South Florida ran a brilliant 1,600-meter relay to close the NCAA men’s outdoor track and field championships Friday night, leaving USC and Texas A&M tied for the team national title.

The Trojans, who won the indoor title earlier this year but hadn’t won an outdoor title in 49 years, and the Aggies, both finished with 41 points, one ahead of Arkansas.

That came after a late surge by the USF anchor to edge Texas A&M in the final race, winning in 3 minutes, 42 seconds. Arkansas was third with the Trojans eighth to earn just one team point. The Aggies earned eight points in the relay — a win would have been worth 10 — and the Razorbacks got six.

Arkansas protested after the race that a USF runner hindered a Razorback but the protest was denied. If successful, Texas A&M would have won the title and Arkansas and USC would have tied for second.

NFL

Former NFL player Antonio Brown is facing an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting that took place in an altercation outside a boxing event in Miami, according to an arrest warrant.

Brown, 36, is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier. The victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, told investigators one of the bullets grazed his neck.

The warrant does not list an attorney for Brown, an All-Pro wide receiver who last played in the NFL in 2021 for Tampa Bay but spent most of his 12-year career with Pittsburgh.

The second-degree attempted murder charge carries a maximum 15-year prison sentence and up to a $10,000 fine.

It is the latest in a series of legal problems for Brown, who has previously been accused of battery of a moving truck driver, several domestic violence charges, failure to pay child support and other incidents.

According to the arrest warrant, Brown attended a celebrity boxing event in Miami on May 16. Police were called to the location after other patrons reported hearing shots fired. Several of them told officers Brown was the shooter, but when he was detained in the parking lot no weapon was found, but two bullet casings were located.

Based on surveillance video, the altercation outside the boxing event involving Brown, Nantambu and others was broken up by security staff, one of whom got into a struggle with Brown, the warrant says.

“Mr. Brown appears to retrieve a black firearm from the right hip area” of the security official, the warrant says. “Cellphone video obtained from social media showed Mr. Brown with the firearm in his hand advancing toward Mr. Nantambu on the outside sidewalk. The video captures two shots which occur as Mr. Brown is within several feet of Mr. Nantambu.”

Nantambu identified Brown as the shooter and told investigators he had known Brown since 2022.

During his playing career, Brown caught 928 passes for 12,291 yards and 88 touchdowns. He played for the Steelers, Oakland Raiders, New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning the 2021 Super Bowl with the Patriots. Brown was a seven-time Pro Bowl pick.

The Rams signed veteran offensive tackle D.J. Humphries to a one-year deal.

Humphries, a longtime starter for the NFC West rival Arizona Cardinals, will provide depth and insurance on the Rams’ offensive line behind starting left tackle Alaric Jackson.

Jackson agreed to a three-year, $57 million free agent deal to stay in L.A. this spring, but the NFL Network reported that Jackson is dealing with a reoccurrence of the blood clots that ended his 2022 season.

Humphries spent his first eight NFL seasons with the Cardinals, who drafted him in the first round in 2016. He started 98 games, mostly at left tackle, and was selected for the Pro Bowl in 2021.

Humphries was out of the NFL last season while recovering from a torn knee ligament from 2023.

— Adam Grosbard

NBA

Russell Westbrook will not be exercising his $3.5 million player option with the Denver Nuggets for next season and will instead become a free agent, multiple sources reported. The decision doesn’t necessarily mean that Westbrook won’t be back with the Nuggets.

Westbrook averaged 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists for the Nuggets this season — his 17th in the NBA — and helped Denver reach the second round of the playoffs, falling in seven games to eventual Western Conference champion Oklahoma City.

He underwent surgery after the season to repair multiple ligament tears in his right hand, an issue he played through during the season. At that time, Westbrook posted in his newsletter than he was “grateful for everyone’s support all year and I can’t wait to be back out there at 100% soon. The comeback is already in motion.”

That would indicate that he is planning to play somewhere next season.

Westbrook is a nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA selection and won the MVP award after the 2016-17 season. He’s also part of the NBA’s 75th anniversary team and has averaged 21.2 points and eight assists per game over his career.

GOLF

Lexi Thompson was back in contention going into the weekend in her beloved Meijer LPGA Classic, a year after a playoff loss at Blythefield County Club.

Making her sixth start of the season in a part-time tour schedule, Thompson birdied three of the last four holes for a 3-under 69 and a 7-under total. The 2015 winner at Blythefield was a stroke behind leaders Karis Davidson (70), Carlota Ciganda (67), Hye-Jin Choi (67) and Celine Boutier (68).

NHL

The Ducks signed prospect center Lucas Pettersson to a three-year, entry-level contract, the club announced in a news release.

Petterson, 19, was the third pick in the second round (35th overall) in 2024 and will compete for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League next season, the top level of in Pettersson’s homeland.

— Andrew Knoll

College baseball

Coastal Carolina broke a tie game with three runs in the eighth inning, Dominick Carbone shut down an Arizona threat in the ninth, and the Chanticleers opened the College World Series with a 7-4 win in Omaha, Neb.

The Chanticleers (54-11) extended their win streak to 24 games. They’ll play Sunday against No. 8 national seed Oregon State.

Arizona (44-20), in the CWS for the first time since 2021, will play Louisville onSunday.

Oregon State 4, Louisville 3: Aiva Arquette scored from first base on Gavin Turley’s drive into the left-field corner in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Beavers (48-14-1) a walk-off victory over Louisville (40-22) in the College World Series.