Orlando, Fla.
Kelly, a Manchester native and former University of New Hampshire player and assistant coach, was head coach at Oregon from 2009 to 2012, compiling a 46-7 record. He won at least a share of the conference title every season he was head coach and led the Ducks to the 2011 BCS national championship game, where they lost to Auburn.
Oregon fired Kelly’s successor, Mark Helfrich, on Tuesday after four seasons and a 37-16 record. The Ducks went 4-8 this season, their first losing season since 2004.
Kelly said he spoke to Helfrich on Wednesday morning to offer support.
Austin, Texas
Foreman announced his decision on Wednesday. His rushing total in 11 games was the second-best in school history, behind only Ricky Williams in 1998, when he won the Heisman Trophy. Foreman is a finalist for the Doak Walker Award given to the nation’s top running back.
Foreman also set a school record with 13 consecutive 100-yard games dating to the 2015 season. His career-best was a 341-yard effort against Texas Tech.
New York
The Hall-of-Fame trio led notable African-American athletes in support of the late heavyweight great and Louisville native at the so-called “Ali Summit” in Cleveland in 1967. Ali fought induction into the U.S. Army as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War.
Abdul-Jabbar and Brown were among celebrities and dignitaries at Ali’s memorial service following his death in June at age 74.
The men will be honored Dec. 12 in New York.
The award, given since 2008, recognizes sportsmanship, leadership, philanthropy and social justice efforts. It was renamed for Ali last year.
Oakland, Calif.
The 32-year-old has played 140 games in each of three of the last four seasons, batting .242 with 13 home runs and 42 RBIS this year for Pittsburgh. A regular pinch hitter, he started 30 games in right field.
London
The 46-year-old Southgate was given the position after managing England in four matches on an interim basis. He was promoted from the under-21s following the firing of Sam Allardyce in September.
Southgate’s only previous first-team managerial role came at Middlesbrough.
Southgate pulled out of the race to succeed Roy Hodgson in charge of England after the European Championship, saying he lacked the necessary experience for such a position.
Allardyce got the job, but was fired after 67 days — and just one match — in charge when his integrity was damaged by unguarded comments to undercover reporters.
Now Southgate is England’s third permanent manager in six months.
Los Angeles
Current UFC fighters Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone and Tim Kennedy also announced their participation Wednesday in an organizing effort led by fighters and joined by Bjorn Rebney, the former CEO of Bellator.
The Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association is the latest attempt to organize fighters in a famously individualistic sport into a collective bargaining unit. Other attempts at a fighters’ organization have made little headway.
St. Pierre hasn’t fought in three years, but has become increasingly antagonistic toward the UFC during his retirement.
Three of the involved fighters are represented by Creative Artists Agency, a rival of the WME-IMG conglomerate that bought the UFC earlier this year.