Giovinco to join Toronto from Juventus

Toronto FC have announced that Italy playmaker Sebastian Giovinco will join them when his contract with Juventus ends at the end of the Serie A season.The 27-year-old has signed a deal running until summer 2020 with the Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit that will reportedly make him the highest-paid Italian footballer in the world."I have heard so many great things about Toronto over the years and I know I will feel right at home," he said. "Until then, there are many things I still want to accomplish for Juventus. I will give my heart and soul to Juve until I change shirts."A product of Juventus's academy, Giovinco had loan spells at Empoli FC and Parma FC, and has scored nine

BYU won’t join Big East for football (AP)

Brigham Young won’t be part of the Big East’s westward expansion. Negotiations between the rebuilding conference and BYU have broken off, a person familiar with the talks told The Associated Press. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the conference and school have not been making their talks public. “BYU to the Big East is dead. It’s not going to happen,” the person said. BYU athletic department spokesman Brett Pyne said in an email that school officials declined a request for comment. The Big East was trying to add BYU as part of its plan to become a 12-team football league. The deal-breaker was television rights. The person says BYU wanted to retain the rights to its home football games and the league

10 Reasons Why Notre Dame Will Never Join the Big Ten

This time last spring there were rumors of an impending restructuring that would shake the college football world. Talk of major realignments had many convinced that Notre Dame was finally about to forfeit its independence and take the plunge into the Big Ten. But the "seismic shift" that many saw coming on the horizon fizzled and Notre Dame once again passed on the chance to join the Big Ten Conference. The fact is the Irish will never join the Big Ten and today we list 10 reasons why. Begin Slideshow