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NHL: Caps’ Wilson gets 20-game ban Capitals forward Tom Wilson was banned 20 games by the NHL for a blindside hit to the head of Blues center Oskar Sundqvist during a preseason game, the latest and most severe punishment in what the league called an “unprecedented” series of suspensions for the physical player.

Wilson’s fourth ban in less than 13 months will cost him nearly a quarter of the 82-game regular season — only five NHL players have been suspended longer for on-ice play — and $1.26 million in salary. ETC.: Garoppolo has ACL surgery

49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo underwent reconstructive surgery to repair the ACL in his left knee.

Coach Kyle Shanahan said he didn’t know whether any additional damage needed to be repaired or whether Garoppolo would be recovered in time for the offseason program next spring.

The Big Ten Network announced lead football analyst Matt Millen, 60, will not return to the broadcast booth in 2018 because he will be receiving treatment for amyloidosis, a disease he has battled since 2011 and for which there is no known cure. Millen, a former NFL linebacker and Lions general manager, has said he may need a heart transplant.

The International Olympic Committee has reiterated its threat to drop boxing from the Olympics, expressing “extreme concern” with how the sport is run after a businessman from Uzbekistan who has been accused by U.S. authorities of having ties to organized crime was announced to be running unopposed for president of the amateur boxing association.