McNair-NCAA trial deliberations continue

The jury in former USC assistant football coach Todd McNair’s defamation trial against the NCAA resumed deliberations less than 24 hours after telling the judge they were deadlocked.

Shortly before lunch at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse, the jury foreman told Los Angeles County Judge Frederick Shaller the group was taking a “deeper dive” into the case’s evidence in an attempt to get “the bigger picture.”

The jury reached an 8-4 impasse, one vote from a verdict, though it wasn’t clear which side the group favored.

The jury foreman said another vote could take place Thursday morning. — Nathan Fenno

The UCLA men’s golf team qualified for the NCAA championships by finishing in the top five at the College Station Regional in Bryan, Texas. The Bruins shot two over par in the three-round tournament and finished fourth.

USC, which won the Pac-12 championship, struggled to a ninth-place finish in the Pacific Regional in Stockton and did not make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2006. The Trojans shot three over par. UC Irvine finished 11th at eight over.

Pepperdine shot even par and placed eighth in the Norman Regional in Oklahoma. Pepperdine sophomore Joshua McCarthy shot six under par to tie for fifth. He advanced to the NCAA tournament as the top individual on a team that didn’t qualify for the finals.

The wife of former U.S. Open golf champion Lucas Glover made the first call to 911 and claimed she was attacked by her mother-in-law, according to a tape of the call released that provided another bizarre twist in the wife’s arrest on a domestic violence charge. Glover answered when the St. John’s Sheriff’s Office in Florida called back and said his wife was lying.

Fabio Fognini beat sixth-seeded Dominic Thiem 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Italian Open in Rome.

Olympic gold medalist swimmer Katie Ledecky made her pro debut by breaking her own world record by exactly five seconds in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the TYR Pro Series meet in Indianapolis.

Tejay van Garderen won the Stage 4 time trial in 40 minutes, 47 seconds over the 21.6-mile course in San Jose to take the overall lead of the Tour of California bicycle race.

Marco Andretti led four Honda drivers atop the speed chart on the second day of practice for the Indianapolis 500.

Mike Slive, the former Southeastern Conference commissioner who guided the league to unprecedented success, died Wednesday. He was 77.