Less than 24 hours after securing the biggest win of his PGA Tour career, Norwegian world No. 5 Viktor Hovland is caddying Monday for a former college teammate who is looking to secure a spot in next week's U.S. Open.

Hovland earned his fourth PGA Tour title Sunday and first on U.S. soil at the Jack Nicklaus-hosted Memorial Tournament in Dublin, Ohio, and will now caddie for Zach Bauchou in Monday's 36-hole qualifier in nearby Columbus.

With Hovland on his bag, Bauchou was playing at Lakes Golf & Country Club and Brookside Golf & Country Club in a bid to make it through the final stage of U.S. Open qualifying.

Now THAT is a teammate!

Not even 24 hours after winning @PGATOUR's @MemorialGolf, Viktor Hovland is back out on Golf's Longest Day caddieing for his former @OSUCowboyGolf roommate Zach Bauchou. pic.twitter.com/SBXgqCVeL6

— U.S. Open (USGA) (@usopengolf) June 5, 2023

Bauchou and Hovland were teammates on Oklahoma State University's national championship-winning squad in 2018.

Hovland, who finished joint runner-up at last month's PGA Championship, will be making his fifth U.S. Open appearance next week at Los Angeles Country Club.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Alabama defensive back Tony Mitchell said he feared his football career was over after his arrest on a drug charge.

The Crimson Tide freshman said in a video posted Sunday on social media that he knew "something much bigger could have happened."

A judge in Holmes County, Florida, on May 24 sentenced Mitchell to three years of probation with a fine and community service after Mitchell pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of more than 20 grams of cannabis.

"I didn't know if I'd be able to play football again, but I continued to work out and stay close with the Lord and those who love me unconditionally," Mitchell said. "During those times, it helped me to keep my mind off it. But when I was by myself looking at social media, what everybody had to say about it, it just felt like it happened again.

"I didn't sleep at night."

He was suspended from the Alabama team following the arrest, but Mitchell's father, Tony Mitchell Sr., posted on Facebook last week that the defensive back had been reinstated. An Alabama spokesman declined to comment on Mitchell's status.

Tony Sr. shared his son's video on Facebook, saying it was filmed during a talk to youth.

"I was doing things I knew I shouldn't to try to fit in," the younger Mitchell said, "but not everybody's your friend."

Mitchell, who is from Alabaster, Alabama, was a four-star prospect and the 15th-rated safety in the 247Composite rankings.

He had been charged in March with possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell after a traffic stop when authorities said he drove over 141 mph while trying to evade deputies in the Florida panhandle. A deputy had spotted Mitchell's black Dodge Challenger traveling 78 mph in a 55 mph zone on a rural highway north of Bonifay.

He also received 100 hours of community service and paid a fine of $1,560.

Mitchell and a passenger were both charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell or deliver, according to a Holmes County Sheriff's Office arrest report. The other man also was charged with carrying a concealed gun without a permit.

Basketball great LeBron James will be the official starter when the 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race celebrates its centenary this weekend, organizers of the endurance classic said Monday.

The Los Angeles Lakers forward, the NBA's leading career scorer and a four-time champion, joins a list of celebrity starters who have carried out the ceremonial role over the decades.

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt was the starter in 2016, and Steve McQueen lowered the French flag to start the race in 1971, the year he starred in the movie "Le Mans."

"King James" will unleash the 62-strong field Saturday.

"There's nothing like seeing and experiencing sports at their highest level," the 38-year-old said.

"It's an honor for me to be part of this historic moment in motorsport and help celebrate the centenary of one of the biggest sporting events in the world."

James is a partner in Fenway Sports Group, which co-owns the RFK Racing NASCAR team.

The U.S.-based stock car series is celebrating its 75th anniversary and has a special entry at Le Mans driven by seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson, 2009 Formula One champion Jenson Button and 2010 Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller.

The LA Clippers are promoting Trent Redden to general manager and Mark Hughes to Senior VP/Assistant GM, sources told ESPN on Monday.

The promotions come in the wake of former general manager Michael Winger's recent departure to run the Washington Wizards and solidifies a Clippers front office group that's been together for six years now.

Both Redden and Hughes had been assistant general managers and will continue to report to Clippers' president Lawrence Frank, who has been able to hold onto both executives in recent years despite offers for promotions elsewhere.

Redden has been a lead strategist and talent evaluator for the Clippers. He spent 11 years with the Cleveland Cavaliers before joining the Clippers' front office in 2017.

Hughes' leadership, scouting and relationships inside and outside the organization has been an immense reason for his upward trajectory in front offices. He joined the Clippers in 2017 after four years with the New York Knicks and several years as an assistant coach in the NBA after his pro playing career.

