UM-FIU football game on Nov. 23 will be at Marlins Park
FIU has decided that its Nov. 23 football game against UM will be played at Marlins Park, according to a source.
Though it’s an FIU home game as the second part of a home-and-home series, the contract with UM said it could not be played at FIU because the Panthers’ stadium is too small.
That left FIU with a choice of Marlins Park or Hard Rock Stadium, and FIU chose Marlins Park, which can accommodate about 38,000 for the game.
Elsewhere: Kyler Murray, the first-round Major League Baseball draft pick and Heisman Trophywinning Oklahoma quarterback, declared himself eligible for the NFL Draft on Monday. Murray announced his decision in a tweet, ending his brief and storied college career. What’s next for the Murray is not yet known. The Oakland Athletics made the speedy outfielder the ninth overall selection last June and agreed to $4.66 million signing bonus. The A’s agreed to let him continue playing football, and he made the most of it by winning the Heisman in his only season as a starter for the Sooners. He passed for 4,361 yards and 42 touchdowns and ran for 1,001 yards and another 12 scores, posting the secondbest passer efficiency rating in FBS history. … Alabama middle linebacker Mack Wilson is entering the NFL Draft. Wilson becomes the seventh Crimson Tide player and fourth defender to declare for the draft since losing to Clemson in the national title game.
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Baseball: Catcher Yasmani Grandal and the Milwaukee Brewers finalized a one-year, $18.25 million contract. The deal, agreed to last week subject to a successful physical, was announced by the Brewers on Monday. Grandal turned down a $17.9 million qualifying offer from the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in November. He is eligible for free agency again after this year’s World Series and cannot be given a qualifying offer by the Brewers. … Gold Glove-winning second baseman DJ LeMahieu and the New York Yankees have finalized a two-year, $24 million contract. … Mel Stottlemyre, the former ace who later won five World Series rings as the longtime pitching coach for both the New York Yankees and Mets, has died. He was 77. Stottlemyre had had multiple myeloma for nearly 20 years. A five-time All-Star and three-time 20-game winner, Stottlemyre went 164-139 with a 2.97 ERA in 11 seasons, all with the Yankees.
Golf: Matt Kuchar overcame three early bogeys that cost him the lead with flawless golf and two key birdies on the back nine to close with a 4under-par 66 and win the Sony Open in Honolulu for his second PGA Tour title this season. It wasn’t as easy as his four-shot victory over Andrew Putnam might indicate. Having made only one bogey through 54 holes to build a two-shot lead, Kuchar had three bogeys in his opening five holes Sunday and fell one shot behind Putnam. Tied for the lead with five holes to go, Putnam made bogey from the bunker on No. 14 and Kuchar birdied the next two holes to seize control. Putnam closed with a 68 and moved into the top 50 for the first time in his career.
Soccer: Atalanta left it late to win at Cagliari 2-0 to set up an Italian Cup quarterfinal against Juventus. Duvan Zapata scored one and set up the other just as the match seemed to be heading for extra time. Atalanta will need to be more clinical with its finishing against Juventus, which has won the competition a record 13 times, including each of the past four seasons when it has won the league and cup double. … Gabriel Jesus kept up his scoring spree for Manchester City with two goals in a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premier League, moving the champion back to within four points of Liverpool.