College Football
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Wake Forest has fired a former assistant coach-turned-broadcaster who the school says attempted to leak football game plans to opponents for three years.
The school on Tuesday night announced the findings of a nearly month-long internal investigation that started after documents related to the team’s game plan for the Louisville game were discovered at the Cardinals’ stadium.
In a statement, the school placed the entirety of the blame on Tommy Elrod — a former Wake Forest player and assistant under former coach Jim Grobe. Elrod was not retained by Dave Clawson when he succeeded Grobe in 2014, and he then became an analyst for the radio broadcasts of the Demon Deacons’ games.
Elrod could not immediately be reached for comment. By Tuesday night, he had deleted his Twitter account.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson continues to capture the spotlight off the football field, adding The Associated Press’ college football Player of the Year honor to his truckload of postseason awards.
The youngest Heisman Trophy winner received 42 of 61 first-place votes from AP’s media panel.
Jackson received 153 points overall, more than twice that of Clemson quarterback and runner-up Deshaun Watson (73).
Golf
LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is returning to Riviera Country Club for the first time since 2006 to play the Genesis Open in February.
He announced Tuesday that he will play in the event from Feb. 13-19 that benefits his foundation.
Riviera was the site of Woods’ PGA Tour debut in 1992 at age 16. He says he “weighed about 105 pounds and it was a life-changing moment for me.”
Woods returned to competitive golf earlier this month for the first time since August 2015 at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. He hasn’t announced his 2017 playing schedule aside from Riviera.
Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO — Almost four months after the Olympics ended, Rio de Janeiro organizers are unable to pay some of their bills, including $3.7 million owed to the International Paralympic Committee.
IPC spokesman Craig Spence told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the money is owed for travel grants, which is part of the contractual agreement to host the Olympics and Paralympics.
Spence said the unpaid travel expenses were damaging national Paralympic committees, particularly those with tiny budgets.
Cash-flow problems, budget cuts and cost overruns dogged organizers in the run-up to South America’s first Olympics.
Soccer
NEW YORK — An Argentinian sports marketing firm will pay more than $112 million in forfeiture and fines in the FIFA bribery scandal.
Torneos y Competencias agreed to the penalties and admitted its role in the scheme as part of an agreement with U.S. prosecutors that spared the company a criminal prosecution. The deal was finalized Tuesday in federal court in Brooklyn.
Prosecutors say the firm paid tens of millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks to high-ranking FIFA officials to secure rights to broadcast the World Cup in 2018, 2022, 2026 and 2030.
Associated Press
