Auto racing:
Grand prix races in France and Germany have been confirmed on the 21-race Formula One calendar for 2018. The German GP was scrapped this year but will return at Hockenheim on July 22. The French GP returns after a 10-year absence and will be at the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France.
College football:
Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield was fined $300 and ordered to pay court costs after accepting a guilty plea to three misdemeanors following his arrest this year in Fayetteville, Ark. He is not expected to miss any games.
The Arizona Coy- otes will not offer forward Shane Doan a contract for the upcoming season, leaving the captain to decide whether to retire or join another team. Doan, 40, has played his entire 21-year career with the Coyotes.
Fifth-seeded Gael Monfils and eighth-seeded Albert Ramos-Vinolas were upset in the first round at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Monfils lost 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to Richard Gasquet and Ramos-Vinolas lost to Russian wild card Andrey Rublev 6-7 (1), 7-5 6-4.
■ Ninth-seeded Nick Kyrgios retired with a left hip injury after losing the opening set 7-6 (3) to Donald Young in the first round in in Queen’s event in London. Kyrgios said he would be fit for Wimbledon.
■ Top-seeded Elina Svitolina outlasted Heather Watson 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in the first round of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England.
NHL: Tennis:
Hall of Fame running back Jerome Bettis says the NFL has taken advantage of players by not sharing with them all the information it had about the risk of concussions.
After viewing an innovation expo in Jerusalem that included a presentation from ElMindA, an Israeli neuro-technology company that can help the NFL diagnose concussions, Bettis said Monday that he was encouraged by the progress but still perplexed about how transparent the league has been over the years.
“The problem is we don’t necessarily know all the things the league is doing. For instance, working with this company here, you don’t know if they are working with them closely to try to help solve the problem,” Bettis said. “You definitely feel as though you were taken advantage of in a way that you weren’t given that information, and you always want to have the choice of knowing, and when that is taken away from you, you feel as though you were taken advantage of.”
Bettis, the NFL’s sixth alltime leading rusher, said he suffered concussions during his 13-year career, adding, “I don’t think you’ll find many guys that had a long career, played 10-plus years, that didn’t have a concussion.”
After years of denials, the NFL eventually acknowledged the link between repeated blows to the head during football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, known as CTE.
Just last week, the first two claims in the NFL’s billion-dollar
Top Yankees prospect Gleyber Torres has a torn ligament in his non-throwing elbow and will have Tommy John surgery that will sideline him until spring training.
Torres, who was the top player in the Arizona Fall League, was injured Saturday on a head-first slide into home plate for Triple-A Scranton.
He was examined Monday by team physicians, who discovered he had a torn left ulnar collateral ligament.
The infielder, 20, was batting .309 in 23 games with Scranton.
Orioles:
Shortstop J.J. concussion settlement were announced, with a total of $9 million in benefits. In the lawsuit filed in Philadelphia, the league was accused of hiding what it knew about the link between concussions and CTE, the degenerative brain disease that has been found in dozens of former players after their deaths.
In recent years, the NFL has undertaken a series of initiatives, including spending millions of dollars on research into head trauma.
Bettis is one of 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who is in Israel for a weeklong visit organized by Patriots owner Robert Kraft. In addition to boosting the fledgling local game, the delegation is also touring religious and historical sites, meeting prominent Hardy was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a broken bone in his right wrist, an injury that will keep him sidelined four to six weeks. Surgery will not be required. Hardy was hit by a pitch from Lance Lynn in Sunday’s win over St. Louis.
Pitcher Bronson Arroyo (strained right shoulder) and shortstop Zack Cozart (strained right quadriceps) were put on the 10-day disabled list.
Reds: Indians:
Outfielder Michael Brantley was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a sprained right ankle. officials and learning about the country’s vibrant technology sector.
The delegation, which includes Joe Montana, Jim Brown, Roger Staubach and Mike Singletary, received presentations from 10 companies at the expo. ElMindA, which is at the forefront of the concussion research and has developed a system based on a database of electrophysiological brain recordings that provide functional cognitive mapping, was clearly most relevant to the audience.
