Sports in brief

GOLF

Major rule change

A golfer will no longer be penalized if his ball moves after it has been addressed in a rule change announced Monday by the sport's governing body.

Rory McIlroy and Webb Simpson were among those hit with one-shot penalties this year for what is widely regarded as one of the harshest rules in golf.

The revision was made by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, which issues the sport's rules in conjunction with the USGA.

Beginning Jan. 1 and until 2015, players will not be punished if the ball moves after the address "when it is known or virtually certain that he did not cause the ball to move."

AUTO RACING

Formula 1 in tri-state?

An official with direct knowledge of the plan says Formula One is coming to New Jersey in June 2013 with a race on the Hudson River shoreline just minutes from New York City. The person says the Grand Prix event will take place in Weehawken and West New York, with the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop.

COLLEGES

SBU, Cablevision agree

Cablevision and Stony Brook University have reached an agreement to broadcast eight men's basketball games and three women's games for the 2011-12 season. The games will be broadcast on Channel 118 on Cablevision, which owns Newsday.

LI's Holloway must sit

Xavier senior point guard Tu Holloway, who went to Hempstead High School, will sit out the team's season opener for a secondary violation of NCAA rules limiting summer league games. He'll miss the opener Nov. 11 at Morgan State. -- AP