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NCAA: Rutgers hires Teel

Former quarterback Mike Teel and Michael Zuckerman have been hired as graduate assistant football coaches at Rutgers.

Coach Kyle Flood announced the hirings Monday, saying Teel will work with the wide receivers while Zuckerman will assist in coaching the special teams.

Rutgers off icials said they expect the athletics department to be f inancially independent by 2020 despite having to boost subsidies by nearly 70 percent last year.

USA Today and the Home News Tribune report Rutgers athletics received nearly $47 million in subsidies from the university in 201213, accounting for more than half of athletics’ $79 million budget.

MLB: Rangers extend Washington

Rangers manager Ron Washing

ton finally has a contract beyond this season, as the team added a year to his contract through the 2015 season.

NHL: Stamkos still sidelined Injured Lightning star Steven

Stamkos will sit out a fourgame postOlympic trip that starts Thursday at Nashville.

Stamkos underwent Xrays on Monday that revealed his broken right shin, which has sidelined him since November, is improving but not enough for him to be cleared to play in games. Former Avalanche forward Mi

lan Hejduk, who played 14 seasons in the NHL, announced his retirement. The threetime Olympian and native of the Czech Republic scored 375 goals in 1,020 games and won a Stanley Cup in 2001.

TENNIS: Federer rolls to win

Roger Federer began his campaign for a record sixth Dubai Championships title with a 61, 64,

win over Benjamin Becker.

The eighthranked Federer and

topseeded Novak Djokovic, who will play his first match on Tuesday, have won nine of the last 11 titles in Dubai.

ETC: Varsity baseball back at NYU

NYU will have a varsity baseball program in 201415 for the first time in 40 years. The school announced

Douglas Kimbler will be the team’s head coach

Barcelona paid 13.55 million euros ($18.6 million) to Spanish tax authorities to cover any potential irregularities in its signing of Ney

mar, while maintaining its innocence of fraud charges.

The Spanish champion said in a statement Monday it had paid the amount to cover any “eventual interpretations that could come out of the contracts signed relating to the transfer of Neymar. Meanwhile, we are convinced of the legality of our initial fulfillment relating to our tax obligations.”