Starting in the 2016-17 academic year, fines will be applied to Pac-12 institutions as follows: $25,000 for first offense, $50,000 for a second offense, and $100,000 for a third offense. MORE: Reasons to be excited, skeptical for every Pac-12 football team The penalties will likely be welcomed with open arms from Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller, who said in February that it’s only a matter of time before a player punches a fan out of self-defense....

The conference announced it will avoid 9 a.m. PT kickoffs in 2019 but added that it isn’t completely closing the door on the early morning starts, The Mercury News reported. According to Andrew Walker, the head of communications for the Pac-12, several schools are “interested” in the early time slots, but they want to feel out how 9 a.m. kickoffs work for the Big Ten and Big 12 in 2019 before deciding if the Pac-12 wants to follow suit....

The 36-year-old quarterback had driven the Packers inside the 49ers’ 30-yard line, hoping to make their 17-0 second-quarter deficit more manageable. But Rodgers couldn’t handle a snap from center Corey Lindsey. He watched the ensuing fray from afar, then slowly walked off the field once it became clear San Francisco lineman DeForest Buckner had jumped on the loose ball. Green Bay never got close after that moment, part of its 37-20 loss in the NFC championship game....

Franklin, Green Bay’s fourth-round pick last year from UCLA, confirmed on his Twitter account that his career is over due to a neck injury sustained on a kickoff return against the Vikings in November. Earlier, Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters at the end of their minicamp practice (according to the Green Bay Press Gazette) that “all the information has come in” on Franklin’s recovery, and that “he will not be back with us....

Because the Packers won Sunday in Chicago, thanks to some late-game heroics by Aaron Rodgers, and the Lions lost to the Giants, Detroit’s hold on the NFC North is dwindling. MORE: Updated NFL playoff picture After Sunday’s 17-6 loss to the Giants, the Lions (9-5) will head to Dallas next week before hosting the Packers (8-6) on New Year’s Day. The Packers will play the Vikings (7-7) on Saturday at Lambeau Field....

After the game was over, stadium personnel at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin were on a mass search for the lost chain. Alvin Jones Sr., who was the father of Aaron, died from COVID complications on April 6, according to the El Paso Times. Aaron Jones, who has been Green Bay’s starting running back for several years, wore a chain that contained his late father’s ashes. During Monday night’s win, Jones had one rushing touchdown and three receiving touchdowns....

Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are dealing with a lot of injuries on both sides of the ball, both for active and inactive players. Jalen Hurts and the Eagles have a clean bill of health, save for tight end Dallas Goedert (shoulder). MORE: Why Aaron Rodgers has kept playing even after breaking his thumb Will the Packers follow the Commanders in Week 10 and pull a shocking upset in Philadelphia?...

The Line: Seahawks -8, Total: 46 Line movement: The line has bounced between an opening price of -7 and -7.5 at the South Point, whose policy is not to come off the standard -110 vigorish. Other Las Vegas books have been between those numbers as well. On the morning of the game, though, many books made the move to -8. The total opened between 46.5 and 47 and remained in that range through early betting, before a move to 46 or 45....

Pacquiao (56-5-2) pursued and peppered the previously unbeaten Bradley around the MGM Grand Garden ring with an aggressive performance recalling the Pacman in his prime. Bradley fought back with counterpunching and elusiveness, but Pacquiao kept up his attack while Bradley (31-1) struggled down the stretch. Pacquiao left little doubt about the result of the rematch in the same arena where they met nearly two years ago. Bradley's split-decision victory astonished most ringside observers, who felt Pacquiao had earned a clear decision....

When he was summoned to replace Tyson Ross in the 8th inning against the Dodgers, Torres took the mound wearing an IsoBlox protective pitching hat, becoming the first pitcher in MLB history to do so. MORE: Best minor league states | Wacky wild pitch | Silent treatment Ever since then-Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy was struck in the head with a line drive and suffered life-threatening brain injuries, Major League Baseball studied and tested multiple prototypes for padded caps in order to provide provide head protection against line-drives and comeback shots....