The New York Mets designated catcher Tomas Nido for assignment Monday after parts of seven seasons with the club.

Nido, 29, became expendable with the emergence of rookie backstop Francisco Alvarez and Omar Narvaez's reinstatement from the injured list Monday.

Nido is batting just .125 in 22 games this season.

The Mets are on the hook for the remainder of the $3.7 million owed to Nido, provided he doesn't reject an outright assignment to the minors. Nido is 15 days shy of reaching five years of MLB service time, which would have allowed him to reject being outrighted in favor of free agency.

Nido is a career .213 batter with 13 home runs and 74 RBIs. He has thrown out 22% of baserunners trying to steal. The Mets selected him in the eighth round of the 2012 draft.

Watch the winning moment as Andy Murray begins his grass-court season by beating Chung Hyeon 6-3, 6-2 in the Surbiton Trophy.

Matches will be streamed from 5 June from 11:00 BST on BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app and the BBC Red Button.

Available to UK users only.

Fourth seed Casper Ruud came through a stern test from in-form Nicolas Jarry to make the French Open quarter-finals.

But the Norwegian, 24, won the key points at the key moments to triumph in straight sets, 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 7-5.

Ruud will face fellow Scandinavian Holger Rune, of Denmark, or Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo in the last eight.

Jarry had never won a match at Roland Garros before this year, suffering three first-round exits, but the 6ft 6in South American proved a far more obdurate obstacle for Ruud than a straight-set defeat suggests.

Ultimately, Ruud's experience on the big stage told as he comfortably won a first set tie-break in which Jarry's shot selection let him down on more than one occasion.

The world number four, beaten by 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal in last year's final, came from 4-1 and break point down to take the second set, helped by Jarry netting an overhead smash at set point.

Jarry, who beat Ruud in three sets on his way to the Geneva Open title last month, broke serve in the third set too but gifted the break straight back and lost his service again at 5-5 before the Norwegian served out victory.

"I felt physically fine - I was ready for more if we had to play more," Ruud said in his on-court interview following the victory.

"I was down a break in both the second and the third sets but I was able to stay in and neutralise his serve and win the most important points of the match."

Alexander Zverev faces Grigor Dimitrov in Monday's evening session match on court Philippe-Chatrier, with the winner to face Tomas Martin Etcheverry or Yoshihito Nishioka in the quarter-finals.

Britain's Andy Murray kicked off his Wimbledon preparations with a straight-set victory over Chung Hyeon in the first round of the Surbiton Trophy.

Murray skipped the French Open in order to focus on the grass-court season.

Every day of the Surbiton Trophy is live across the BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and the Red Button.

The match began on even terms as Chung kept up with Murray's level. However, once the Scot secured the break in the first set, he grew in confidence.

The three-time Grand Slam champion served eight aces and only dropped one point behind his second serve throughout the match, ending the encounter with a strong serve and forehand combination.

Chung, a former Australian Open semi-finalist who used a protected ranking to enter the event, has been plagued by Achilles and back injuries since 2019. This was only his third match of the year, having not played an ATP singles match since 2020.

Ryan Peniston joined his fellow Briton in the second round with a 6-4 6-2 victory over former world number 35 Jiri Vesely.

Peniston, 27, was broken in the first game of the match but recovered to beat Czech Vesely, who had used a protected ranking to enter the event following a spell of injuries.

The world number 192 will face Australian fifth seed Jason Kubler next.

Peniston made headlines last summer for his performances on grass, reaching the quarter-finals at Surbiton, Nottingham, Queen's and Eastbourne, and beating the likes of two-time Grand Slam finalist Casper Ruud and world number six Holger Rune.

Other Britons scheduled to play at the event this week include 2019 champion Dan Evans, Heather Watson and Katie Boulter.

The Montreal Canadiens have committed to young scorer Cole Caufield, agreeing to terms on an eight-year, $62.8 million deal.

The 22-year-old tied for the team lead in goals this season with 26, the second straight season Caufield has paced the Canadiens. This past season, he did it in only 46 games because he was shut down to undergo shoulder surgery.

After a highly successful stint with the United States national team development program, Caufield went to the University of Wisconsin and led the nation in goals and scoring. He won the Hobey Baker Award as the top college player, but Montreal was able to get Caufield with the 15th pick in the 2019 draft because some teams had concerns about his 5-foot-7 frame.

After a 10-game stint in which he scored four goals with the Canadiens in 2020-21, Caufield was a favorite for the Calder Trophy the next season, but he struggled out of the gate. He was demoted to the AHL, but returned to play 67 games and score 23 goals.

