Cantlay keeps 2-shot lead in hunt for Cup

Top seed Patrick Cantlay shot an opening-round 3-under 67 on Thursday at the Tour Championship in Atlanta to maintain his two-stroke advantage in the FedEx Cup title hunt.

Cantlay, who won last week’s BMW Championship outside of Baltimore, stood at 13 under.

No. 4 seed Jon Rahm, winner of the U.S. Open, shot a 65 to move into second in the Cup hunt at East Lake .

College football: The Big 12 is considering adding BYU, UCF, Cincinnati and Houston, ESPN reported. The conference will have only eight members when Texas and Oklahoma depart for the SEC in 2025 . ... Former Alabama tackle and assistant coach Jim Fuller, who worked as both AD and head coach for Jacksonville State, died Wednesday night after suffering from complications due to COVID-19. He was 76. Fuller was an offensive tackle for coach Bear Bryant’s national championship teams at Alabama in 1964 and 1965. He was

Jacksonville State’s coach from 1977 to 1983, winning four Gulf South Conference championships and leading the Gamecocks to the Division II championship game in 1977.

NBA: Former All-Star F Paul Millsap agreed to a deal with the Nets, ESPN reported. Terms weren’t yet available. Millsap, 36, averaged just 9.0 points and 4.7 rebounds in 56 games last season for the Nuggets.

NFL: Former LB Keith McCants was found dead at his home in Florida after a suspected drug overdose, investigators said. He was 53. McCants was the No. 4 overall pick in the 1990 draft by the Buccaneers. The Mobile, Alabama, native earned All-America honors as a college player at Alabama. McCants played for three seasons for the Bucs, followed by stints with the Oilers and Cardinals before his football career ended in 1995. McCants was arrested several times for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia over the years.