Shiffrin clinches World Cup

Mikaela Shiffrin will clinch the overall World Cup title before even racing during World Cup Finals after Ilka Stuhec and her coach said the Slovenian skier won’t compete in the slalom. The 22-year-old Shiffrin will join Phil Mahre, Tamara McKinney, Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn as the only American overall World Cup champions.

Citing exhaustion, Stuhec said Friday at the team event that she will skip the slalom race to prepare for the giant slalom Sunday. Her private coach, Grega

Kostomaj, confirmed Stuhec’s decision. Shiffrin already held a nearly insurmountable 198-point lead over Stuhec with two races left — Shiffrin’s specialties at that. Stuhec made a nice run at finals — winning the downhill and taking second in the super-G — to keep the competition close.

AUTO RACING

Joey Logano capped a day in the spotlight by claiming the pole for the Sunday’s Camping World 500 at Phoenix International Raceway. Earlier he and Kyle Busch met with NASCAR to discuss their crash and scuffle five days earlier in Las Vegas.

FOOTBALL

Former Michigan cornerback and NFL prospect

Jourdan Lewis has been charged with misdemeanor domestic violence after authorities say he assaulted his girlfriend.

Lewis was arraigned Thursday in Ann Arbor, Mich., where a plea of not guilty was entered. The charge is punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a $500 fine.

OLYMPICS

Organizers confirmed that baseball and softball games for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be held in Fukushima, an area hit by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster.

The IOC and Tokyo organizers have been eager to use the games as a symbol of recovery where entire communities fled after meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant.