The Pac-12 struck a media-rights deal with CBS on Monday that sets up the network to broadcast a minimum of four football and men’s basketball games per season on its main network and provide a cable and streaming presence for the reconfigured league from 2026-31.

Financial details of the new deal were not disclosed. Conference Commissioner Teresa Gould called it a “transformational partnership” that allows the Pac-12 to grow when it starts as a remodeled league in 2026-27.

An inability to secure a media deal is what nearly cratered the league in 2023, with all but Oregon State and Washington State departing for the Big 12, Atlantic Coast and Big Ten Conferences.

The Pac-12 already had deals in place to put all of the two remaining teams’ football games on the CW, ESPN and CBS for the upcoming season.

The new deal with what the league calls its “primary long-term media partner” kicks in the next season, when Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Utah State and San Diego State will join the Pac-12 in all sports, with Gonzaga joining in everything but football.

The Pac-12 needs to add another football program to reach the minimum eight teams necessary to be in the Football Bowl Subdivision and, thus, the College Football Playoff. Multiple reports say Texas State has emerged as the top candidate.

Under the new deal, CBS will broadcast at least three regular-season football and men’s basketball games per season, along with the championship games for both sports. The league also will have what it called a “consistent regular-season presence” on the cable CBS Sports Network.

Details are still being finalized as Pac-12 media negotiator, Octagon, works on finding additional media partners for the league.

NHL

The NHL released its official order of selection for this year’s draft at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The Sharks as of now hold nine picks in the draft, with seven of their selections coming from other teams via trade.

The Sharks are slated to pick second and 30th overall (from Dallas) in the first round, 33rd and 53rd (from Ottawa) in the second round, 95th (from Edmonton) in the third round, 115th (from St. Louis via Columbus) and 124th (from Winnipeg via Dallas) in the fifth round, 150th (from Colorado) in the fifth round and 210th (from New Jersey) in the seventh round.

The first round of the draft will be held on Friday and start at 4 p.m., and rounds two through seven will be held on Saturday, starting at 9 a.m.

— Curtis Pashelka

The Anaheim Ducks traded Trevor Zegras to the Philadelphia Flyers, ending the exciting forward’s inconsistent half-decade in Orange County.

The Ducks get forward Ryan Poehling and the 45th overall pick in the upcoming draft that initially belonged to Columbus, along with a fourth-round pick next season.

Ducks general manager Pat Verbeek said he dealt away the Ducks’ charismatic former leading scorer in part because Zegras no longer fit the Ducks’ roster as they attempt to end their seven-year playoff drought.

“You start imagining lines and how you want certain players to complement each other,” Verbeek said. “We started looking at that scenario, so ultimately we made the decision to move Trevor because of that.”

Zegras is a natural center who wants to be a playmaker in the middle, but rising stars Leo Carlsson and Mason McTavish have earned those spots on Anaheim’s top two lines, which has forced Zegras to play left wing or to center a depth line.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Chip Hale, a San Jose native and former Campolindo High of Moraga star, had his contract as Arizona’s head coach extended four years through 2030 after he led the Wildcats back to the College World Series.

Terms of the deal announced were not released and must still be approved by the Arizona Board of Regents.

“Arizona Baseball has long been one of the nation’s premier programs, and coach Chip Hale has honored that legacy while elevating our standard of excellence,” Arizona athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois said.

Hale has led Arizona to the NCAA Tournament four straight times since returning to Tucson to coach his alma mater in 2021. The Wildcats returned to the College World Series this year for the first time since 2021.

SOCCER

Mexico tied Costa Rica 0-0 in Las Vegas on Sunday night to win Group A of the CONCACAF Gold Cup and will play Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals.

Mexico’s Santiago Giménez appeared to score on a bicycle kick in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time but the goal was disallowed by Guatemalan referee Mario Escobar following a video review.

Giménez appeared to be offside when Luis Chávez lofted the ball into the penalty area after exchanging taps with Carlos Rodríguez on a free kick. Orlando Galo’s headed clearance attempt went in front of the goal to Giménez, who overhead kick beat goalkeeper Keylor Navas, plus-three to plus-two.

Mexico, unbeaten in 10 Gold Cup matches against Costa Rica, finished even with the Ticos at seven points but won the group on goal difference.

El Tri, which defeated the Dominican Republic and Suriname in their first two matches, will play Saudi Arabia on Saturday at Glendale, Arizona, while the Costa Ricans will face the United States the following day in Minneapolis.

OLYMPICS

The first female and first African president of the IOC, Kirsty Coventry, was inaugurated in the role in Lausanne, Switzerland, on the organization’s 131st birthday with praise that the Olympic movement was “in the best of hands.”

Coventry, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming for Zimbabwe, finally and formally takes office today at just 41 after decisively winning a seven-candidate election in March to succeed Thomas Bach.

Coventry cited her family including her two young daughters as “my rocks, my inspiration” to lead the International Olympic Committee through the next eight years including the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.