Rookie Bo Nix wins Broncos’ starting QB job over Jarrett Stidham and Zach Wilson

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Rookie Bo Nix was informed Wednesday that he’d won the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback job. That means he’ll be the 14th different player to start at quarterback for the Broncos since Peyton Manning retired in 2016. Nix was the 12th player and sixth quarterback selected in the 2024 NFL draft. He started 61 games at Auburn and Oregon, which is the most by a quarterback in NCAA history. Nix beat out incumbent Jarrett Stidham and trade acquisition Zach Wilson, whom the Broncos acquired from the New York Jets in April.

Al Attles, one of NBA’s first Black head coaches who led Warriors to 1975 title, dies at 87

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Al Attles, a Hall of Famer who coached the 1975 NBA champion Warriors and spent more than six decades with the organization as a player, general manager and most recently team ambassador, has died. He was 87. The Warriors announced that Attles had died in his East Bay home on Tuesday surrounded by family. Nicknamed “The Destroyer” for his physical style of play, the Warriors were his love and his only team after they selected him in the fifth round of the 1960 draft. Attles was one of the NBA’s first Black head coaches.

Jesse Winker’s pinch-hit homer in 9th gives Mets 4-3 win over Orioles

NEW YORK (AP) — Pinch-hitter Jesse Winker led off the ninth inning with his first home run for the New York Mets, giving them another rousing 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Mets starter Sean Manaea retired his first 17 batters and Mark Vientos put New York ahead 3-2 with a solo homer in the seventh. Francisco Lindor also went deep and J.D. Martinez drove in a run with a grounder to help the Mets take two of three in the series. New York began the day 2 1/2 games behind Atlanta for the final National League playoff berth. Austin Slater had a two-run homer for the Orioles.

Scottie Scheffler and PGA Tour’s best players face a new course in mile-high Castle Pines

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler could have skipped the BMW Championship. He already is practically assured of the top seed going to the FedEx Cup finale this week. Castle Pines is not only at mile-high altitude south of Denver, it’s new to 48 out of the 50 players in the field. But Scheffler is setting his sights on another trophy. He already has six of them this year, along with an Olympic gold medal. At stake for the other 50 players is making sure they get into the top 30 in the FedEx Cup and qualify for the season finale.

Nelly Korda looks to rediscover unbeatable form in Women’s British Open at the home of golf

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — Nelly Korda was playing such good golf in the first half of 2024 that her rivals were starting to hope she wouldn’t turn up for tournaments. It’s all changed for the world’s top-ranked player heading into the Women’s British Open at St. Andrews. Korda went on a run of five straight victories from January to April amid a tear of six wins in seven starts on the LPGA Tour. However Korda missed the cut in three successive events including in two majors for the first time in her career and was outside the top 20 at both the Evian Championship and the Olympic Games in Paris. The home of golf is staging the Women’s British Open for the third time.

Why wasn’t Jannik Sinner suspended after two positive steroid tests? What do other players think?

No. 1-ranked men’s tennis player Jannik Sinner will be playing in the U.S. Open — which begins in New York next week — even though word just emerged that he tested positive twice in March for a banned anabolic steroid. It’s a case that no one knew about until Tuesday and one that has drawn all sorts of questions — and, in some instances, criticism — from other players who wonder whether there was a double standard at play because of Sinner’s success, are confused about why this was all kept under wraps and want to know why Sinner was allowed to keep competing before there was a resolution.

How well do you know the US Open? Try an AP quiz about the year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament

How well do you know the U.S. Open? The year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament begins Monday on the hard courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. The AP has written a quiz to test your tennis knowledge. Who was the last player to win at least two titles in a row at the U.S. Open? Who was the last man to win a year’s last three Grand Slam titles? When did the U.S. Tennis Association introduce equal prize money for men and women at the U.S. Open?

It’s not your imagination: There are players in their mid-20s all over college football, here’s why

The impact of the NCAA ruling granting an extra year of eligibility as a result of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season remains apparent four years later as players extend their college careers into their mid-20s.Hundreds of Football Bowl Subdivision players are in their sixth season of eligibility and dozens are in their seventh year or later. Miami tight end Cam McCormick is entering his ninth season of eligibility at the age of 26. No. 17 Oklahoma State has two seventh-year players in quarterback Alan Bowman and linebacker Justin Wright. Fourteen other Oklahoma State players are entering their sixth seasons.

Dartmouth basketball players union accuses school of unfair labor practices over refusal to bargain

The union representing the Dartmouth men’s basketball team has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the school because it has refused to negotiate with the players on a collective bargaining agreement. The move was expected. A regional director of the National Labor Relations Board ruled this spring that Dartmouth basketball players were employees of the school. That cleared the way for them to unionize. Dartmouth responded by announcing that it would not bargain with the players in the hopes that a federal judge would overturn the NLRB decision.

PGA Tour’s return to Castle Pines stirs memories of milkshakes, mountains and missing Tiger Woods

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Castle Pines is the host of this week’s second event of the PGA Tour playoffs, the BMW Championship. The course south of Denver once had the makings of one of those can’t-miss stops on pro golf’s unrelenting calendar. But too many players skipped the tournament called the International. Most notable was Tiger Woods, whose absence played a role in sealing its fate. The International was last played in 2006. For the first time since then, the tour is back at the course that oil magnate Jack Vickers built with a big assist from his buddy, Jack Nicklaus.