BIG 12 COMMISH BOWLSBY STEPPING AWAY THIS YEAR
Bob Bowlsby will step away from his role as Big 12 commissioner later this year after a decade in the Power Five conference that’s facing a transition in membership and negotiations over a new media rights deal — like it was when he first took the job. .
“After more than 40 years of serving in leadership roles in intercollegiate athletics, including the last 10 with the Big 12, and given the major issues that college sports in general and the Big 12 specifically will address in the next several years, I have reached a natural transition point in my tenure as commissioner, as well as in my career,” the 70-year-old Bowlsby said in a statement Tuesday.
He will remain as the Big 12’s leader until a new commissioner is appointed. The expectation is that Bowlsby, whose contract goes into 2025, will then transition into an interim role with the league.
Notre Dame to play historic football game vs. Tennessee State.
SOUTH BEND, IND. » Notre Dame will make history in its 2023 home opener by hosting Tennessee State on Sept. 2, marking the first time the Fighting Irish have faced a Historically Black College or University.
School officials credited secondyear Tigers coach Eddie George, the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner, and Tennessee State athletic director Mikki Allen with creating the vision to schedule the game that will be televised nationally on NBC.
Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe wins John R. Wooden Award.
LOS ANGELES » Oscar Tshiebwe of Kentucky won the John R. Wooden Award as the men’s college basketball player of the year. Tuesday’s announcement from the Los Angeles Athletic Club was made on ESPN’S “Sportscenter.”
Tshiebwe led the nation with 515 total rebounds and 15.1 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-9 center had the most rebounds in a season since 1973 and the highest per game average since 1980.
Brewers’ Severino suspended 80 games for fertility drug.
NEW YORK » Milwaukee catcher Pedro Severino was suspended for 80 games following a positive drug test, the fourth major leaguer penalized in two days.
Severino tested positive for the performance-enhancing substance Clomiphene, the commissioner’s office said. The women’s fertility drug has been used by some athletes to counter side effects of steroids use.
Severino will lose about half his $1.9 million salary. He apologized to the Brewers, teammates and fans.
Rays OF Margot gets $19 million, 2-year contract.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. » Outfielder Manuel Margot has agreed to a $19 million, two-year contract with the Tampa Bay Rays.
The deal reached Tuesday includes salaries of $7 million in 2023, up from the $5.6 million the 27-year-old is due to earn this season, and $10 million in 2024. It also includes a $12 million mutual option in 2025 or a $2 million buyout.
Ryan Getzlaf to retire after 17 seasons with Anaheim Ducks.
ANAHEIM,
CALIF. » Ryan Getzlaf didn’t want to wait until his body broke down or his willpower waned. The Anaheim Ducks’ longtime captain also wanted to start the next chapter of his life on his own schedule.
“I’ve always said I was going to let my body and mind dictate when I was going to retire,” the 36-year-old Getzlaf said Tuesday while announcing his decision to retire at the conclusion of the season after a 17-year career spent entirely with the Ducks.
Devils’ Jack Hughes to miss rest of season with knee injury.
NEWARK, N. J. » The New Jersey Devils will be without leading goal-scorer Jack Hughes for the rest of the season due to a left knee injury.
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NHL draft was hurt Sunday in the second period when he was checked along the boards in his own zone by Islanders forward Oliver Wahlstrom.