COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Oklahoma’s senior quarterback Baker Mayfield will not start his final regular-season game Saturday at home against West Virginia after making a lewd gesture against Kansas. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley also stripped Mayfield of his captain status for the game, the result of which won’t keep the Sooners out of the Big 12 championship.

Kansas team captains did not shake hands with Mayfield before Saturday’s game. After getting slighted, Mayfield jawed with the Jayhawks and fans seated behind the Oklahoma bench. He also grabbed his crotch and cursed the Kansas sideline from his bench during the third quarter of the Sooners’ 41-3 win. Mayfield apologized afterward.

Peters in protocol: Michigan quarterback Brandon Peters is in the concussion protocol and could be cleared to practice without contact as soon as Wednesday, coach Jim Harbaugh said.

Peters was carted off the field after taking a hit Saturday in a loss at Wisconsin.

AUTO RACING

Seymour native Ty Majeski will be one of three Ford development drivers sharing Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 60 Mustang in the NASCAR Xfinity Series next season, the team said Austin Cindric and Chase Briscoe also will take turns in the car.

TENNIS Jana Novotna, who won the hearts of the tennis world when she sobbed on the shoulder of a member of the British royal family after a heartbreaking loss in the Wimbledon final, died of cancer Sunday at the age of 49.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Abby Laszewski scored a career-high 25 points and added five rebounds as the Wisconsin women’s team beat Southern, 77-74, in Madison.

HOCKEY The Nashville Predators made several personnel moves involving their American Hockey League affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals, recalling forwards Frederic Gaudreau and Pontus Aberg and goaltender Juuse Saros, and reassigning goaltender Anders Lindback to Milwaukee. Also, the Admirals recalled defenseman Joonas Lyytinen from Norfolk of the ECHL.

TRACK AND FIELD

World champions Emma Coburn and Sam Kendricks were voted USA Track and Field’s top athletes for 2017. Coburn captured the steeplechase title at the London world championships in August. Kendricks finished the season undefeated in the pole vault, picking up a world title along the way.