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Michigan defensive back Blake Countess announced he is leaving the program on his Instagram account Wednesday. MORE: Big Ten coach rankings | Michigan self-reports violations | Bowl Projections As a redshirt senior who has already graduated, Countess can transfer and play immediately in 2015. He was the first recruit under former head coach Brady Hoke back in 2011, and earned All-Big Ten honors as a redshirt sophomore in 2013, when he registered six interceptions....

After the Mets came from behind Sunday in Atlanta to beat the Braves 10-7, Uribe was, uh, perturbed that his teammates tuned TVs in the Mets’ clubhouse to football action. He expressed his displeasure in typical Uribe-esque colorfulness. MORE: Memorable Mets moments Uribe apparently summed up the feelings of a lot of baseball fans who, for the next five months, will feel disconnected from the hype the rest of the country experiences over quarterback ratings, fantasy teams and concussions....

The papers are a large leak of documents pertaining to offshore investments which the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is examining how politicians and famous figures use tax havens. Mexican investigative magazine Proceso reported Thursday that Porto players Diego Reyes and Hector Herrera both are named in the documents. Shortly after arriving in Portugal, each player created two companies based in Malta, according to the report, which has no Tax Information Agreement with Mexico....

A Spanish slur roughly translating to “gay prostitute” has been an unwelcome feature of El Tri games and Liga MX matches for almost two decades. Normally aimed at the opposition goalkeeper whenever he takes a goal kick, the chant has seemingly grown more and more popular since gaining worldwide notoriety during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. On Wednesday, Liga MX president Mikel Arriola said in a statement that the league would adopt a zero-tolerance approach over homophobic language....

The Omicron variant was first discovered in South Africa on November 22 and was labeled as a “variant of concern” on Friday by the World Health Organization, according to Stat. Mexican officials have said that the emergence of the new variant emphasizes the need to supply more vaccines to poorer countries. “It’s not that the new variant is terrible,” López Obrador said. “It’s that the poor countries of the world have been abandoned....

That goes for satellite camps and the three-way quarterback race. Meyer addressed both hot topics at his weekly press conference Monday. Meyer was asked if Ohio State will run a satellite camp, much like Penn State and Michigan have done this season. Cleveland.com detailed Ohio State’s in-house recruiting process and how it relates to the possibility of a satellite camp. MORE: What we’ll miss about Holtz | Four words for Clemson | Nebraska players’ helmet cams...

Now plans are afoot to look into the possibility of fans being allowed back into the venues in stages and in accordance to governmental guidelines, taking their cues from what is happening around the world in other leagues like the Premier League in England. A meeting was held yesterday to kickstart the discussion led by MFL and attended by the Sports Ministry and National Sports Council. They will form the taskforce in charge of preparing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for a domesitc travel bubble to local organised competition....

The Heat have cultivated a well-earned and well-deserved reputation for putting out some of the best uniforms in the NBA through the years. None have been better received than the team’s “Vice” City edition uniforms, which featured nostalgia from the ’80s show “Miami Vice,” complete with signature Miami lettering and color scheme. On Tuesday, Miami decided to put another new Vice uniform into the NBA ether, doubling down on the colors and … well, hmm, uh, take a look for yourself:...

After finishing out the 2014-15 season with the Heat, Beasley signed with the Shandong Golden Stars of the Chinese Basketball Association. He has flourished overseas, averaging more than 31 points per game. He also earned his second straight MVP in the CBA All-Star Game for posting one of the most ridiculous stat lines you’ll ever see: 63 points, 19 rebounds and 13 assists. Yes, it’s an exhibition game, but that’s still silly....

Fights featuring a controversial athlete always tend to do better than when you have two respectful competitors. Alongside ‘The Notorious’, the UFC has had Colby Covington stand out above the rest and spark issues within the MMA community, which in turn makes fans pay attention. Michael Bisping named himself and Conor McGregor as two of the sport’s biggest bad guys but believes that the mantle has now been taken by Khamzat Chimaev following the controversy at UFC 279 earlier this month....

Conlan is in Sin City on hurt business and the occasion is filling him with excitement as he prepares to tread the boards walked by the ghosts of boxing, and entertainment, before him. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year Often the pinnacle for a fighter, Conlan’s Vegas date, like New York City for his professional debut, is evidence of his vast appeal. The latest stop on his world tour takes place on Saturday (Oct....

The 36-year-old retired after 15 big-league seasons with the Twins, Rockies and Mets as he battled a broken shoulder, strained oblique, torn-up knee and bulging disc in his neck over the last four seasons in the majors. MORE: Winter meetings winners and losers | Where could CarGo go? “Mentally, I was able to overcome it for a long time, but the physical and emotional taxation took its toll,” Cuddyer wrote....

But this time, Denver coach Michael Malone was particularly displeased with his team’s effort. After the 123-98 Suns victory, Malone ripped into his team and said that they quit during the loss that dropped them to 0-2 in their series against Phoenix. “I felt we quit tonight, which is something you never want to see,” Malone said, per ESPN’s Nick Friedell. “So I guess for Game 3, I’m just going to try to find guys that will at least go out there and leave it all on the line....

That fifth opportunity came on Saturday, and Parkhurst made the most of it, shaking off an ankle injury and turning in a standout performance to help Atlanta United beat the Portland Timbers and lift an MLS Cup title in just the club’s second year of existence. After letting Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank be the first to lift the big silver trophy, Parkhurst grabbed it and joined his teammates on stage at Mercedes-Benz Stadium and lifted the trophy aloft, a moment that also helped lift the burden of those previous championship losses off his shoulders....

Appearing on the “Dan Patrick Show” Thursday morning, the former Falcons quarterback was asked if he ever apologized to defenders. Vick said yes, and explained himself a bit more. Patrick then asked him to clarify that he actually held back, and Vick responded, “Yeah. But we was probably up by 20, 30 points, so there was reasoning for it.” While it’s always proper etiquette in the NFL to not bury your opponents, it’s still upsetting we were robbed of seeing more of the Michael Vick Experience....

After reports Vick would be coming out of retirement to lace up his cleats again for the Fan Controlled Football League, which already features some former NFL talent like Terrell Owens and Johnny Manziel, Vick debunked the rumors of his return. MORE: Why Browns reunion was Jadeveon Clowney’s best option after solid 2021 “I hung ’em up in 2015 never to return again,” Vick tweeted with a picture of hanging cleats....

MPFA founder and chairperson Deborah Schutt said the gargantuan achievement happened through shelters getting pets back to their original owners, adopted or released to foster care or rescue organizations. She also said the task was not easy with so many shelters in the state. “This is an amazing first for our state,” Schutt said in this report by NBC’s TV 6 in the Upper Peninsula. “When the shelters in a state combine to meet the 90 percent target, that state is considered ‘No-Kill’ for shelter animals....

The third baseman hasn’t played in the big leagues since May 2016. He batted a combined .171 (7 for 41) with one double in 10 games for Class A St. Lucie and two with Triple-A Las Vegas last month before his rehab assignment expired on the final day of August. “Where he got to at the end of the 20 days was not where we thought he needed to be,” Mets assistant general manager John Ricco said Friday....