‘John Madden Football’ scores spot in video game hall of fame

The World Video Game Hall of Fame inducted “John Madden Football,” a giant of the multibillion-dollar video game industry that another new inductee — the 1962 “Spacewar!” — helped to launch.

“Tomb Raider” and “Final Fantasy VII” round out the class of 2018 honored at The Strong museum, where the hall of fame is housed, in Rochester, New York.

Olympics: Boxing risks being kicked out of the 2020 Tokyo Games, the IOC said, amid concerns over the sport’s governing body, AIBA, which has been in financial turmoil, faced claims of fixed bouts at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and has an interim president linked to organized crime.

Lacrosse: Dick Edell, a Hall of Fame coach who guided Maryland to a 171-76 mark over 18 seasons before retiring in 2001, died Wednesday of pneumonia. He was 74. In 29 seasons coaching three college teams, his 17 NCAA Tournament berths rank second in history.

Basketball: David Fizdale, who coached the Memphis Grizzlies to a 43-39 record and a playoff berth in 2016-17 before being fired amid an eight-game skid in November, agreed to a four-year deal to coach the New York Knicks, ESPN reported.

Colleges: In the face of a $67 million budget deficit, an internal audit found extensive mismanagement within the Washington State athletic department, including the possible inflation of home football attendance figures.

Soccer: Russian President Vladimir

Putin said he wants to see “strong-willed, nocompromise” play from his country’s team as it hosts next month’s World Cup.