Leavitt leaves as Oregon DC

Oregon and defensive coordinator Jim Leavitt have parted ways. The two sides reached a financial settlement that will pay Leavitt $2.5 million, funded by private sources over multiple years. Leavitt was under contract until 2021. He spent two seasons in

Eugene after he was hired by former Ducks coach Willie Taggart.

Leavitt, head coach at South Florida from 1997 to 2009, reportedly interviewed in the offseason for the head-coach jobs at Colorado, Kansas State and Texas Tech. … Russian sports minister Pavel Kolobkov said the country is interested in hosting the Olympics in 2032 or 2036, even as it still faces the fallout from years of doping scandals. “As regards organization and hosting there are no doubts that Russia would be up to the task of hosting these competitions,” Kolobkov told state news agency Tass. “It's very interesting for us in principle and we need to look at it more.” With Paris confirmed to host the 2024 games and Los Angeles the host in 2028, the 2032 games would be the next opportunity for Russia to host its first Summer Olympics since Moscow in 1980. Russia hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, when the World Anti-Doping Agency alleges there was a government-backed program to dope Russian athletes and falsify their drug test results by swapping dirty samples for clean urine. The Russian government denies the allegations.