Continental Mills issued multiple recalls over the weekend, starting with two lots of pancake and waffle mix sold at Kroger. The other was a nationwide recall of Great Value pancake and waffle mix, which is sold at Walmart. “Fragments from a cable used to clear the processing line were discovered in a limited amount of product,” Continental Mills declared in its recall statement, according to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)....

One company that has gained popularity during the pandemic as an at-home alternative to the traditional gym is Peloton, which provides fitness equipment and workout classes. Peloton reported that sales in the first three months of 2020 were up 141 percent, and the company started building a factory outside of Toledo, Ohio, on Monday that will launch production in 2023. Peloton founder and CEO John Foley said he believes technology-based methods for exercising at home will become prevalent over traditional gyms....

“Thievery sells.” MORE: Best photos from Week 8 | Owens: Cam leads way again The latest stolen merchandise on the market: three Andrew Luck interceptions, the last an overtime pick off the hands of safety Roman Harper into linebacker Luke Kuechly’s arms. Along that wall, a group of playmakers. The names everyone knows: Josh Norman; Charles Tillman; Harper. And the name everyone should remember after Monday night: Kurt Coleman. The name, according to Kuechly, that already resonates in the Carolina conscious....

The Buccaneers trounced the Panthers on Sunday, downing Carolina by a tune to 32-6, sending Carolina (5-10) to its 10th loss in 12 games. Tampa Bay blasting its division rival isn’t a surprise, and neither is one moment late in the game: With under two minutes to play, wideout Robby Anderson decided to celebrate a first down on the Buccaneers sideline. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with celebrating a good play — even during a blowout loss — the whole “time and place” argument was made for Anderson in the moment, with fans and analysts alike ripping him for the gesture....

This past season, Luongo started 40 games for Florida, going 18-16-5 and registering a 3.12 GAA and .899 save percentage, a significant decline from the previous year where his numbers (2.47 GAA, .929 save percentage) ranked fourth-best in the league among qualified goaltenders who played at least 28 games. According to TSN’s Frank Servalli, Luongo could choose to either play, start the season on the long-term injured reserve or ultimately retire....

The money will go to a “Rebuild Puerto Rico” fund started by Red Ventures CEO Ric Elias, who said he will match donations up to $5 million. “As I said, whatever we can do to help out, I think it would be greatly appreciated,” Rivera said to The Charlotte Observer. “[They need] food, water and electricity right now. Those that don’t have generators are really struggling up there. Getting fresh water and food obviously is the other concern, and then fuel for the generators and stuff like that....

The Panthers owner, who is also a member of NFL’s Committee on Los Angeles Opportunities, said that a St. Louis stadium proposal which meets “the protocol for the NFL on relocation” would force the team to stay in St. Louis. MORE: Loving or leaving every NFL stadium | Disney CEO to lead Raiders-Chargers effort “Those are the rules,” Richardson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The committee heard presentations from Oakland, San Diego and St....

The inside story of John Paul II’s reign is hidden behind Vatican curtains. Now, unprecedented access to the pope and his retinue reveals how he rose to power-ending a 500-year tradition of Italian popes-and played a pre-eminent role in the tumultuous political and spiritual events of his times. ..MR0- If Karol Wojtyla, cardinal of Krakow, had a premonition about his own future as the first non-Italian pope in half a millennium, he behaved in a remarkably businesslike fashion when he returned to Rome for two weeks early in October, 1978, for the second Vatican conclave of the year, just another cardinal preparing to elect a new pontiff....

The 17-year-old Prosper resident suffered a severe spinal cord injury on September 20 this year that left her paralyzed from the chest down and unable to move her hands. The teenager spent several weeks in hospital and a rehabilitation facility before finally being allowed to move back home. But she is currently undergoing therapy to improve her range of movement. “Wow what a day Mak has had!” the family said in an update posted to the Facebook group Makayla’s Fight, which currently has around 53,000 members....