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NFL: Dolphins sign Griffey’s kid
The Dolphins signed undrafted free agent receiver Trey Griffey, the son of Hall of Fame baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. on Monday, according to the Associated Press. The Dolphins have not announced the signing or contract terms.
Griffey had 79 catches for 1,241 yards and six touchdowns in four seasons at Arizona. A center fielder in baseball, he was drafted in the 24th round of the 2016 draft by the Mariners but opted to stay with football.
The Colts signed Griffey after the April draft, but he was waived-injured in June.
The Falcons’ Devonta Freeman has concussion symptoms and the team is taking no chances with the league’s highestpaid running back.
He has been ruled out this week’s preseason game at Pittsburgh in what coach
Dan Quinn described as a precaution. Jaguars running back Leonard Four
nette and receiver Marqise Lee won’t play in Thursday’s preseason game against the Buccaneers. Fournette has a “nagging” foot injury that coach Doug Marrone said has “been kind of growing.” Lee has a badly sprained right ankle.
In Englewood, Colo., Jared Crick is the latest victim of the Broncos’ injury outbreak. The defensive end was carted off the practice field with apparent back spasms. MLB: Tribe, Bauer power past Bosox Edwin Encarnacion homered twice to help the AL Central-leading Indians earn their fourth straight victory, 7-3 over the Eastleading Red Sox in Boston.
Trevor Bauer (11-8) struck out 11 over 6 2/3 innings for his fourth consecutive win. He allowed three runs — all on solo homers by Red Sox rookies. Rafael Devers had two and Andrew Benintendi one.
In Denver, Rockies starter Chad Bettis scattered six hits over seven scoreless innings in his return to the mound after cancer treatment to help the Rockies beat the Braves 3-0. Gerardo Parra had an RBI single and
Carlos Gonzalez drove in two with a single to center during a three-run eighth inning.
In Woodbridge, Va., Nationals righthander Stephen Strasburg struck out five and allowed three hits and one walk in a rehab start for the Class-A Potomac Nationals. NHL: Leetch to coach Prospects game Chris Chelios and Rangers great Brian Leetch will be facing off once more: This time as opposing coaches.
USA Hockey has appointed the two Hall of Fame defensemen to serve as coaches at the sixth annual All-American Prospects game in Buffalo on Sept. 21. The game will feature 42 of the top U.S.-born prospects eligible for the 2018 NHL draft. ETC.: Arkansas’ Broyles dead at 92 Frank Broyles, who guided the University of Arkansas to its lone national football championship and later molded the overall program as its athletic director, died Monday at the age of 92 in Fayetteville, Ark.,
Broyles died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a statement from his family.
Notre Dame and Wisconsin will play at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis., in 2020 and Soldier Field in Chicago in 2021. The two-game series will mark the first meeting between the Fighting Irish and Badgers since 1964.