Georgetown has parted ways with head coach Patrick Ewing, who went 75-109 in six years at the helm of the program he helped put on the map four decades ago.
Catch up quick: Ewing, who was a three-time consensus first-team All-American at Georgetown and led the Hoyas to their only national championship in 1984, was hired as head coach in 2017 after 14 seasons as a National Basketball Association assistant.
Baseball isn't the only sport trying to make its games shorter.
Driving the news: The NCAA Football Rules Committee has proposed three measures that would shorten college football games, including one aimed specifically at reducing the number of plays.
A New York federal jury found a former 21st Century Fox executive guilty on Thursday in an alleged scheme to bribe FIFA officials for lucrative soccer game broadcasting rights.
Driving the news: Hernan Lopez was convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and launder money, but co-defendant Carlos Martinez was acquitted on the same charges, per a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
As the World Baseball Classic began this week, some fans say they have conflicting feelings about cheering for Caribbean and Latin American nations where people are experiencing turmoil.
The big picture: Eight of the 20 countries competing in the World Baseball Classic are from Latin America and the Caribbean, and some are among the favorites to win the title — despite instability at home.
"I'm not Derek Jeter. There will be no farewell tour," Jim Boeheim said in 2015. There sure wasn't.
Driving the news: Following Syracuse's last-second loss to Wake Forest on Wednesday in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference's men's basketball tournament, Boeheim said it was "up to the university" to decide his future.
Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens' contract standoff took its first concrete step on Tuesday when Baltimore placed the nonexclusive franchise tag on its starting quarterback.
Why it matters: Baltimore is rolling the dice, betting that Jackson won't find a better deal elsewhere but also opening itself up to the possibility of losing its 26-year-old former most valuable player.