Berhalter rehired as U.S. men’s national team soccer coach
The United States men's soccer team announced Friday that it was rehiring Gregg Berhalter as its head coach for the run-up to the 2026 World Cup.
The move capped several whirlwind months for Berhalter, 49, who led the American men's team to the round of 16 at the World Cup in Qatar but did not have his contract renewed in the aftermath of the tournament.
Instead, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced that it had started an independent investigation into his conduct after accusations from the parents of one of his players that Berhalter had physically abused his wife,
Rosalind, in an incident three decades ago, when they were dating as college students. The Berhalters, who remain married, reconciled shortly after the incident and talked openly about it after the accusations this year.
ELSEWHERE Dropping marijuana from ban list studied
An NCAA panel is calling for the removal of marijuana from the organization's list of banned drugs, suggesting that testing should be limited to performance-enhancing substances.
The proposal released Friday from the Committee on Competitive
Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports would mark a big change for the NCAA, which has been conducting drug tests at championship events since 1986. Committee members recommended halting cannabis tests at such events until a final decision is made, likely this fall.
Also Friday, Colorado football coach Deion Sanders said he might lose his left foot as a result of circulation issues that forced him to have two toes ampuated in 2021. Sanders said he has no feeling on the bottom of his left foot and said if a procedure is recommended he wants to get it done right away.
College World Series: Blaze Brothers hit a go-ahead threerun homer in the ninth inning after an Oral Roberts pitching meltdown in the eighth, and the Golden Eagles continued their surprise postseason run with a 6-5 victory over TCU in the opening game of the College World Series.
The Eagles had just gone down three runs before they jumped on Luke Savage for four in the ninth. Drew Stahl's RBI single pulled ORU within 5-3, and then Brothers drove an 0-1 pitch out to left for his first homer since May 24.
ORU (52-12) will play the winner of Friday night's game between Florida and Virginia on Sunday night. TCU (42-23) will play the Florida-Virginia loser in an elimination game Sunday afternoon.
Tennis: Taylor Fritz, ranked No. 8, was upset by qualifier Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the Stuttgart Open while Frances Tiafoe won his match. The third-seeded Tiafoe beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-7 (6), 7-6 (4), 6-2.
Cycling: A Swiss bicycle racer who crashed on a fast descent during the Tour de Suisse died on Friday, one day after he and another competitor tumbled into a ravine in the Swiss Alps. The rider, Gino Mäder of Switzerland, was transported to the hospital after the crash Thursday but died of his injuries on Friday morning.