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Historically black colleges and universities once again received a disproportionate share of the sanctions, despite the numerous breaks and advantages the NCAA has afforded to low-resource institutions, including a longer transition period to meet higher APR benchmarks, additional penalty filters, and supplemental grants earmarked for academic support. The fact that low-resource institutions and HBCUs continue to lag in the APR while power-conference teams avoid penalties (with one notable exception) leads to the narrative that the APR is not working....

“It bothers me that his last five, six, seven, eight games are going to be with the way we’re playing as a team,” Scott told reporters Tuesday. “That bothers me, because you’re talking about a champion. That bothers me, because he is a champion. And I hate to see him go out this way. Unfortunately this is the way it’s going to be. DEVENEY: Kobe keeping perspective | MORE: Greatest Lakers ever...

Walton called a timeout with less than two minutes to go, as the Lakers trailed by just three points. The play was designed to give LeBron James the ball and space to make an attack, but Walton said there was an error in his communication. The 38-year-old said he failed to emphasise to his players that they needed to inbound the ball cleanly from the baseline, which resulted in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope turning the ball over before it got to James....

D'Antoni met with Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak after the Lakers suffered a 48-point loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. Kupchak also had a separate meeting with vice president of player personnel Jim Buss to discuss the team's direction, ESPNLosAngeles.com reports. MORE: Lakers upset Thunder | Westbrook’s wild finish | Phil Jackson’s options The Lakers have struggled under D'Antoni because not much has gone their way, with several key players injured and few others left on the roster to pick up the slack....

The 36-year-old center, who signed with the Lakers this week after he was bought out by the Phoenix Suns, grabbed a pair of key offensive rebounds in the fourth quarter of his team debut against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday. Chandler finished with nine rebounds in 23 minutes in the Lakers’ 114-110 win. Walton, the third-year Lakers coach, discussed Chandler’s effect on the team after the game. “We needed the help now,” Walton said (via ESPN)....

With a blockbuster trade to acquire Anthony Davis from the Pelicans for Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart and Brandon Ingram, the Lakers’ next goal was to land Kawhi Leonard in free agency. While they did everything they could to persuade the NBA Finals MVP to sign with the Lakers, Leonard ultimately signed with the crosstown rival Clippers. Pelinka, however, isn’t dwelling on “what could have been” for the Lakers. “I really haven’t spent a lot of time either thinking about or characterizing that,” Pelinka said Friday of missing out on Leonard (via ESPN)....

Things are different this year, however. The Lakers already have been eliminated from the postseason and there are 15 games left on their schedule. With those final 15 games, the Lakers are looking for something rarely mentioned in Los Angeles — not to become the worst team in franchise history. The team would have to go 8-7 to get 30 wins and avoid that mark. Such is the 2013-14 Lakers season....

LeBron James and Anthony Davis featured from the start but the Lakers never got going in a heavy 139-107 defeat to the Boston Celtics. Jayson Tatum registered a game-high 27 points to help Celtics team-mate Kemba Walker celebrate his first career win against superstar James at the 29th attempt. Joel Embiid’s absence through injury failed to hurt the Philadelphia 76ers as Simmons shone in a 117-111 road victory over the slumping Brooklyn Nets....

However, the league is also a breeding ground for some of the finest talent to have played the game and continues to produce outstanding players. The likes of David Silva, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata shone in Spain’s top tier before going on to become superstars in the Premier League. It is not just the Spanish players who shone in the league at a very young age. Antoine Griezmann came through the Academy of Real Sociedad although he’s French and is now one of the best players in the world....

Roman spoke Thursday with the Browns, who are looking for a new head coach after firing Freddie Kitchens last week. Jackson, who was named first-team All-Pro by The Associated Press on Friday, says Roman has enough on his plate as the Ravens, the top seed in the AFC, gear up for the NFL playoffs. MORE: Jackson leading a new era of QBs “They need to chill out,” Jackson said when asked about the Browns’ interest in Roman....

