NFL owners unanimously approve a rule that bans the hip-drop tackle
The NFL is eliminating the hip-drop tackle.
NFL team owners unanimously approved a rule that bans players from using a swivel technique to tackle an opponent.
A violation will result in a 15-yard penalty and could ultimately result in fines for players.
NFL executive Jeff Miller said the hip-drop tackle was used 230 times last season and resulted in 15 players missing time with injuries.
All rules proposals require 24 out of 32 votes for approval.
Only two other proposals were approved by owners.
Teams will now receive a third challenge following one successful challenge. Previously, teams had to be successful on two challenges to receive a third.
Also, if there is a double foul during a down in which there is a change or changes of possession, including if one of the fouls is a post-possession foul by a team during a scrimmage kick, the team last gaining possession will keep the ball after enforcement for its foul, provided it did not foul prior to last gaining possession.
MLB
OHTANI SAYS HE NEVER BET ON SPORTS >> Shohei Ohtani said he never bet on sports or knowingly paid any gambling debts accumulated by his longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara.
Instead, the Los Angeles
Dodgers star claims his close friend lied to him for years and stole millions from the two-time MVP.
Ohtani gave his version of events during a news conference at Dodger Stadium, five days after Mizuhara was fired by the Dodgers following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well over $1 million.
College basketball
WASHINGTON LANDS DANNY SPRINKLE AS HEAD COACH >> Washington hired Utah State's Danny Sprinkle as its men's basketball coach hoping his success at smaller schools and lineage to the university can revitalize the program as it moves into the Big Ten starting next season.
Sprinkle's hiring came one day after Utah State was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament with a second round loss to Purdue.
NO. 1 IOWA 64, NO. 8 WEST VIRGINIA >>
Caitlin Clark scored 32 points and No. 1 seed Iowa survived one of its worst offensive performances
of the season to beat No. 8 seed West Virginia in a women's NCAA Tournament second-round game.
NO. 2 UCLA 67, NO. 7 CREIGHTON 63 >>
Kiki Rice scored 24 points, Lauren Betts had 20 points and 10 rebounds and second-seeded UCLA rallied in the second half for a victory over seventh-seeded Creighton in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament.
NO. 2 NOTRE DAME 71, NO. 7 MISSISSIPPI 56 >>
Maddy Westbeld scored 20 points and Hannah Hidalgo added 19 to help No. 2 seed Notre Dame beat seventhseeded Mississippi in the second round of the women's NCAA Tournament. NO. 4 INDIANA 70, NO. 5 OKLAHOMA 68 >> Mackenzie Holmes scored 29 points, including six in a row, to give fourth-seeded Indiana a late lead as the Hoosiers rallied past fifth-seeded Oklahoma.
NO. 3 UCONN 72, NO. 6 SYRACUSE 64 >> Paige Bueckers tied her season high with 32 points, freshman Ashlynn Shade added 19 and No. 3 seed UConn held off Syracuse to earn a 30th straight trip to the Sweet 16.
NO. 3 NC STATE 79, NO. 6 TENNESSEE 72 >> Aziaha James scored 22 points and the Wolfpack blew nearly all of a 20-point lead before holding off the Volunteers, sending them back to the Sweet 16.
Tennis GARCIA OUSTS U.S. OPEN CHAMPION COCO GAUFF TO REACH MIAMI OPEN QUARTERFINALS >>
U.S. Open champion and third-seeded Coco Gauff is out of the Miami Open, beaten in three sets by No. 23 Caroline Garcia 6-3, 1-6, 6-2.
In the men's draw, topseeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the fourth round with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Gael Monfils.
Garcia defeated her second straight Grand Slam champion to reach Miami's quarterfinals. She ousted four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka 7-6 (4), 7-5 on Sunday.
Garcia said it had been a while since she had a victory over a top-10 opponent like Gauff.
3-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMP MURRAY SAID HE SUSTAINED SERIOUS ANKLE INJURY IN MIAMI OPEN LOSS >>
Threetime Grand Slam champion Andy Murray said he suffered a significant ankle injury at the Miami Open that he expects will keep him out for some time.
Murray said on an Instagram post he had a “full rupture” of the anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) and a “near full thickness rupture” of the calcaneofibular ligament (CFL).