Los Angeles Times

Griffin impresses at combine

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Former Central Florida linebacker Shaquem Griffin ran a 4.38 40-yard dash during his first run at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapol­is, the fastest time in his position group since the league started clocking times in 2003.

Griffin’s impressive sprint was identical to that of his twin brother, Shaquill, who ran a 4.38 at the combine last year, and it came a day after Griffin wowed everyone when he hit a personal-record 20 reps in the bench press with a prosthetic left hand.

“My goal was six,” said Griffin, who surpassed the 17 his brother managed before the Seattle Seahawks selected the speedy cornerback in the third round. Griffin is expected to be a mid-rounder, too.

Former NFL linebacker Aldon Smith is being sought by San Francisco police after they said he “fled the scene” of a domestic-violence complaint. Smith, who has a history of run-ins with the law, has been suspended from the NFL since 2015.

Mallory Pugh scored her ninth internatio­nal goal for the U.S. soccer team, but France rallied for a 1-1 draw in the SheBelieve­s Cup in Harrison, N.J.

Kansas point guard Devonte Graham was named Big 12 player of the year.

Fabio Fognini beat Nicolas Jarry 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 to win the Brasil Open for the first time.

Poland set a world record of 3:01.77 in the 1,600meter relay at the world indoor athletics championsh­ips in England, with the second-place U.S. team also topping the old mark.

Two-time Olympic champion skier Marcel Hirscher capped his stellar season with an unpreceden­ted seventh overall World Cup title in Slovenia.

Sergey Kovalev defended his World Boxing Organizati­on light heavyweigh­t title Saturday in Brooklyn, beating Igor Mikhalkin when the fight was stopped in the seventh round because of a cut.

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