Memphis’ Martin out for season
Memphis point guard Jeremiah Martin has a broken left foot and the American Athletic Conference’s leading scorer will miss the rest of the season.
Martin was averaging 18.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists and a league-best 2.3 steals. He was injured in Thursday’s 91-85 victory over No. 23 Houston, the third straight for the Tigers (17-11, 8-7 American).
Missouri star freshman Michael Porter Jr., sidelined by back surgery almost the entire season, has been cleared to practice . ... Miami guard Bruce Brown Jr., sidelined by foot surgery, will miss the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
Former New York Jets linebacker David Harris, second on the team’s career tackles list, has retired . ... The Green Packers, Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals each will receive four compensatory picks in April’s draft . ... The Jacksonville Jaguars gave twoyear extensions to coach Doug Marrone, executive vice president of football operations Tom Coughlin and general manager Dave Caldwell. Their deals run through 2021. The Jaguars also released veteran running back Chris Ivory . ... Kris Richard, the Seattle Seahawks’ defensive coordinator the last three seasons, was named the Cowboys’ passing game coordinator/defensive backs coach. He joins seven other new coaches including Kellen Moore (quarterbacks) and Sanjay Lal (receivers.
Tim Drevno is out as Michigan’s offensive coordinator/offensive line coach, and Ed Warinner is expected to join the staff, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired center Derick Brassard from the Ottawa Senators in a three-team deal that sent defenseman Ian Cole to Ottawa and forward Ryan Reaves to the Vegas Golden Knights . ... Forward Josh Bailey, selected to his first All-Star game last month, agreed to a six-year, $30-million deal to stay with the New York Islanders . ... Auston Matthews will miss the Toronto Maple Leafs’ game Saturday against Boston because of a shoulder injury.
Kyle Busch won the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR Monster Energy Cup race at Atlanta, the second race of the season, with a lap of 184.652 mph . ... Tony Schumacher was the top qualifier in NHRA Top Fuel qualifying in Chandler, Ariz., with a run of 3.649 seconds at 336.57 mph.
Top-seeded defending champion Dominic Thiem lost 6-4, 6-0 to Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals of the Rio Open . ... Third-seeded Lucas Pouille and fourth-seeded Tomas Berdych advanced to the Open 13 semifinals in France . ... Daria Kasatkina beat second-seeded Garbine Muguruza 3-6, 7-6 (11), 6-1 to reach the Dubai Championships final . ... Eugenie Bouchard and the United States Tennis Association reached a settlement in her liability lawsuit, ending a trial at which she testified about slipping and falling on a wet locker room floor at the 2015 U.S. Open and suffering a head injury.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School baseball coach Todd Fitz-Gerald and his sons were guests of the Houston Astros for their spring opener as Major League Baseball honored victims of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., by having teams wear caps with the school’s initials . ... Detroit agreed to a $4million, one-year deal with lefthander Francisco Liriano.
Susan Woessner, a top official for USA Swimming who was part of an investigation of coach Sean Hutchison over sexual abuse allegations, resigned for not revealing she once kissed the coach.
The Copa Libertadores, South America’s most prestigious club tournament, will follow the European model in 2019 and have a single final match at a host city still to be chosen.