Cubs hope Lester’s DL time short
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs got an encouraging report on Jon Lester before placing their ace left-hander on the 10-day disabled list Friday. Lester was examined by team physician Dr. Stephen Gryzlo after he departed in the second inning of Chicago’s 13-10 loss to Cincinnati on Thursday. He was diagnosed with tightness in his left lateral muscle and general shoulder fatigue, but his shoulder and side were deemed structurally sound. The Cubs hope rest will clear up both injuries and Lester will be able to return not long after he becomes eligible. “We’re pretty sure it’s going to be a minimal kind of a stay,” manager Joe Maddon said before Chicago’s series opener against Toronto. Lester is 8-7 with a 4.37 ERA this season. He made at least 32 starts and pitched at least 202 2/3 innings each of the previous five years. Mike Montgomery will step into the rotation while Lester is out.
› NEW YORK — The captain’s team just got a little bigger. Retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and his wife, Hannah, have welcomed their first child. According to a post on Twitter from The Players’ Tribune, the media platform founded by Jeter, Bella Raine Jeter was born Thursday. Her birth came as the 14-time All-Star closes in on a new job. Jeter is a limited partner in an ownership group that has a $1.2 billion agreement in place to buy the Miami Marlins.
TENNIS
› Melanie Oudin has retired from professional tennis, eight years after her captivating run to the U.S. Open quarterfinals as a teenager. The 25-year-old American announced her decision Friday via a series of posts on Twitter. Oudin has dealt with a series of health problems in recent years and had not played a professional match since entering lower-level ITF tournaments last season. She had been ranked as high as 31st but is now outside the top 400. She won one WTA singles title — on grass in 2012 in Birmingham, England — and teamed with Jack Sock to win the U.S. Open mixed doubles championship in 2011. She also was a member of the U.S. Fed Cup team. At the 2009 U.S. Open, as an unseeded and unknown 17-year-old from Marietta, Ga., the 70th-ranked Oudin pulled off a series of stunning results, upsetting four higher-ranked women — including Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva — to become the youngest quarterfinalist at Flushing Meadows since Serena Williams in 1999.
› NEW YORK — Samantha Stosur, who won the U.S. Open in 2011, has pulled out of the year’s final Grand Slam tournament because of an injured right hand. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the 33-year-old Australian’s withdrawal Friday. Germany’s Annika Beck replaces Stosur in the field for the tournament, which starts Aug. 28.
FOOTBALL
› STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State football coach James Franklin has signed a contract extension that guarantees him $34.7 million through 2022. According to terms released Friday by Penn State, the deal is worth an average of $5.78 million annually with the potential for up to $1 million in incentive bonuses each year. The extension modifies the six-year deal Franklin signed when he was hired in 2014. That contract was to pay him $4.6 million this year. After back-to-back 7-6 seasons in Franklin’s first two years in Happy Valley, the Nittany Lions won the Big Ten last year while finishing 11-3 and No. 6 in the country.