GOLF

Camden’s Cole Anderson shot a 3-over 75 Thursday in the first round of a Korn Ferry Tour tournament in Berthoud, Colorado.

Last weekend Anderson tied for third at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Live and Work at Maine Open at Falmouth Country Club, shooting 14-under par over 72 holes. Because of that finish, he automatically qualified for the tour’s event this weekend.

Anderson, 21, is again playing as an amateur against a field of professional golfers at the 72-hole Colorado tournament, named The Ascendant presented by Blue.

FOOTBALL

NFL: Deshaun Watson’s disciplinary hearing concluded Thursday with the NFL adamant about an indefinite suspension of at least one year and the quarterback’s legal team arguing there’s no basis for that punishment, two people with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press.

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Both sides presented their arguments over three days before former U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson in Delaware, according to both people who spoke on condition of anonymity because the hearing isn’t public.

Watson was accused of sexual misconduct by 24 women and settled 20 of the civil lawsuits. Robinson, who was jointly appointed by the league and the NFL Players’ Association, will determine whether Watson violated the NFL’s personal conduct policy and whether to impose discipline.

BASEBALL

NECBL: Anthony DeFabbia gave up two hits and one earned run, and struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings pitched as Vermont (19-2-0) edged the Sanford Mainers (9-11-0) 2-1in an NECBL game Thursday at Goodall Park in Sanford.

Tom Josten hit a solo home run and scored on a walk to Jack Cone.

Matthew Polk hit an RBI double for Sanford.

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BASKETBALL

WNBA:  Tiffany Hayes, playing in her first game of the season, scored nine of her 21 points in overtime to lift the visiting Atlanta Dream to a 92-81 OT victory over the New York Liberty.

Hayes, who missed the first 19 games with a right knee injury, scored the first seven points in OT hitting a 3-pointer from each wing and then getting fouled shooting another 3. She made only one of those free throws to make it 86-79.

TRACK AND FIELD

WORLD RECORD: Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis improved his own outdoor world record by clearing 6.16 meters (20 feet, 2 1/2 inches) at the Stockholm Diamond League meet on Thursday in Stockholm.

Duplantis cleared the bar with plenty to spare on his second attempt to better his previous mark of 6.15, set in Rome in 2020 – when he broke Sergey Bubka’s 26-year-old outdoor record. Duplantis also holds the indoor world record of 6.20 (20 feet, 4 inches), set at the world indoor championships in Serbia this year.

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The American-born Duplantis competes for Sweden and is also the reigning Olympic champion. He celebrated by pumping his arms in front of the home crowd at Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium, which hosted the 1912 Summer Games.

COLLEGES

UCLA, USC MOVING: UCLA and Southern California are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten Conference in a seismic change that could lead to another major realignment of college sports.

A person who has been briefed on the discussions said the schools have taken steps to request an invitation to join the conference. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday on condition of anonymity because the schools’ talks with the Big Ten have not been made public. The move would come as soon as 2024, after the Pac-12’s current media rights contracts with Fox and ESPN expire, and increase the size of the Big Ten to 16 schools.

The decision by the Los Angeles schools – two of the NCAA’s most decorated athletic programs – comes almost a year after Oklahoma and Texas formally accepted invitations to join the Southeastern Conference in July 2025.


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