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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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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.

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