Late Nov. start for college hoops

The men’s and women’s college basketball seasons can begin Nov. 25, according to reports Wednesday.

The NCAA Division I Council voted to delay the start of the season until the day before Thanksgiving.

Over the last couple of weeks, discussions had centered around waiting until the Nov. 21-25 range to begin the season. NCAA senior VP of basketball Dan Gavitt told ADs and other college sports officials that Nov. 25 was under consideration due to campuses around the country ending their fall semesters.

With general students home for all of December and the early part of January, it provides at least a sixweek window for the college basketball season to get underway.

The season was originally scheduled to begin Nov. 10.

Cycling: Colombian rider Miguel Angel Lopez won Stage 17 of the Tour de France, the toughest mountain stage of this year’s race. Primoz Roglic kept the yellow jersey and extended his overall lead over fellow Slovenian Tadej Pogacar to 57 seconds with four stages remaining. Lopez moved into third, 86 seconds back of the lead.

NBA: LeBron James was revealed as an All-NBA player for a record 16th time, breaking the mark he shared with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and Tim Duncan. He was a first-team pick on all 100 ballots, joining the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo as the only unanimous first-team selections this season. Joining them on the first team: Rockets G James Harden, Lakers F Anthony Davis and Mavericks G Luka Doncic, 21, who got the nod in just his second season in the NBA — becoming the first player to do that since Duncan in 1998-99.

NFL: Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson are among 14 first-year eligible candidates for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Joining the twotime Super Bowl champion QB and the star CB/S on the ballot are WRs Calvin Johnson, Wes Welker and Roddy White; RB Steven Jackson; TE Heath Miller; OLs D’Brickashaw Ferguson and Logan Mankins; DLs Jared Allen, Justin Tuck and Kevin Williams; LB Jerod Mayo; and DB Charles Tillman . ... The 49ers placed CB Richard Sherman on IR with a strained calf. Sherman will miss at least three games.

NHL: The Sharks will remove the interim tag in the next couple weeks and make Bob Boughner their coach, The Athletic reported. Boughner, 49, took over for Peter DeBoer, who was fired Dec. 11.

Soccer: French officials opened an investigation into Neymar’s claim of racist abuse during a contentious 1-0 loss to Marseille on Sunday. They also banned the Paris Saint-Germain star two matches for slapping defender Alvaro Gonzalez in the back of the head during that game. Neymar served the first game of his ban Wednesday, sitting out PSG’s 1-0 home win against Metz.