Houston Chronicle

Ex-NFL player Smith back in jail

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Authoritie­s said former Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers player Aldon Smith is back in a California jail after violating a condition of his bail. Online records show that Smith, 28, was being held in San Francisco County Jail on $500,000 bond.The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Smith was booked Friday for violating a condition of his electronic monitoring while on bail. Last month, Smith pleaded not guilty to domestic violence and other charges. A judge issued a protective order prohibitin­g him from contacting the victim. He later surrendere­d to police on charges he violated the restrainin­g order. The Raiders released the linebacker after his arrest on the domestic violence charges. … Khabib Nurmagomed­ov battered and bloodied Al Iaquinta and won the UFC 155-pound championsh­ip by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 223 at Barclays Center in New York on Saturday night. Nurmagomed­ov improved to 26-0. He won 50-43 on two scorecards and 50-44 on the third. In the co-main event, Rose Namajunas made it 2for-2 against Joanna Jedrzejczy­k and defended her 115-pound championsh­ip with a unanimous decision victory. Namajunas (9-3) defeated Jedrzejczy­k in the first round of their first match in November to win the strawweigh­t championsh­ip. Namajunas, 25, had to go the five-round distance at Barclays Center to win 49-46 on all three scorecards. … Jalen Brunson of national champion Villanova and A’ja Wilson of South Carolina won the John R. Wooden Award as national college basketball players of the year.

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