Young Manning chooses Texas
QB is No. 1 recruit in class of 2023
The latest Manning quarterback, and the nation’s top recruit for next year’s class, has verbally committed to play at Texas.
Manning is going into his senior season at Isidore Newman, a prep school in New Orleans where his Super Bowl MVP uncles Peyton and Eli also played. Arch Manning’s father, Cooper, is the older brother of Peyton and Eli.
Peyton Manning played his college ball at Tennessee. Eli Manning followed their father and Arch’s grandfather, Archie, in playing at Mississippi, where Cooper was briefly a wide receiver.
Texas is currently in the Big 12, but is moving to the Southeastern Conference by the 2025 season, and maybe sooner.
Golf
Rory McIlroy fought off a sinus bug to shoot an 8-under 62 for a share of the firstround lead with J.T. Poston in the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Conn.
• Li Haotong leads with a 10-under 62 after the first day of the BMW International Open in Munich. The European Tour is allowing players from the breakaway LIV series to compete.
Baseball
The Washington Wild
Things (24-12) led 4-0 after three innings and went on to defeat the visiting Lake Erie Crushers (14-22), 7-4.
Swimming
On a night of redemption for Americans, Lilly King, Ryan Murphy and the men’s 4x200 freestyle team claimed three more gold medals for the United States at the world swimming championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Horses
The New York Racing Association suspended trainer Bob Baffert for one year for repeated medication violations, A panel credited Baffert for time served from an initial suspension that makes the two-time Triple Crown-winner eligible to saddle horses in New York again on Jan. 26.