OSU to induct five into Athletics Hall of Honor Class
Former wide receiver Rashaun Woods and four others will be inducted into the Oklahoma State University Athletics Hall of Honor, the school announced Thursday.
In addition to Woods, the 2022 class includes softball coach Sandy Fischer, soccer player Adrianna “AD” Franch, basketball player Andrea Riley and golfer Lindy Miller.
The honorees will be formally inducted in Stillwater the weekend of Sept. 17.
Cowgirls win eighth straight
Oklahoma State won its eighth straight softball game Wednesday night with a 10-0 victory over Tulsa at Cowgirl Stadium.
The sixth-ranked Cowgirls (25-6) scored four runs in the first inning, a run in the third then and added five more in the fourth, highlighted by Sydney Pennington’s grand slam. Pennington had five RBI in the game.
Morgan Day (6-2) picked up the pitching win, allowing no runs on two hits in three innings.
MLB finalizes rule changes
Major League Baseball finalized the rules change Thursday to bring back automatic runners in extra innings for a third straight season.
MLB and the players’ association agreed to keep the controversial rule that starts each team with a runner on second base during extra innings for the 2022 regular season.
Another new rule benefits Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani. With the designated hitter adopted in both leagues, pitchers who start games in the batting order can remain in the game as a DH after leaving the mound. A DH can also enter the game to pitch.
ROYALS: Kansas City exercised their club option on Mike Matheny for the 2023 season.
Arians retires as Tampa Bay coach; Bowles promoted
Bruce Arians unexpectedly retired as coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a stunning move Wednesday night that the 69-year-old who guided the team to its second Super Bowl title says is not related to health.
It’s the second major retirement announcement for the Bucs this offseason, following Tom Brady’s announcement in February that he was ending his career. Brady, a seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, returned 40 days later, saying he would return for a 23rd season and noting he had “unfinished business.”
But instead of Arians, Brady will be playing for Todd Bowles after the defensive coordinator was promoted as the coach’s successor.
RAMS: Former Seattle and six-time All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner has agreed to a five-year deal to join Los Angeles.
Extra points
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis, Purdue’s Jaden Ivey and Norte Dame’s Blake Wesley, all guards, are entering the NBA Draft. Davis is regarded as a likely lottery selection. Ivey is projected as an early first-round pick while Wesley is projected as a mid-tolate first-round selection... St. Peter’s coach Shaheen Holloway was introduced Thursday as the new head coach at Seton Hall.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Aliyah Boston of South Carolina was named Thursday as The Associated Press women’s basketball player of the year. Kim Mulkey was named The Associated Press women’s basketball Coach of the Year in her first season at LSU... South Dakota basketball coach Dawn Plitzuweit, who took the Coyotes to a surprising run to the Sweet 16, was hired Thursday as coach at West Virginia.