— The Los Angeles Clippers were fined $30 million by the NBA and lost first-round draft picks in 2029-2033 as a result of an investigation as a result of circumventing the salary cap in the payment on Kawki Leonard,
— Georgia attorney general Chris Carr stated in a letter to Southeastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey that LSU should be suspended or removed from the league if it uses players who have returned to college from the NFL.
— Wake Forest opens its football season with UNC transfer Gio Lopez at quarterback against Akron in Winston-Salem tonight (ACC Network, 7 p.m.).
— Georgia Tech hosts Colorado (ESPN, 8 p.m.).
— In matchups involving ranked teams, Arkansas Pine Bluff visits No. 25 Missouri (SEC Network, 8 p.m.) and No. 21 Utah will be at home to take on Idaho (ESPNU, 9 p.m.).
— Milwaukee plays the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field tonight (FOX, 7:15 p.m.).
— Second seeded Carlos Alcarez advanced in the second round of the U.S. Open in men’s tennis on Wednesday. Top-seeded Alexander Zverev plays Quentin Halys in the second round tonight (ESPN2, 8:10 p.m.).
