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A potential $2.8 billion settlement of an antitrust lawsuit has cleared the first of a three-step NCAA approval process. The Division I Board of Directors finance committee has passed the plan to settle House vs. NCAA to the full board with a recommendation to stick with the original finance plan. That means 27 college conferences not named in the suit would cover the majority of a $1.6 billion portion. Commissioners of conferences that do not play major college football say their schools would be disproportionately penalized in the settlement.

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The Seattle Storm are a work in progress with Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins-Smith trying to get into a groove with Jewell Loyd. The Storm are have one in four games to start the season, but have had a difficult schedule with three road games.

Kyle Larson has been trying to soak up the Indianapolis 500 experience before making his debut on Sunday. But the NASCAR star never thought that would include milking a cow. Yet there he was on Tuesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, tugging on an udder in a tradition involving Indy 500 rookies. Larson is the fifth driver aiming to complete "The Double" by running both the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte on the same day. One thing that could put a damper on the endeavor is rain, which has popped up in the forecast.

Coach Emma Hayes has selected her first roster for the U.S. ahead of a pair of friendlies as she prepares to lead the women's national soccer team at the Paris Olympics. Hayes finished her final season as coach of Chelsea on Saturday, winning the team's fifth straight Women's Super League Title with a 6-0 rout of Manchester United. The United States will play South Korea on June 1 in Commerce City, Colorado, before a rematch on June 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Caitlin Clark, the rising WNBA star, has made a splash both on and off the court with her latest collaboration with Wilson to design a signature basketball line. Drafted by the Indiana Fever and already securing a Nike shoe deal, Clark's partnership with Wilson cements her status as a signif…

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