Stockton is signing off after 55-year TV career
Longtime television broadcaster Dick Stockton said he is retiring after a 55-year career that included stints with Fox, CBS and NBC. He had cut back on work in recent years — doing only NFL games for Fox — and said Friday during a telephone interview that he had been contemplating retirement for the last year.
Stockton, 78, called at least 1,545 games on network television, but the moment that stands out is Carlton Fisk’s dramatic game-winning home run in the 12th inning of Game 6 of the 1975 World Series that gave the Boston Red Sox a 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.
Stockton called virtually every sport during his career, including the 1992 and ’94 Winter Olympics for CBS. He was the network’s lead NBA voice for nine seasons and had a front-row seat for the league’s rise to prominence.
Shaka Smart, who turns 44 on April 8, is leaving Texas to return to his home state to coach the Marquette basketball team.
Former champion Oscar de la Hoya said he would return to the boxing ring July 3 against an opponent to be determined. De La Hoya, 48, who has not fought since losing to Manny Pacquiao in 2008, won world championships in six weight classes and retired with a 39-6 record.
The San Francisco 49ers traded up with the Miami Dolphins for the No. 3 pick in next month’s draft. A person familiar with the deal said the 49ers are trading their No. 12 pick along with firstround picks in 2022 and 2023 and a third-rounder in 2022 to get the third pick.
The Chargers added Chase Daniel, a player they hope sees no meaningful snaps in 2021. The veteran agreed to a one-year deal to be quarterback Justin Herbert’s backup. — Jeff Miller
Naomi Osaka, the world’s No. 2-ranked woman, won her 22nd match in a row, beating Ajla Tomljanovic 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the second round at the Miami Open.
In men’s play, thirdseeded Alexander Zverev lost to No. 83-ranked Emil Ruusuvuori, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1.
In Stockholm, Russians Anna Shcherbakova, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Alexandra Trusova swept the women’s medals at the World Figure Skating Championships. Americans Karen Chen finished fourth and U.S. champion Bradie Tennell took ninth to qualify for the Beijing Games.
An attorney for Eric Kay, the former Angels employee charged in connection with the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, filed a motion to postpone the trial because of the time needed to review the large amount of evidence turned over by the government.
The trial had been scheduled to start April 19 in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth. The motion, unopposed by the prosecution, requested proceedings be delayed until at least Aug. 2. — Nathan Fenno
The Buffalo Sabres sent veteran center Eric Staal to the Montreal for the Canadiens’ third and fifth-round selections in the 2021 draft.