Detectives find cause of Woods crash but won’t reveal details
The Los Angeles County sheriff says detectives have determined what caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV last month in Southern California but would not release details Wednesday, citing unspecified privacy concerns for the golf star.
Woods suffered serious injuries in the Feb. 23 crash when he struck a raised median around 7 a.m. in Rolling Hills Estates, just outside Los Angeles. The Genesis SUV he was driving crossed through two oncoming lanes and uprooted a tree on a downhill stretch that police said is known for wrecks. Woods is in Florida recovering frommultiplesurgeries.
College athletics
HIGH COURT SYMPATHETIC TO ATHLETES IN NCAA DISPUTE » The Supreme Court seemed sympathetic to college athletes in a dispute with the NCAA over rules limiting their education-related compensation.
The high court heard arguments in a case about how colleges can reward athletes who play Division I basketball and football. Under current NCAA rules, students cannot be paid, and the scholarship money colleges can offer is capped at the cost of attending the school. The NCAA defends its rules as necessary to preserve the amateur nature of college sports.
The case is not about whether students can be paid salaries. Instead, the outcome will help determine whether schools can offer athletes tens of thousands of dollars in education benefits for things such as computers, graduate scholarships, tutoring, study abroad and internships.
Baseball
1 NATIONALS PLAYER POSITIVE FOR COVID »
A Washington Nationals player tested positive for COVID-19, and four teammates and a staff member have been quarantined after contact tracing on the eve of the regular season’s start, general manager
Mike Rizzo said.
Rizzo did not identify any of the six members of the organization who are involved.
The Nationals are scheduled to host the New York Mets on Thursday night.
Pro football
SEAHAWKS, LOCKETT REACH 4-YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION »
The Seattle Seahawks and veteran wide receiver Tyler Lockett have agreed to a four-year contract extension that includes $37 million guaranteed, according to The Associated Press. ESPN first reported the deal, which could be worth more than $69 million over the life of
the contract.
Lockett, 28, is coming off a career-best season with 100 receptions for 1,054 yardsand10touchdowns.
Soccer
GERMANY BEATEN BY NORTH MACEDONIA »
Germany lost a World Cup qualifying game for the first time in 20 years as the 2014 champion was beaten 2-1 by North Macedonia.
Germany leveled after Goran Pandev’s opening goal in first-half stoppage time but had no answer to Eljif Elmas’ 85th-minute winner for North Macedonia, which moved above Germany into second place in Group J.