“We have had a number of conversations with the company and continue to monitor developments, but the technology is not currently being used,” league spokesman Brian McCarthy said.
Tennessee and wide receiver Eric Decker
Titans: Giants:
Reliever Hunter Strickland began serving a six-game suspension for brawling with Bryce Harper on May 29 after his appeal was denied by MLB.
Second baseman Dustin Pedroia was out of the starting lineup Monday after getting hit by a pitch in Houston that caused him to spit up blood. Pedroia was hit in the left ribcage by a fastball from James Hoyt on Sunday night. He is day to day.
First-round pick Nick Pratto agreed to a contract that includes a $3.45 million signing bonus, and the high school first baseman will head to Arizona to begin his professional career.
A record $203 million was spent on international amateur free agents in the just-ended signing period, nearly $50 million
Red Sox: Royals: Noteworthy:
agreed on a one-year deal. Decker was released this month by the Jets after three seasons. Hip and shoulder injuries limited him to three games last year. Decker, who spent his first four seasons with Denver, has three 1,000yard seasons.
Former linebacker Larry Grantham, a starter and defensive standout on the 1969 Super Bowl team, died at 78. The Jets said a funeral service for Grantham will be held Wednesday in his hometown of Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
Former linebacker Lawrence Taylor pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge in Florida and was sentenced to one year of probation, and his license was suspended for nine months. He must also pay $1,500 and perform community service.
Jets: Etc.:
more than the previous high and a figure that will plummet when a hard cap on spending starts July 2.
Four Cubans were given contracts that included signing bonuses above $5 million. White Sox outfielder Luis Robert led the way at $26 million, followed by San Diego pitcher Adrian Morejon at $11 million, and Cincinnati shortstop Alfredo Rodriguez and Padres outfielder Jorge Ona at $7 million each.
Baseball’s new labor contract imposes a cap on bonuses for international amateurs, with 16 teams limited in 2017-18 to $4.75 million, six to $5.25 million and eight to $5.75 million — all not counting bonuses of up to $10,000. That limits the 2017-18 bonus pool to $153.5 million.
Kevin Durant reportedly is declining his player option for the 2017-18 season with the intention of re-signing with the NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
Durant opted out of about $28 million to become a free agent briefly, but plans on rejoining the team.
The All-Star forward reportedly plans to take about $4 million less than the maximum he is eligible for as a 10-year veteran, giving Golden State flexibility with its cap space to possibly re-sign free agent guard Andre Iguodala.
General manager David Griffin has decided to leave the team following three consecutive trips to the NBA Finals. Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert said the Cavaliers will not extend Griffin’s contract when it expires June 30. Gilbert said the team was not ready to name a replacement.
■ Cleveland reportedly is among those discussing a possible trade with the Pacers for four-time All-Star forward Paul George, who told the Pacers on Sunday of his intention to leave the team after next season. Several media outlets said the Pacers contacted the Cavs about George. The Vertical said George would be a “oneyear rental,” with George ready to hit free agency after the 2017-18 season. George reportedly is interested in joining the Lakers.
The 76ers’ draft trade with the Celtics was finalized Monday, giving Philadelphia the first overall pick in Thursday’s NBA draft. The 76ers are expected to select Washington point guard Markelle Fultz. The Celtics sent that pick to the Sixers for the No. 3 pick and protected 2018 Lakers firstrounder, which the Sixers possessed. The Celtics will get the pick if it falls in slots 2-5 in next summer’s NBA draft lottery. If it doesn’t convey, Boston will receive either the Kings’ or Sixers’ first-round pick in 2019; the Celtics would take whichever one is more favorable. But if either of those picks become the first overall, the Celtics will receive the other pick.
Hall of Famer Jerry West, fresh off helping the Warriors win another NBA championship, is officially a consultant with the Clippers. West had been with the Warriors since 2011 and the team has won two NBA titles in that time. The Clippers have yet to win an NBA championship.
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