MADISON – Wisconsin men’s basketball and Braeden Carrington appear to have picked up a key victory in Carrington’s legal fight for a fifth season of eligibility.

A California judge issued an injunction in the Glancey vs. NCAA case on Oct. 20 that allows Carrington and the other plaintiffs to remain eligible for a fifth season of college basketball in 2026-27, according to reports from CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein and others.

The NCAA has consistently appealed rulings like this one, so Carrington’s legal fight is not necessarily over. But the injunction would keep the Wisconsin guard eligible to play in the meantime with fewer than two weeks before the regular season begins.

Carrington initially became eligible when the judge granted a temporary restraining order in August, which made it hardly a surprise that the court would rule favorably on the injunction as well. The NCAA has previously expressed confidence in its legal outcomes, however, when such cases reach a higher court.

“We intend to defend our rule because every time we’ve been able to defend it in front of a higher court, they’ve sided with us,” said Tim Buckley, the NCAA’s senior vice president for external affairs, in a September interview with the Journal Sentinel.

Carrington has practiced with the Badgers and played in their first two exhibition games of the 2026-27 season. That included a 20-point performance on 5-of-7 shooting in the Badgers’ Oct. 15 exhibition win over UW-Green Bay.

His continued eligibility is a huge plus for the Badgers after he averaged 8.3 points per game off the bench and shot 40.2% from 3-point range in his lone season in Madison. He transferred to UW after two years at Minnesota and one year at Tulsa.

UW coach Greg Gard previously told reporters on Sept. 16 that the Badgers “wanted to walk down this road as far as we could until we either got a green light or a red light.”

“We knew with Braeden all along it’s going to be a roller coaster, regardless of what happens on the 20th,” Gard said at UW’s local media day on Oct. 6. “We’re prepared for that. … Since the portal and everything that has gone on in college athletics, it’s allowed us to take a little different view of everything and understand we just focus on things you can control.”

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin's Braeden Carrington stays eligible after injunction | Reports

Ryan Day teases potential Julian Sayin replacement as Ohio State QB amid injury update originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

Ohio State coach Ryan Day didn't mince words when addressing the health of Julian Sayin, a junior quarterback who had already been off to a fast start this season before suffering an elbow injury during last Saturday's 19-15 win against the Indiana Hoosiers in Bloomington.

With Sayin likely done for the season, attention now turns to who is up next at arguably football's most important position. Day said Tuesday he hasn't decided which quarterback from the depth chart will replace Sayin, but he praised Luke Fahey despite not registering a completion last week.

"He's an extremely hard worker," Day said of Fahey. "He puts a lot of hours in. He's extremely competitive. "He has a moxie about him. He has a competitiveness about him. We’re always looking for quarterbacks who are obsessed with being great. And, I think when you get around Luke, you can see how important it is to him. He puts a lot of work in."

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Day cited how Fahey's attributes are what most of the media and the fans don't see that sets him apart from other quarterbacks he has coached.

"You know, you see him [Fahey] in the off-season; he's in here early with the receivers and he's going through the [play] scripts," Day said. "He's in the meeting rooms putting in a lot of work, learning the plays."

Day said, however, that Fahey's demeanor changes when shifting to live action.

"When he steps in the huddle, he has got it," Day added. "The [offensive] lineman feel that. Obviously, he was a little overwhelmed...drinking through a firehose a little bit during that [Indiana] game. That's a tough spot to be in as a true freshman going into the fourth quarter like that. But even just him being out there, you can see him escape the pocket and make that play."

Day said growing pains are part of growing as a young college quarterback, reiterating that he wants Fahey to use him and the coaching staff as a resource as the season and his Buckeye career move forward.

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"He has got to find the speed of the game," Day said. "Settle in, which we can help him do. And then, he just has a competitiveness about him that I think is pretty contagious."

In a little over a week, we'll find out if Day and the Buckeyes can trust Fahey enough to keep their potential CFP and Big Ten title hopes afloat.

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MECHANICVILLE - Only three scores from each school counted toward determining a team winner Tuesday in the Section 2 Class C-D golf championship at the Fairways of Halfmoon.

When one of the players shoots even par, a school's chances of winning rise significantly.

Tanner LaTorre, a two-time Section 2 individual champion from Ichabod Crane, matched par 72 to earn medalist honors and led the Riders to a seven-stroke victory in the team competition.

LaTorre, a senior who was runner-up at last week's sectional tournament after winning the previous two years, was six strokes clear of Greenwich's Brett Traver and Coxsackie's Nico Galante in the individual standings. LaTorre carded three birdies and three bogeys.

The Riders got an 88 from LaTorre's brother Mason and a 94 from Keegan Mullins to post a seven-shot victory over Voorheesville, whose three players were within four shots of each other.

Each of the 24 teams brought four players. The bottom score wasn't included in the team total.

"It definitely helps," first-year coach Cameron Holzhauer said of having the elder LaTorre. "He's a good guy to watch. He's very special. They all have learned so much from him. He's been great to the young guys on the team, too. It's been great having him all year long. He's a big leader."

Tanner LaTorre couldn't stay around for the awards presentation - or interviews - because he was getting his senior photo taken, so Mason met with the media. The LaTorres first got media reps in 2022 when both qualified for the Drive, Chip and Putt national finals in Augusta, Ga.

"I don't really know (what to expect), because I didn't really know the other teams that well," Mason said. "I don't know if we were good enough, especially because we lost a lot of people. We lost two seniors last year that were pretty good."