The Championship outfit set up a fifth-round encounter with Antonio Conte’s men after overcoming Liverpool in the fourth round. Guardiola rules out Messi reunion Having scored in Wolves’ third-round victory over Stoke City, Costa was again a key player against Jurgen Klopp’s side in the last round, providing two assists as they pulled off an upset at Anfield. The former Portugal Under-21 international has bagged a total of 10 goals for Wolves in 34 appearances in all competitions and Lambert has confidence that the 23-year-old - who made a permanent £13 million move to the club from Benfica in January - has the ability to shock Chelsea....

The Germany international joined City for a reported £37million from Schalke in August 2016 and has been a key player in their title charge this season, with Pep Guardiola’s men set to be crowned champions should they beat United this weekend. Sane will travel to Anfield with City to face Liverpool on Wednesday in the first leg of their last-eight European tie and will look to help his side avenge their only Premier League defeat this term, a 4-3 loss in January....

Lancashire Lightning have won just three out of their seven Royal London One-Day Cup matches and are currently third in the Group A points table. Their last match against Worcestershire Rapids was abandoned due to rain. Today’s game is a must-win for them if they want to qualify for the quarter-finals. The Essex Eagles, on the other hand, have won five out of their seven Royal London One-Day Cup matches and are placed just above their opponents in the standings....

Armstrong, whose intention to take part has drawn widespread criticism because of his admitted cheating, will join former England footballer and cancer survivor Geoff Thomas for the hilly stages July 16 and 17. MORE: 2014 Tour de France photos | Armstrong: I’m the Voldemort of cycling Thomas and a team of amateurs will tackle every stage a day ahead of the official riders in a bid to raise 1 million pounds ($1....

Published on Reddit’s r/Antiwork forum, an account under the anonymous username u/SmashNDash23 posted a submission that reached over 15,000 upvotes and 1,900 comments. Posted to social media, a landlord explains their reasoning for wanting their tenants to leave. They posed the question, “Is it possible to terminate a tenants lease early?” “I have a tenant that pays on time, and pretty clean, so no issues there. However, all the utilities are included in the lease, and they run the A/C at 70 degrees 24/7, causing it to back up,” they wrote....

The 33-year-old Utah man screamed obscenities at the judge, called a court official “evil,” and at one point loudly objected to a question asked during another defendant’s hearing. Prosecutors allege Copeland took a riot shield from an officer, pushed another rioter into a police line, and threw a metal police barricade at officers. The criminal complaint details that Instagram footage shows Copeland and others grabbing the barricade and pulling it away from who officers who appeared to be from the U....

Brown, 75, is unhappy with SMU’s decision not to offer him a long-term contract extension according to CBS Sports, which first reported the resignation. Brown confirmed the move to ESPN without specifying a reason. MORE: Too-early top 25 rankings Assistant Tim Jankovich, formerly the head coach at Illinois State, will replace Brown. In three seasons in Dallas, Brown went 94-39 but will likely be remembered best for the scandal that led to his suspension in 2015....

The allegations were first reported by Politico on Thursday afternoon. Elder’s ex-fiancee, Alexandra Datig said that during what Politico described as a “heated conversation” in 2015, Elder pulled a .45 pistol out of a nightstand. She claimed that Elder was high on marijuana at the time of the incident. “And he checked if it was loaded—while I was talking,” she said. “He wanted to make sure I saw that he had it,” she told Politico....

It’s not like the legions of celebrity supporters who are throwing their weight (and cash) behind Governor Gavin Newsom in the nail-biter recall election—Steven Spielberg and Netflix founder Reed Hastings among them—but it is an indication of a more nuanced Hollywood movement going on behind the scenes. In July, thousands of entertainment industry professionals received an email from Lionel Chetwynd, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated director, producer and writer who is Elder’s campaign chairman....

In a Sunday interview with Fox News host Howard Kurtz, Kudlow criticized Biden for failing to deliver on his campaign promise of unity while appearing to attribute the Texas power outages to the president’s allegedly progressive agenda. “I think they’ve moved very rapidly toward the progressive left position on a lot of these issues. He tried to temper it with talk about unity. There was some talk about moving to the center, that there would be more balance, there wouldn’t be a far-left progressive agenda,” Kudlow said....