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Sports briefs

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2 Pitt kickoff

times set

The Atlantic Coast Conference announced kickoff times for two 2019 Pitt football games today.

The Panthers’ season opener against ACC Coastal Division foe Virginia on Aug. 31 will kick off at 7:30 p.m., and be televised by the soon-to-be-launched ACC Network.

Pitt will also appear on the ACC Network Sept. 7 when it hosts Ohio. The Panthers and Bobcats will kick off at 11 a.m.

Sharapova withdraws from French Open

Two-time French Open champion Maria Sharapova pulled out of the year’s second Grand Slam tournament on Tuesday because of her surgically repaired right shoulder.

Sharapova announced her withdrawal on Instagram.

She said she has returned to practice and is “slowly building the strength back” in her shoulder.

The former No. 1 and owner of five major titles hasn’t competed anywhere since late January, when she withdrew from a tournament in Russia after winning her opening match there. In February, she said she had a “small procedure” on her shoulder, which was painful since last year because of a fraying tendon and small labrum tear.

During a recent interview at the Italian Open, International Tennis Hall of Fame member Nick Bollettieri said Sharapova is at his academy “right now, training.”

Asked whether Sharapova is contemplating retirement, the coach responded: “Not yet. I think she’s going to give it one more shot.”

Improbable is Preakness favorite

In a field without the top three finishers in the Kentucky Derby, the odds that Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert wouldn’t have the favorite in the Preakness are, well, Improbable.

Baffert will seek a record-setting eighth Preakness victory Saturday with 5-2 morning line favorite Improbable, who will start from the No. 4 post in a field of 13 horses.

War of Will, the second choice at 4-1, received the No. 1 post in Wednesday’s draw.

For the first time since 1951, the Preakness will not include the four horses that crossed the finish line first in the Kentucky Derby. Improbable finished fifth and was moved up to fourth following the disqualification of Maximum Security for interference.

It was the only time in six career races that Improbable failed to finish first or second. On Saturday, co-owner Elliott Walden hopes his horse gets back on track after watching another of his horses, Justify, roll to a Triple Crown win in 2018.

College golf

The Washington & Jefferson men’s golf team concluded the season by finishing in a tie for 30th place at the NCAA Division III Championships, hosted at the Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville, Ky.

The Presidents ended the event with a score of 636 (+60). The finish is an eight-spot improvement from last season’s placement for W&J, which has appeared in eight NCAA tournaments.

The Presidents’ top finisher was Jake Darr in a tie for 78th with a final score of 11-over 155.

Jets fire GM

Mike Maccagnan helped lead the Jets’ coaching search this offseason, spent big money in free agency and oversaw the team’s draft.

Now, stunningly, he’s out as New York’s general manager.

Team chairman and CEO Christopher Johnson announced the decision to fire Maccagnan in a statement posted Wednesday on the team’s Twitter account. Coach Adam Gase will serve as the acting general manager while the Jets search for a replacement.

“It was a decision that evolved,” Johnson said during a conference call a few hours after the announcement. “And it took a while and maybe I was slow with that decision, but I finally came to it in the last few days.”

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