Press Box: Sports Recap
IN BRIEF
BASEBALL: Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins said the team will extend qualifying offers to potential free agents Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Wisconsin LB Jack Cichy, the team’s leading tackler, will miss the rest of the season with a torn pectoral muscle. … Clemson RB Wayne Gallman called the hit by North Carolina State DB Dravious Wright that knocked him out of the game Oct. 15 “dirty” and said he wanted a teammate to retaliate. … Indiana is sticking with QB Richard Lagow despite a three-game losing streak, coach Kevin Wilson said. … Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said he doesn’t foresee any major personnel changes or adjustments in play calling after the team was upset Saturday by Penn State. … Northwestern CB Matthew Harris announced his retirement. Harris had not played since suffering a head injury Sept. 10. … Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh criticized a decision by referees not to overturn a call after he challenged the spot of the ball in the team’s 41-8 victory over Illinois on Saturday. “I’ve never seen a worse call,” Harbaugh said. “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a more strange replay.” … Georgia said LBs Natrez Patrick and Roquan Smith will play Saturday against Florida after being cleared in a marijuana investigation and passing drug tests. … Tennessee RB Alvin Kamara has an undisclosed injury that will sideline him for Saturday’s game against South Carolina.
GOLF: The PGA Tour added an event, the CJ Cup, to its 2017 schedule. The limitedfield event will be played Oct. 19-22 at Nine Bridges, located on Jeju Island off South Korea’s southern coast. The 78-man field would include the top 60 players available from the previous year’s FedEx Cup and 18 determined by exemption.
NBA: ESPN reported 76ers G Jerryd Bayless is likely to miss the first month of the season because of a torn ligament in his left wrist. … The Thunder waived F Mitch McGary. McGary faces two drug suspensions for a combined minimum of 15 games. … The Lakers waived F Yi Jianlian at the player’s request. … Grizzlies F Chandler Parsons (knee) will not be cleared to play in the opener, coach David Fizdale said.
SOCCER: Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke signaled a desire to convince Arsene Wenger to stay on as manager by telling the Associated Press the club remains “very high” on the Frenchman and he would be “very hard” to replace. Wenger has been Arsenal’s manager since 1996. … Bayern Munich and Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches was named 2016’s European Golden Boy ahead of Marcus Rashford and Kingsley Coman. … Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed Loris Karius is the team’s No. 1 keeper but said Simon Mignolet will get the start Tuesday against Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup.
TENNIS: Svetlana Kuznetsova earned a 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 win over defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska in a nearly 3-hour match at the WTA Finals in Singapore. … Kei Nishikori beat Dusan Lajovic 7-5, 6-1 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors in Basel.
ALSO: Reigning USA Luge national champion and 2014 Sochi Olympic team member Aidan Kelly will skip this year’s international sliding season while he recovers from a herniated disk.