College football season begins as NBA penalizes Clippers over salary cap

The college football season is underway following early results including a Colorado victory against Georgia Tech and a UMass win over Rutgers. Boise State prepares to face No. 2 Oregon on Saturday in a game with playoff implications. Meanwhile, LSU secured a court ruling allowing the university to add former professional players to its roster, though a separate SEC lawsuit remains active. In professional basketball, the NBA penalized the Clippers for salary cap circumvention. The organization must now proceed without five future first-round draft picks that were stripped as part of the league's disciplinary action. Elsewhere, the NFL Rams are implementing a travel strategy for their upcoming game in Melbourne, mirroring a schedule used for a previous London trip.

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