Saratoga Catholic finished third, nine behind the Riders. Defending C-D champion La Salle has moved up to Class B.

Ichabod Crane finished second last year competing in Class B.

"I'm lucky to have so many great golfers with me," Holzhauer said. "It's been a great year. It was awesome to watch them today. They played great all the way through.

"We graduated a lot of guys last year. At the beginning we were piecing together the top six, but they all made huge leaps to get to where they were. It was awesome to see some of the guys that really weren't golfers before the season take huge leaps."

Classes A and B will conduct separate tournaments, playing simultaneously, on Wednesday.

• ICHABOD CRANE (254): Tanner LaTorre 72, Mason LaTorre 88, Keegan Mullins 94.
• VOORHEESVILLE (261): Keegan Twarog 85, Matteo Dambrocia 87, Andreas Amedore 89.
• SARATOGA CATHOLIC (263): Cole Cefalu 86, Landon Lockrow 87, Mark Mahay 90.
• GREENWICH (265): Brett Traver 78, Peter Wade 90, Dylan Brown 97.
• LAKE GEORGE (267): Keegan Nastke 84, Christopher Mondella 88, Aiden Cardinale 95.
• MAPLE HILL (275): Jack Connelly 88, Jacob Germaine 89, Nolan Mulhahy 98.
• WHITEHALL (276): Seth Arquette 87, Lucas Sharrow 91, Mason Cigana 98.
• COBLESKILL (277): Fred Sperbeck 84, Tiernan Farnum 92, Dylan Brown 97.
• CAMBRIDGE (278): Connor Genevick 92, James Beagle 93, Sawyer Armstrong 93.
• WATERFORD (280): Bradley O'Connor 90, Dylan Day 93, Landon Pitcher 97.
• COXSACKIE (282): Nico Galante 78, Blake VanSchaack 95, Camden Bradt 109.
• BROADALBIN-PERTH (285): Vincent Lanzi 89, Brady Van Voast 91, Lucas Bartman 105.
• MECHANICVILLE (286): Matthew Salvadore 86, Brody Landy 95, Kolton Rinaldi 105.
• CAIRO-DURHAM (286): Rogan Delaney 92, Mike Pernice 97, Devin Hoovier 97.
• SCHUYLERVILLE (288): Jackson Dunbar 91, Hailee Riley 98, Jagger MacNaughton 99.
• STILLWATER (290): Tye Morris 88, Vincent Festa 101, Julian Peluso 101.
• GLOVERSVILLE (294): Sam Morrison 86, Matt Flannery 98, Ashton Guntert 110.   
• JOHNSTOWN (294): Cashton Delmata 92, Nash Wing 100, Ryan Fallis 102.
• HOOSICK FALLS (295): Spencer Tate 94, Quinn Haynes 97, Jack Shea 104.
• CORINTH (300): Reiley Halliday 97, Cooper Philo 97, Parker Duerr-Clark 106.
• SCHOHARIE (301): Gideon Alescio 97, Bryson Beck 100, Andrew Shrederis 104.
• HOOSIC VALLEY (303): Keegan Antolick 96, Jackson Schram 102, Ryan Morrissey 105.
• DUANESBURG (307): Calvin Raymond 93, Mikayla Rivenburg 104, Brayden Jones 110.
• CANAJOHARIE (313): Mason Gray 93, Larry Sanders 108, Cooper Kretser 112.

This article originally published at Tanner LaTorre captures medalist honors, leads Ichabod Crane to Section 2 boys' golf crown.

Jim Nantz jokingly compares himself to Manny Pacquiao after viral Peanut Punch fail with J.J. Watt on live broadcast appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

This past weekend, Jim Nantz tried to punch a football out of JJ Watt during the Las Vegas Raiders and Buffalo Bills game, and he paid for it, comparing himself to famous boxer Manny Pacquiao.

Nantz appeared on The Pat McAfee Show to provide an update on his hand. He conceded that he went “a little too aggressive” with his Peanut Punch attempt.

“Some are saying that it was the greatest punch thrown in Vegas since Pacquiao a few years back,” he joked. “I gave it my best, and as soon as I did it, I regretted it, because I felt like everything had been compressed, and I did think I was gonna wake up Monday with this thing [his wrist] about triple the size.

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“I’m not gonna be on the injury report this week. I’m gonna be good to go, no broken bones,” he continued.

"I did go a little too aggressive with the peanut punch on @JJWatt and it did sting..

I gave it my best and as soon as I did it I regretted it..

I'm not gonna be on the injury report this week and I'm good to go" ~ Jim Nantz #PMSLivepic.twitter.com/qZ5GI4tZaO

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) October 20, 2026

Even Josh Allen reached out to Nantz after the game. A former United States president also reached out, and Pat McAfee theorized that it was Barack Obama.

Nantz tried his best to knock the ball out of Watt’s hand. He seemingly earned his respect for going as hard as he did, even if his attempt was unsuccessful.

It’s unlikely he will try a similar stunt this week. Nantz is 30 years older than Watt, and his hands can’t be taking such a beating. At least he doesn’t have a brace on it.

Nantz and Watt are paired in the booth this year after Tony Romo’s OWI arrest. This led Romo and CBS Sports to “mutually part ways” after nine years. Romo, a former NFL quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, was the network’s lead color commentator for nearly a decade. The OWI arrest allowed his seat to open up, and Watt has replaced him for this season. In six weeks, he has already given viewers a memorable moment with Nantz’s Peanut Punch attempt.

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