The Open Championship is headed back to Scotland's Carnoustie Golf Links in 2029, the R&A announced on Monday.The 157th Open, scheduled for July 19-22, will be the ninth at the course and first since Italy's Francesco Molinari won by two strokes in 201...

New York Rangers rookie defenseman Alberts Smits is out week to week with an upper-body injury, the team announced Monday.Smits, who became the highest-drafted Latvian player when he was selected fifth overall in this year's NHL Draft, was a late scrat...

UCLA leaped 13 spots to No. 9 in the first weekly update of the Associated Press Top 25 men's basketball poll on Monday after a season-opening 84-75 win over then-No. 5 Arizona.The Bruins (2-0) hold their highest ranking since the final poll of the 202...

Florida State introduced alumnus Jeff Purinton as the school's new athletic director on Monday.He returns to Tallahassee after holding senior athletic department roles at Alabama and Arkansas State."Coming back to lead this athletics department is a tr...

The College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams for the 2027 season, with ESPN signing a five-year rights deal worth nearly $1.7 billion on Monday.That money is in addition to the six-year, $7.8 billion contract the two sides signed in March 2024 ...

A week after saying Tommy Carr would remain Michigan's starter for the "foreseeable future," coach Kyle Whittingham has reopened the quarterback competition after another underwhelming offensive effort Saturday against rival Michigan State.Whittingham ...