He was on a much higher pace this past season, even though he initially dislocated his shoulder in December. He was shut down in January and underwent surgery. He was back skating with the team in practice in April.

It's been 600 years since William Shakespeare famously asked, "What's in a name?"

Here in 2023, we're still wondering the same thing -- not about Romeo and Juliet of course, but about the Florida Panthers.

More specifically, the Florida Panthers' mascot.

Is it an actual panther emblazoned on the team's sweater? Or a panther in name only? And what's the difference between it and other big cats?

While Florida gears up to face the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, the feline frenzy has been a topic online during the team's improbable run in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Panthers' social media team even tweeted a link from the University of Florida's Wildlife, Ecology and Conservation to help explain what their cat really looks like.

"Panthers can sometimes be confused with bobcats, dogs, and coyotes," the team tweeted, citing the report.

Let's start at the beginning.

The Panthers' primary mascot is Stanley C. Panther, named in 1995 by then-five-year-old Darrel Ambrosini. The moniker is firstly a reference to the piece of hardware Florida is currently four wins away from hoisting for the first time in team history.

The design itself is of an anthropomorphic version of the endangered cat, an acknowledgement of the state's official animal, the wildlife population and the fierceness of the beast itself.

But, is a panther really a panther? The answer is ... complex.

"A panther is absolutely the same thing as a puma, or a mountain lion. They are all the same animal," Dr. Mark Elbroch, director of the puma program at Panthera -- a global science and conservation organization for wildcats -- told ESPN. Elbroch has spent more than two decades studying big cats. "It is the species listed as holding the world record for most names. The Florida panther is not only the exact same animal but the exact same subspecies as the ones in Idaho and Washington State and California, and all of Mexico. So, it's just a name thing."

Elbroch said the big cats' incredible geographical range -- from central Canada all the way down through South America -- is how a single animal earns several different titles.

"In Florida, if you don't say the word 'Florida panther' people may not know what you're talking about," Elbroch said. "Whereas in Washington, everyone says cougar; in Wyoming, everyone says mountain lion. And if you don't use the local lingo, people look at you funny and identify you as an outsider immediately."

While the Florida panther, which weighs between 80-130 pounds, might share a name with other cats -- Elbroch estimates there were at one time 28 different species of mountain lion -- Florida's version does boast a unique history. They were the only cats east of the Plains that miraculously survived an onslaught of European settlements and were able to recover from only 20 remaining to over 200 now, a "remarkable" increase according to Elbroch.

The panther stayed alive by burrowing into South Florida's mosquito-infested swamps and "hung on there," said Elbroch. Pinelands and wetlands around Everglades National Park and Big Cypress National Preserve are where the panther continues to hunker down, in a place where few humans -- or real estate developers -- are able to disturb them.

Such tenacity of spirit could certainly lend itself to making the panther an appropriately dominating symbol in the sports world. From a scientific perspective though, Elbroch can't help but point out the panther isn't exactly the communal type.

"The panther is an odd choice for a team as an emblem because mountain lions' function most of the time alone in terms of hunting," he said. "The African lion, for example, defends the family collectively. But the panther is more solitary. They are not an aggressive animal, which is something that maybe teams don't quite realize -- unless they're threatened. And then of course, you're going to see their teeth and claws."

That could actually be a perfectly fitting analogy for this iteration of the Florida Panthers' entire season. The Ice Cats looked tame early on in a lean year spent mostly out of playoff contention. It wasn't until their late surge into the Eastern Conference's final postseason slot that Florida started to show some grit. That evolved into the Panthers becoming this postseason behemoth, tackling all comers en route to a resoundingly unpredicted Stanley Cup Final berth.

It's a trajectory the Panthers share with (all manner of) their feline counterparts.

"They're fiercely independent, amazingly strong, agile [cats]. I consider the panther sort of that quiet, cautious personality in the background," Elbroch said. "They love to watch, they love to observe, and you're only going to see the sort of teeth and claws if you corner them. And then, of course, they're going to fight for their life."

So, what is in a name?

Should the Florida Panthers really be the Florida Cougars? Or Florida Mountain Lions?

And why, exactly, are there so many titles for such similar beasts?

Perhaps we take a page from Shakespeare and question why we need to name things at all? Like the panthers themselves, simply let the Florida Panthers run free in their natural habitat.

"I think people have always been in love with the grace and strength of big cats," said Elbroch. "A mountain lion can take down prey that weighs 10 times their weight; that's essentially superhuman power. Sports teams want to emulate that kind of strength, right? A big cat is a survivor. They're incredibly resilient. They're strong. And they have the weaponry to protect themselves."