Dolphins re-sign Roberts
For the second time in as many weeks, the Dolphins re-signed a linebacker whose 2020 season ended with a major lower body injury.
Last week, it was Vince Biegel (who missed all of 2020 with a torn Achilles tendon).
This week, it’s Elandon Roberts, the interior defender whom we last saw leaving the Allegiant Stadium field in Las Vegas in a medical cart after suffering what head coach Brian Flores later called a “significant” knee injury.
The exact nature of Roberts’ injury — which occurred on Dec. 26 — has not been disclosed, but if it was a ligament tear that required reconstructive surgery, Roberts’ availability for the start of training camp, at the very least, is in doubt.
Torn ACL recoveries take up to nine months; NFL training camps are scheduled to open in late July.
Roberts appeared in 13 games, starting 11, for the Dolphins last year after spending his first four NFL seasons with the New England Patriots.
He was a solid inside linebacker for Miami, recording 61 tackles (eight for loss), four quarterback hits and a sack and a half.
— ADAM H. BEASLEY Elsewhere: Longtime
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Indianapolis receiver T.Y. Hilton will re-sign with the Colts after agreeing to a one-year contract. Hilton, who starred at FIU, and team owner Jim Irsay confirmed the deal on Twitter posts. The deal is for $10 million with $8 million in guaranteed money. Indy also announced it had re-signed starting former Miami Norland and Florida State cornerback Xavier Rhodes, and added offensive tackle
Sam Tevi from the Los Angeles Chargers . ... Dan Snyder will soon be the sole owner of the Washington Football Team. Snyder is buying out the team’s
minority owners in a move that gives him total control and should end a lengthy, bitter court dispute along with any speculation that he’d be pushed to sell his boyhood team he bought in 1999.
WAARDENBURG TO RETURN TO UM
University of Miami forward Sam Waardenburg, who missed this season after foot surgery, will return for a final year. In 2019-20, Waardenburg started 24 games, averaged 5.9 points and a team-best 6.0 rebounds per game.
— MICHELLE KAUFMAN
ETC.
Golf: Top seed Dustin
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Johnson closed out a long day at the Dell Technologies Match Play at Austin, Texas, by outlasting Adam Long in 18 holes. Half of the 32 matches went 18 holes, with six of them ending in ties. Justin Thomas at No. 2 was the only player among the top 4 seeds to lose on the first day of group play. Matt Kuchar built a 5-up lead and held on to beat him on the 16th hole. The biggest stunner belonged to Antoine Rozner of France. He made his World Golf Championship debut with a great flop shot over the trees on the 18th hole that led to a 2-up victory over U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau.
NHL: Rookie Filip
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Gustavsson made 28 saves, Chris Tierney broke a third-period tie and the host Ottawa Senators beat
the Calgary Flames 3-1 to sweep the two-game set.
... Jared Spurgeon had two goals, Nico Sturm
broke a tie and the host Minnesota Wild beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 to sweep the two-game set . ... Former St. Louis Blues defenseman and coach
Bob Plager was killed Wednesday in a car crash in St. Louis. He was 78. Police said Plager was alone in his vehicle when it collided with a vehicle carrying two women on Interstate 64 in St. Louis. One of the women sustained minor injuries . ... The NHL banned Tim Peel, 54, as a league referee is over after he was picked up by a TV microphone saying he wanted to give the Nashville Predators a penalty Tuesday night, an incident that put the notion of “makeup’’calls squarely in the spotlight.
MLB: Pitcher Lance
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McCullers Jr. and the Houston Astros have agreed to an $85 million, five-year contract covering 2022-26, a deal awaiting announcement by the team.
NBA: Caris LeVert
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scored 28 points and the host Indiana Pacers snapped a six-game home losing streak with a 116-111 victory over Detroit .
Soccer: Veteran striker
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Burak Yilmaz scored a hat trick as Turkey stunned the Netherlands 4-2 in the opening game of European World Cup qualifying . ... The French were held 1-1 by Ukraine.