Duerson’s family to appeal settlement

The family of late NFL safety Dave Duerson plans to appeal terms of this week’s class-action concussion settlement “sooner rather than later.”

Family lawyer Thomas Demetrio objects to the exclusion of future awards for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, the brain trauma that some have called “the signature disease of football.”

The 50-year-old Duerson took his life in 2011. He played in the NFL for 11 seasons, mostly for the Bears.

Arizona forward Stanley Johnson, who starred at Santa Ana Mater Dei High, is leaving the Wildcats after one season to declare for the NBA draft.

The state softball record for career home runs now belongs to Alyssa Palomino of Mission Viejo.

Palomino came into Thursday with 53 career home runs, tying her for the record. Then she hit her 12th and 13th home runs of the season in Mission Viejo’s 13-0 win over El Toro. That gives her 55 and counting.

Palomino, headed to Arizona, has helped lead the Diablos to a 21-0 record and a No. 1 ranking nationally in softball.

— Eric Sondheimer Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner and her fiancee, fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson, were arrested in Goodyear, Ariz., on suspicion of assault and disorderly conduct after an argument became physical in the home they recently purchased together.

The two 24-year-olds were each arrested Wednesday on counts of assault by recklessly causing physical injuries and disorderly conduct for fighting. They were booked and released.