NFL free agency does not begin until next week (March 10), but activity swelled Wednesday as trades were unofficially executed and more players were added to the chopping block, released. A flurry of moves will likely continue over the next few days as teams position themselves for the start of the legal tampering period Monday and the subsequent start of free agency Wednesday.

Ten days after firing Craig Smith, Utah has landed its next men's head basketball coach. The school is hiring Dallas Mavericks assistant Alex Jensen, sources confirmed to CBS Sports. Jensen is a 48-year-old alum who played for Rick Majerus and was on the legendary 1997-98 Runnin' Utes team that went all the way to the national title game against Kentucky.

It's the earliest hiring period ever, with Miami and Utah already filling their vacancies less than one full week into March

LIV Golf returns this week for the third event of its season as it kicks off a mini Asian swing in Hong Kong. Returning to Hong Kong Golf Club for the second straight season, LIV Golf members will look to keep their early season momentum rolling as the first major championship of the season fast approaches.

Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack announced Thursday that basketball coach Adrian Autry will return next season, but that the second-year coach "understands that we need to fix it." The Orange (12-18,

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It was a mixed bag for the British sides in the early Europa League games on Thursday night. The headline result of the night might prove to be Tottenham's 1-0 loss away to AZ Alkmaar, Ange Postecoglou's last chance of winning a trophy in his second season with the club looking altogether more challenging going into the second leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in seven days' time.

The ownership group of Nottingham Forest and Olympiacos is set to name Francois Modesto as director, sources tell CBS Sports. Greek businessman and investor Evangelos Marinakis, owner of both clubs, has zeroed in on Modesto for the new role of his ownership group that has had control of the English side since 2017.

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It all seemingly aligns with their plan to, as Stephen Jones put it, be "selectively aggressive" during this free agency period.  Or at least it would, if Jerry Jones didn't disagree on the use of the word aggressive to describe his team's plans.

Dan Lanning became the latest head coach to join the $10 million or greater annual salary club when Oregon gave him a huge raise Thursday. Lanning was the 14th highest-paid coach last season but now jumps into the top 10 following a highly successful 2024 season that included a perfect regular season record and Big Ten championship.