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Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre says he has Parkinson's disease WASHINGTON (AP) Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre told a congressional committee Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinsons disease.

Favre made the announcement as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal in Mississippi.

Favre does not face criminal charges, but he has repaid just over $1 million in speaking fees funded by a welfare program in the state.

He was also an investor a biotech company with ties to the case that said it was developing concussion drugs.

It is unclear if Favres disease is connected to his football career or head injuries.

Pac-12 files a federal lawsuit against Mountain West over $43 million in 'poaching' penalties The Pac-12 is suing the Mountain West over what it calls unlawful and unenforceable fees that could cost the rebuilding conference more than $40 million for adding Boise State, Fresno State, Colorado State and San Diego State.

The antitrust lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court in California and is seeking a declaratory judgment by a judge.

The Mountain West has exit fees of upward of $17 million for departing schools.

There are also poaching fees that were put in place in the Mountain Wests scheduling agreement with Oregon State and Washington State, the only current Pac-12 members this season.

Ionescu scores 36 points and Liberty advance to WNBA semifinals with 91-82 win over Dream NEW YORK (AP) Sabrina Ionescu tied a franchise playoff record with 36 points and the New York Liberty beat the Atlanta Dream 91-82 on Tuesday night to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs.

Jonquel Jones added 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Liberty, who will face either Las Vegas or Seattle in the next round that begins Sunday in New York.

New York, which entered the playoffs as the top seed, swept the best-of-three series.

Allisha Gray and Rhyne Howard did all they could to try and stave off elimination.

Gray finished with 26 points and Howard added 19.

Los Angeles Sparks cut ties with coach Curt Miller after 2 losing seasons LOS ANGELES (AP) Curt Miller is leaving as coach of the Los Angeles Sparks after the WNBA franchise missed the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and second under him.

The team on Tuesday announced Millers dismissal, saying the sides had mutually agreed to part ways.

The Sparks will begin their search for a new coach immediately.

The Sparks were 25-55 in Miller's two seasons at the helm.

He is 165-141 as a head coach in the WNBA.

He guided the Connecticut Sun to the WNBA Finals twice, but they lost both times.

Miller was the first openly gay male coach in college or professional basketball when he joined the Sun.

Harris and Schwellenbach shine as Braves down Mets 5-1 in opener of pivotal series ATLANTA (AP) Michael Harris II had three more hits, including a solo home run and an RBI double, and rookie Spencer Schwellenbach shut down the New York Mets again as the Atlanta Braves cruised to a 5-1 win in the opener of a pivotal three-game series.

Marcell Ozuna added his 39th home run for Atlanta, which trails the Mets by one game in the National League playoff race with five remaining.

New York began the night a half-game ahead of Arizona for the second of three wild cards, while the Braves were 1 1/2 games behind the Diamondbacks.

Schwellenbach threw seven strong innings.

He allowed one run and five hits while striking out 15 batters over 14 innings in two wins against the Mets this season.

Five backup QBs have already been pressed into starting duty with the NFL season just 3 weeks old Sixty-six quarterbacks started an NFL game last season and already five teams have had to turn to their backup QB through Week 3 this season.

Most were pressed into duty because of injuries to the starter although the Carolina Panthers benched Bryce Young for veteran Andy Dalton after the first overall draft pick in 2023 fell to 2-16 with two bad games.

Dalton promptly led the Panthers to their first victory.

Justin Fields has played so well in Russell Wilson's absence that he may keep the job.

Both Fields and Minnesota's Sam Darnold have their teams off to 3-0 starts.

On Football: Plenty of parity in the NFL through 3 weeks Six winless teams earned their first wins of the season.

Nine road teams and eight underdogs were winners.

Its only September but the season has been unpredictable, just the way the NFL likes it.

A league built on parity has seen plenty of competitive balance in the first three weeks.

Five teams remain undefeated: Chiefs, Bills, Steelers, Vikings and Seahawks.

The Bengals, Jaguars and Titans are winless.

Theres plenty of surprises in that group of eight teams.

But there are no guarantees in the NFL and thats been quite evident over the first three weeks.

Bowman, Briscoe and Cindric step up in postseason to advance in NASCAR playoffs CHARLOTTE, N.C.

(AP) Alex Bowman opened NASCARs playoffs on defense not of his style of driving, but of his status in the seat of the No.

48 Chevrolet at Hendrick Motorsports.

The first playoff race was just days away and Bowman spent an entire afternoon insisting rumors hed be out of the car next season were untrue.

He ended the first round by scoring the most points of any driver through the three races and advanced to the second round.

Bowman joins Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric and Daniel Suarez as drivers who were iffy to make it out of the first round but head to Kansas Speedway still in title contention.

Phillies know 1st NL East title since 2011 only small step toward World Series championship PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Phillies won the NL East for the first time since 2011.

The Phillies won their 12th division crown and have their sights set on the No.

1 seed in the National League playoffs.

Seeking their third World Series championship following titles in 1980 and 2008, the Phillies overtook Atlanta for the division lead on May 3 and havent trailed since.

The Phillies have plenty to play for over the final week of the season.

They want the Wild Card Series bye and a top-two seed in the NL playoffs.

Jason Day returns to Presidents Cup after 7-year absence with a new attitude MONTREAL (AP) Jason Day is back in the Presidents Cup for the first time in seven years with a new attitude.

Day says he was discouraged early on that not everyone was motivated.

And then he says he fell into the same trap and didn't have enough drive to play his best.

But he noticed a big change from being out of the mix since 2017.

He says everyone is rowing in the same direction.

Day can only hope that determination coupled with a pro-International crowd in Canada can help the International team win for the first time since 1998..

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