966, has died. He was 81.
Banks, who was named FIFA goalkeeper of the year six times, played in every game of the 1966 World Cup, culminating in the 4-2 victory over West Germany in the final at Wembley Stadium.