Yzerman steps down as GM of Tampa Bay

Steve Yzerman stepped down as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning after building them into a perennial contender, handing the reins to longtime assistant Julien Brisebois just two days before training camp.

Yzerman will move to a senior adviser role working under Brisebois, and he said he was

“100 percent committed” to the Lightning this season.

Concussion lawsuit: NHL commissioner Gary Bettman downplayed the significance of entering mediation with former players in a bid to settle a concussion lawsuit, saying the league is simply following a judge’s order.

Basketball: The Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum are among the 16 finalists for the U.S. women’s national basketball team’s roster for the FIBA Women’s World Cup, Sept. 22-30 in Tenerife, Spain.

College golf: The UNLV women’s golf team shot its best round of the tournament to finish tied for eighth in the Dick Mcguire/ Branch Law Firm Invitational at Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Rebels shot 4-over 292 to finish at 15-over 879. Kent State won with a total of 6-under 858.

UNLV sophomore Polly Mack shot 1-over 73 to finish tied for 15th at 1-over 271.

College sports: Texas A&M has supplanted Texas as America’s most valuable college football program, according to Forbes magazine. Michigan was third, followed by Alabama and Ohio State.

Nassar case: A woman has filed a lawsuit against Michigan State University, saying she became pregnant after she was drugged and raped by now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar when he was a medical student in 1992 but that campus police refused to investigate.