Ex-syracuse star Battle signs pro deal in Italy
Tyus Battle, the former Syracuse basketball star, signed a contract with Dinamo Sassari, a pro team located in Italy.
Hockey: The Adirondack Thunder of the ECHL announced the signings of forwards Shane Harper, Pete Macarthur and Rob Bordson for the 2021-22 season.
Olympics: Featherweight Yarisel Ramirez was added to the Tokyo Olympics boxing tournament, becoming the 10th member of the U.S. team to qualify.
NFL: An Atlanta Falcons player who lives in Louisiana was arrested on suspicion of a child sex crime that occurred in Arlington, Texas, police said Saturday. Barkevious Mingo, 30, was booked on one count of indecency with a child — sexual contact. He has not been charged, according to Tarrant County District Court records. Arlington police declined to release the date on which it alleges Mingo committed the crime or other information about the case. “The incident stems from an investigation that the department is conducting,” a police spokesman said. Arlington police arrested Mingo Thursday night when he turned himself in, in consultation with his attorney. The NFL player’s $25,000 bond was posted and he was released from custody. “Our organization became aware of the allegations involving Barkevious Mingo Saturday and are currently gathering information on this incident,” the Falcons wrote in a statement to Profootballtalk.com. “The Falcons take the allegations very seriously and will continue to monitor the situation.” An outside linebacker, Mingo in March signed a oneyear, $1.25 million contract with the Falcons. He was a first-round pick of the Cleveland Browns out of LSU in 2013, according to bleacherreport.com.
Skiing: Gian Franco Kasper, who retired after 23 years as president of the International Ski Federation last month, has died at age 77. No cause was announced.
Soccer: Canadian star Alphonso Davies will miss the CONCACAF Gold Cup because of an ankle injury . ... Paul Mariner, the former England striker who played at the World Cup in 1982 and later coached in MLS,
died of brain cancer at age 68.