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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.

Tennessee football's 10% talent fee opens discussion of how many schools and sports will follow LOUISVILLE, Ky.

(AP) Tennessees announcement of a 10% talent fee on 2025 football seasons tickets to help pay players could have been considered inevitable in the still-evolving era of NIL (name, image and likeness).

Especially with revenue likely in the fall of 2025.

It nonetheless sent shockwaves throughout the sport and could spur other Power 4 conference programs to follow suit in addition to the NIL collectives already in place at many school.

The question is whether even diehard fans are willing to another another surcharge, though this one could directly impact on-field talent.

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 dollars 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Home address of Detroit Lions head coach posted online following team's playoff loss BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich.

(AP) A classmate of Detroit Lions Head Coach Dan Campbell's daughter reposted the familys home address on social media following the teams January playoff loss.

The Detroit News reports that the incident was among others that included people stopping by the Bloomfield Township home uninvited and preceded the familys move earlier this year to another home purchased by a limited liability company.

Campbell and wife, Holly, listed the 7,800-square-foot Bloomfield Township house for sale this month at $4.5 million.

The team finished the 2023 regular season with a 12-5 record.

Detroit defeated the Los Angeles Rams in the wild card game and got past Tampa Bay before losing the conference championship 34-31 to the San Francisco 49ers..

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