Action-Packed Sports Roundup: From Carroll's Classroom to Tennis Showdowns

The latest sports news highlights Pete Carroll's return to USC as a professor, a thrilling Vuelta a España stage win by Pavel Bittner, and substantial developments in tennis, motor racing, and baseball. Novak Djokovic aims for another U.S. Open title, while cycling and golf also see notable events.

In a diverse week of sports news, Pete Carroll, former Southern California and Seattle Seahawks coach, announced his return to USC as a professor this upcoming spring, as told to Seattle's Sports Radio 93.3 KJR-FM.

On the cycling front, Czech rider Pavel Bittner clinched a narrow victory over Belgium's Wout van Aert in the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España, showcasing a spectacular finish in Seville.

In motor racing, Mercedes confirmed that Peter Bonnington, long-time race engineer for Lewis Hamilton, will not join Ferrari next season but will instead take on a new role as head of race engineering at Mercedes.

(With inputs from agencies.)