NFL, Facebook enter 2-year joint venture for video, content

NEW YORK - The NFL and Facebook have announced a two-year deal to deliver official NFL video and other content to fans.

The league says in a statement Tuesday it will publish NFL Game Recaps and official highlights from all regular-season games starting this week, along with the playoffs and Super Bowl.

NFL Media will distribute content from its production arm, NFL Films, on Facebook’s Watch platform.

Stricker says U.S. team to stand during national anthem

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - On that rare occasion the national anthem is played in golf, U.S. captain Steve Stricker says his team will stand together at the Presidents Cup.

Stricker says the players talked about what to do on a bus ride into New York on Tuesday for some television appearances. He says they all agreed to handle it the way they always have by standing at attention with their hands over their hearts.

Rimington named Nebraska’s interim athletic director

LINCOLN, Neb. - Dave Rimington, who became the most decorated offensive lineman in college football history in the early 1980s, is returning to Nebraska to serve as interim athletic director.

Chancellor Ronnie Green announced Tuesday that Rimington would run the athletic department during the search for a permanent successor to Shawn Eichorst, who was fired last week.