Cardinals to get Arenado
The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to acquire all-star third baseman Nolan Arenado from the Colorado Rockies in a trade needing approvals before it can be finalized, a person familiar with the swap said.
Arenado, an eight-time Gold Glove winner, signed a $260 million, eight-year deal with Colorado in February 2019 and is owed $199 million for the six remaining seasons.
Colorado would pay St. Louis a large amount of cash as part of the trade, the person said, and Major League Baseball must approve a cash transaction of more than $1 million.
Arenado’s contract has a no-trade provision that requires his approval for any assignment.
The 29-year-old Arenado has hit .293 with an .890 OPS over eight seasons, averaging 35 home runs and 114 RBI per 162 games. Aided in part by hitter-friendly Coors Field, he’s led the National League in home runs three times and led the majors in RBI twice.
VOLLEYBALL Grace Loberg’s
14 kills led top-ranked Wisconsin to a 27-25, 25-20, 21-25, 25-12 victory over Illinois on Saturday at Huff Hall in Champaign, Illinois.
Sydney Hilley finished with 42 assists for the Badgers (4-0, 4-0 Big Ten).
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Carissa Garcia scored 22 points and Northern Kentucky knocked off the UW-Milwaukee women’s team, 68-61.
Sydney Staver led the Panthers (15-3, 12-2 Horizon league) with 17 points.
The Panthers have lost two straight games after putting together a 12-game winning streak.
HOCKEY
Cole Caufield scored two goals and 13th-ranked Wisconsin downed visiting Michigan State, 4-1.
Caufield extended his point streak to 10 games (nine goals, 10 assists).
Linus Weissbach and Ty Pelton-Byce scored for the Badgers (11-7-0, 9-5-0 Big Ten).
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SKIING
Lara Gut-Behrami won her third straight World Cup super-G on Saturday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
The Swiss skier confirmed her dominance with another clear victory, a week after she won her home race in Crans Montana by 0.93 of a second.
On Saturday, Kajsa Vickhoff Lie trailed by 0.68 in second for the Norwegian’s first career podium result, and Marie-Michele Gagnon came 0.93 behind in third.
Men: Frenchman Clément Noël got his first World Cup win in a year, triumphing in the penultimate slalom in Chamonix, France, before the world championships.
Returning to the same course Saturday, Noël improved from third position after the opening leg as the top two lost time in similar mistakes halfway through their final runs.
On a course softened by persistent rain, first-run leader Marco Schwarz dropped to third, 0.19 of a second behind Noël, while Ramon Zenhäusern remained in second and trailed by 0.16.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Arkansas’ Feleipe Franks threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Mississippi tight end Kenny Yeboah in the fourth quarter of the Senior Bowl to help seal the National team’s 27- 24 victory over the American team in Mobile, Alabama.
Franks, a graduate transfer from Florida, set up the all-Southeastern Conference Western Division scoring connection with a 29-yard completion to Louisville’s Dez Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick had six catches for 90 yards in the showcase game for senior and graduate NFL prospects.
Kellen Mond, the Texas A&M quarterback, delivered a pair of touchdown passes in the third quarter to help erase a 13-0 halftime deficit. He was named as the game’s MVP.
AUTO RACING
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson began a new chapter of his career – at 45 years old – in unfamiliar race cars. He was tabbed to start the Rolex 24 at Daytona for his Action Express team.
Johnson held his own in his first stint driving the Cadillac prototype, and the No. 48 entry has a solid chance at the overall win. His team will have to contend with the full-time Action Express entry, which brought in reigning NASCAR champion Chase Elliott for his sports car debut.
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