Formula One champ Rosberg retires at 31
Quitting at the top, Formula One champion Nico Rosberg shocked the world of motor racing by announcing he was retiring at the age of 31, five days after earning his first world championship.
“I have decided to end my Formula One career. I had a very, very clear dream, that was to become Formula One world champion. I have achieved this childhood dream now and I am not willing to do that sort of commitment again,” Rosberg said in Vienna.
“So I have decided to follow my heart, and my heart has told me just to stop there, to call it a day.”
Rosberg said he made the decision on Monday, a day after finishing second at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to clinch the F1 title.
Rosberg had a strained relationship with Mercedes teammate
Lewis Hamilton. They came up through the karting circuits to became fierce rivals in F1, constantly needling each other in the media. They dueled for the F1 championship for the last three years. Rosberg was runner-up to Hamilton in 2014 and 2015, but hung on this year to clinch the title in the final race.
The shooting death of ex-NFL player Joe McKnight in a New Orleans suburb was a “road rage” incident that began on a nearby bridge, a sheriff said Friday, as he urged against a rush to judgment and defended his handling of the case.
McKnight was shot Thursday afternoon in Terrytown, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. Authorities identified 54-yearold Ronald Gasser, who stayed at the scene, as the shooter and released him overnight, sparking criticism. And news late Friday that Gasser was involved in a similar altercation with a driver a decade ago will raise further questions about who was the aggressor.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said in a news release that in February 2006, Gasser chased down and beat another driver in what appeared to be the same intersection where McKnight was shot and killed.
Normand defended his handling of the case, saying the investigation was ongoing. No charges have been filed.
The Dodgers declined to tender a contract to right-handed reliever Louis Coleman, who was the lone casualty at Friday’s deadline to offer contracts to players eligible for arbitration. The Dodgers tendered contracts to the six other players who were arbitration-eligible: Catcher Yasmani Grandal, pitchers Luis Avilan, Josh Fields, Vidal Nuno and Alex Wood, and first baseman Darin Ruf.
The Washington Nationals have reacquired catcher Derek Norris from the San Diego Padres for minor league right-hander Pedro Avila. Norris, is a career .233 hitter in five major league seasons with the Oakland Athletics and Padres . ... Reliever Jake McGee and the Colorado Rockies agreed to a $5.9-million, one-year contract, a raise of $1.1 million . ... The Athletics agreed to a $4-million, one-year contract with first baseman Yonder Alonso.
UCLA lost the first set against Murray State, but won the next three at Pauley Pavilion to advance to the second round of the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament. USC was eliminated in a five-set loss to Hawaii in Minneapolis.