College football:
Utah junior safety Chase Hansen is out indefinitely and “unavailable to practice until further notice,” the university announced Monday. No further details were provided. Hansen started all 13 games in 2016 and received an All-Pac-12 honorable mention after leading the team with 90 tackles . ... Officials in Florida dropped a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge against Nebraska receiver Stanley Morgan Jr.
Girvin rallied to beat McCraken by a nose Sunday for a 9-1 upset in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. The victory moved Girvin into contention for top honors in this season’s wideopen 3-year-old division.
Danilo Gallinari of the Clippers will miss the EuroBasket tournament after breaking the first metacarpal bone on his right hand after throwing a punch and striking a Dutch opponent in the head while playing for Italy on Sunday. The estimated recovery time is 40 days.
John Tortorella of the Blue Jackets received a one-year contract extension following a season in which he was the NHL Coach of the Year. Tortorella was entering the last year of his deal.
J.R. Todd, 35, became the first black winner in Funny Car history Sunday, beating runner-up Tim Wilkerson in the Sonoma (Calif.) Nationals. Todd, from Lawrenceburg, Ind., beat Wilkerson with a 4.049-second pass at 323.27 mph in a Toyota Camry.
Qualifier Sebastian Ofner advanced to the second round of the Generali Open in Austria after 2016 finalist Nikoloz Basilashvili pulled out in the second set of their match with a hip injury. Basilashvili lost the first set 7-5 and trailed 3-0 in the second when he withdrew . ... John Isner won his fourth BB&T Atlanta Open title Sunday, beating Ryan Harrison 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7).
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Having ended CHICAGO — their title drought, the Chicago Cubs want their most notorious fan to share in their good fortune.
The Cubs announced Monday they were giving a World Series ring to Steve Bartman, who deflected a foul ball that might have landed in left fielder Moises Alou’s glove with Chicago five outs from the World Series. The play in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS helped change the fortunes of the playoffs and enabled the Marlins to claim the series in seven games and win the World Series.
Bartman was harassed after the incident and has avoided the spotlight since. Chicago beat Cleveland last fall for its first championship since 1908.
The Cubs say they “hope this provides closure on an unfortunate chapter” and Bartman “continues to be fully embraced by this organization.”
Bartman released a statement saying he is “deeply moved and sincerely grateful.” He praised team owners, the Ricketts family, and management, and called the ring a reminder of “how we should treat each other in today’s society.”
“My hope is that we all can learn from my experience to view sports as entertainment and prevent harsh
A grand jury in Cleveland decided not to charge Oakland Raiders rookie Gareon Conley with any crimes after a rape investigation.
Spokesman Ryan Miday of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement Monday that the grand jury declined all possible charges for Conley after being presented the facts and circumstances surrounding the sexual-assault allegations.
“I’m excited for him,” Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie said from camp in Napa, California. “It’s tough on a young man like that to go through this. I’m excited for Gareon and the Raiders for the process to work. We’re excited and now we can move forward.”
Conley is a defensive back who starred at Ohio State. He was accused by a 23-year-old woman of sexually assaulting her in a Cleveland hotel room April 9. Conley’s attorney says the sex was consensual. Conley has cooperated with the investigation scapegoating, and to challenge the media and opportunistic profiteers to conduct business ethically by respecting personal privacy rights and not exploit any individual to advance their own self-interest or economic gain,” he said.
“Moreover, I am hopeful this ring gesture will be the start of an important healing and reconciliation process for all involved.”
The Cubs said they wanted to reach out to Bartman.
“While no gesture can fully lift the public burden he has endured for more than a decade, we felt it was important Steve knows he has been and continues to be fully embraced by this organization,” he said. “After all he has sacrificed, we are proud to recognize Steve Bartman with this gift today.”
General manager Jed Hoyer said it’s “impossible not to look at him in an incredibly sympathetic way.” and said he passed a polygraph test.
Conley signed a fouryear contract Friday with the Raiders, who said they did enough research before the draft to be comfortable with taking Conley with the 24th overall pick.
“We just trusted our process really,” McKenzie said. “We felt going into it with all the information we got it would come out this way. I’m glad it worked out.”
Conley is currently on the physically unable to perform list because of a shin splint. McKenzie said he could be back on the field in a few He said Bartman’s life has been “dramatically impacted indirectly by the Cubs organization, by this franchise, for 14 years.”
“All that animosity, any scrutiny he gets, I hope that’s gone,” Hoyer added. “In some ways, it should never have been there in the first place. It’s not a high point in Cubs history that this unsuspecting fan had his life altered by that foul ball. And now I think if giving him a ring and issuing statements and us winning the World Series allows that to go away, I think that’s wonderful.”
Former Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster spoke about Bartman’s ring while at a celebrity golf outing.
“I guess that is closure at its finest,” he said. “To do something like that for Steve Bartman, who got ridiculed for something that any fan would have done, is pretty awesome.” days once he is able to run without pain.
■ Former Raiders defensive back Dave Grayson died in Alameda, Calif., at 78, the team said. Grayson, who also played for the Texans and Chiefs, had 48 interceptions in 139 games.
Left tackle Branden Albert retired, ending his NFL career after nine seasons and two Pro Bowls.
Albert called it quits following three practices and a brief discussion with coach Doug Marrone.
“He came in and told me that he was talking about retirement,” Marrone said.
Jaguars:
Last year at this time, the New York Yankees were looking toward the future.
Turns out, that future arrived pretty fast.
In an aggressive move designed to boost their starting rotation for an unexpected playoff run, the Yankees acquired pitcher Sonny Gray from the Oakland Athletics for three minor league prospects on Monday.
“This team has shown it’s got the ability to allow us to push a lot of these chips in the middle of the table and recognize 2017 has a chance to be special,” general manager Brian Cashman said. “We’re trying to go from good to great.”
Oakland received shortstop Jorge Mateo, righthander James Kaprielian and outfielder Dustin Fowler.
The deal was announced less than an hour before the 4 p.m. ET deadline for making deals without waivers.
A 27-year-old right-hander, Gray is 6-5 with a 3.43 ERA in 16 starts this season and 4-2 with a 1.37 ERA in his last six outings. He makes $3.575 million and is not eligible for free agency until after the 2019 season.
Los Angeles acquired pitcher Yu Darvish from the Rangers for three minor leaguers: second baseman/outfielder Willie Calhoun, right-hander A.J. Alexy and infielder Brendon Davis. Darvish, 30, is a four-time All-Star. The right-hander is 6-9 with a 4.01 ERA in 22 starts this season. The Japanese star would have been a free agent at end of the season, his sixth in Texas. He missed the entire 2015 season while recovering from elbow surgery. The Dodgers also acquired All-Star lefty reliever Tony Watson from Pittsburgh.
Houston acquired left-hander Francisco Liriano from the Blue Jays for outfielder Nori Aoki and a minor leaguer. Liriano, 33, is 6-5 with a 5.88 ERA in 18 starts. The Astros also put righthander Lance McCullers on the 10-day disabled list with back discomfort.
Chicago acquired reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila from the Tigers for two minor leaguers and a player to be named.
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“And then my mind goes on to the next thing, like, ‘OK, we’ve got to get ready for practice.’”
Albert is the fifth NFL player to retire in the past week, following New England defensive end Rob Ninkovich, Baltimore offensive lineman John Urschel, New England receiver Andrew Hawkins and Denver safety David Bruton Jr.
The Jaguars acquired Albert, 32, in a trade with Miami in March, giving up a seventh-round draft pick in 2018 that Jacksonville now gets back because Albert failed to be on the 53-man