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College NIL bill includes $25 million ‘retention pool’ but is that enough to sway Big Ten, SEC?

A reworked Senate bill designed to regulate college sports proposes to more than double the amount of money schools could share with players as part of a flurry of revisions designed to win the support of the Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences. Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said Tuesday at his conference's football media days that he was waiting to review the new language in the Protect College Sports Act, and the hope is that the new version of the bill "provides a lot more help than not." Among the key changes would be up to $25 million devoted to a "retention" pool that ...

F1 Review: Blue flag fiasco

HUNGARY — As Formula 1 (F1) teams completed the second race of a back-to-back series in Belgium and Hungary, they are now on a mandatory summer break. This comes at an opportune time as temperatures and tempers were both running high in Hungary. Perhaps the driver most aggrieved, and ...

Emotional Zinedine Zidane achieves his ‘dream’ as he takes charge of the France team

PARIS — Moments after being announced as France's new coach on Tuesday, Zinedine Zidane clenched his fists and his usually measured voice trembled a little. "I'm excited," he said. "The France team makes you dream. We have extraordinary players, an extraordinary team." Zidane coached Real Madrid until leaving in 2021. He replaces Didier Deschamps at the helm of France team he led to glory as arguably its greatest ever player. "I've waited five years for this chance, so that's why I'm a bit emotional," said Zidane, adding that it was the happiest day of his career as ...

Euro 2020 winning coach Roberto Mancini returns to rescue Italy after third straight World Cup miss

MILAN — Roberto Mancini has once again been tasked with revitalizing an Italy team in crisis, almost exactly three years after he bolted on the national team. Italian soccer federation president Giovanni Malagò announced Mancini as the new Italy coach on Tuesday, adding that Claudio Ranieri will become the new technical director after Paolo Maldini stepped down the previous day — just 16 days after being appointed. "Time was running out … I believed the person who should become the new coach of Italy is Roberto Mancini, for a whole list of reasons," Malagò said. "There will ...