College Football
Former Penn State receiver Justin Shorter is eligible to play for 8th ranked Florida this season. The Gators confirmed Friday that the NCAA granted Shorter’s request to waive a one-year transfer rule, meaning he doesn’t have to sit out the 2020 season. Shorter left Penn State last November and entered the NCAA transfer portal. He landed at Florida three months later.
NASCAR
Bubba Wallace announced he will leave Richard Petty Motorsports at the conclusion of this season, with RPM saying in a statement it will announce a new driver for its famed No. 43 car in the future. Wallace, NASCAR’s only full-time black driver, has driven for RPM for three seasons and has recorded a career-best top-five finishes in 2020. The 26-year-old is rumored to have been in discussions with Chip Ganassi Racing about joining that team for 2021.
Golf
Former PGA and British Open champion John Daly was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer. The 54-year-old Daly underwent successful surgery, all discovered after health issues caused him to withdraw from a Charles Schwab Series event last month in Missouri.
Daly told Golf Channel he thought he believed it was a battle with kidney stones, but testing revealed a cancer that needed to be removed. Daly added there’s an 85% chance the cancer comes back. He will revisit with his doctor in three months. Daly also stated on Twitter he would do everything he can to beat this disease.