IN BRIEF
BASEBALL: The Brewers signed INF Brett Lawrie to a contract. Terms of the deal weren’t yet available. Lawrie, 29, hasn’t played since the 2016 season because of injuries. He’s a .261 career hitter with 71 HRs and 253 RBIs in six seasons with the Blue Jays, A’s and White Sox . ... The Royals signed RHP Homer Bailey to a minorleague contract with an invitation to spring training. Bailey, 32, who has thrown two no-hitters, was 67-77 with a 4.56 ERA in 212 career starts over 12 seasons with the Reds.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: The NCAA granted former Eastern Washington QB Gage Gubrud an additional year of eligibility upon appeal. He will play his final season for Washington State as a graduate transfer. Gubrud, who initially was denied a medical redshirt after missing the final 10 games of last season with a toe injury, was a twotime finalist for offensive player of the year in FCS . ... Miami WR Lawrence Cager will transfer to Georgia as a graduate student and will be eligible to play next season. Cager led the Hurricanes last season with six TD catches and 17.8 yards per reception.
GOLF: Paul Casey shot a 5-under 67 at Spyglass Hill to take a three-stroke lead at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif. Casey reached 15-under 200 after three rounds. Fourtime champ Phil Mickelson (70, Pebble Beach) was second . ... Aussie Wade Ormsby and Kim Kaufman each held two-stroke leads after three rounds in the men’s and women’s events at the Vic Open in Barwon Heads, Australia. The event is co-sponsored by the European and LPGA tours . ... Bernhard Langer held a one-stroke lead heading into the final round at the PGA Tour Champions’ Oasis Championship in Boca Raton, Fla.
SKIING: In the final race of his career, two-time Olympic champ and five-time world champ Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway won silver in the downhill at the world championships in Are, Sweden. Svindal, who’s retiring at 36 because of persistent knee injuries, was 0.02 seconds behind close friend and teammate Kjetil Jansrud.
SOCCER: Sadio Mane, Georginio Wijnaldum and Mohamed Salah each scored to lift Liverpool over visiting Bournemouth 3-0 and back into first in the English Premier League. Liverpool holds a three-point lead over Manchester City, which hosts Chelsea on Sunday . ... Edinson Cavani suffered a thigh injury during Paris SaintGermain’s 1-0 win over visiting Bordeaux, putting his availability in doubt for the Ligue 1 leader’s Champions League round of 16 match against Manchester United on Tuesday. PSG already will be without Neymar (foot) . ... Former U.S. defender and MLS coach Fernando Clavijo died Friday after a battle with multiple myeloma. He was 63.
TENNIS: No. 7 seed Pierre-Hugues Herbert beat former champ Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-2, 7-5 to set up an all-French Open Sud de France final against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Herbert, 27, has won all four Grand Slam titles in doubles but hasn’t won an ATP singles title. Tsonga beat Radu Albot of Moldova 6-1, 6-3 in the other semifinal . ... No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev of Russia beat No. 7 seed Gael Monfils of France 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the final of the Sofia Open. Medvedev will face Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, who beat Matteo Berrettini of Italy 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the other semifinal.