PSU QB transfers to Miss. State

Former Penn State quarterback Tommy Stevens is transferring to Mississippi State and will be reunited with one-time Nittany Lions offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead, now head coach of the Bulldogs.

Stevens, who can use his final year of eligibility in 2019 because he already has earned a degree from Penn State, opted to transfer this spring, apparently after coach James Franklin declined to guarantee him that he’d be the starting quarterback in the fall.

With Stevens gone, Sean Clifford, who was his main competition, has assumed the No. 1 position.

Golf

The Carnegie Mellon University men’s golf team turned in the program’s best finish on the national stage when the Tartans finished 11th at the 2019 NCAA Division III Championships at Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky. Sophomore Jason Li finished 11th with a 7-over 295.

Tennis

Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal advanced to the Italian Open semifinals with a 6-4, 6-0 win against Fernando Verdasco and has now lost only six games in six sets at the Foro Italico in Rome.

• Top American, John Isner has pulled out of the French Open in Paris because of an injured left foot, ending his streak of 24 consecutive appearances at Grand Slam tournaments.

Colleges

A report on decades of sexual abuse by a team doctor for Ohio State released Friday has placed the late Dr. Richard Strauss in a league with gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of Michigan State University.

• A former Oregon football standout tackled an armed student at a high school before anyone was injured. Keanon Lowe now coaches football and track and is a security guard at Parkrose High in Portland.