ALCS MVP Garcia, Rangers agree
Adolis García and the Texas Rangers agreed Thursday to a $14 million, twoyear contract, avoiding a salary arbitration hearing between the AL Championship Series MVP and the World Series champions.
The deal is pending a physical.
Kershaw staying with Dodgers
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Clayton Kershaw says he will return for his 17th season with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Rays extend manager Cash
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have extended the contracts of manager Kevin Cash and president of baseball operations Erik Neander.
Knicks’ Anunoby has surgery
NEW YORK — OG Anunoby has undergone right elbow surgery and the New York Knicks say the starting forward will miss at least three more weeks.
NBA partners with Emirates
NEW YORK — The NBA has struck a multiyear partnership deal with Emirates, one in which the airline will become the title sponsor of the league’s inseason tournament — which will have a new name — and have its logo on referee jerseys in the NBA, WNBA and G League.
Mystics’ Delle Donne steps away
Washington Mystics star Elena Delle Donne is stepping away from basketball, potentially for the entire season, a person familiar with the decision said.
Bo Jackson wins blackmail case
ATLANTA — Former professional baseball and football player Vincent “Bo” Jackson, a running back who won the Heisman Trophy at Auburn, has won a $21 million verdict in his civil case against his niece and nephew for trying to extort him.
No. 15 Louisville tops No. 12 Irish
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nyla Harris had 19 points and 10 rebounds and No. 15 Louisville held off No. 12 Notre Dame 7366 on Thursday night to spoil Hannah Hidalgo's 30-point performance.
CFP taps Michigan AD Manuel
IRVING, Texas — Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel will be chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee next season, the CFP announced Thursday.
Guerin to oversee the U.S. teams
Minnesota Wild general manager and three-time U.S. Olympian Bill Guerin will be responsible for overseeing the building of the United States teams competing in the NHL’S 4 Nations Face-off Tournament next year and the 2026 Winter Games, USA Hockey announced on Thursday.
Ex-olympian pleads guilty
BOSTON — A former Olympian and longtime track coach pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of sexually molesting young boys while working at a sports camp in western Massachusetts in the 1970s.
Conrad Mainwaring, who was a hurdler for Antigua and Barbuda in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, faced 12 counts of indecent assault and battery on a child over 14 and four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in Berkshire Superior Court.
The charges involved nine male victims.