USC receiver pleads no contest
USC wide receiver Joseph Lewis IV pleaded no contest in Los Angeles County Superior Court to two counts of domestic battery with an injury relating to his February arrest.
As part of the deal, Lewis was sentenced to 36 months’ summary probation; 60 days in county jail; a 10-year ban on owning, using or possessing firearms; enrollment in a weekly yearlong domestic violence treatment program and a protective order that prohibits him from approaching within 100 yards of the victim or contacting her.
Lewis was removed from the USC roster before spring practice and remains off the roster, according to USC spokesman Tim Tessalone. — J. Brady McCollough
USC and Alabama will open the 2020 college football season at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The Trojans and Crimson Tide will play in the Advocare Classic on Sept. 5 in the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
The West Coast Conference baseball tournament begins Thursday in Stockton, and Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount are two of the four teams that will be seeking an automatic bid to an NCAA regional.
Pepperdine (29-22, 17-10), the WCC’s regular-season champion, opens the double-elimination tournament at 3 p.m. against San Francisco (28-28, 15-12). Loyola Marymount (24-28, 15-12), which needed a three-game sweep of St. Mary’s last weekend to qualify for the postseason, will play Gonzaga (29-22, 16-11) at 7 p.m.
UFC and ESPN completed a $1.5-billion, five-year deal that will bring all non-pay-per-view fights to the cable giant and its streaming arm, ESPN+. — Lance Pugmire
Richie Incognito, the NFL offensive lineman who was once suspended for bullying a teammate, was taken into custody for psychiatric examination after an incident at a Florida gym . ... A Santa Clara County judge ruled that San Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster will not have to stand trial on domestic violence charges after determining there was no evidence that Foster ever hit his former girlfriend . ... Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill is practicing this week for the first time since a torn left anterior cruciate ligament in training camp ended his 2017 season before it began. A serious injury to the same knee forced him to miss the final four games in 2016, meaning he hasn’t played in nearly 18 months.
Candace Parker of the Sparks will miss Thursday’s road game against the Connecticut Sun because of a back injury.
The New York Rangers hired Boston University’s David Quinn as their new head coach.
Jeff Gordon has been selected to the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
A four-time Cup Series champion who helped take stock car racing from a regional sport to the mainstream in the 1990s, Gordon received 96% of the votes from the Hall of Fame committee. He’s third in Cup history with 93 victories.
Car owners Jack Roush and Roger Penske also were selected.
They will be joined by drivers Alan Kulwicki, known for his unique “Polish victory lap,” and Davey Allison, who won 19 Cup races, including the 1992 Daytona 500. Both died in 1993.
James Hinchcliffe used a Twitter post to announce that, “barring unforeseen circumstances,” he would not start Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 race and a decision had been made to stop “pursuing other options” after he failed to make the 33-car field during qualifying last weekend.
Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra put a gun to the head of an Uber driver when the driver declined to change the trip’s destination, Linden, N.J., police said the driver told them. Dykstra was arrested outside police headquarters after the driver stopped and ran out of the car.
Haley Moore beat Lakareber Abe with a birdie on the first extra hole to give Arizona a 3-2 victory over Alabama in the NCAA women’s golf championship in Stillwater, Okla.