Wizards’ Beal fined $15K for throat grab Friday

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal has been fined $15,000 by the NBA for grabbing the throat of Evan Fournier during Friday’s game against the Orlando Magic. The punishment was announced by the league’s head of basketball operations, Kiki Vandeweghe. The incident occurred during a fourth-quarter scuffle that resulted in double technical fouls being called on Beal and Fournier, as well as on Washington’s Kelly Oubre Jr. and Orlando’s Bismack Biyombo. While several players from both teams clustered together amid some pushing, Beal reached out with his left arm and grabbed Fournier’s throat hard enough to leave a mark. Beal did not NHL: The Washington Capitals reassigned forward Paul Carey to the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. Carey, 28, made his 2016-17 season debut with the Capitals on Nov. 20 against the Columbus Blue Jackets, and appeared in four games with Washington last season. COLLEGE WRESTLING: Maryland split its matches at the fifth annual Grapple at the Garden in New York, dropping its opening dual, 25-9, to Princeton (2-1) before ending the day with a 30-9 victory over Columbia (0-2). 13th-ranked Alfred Bannister (149 pounds) earned a pair of wins to remain undefeated (9-0). Maryland went 1-1 for the second straight year at Madison Square Garden, and is 1-3 this season. LAUREL PARK: There will be carryovers in the 50-cent Late Pick 5, 20-cent Rainbow 6 and $1 Super Hi-5 wagers on a special nine-race program today, which was rescheduled from Nov. 20, when races were canceled after the opener because of high winds. First race post time is 12:30 p.m. The Late Pick 5 went unsolved for the second straight day, leaving a carryover of $9,785.27. Today’s Late Pick 5 spans Races 5-9 and is kicked off with a $40,000 maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies going 51⁄ furlongs on the Bowl Game Turf Course. The sequence also includes the featured eighth race, a $42,000 entry-level allowance for 3-year-olds and up at 11⁄ miles on the Exceller Turf Course. There will be a carryover jackpot of $1,223.69 in the Rainbow 6, which covers Races 4-9. A Super Hi-5 carryover $1,148.01 will be available in the opener, a 51⁄ furlong turf sprint that drew a field of 11 on the Bowl Game layout. … Jockey Forest Boyce posted a riding double Sunday, with Big Brother Bubba ($17) in the second race and Zipping By ($7.40) in the fourth. —