Rosenthal finalizes $11M, 1-year deal with A’s
Right-hander Trevor Rosenthal finalized an $11 million, one-year contract with the Oakland A’s on Monday, providing manager Bob Melvin with a new reliable ninth-inning option after former closer Liam Hendriks’ departure in free agency.
The 30-year- old Rosenthal went 1- 0 with a 1.90 ERA with 11 saves over 23 2/3 innings for the Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres last season.
He made $1,510,887 in the shortened 2020 season, including a $740,741 prorated share of a $2 million base and $770,146 in earned performance bonuses. He also received a $1 million buyout as part of the 2020 mutual option in his previous contract with Washington, which released him in July 2019.
To clear a spot on the 40man roster, the A’s designated outfielder Dustin Fowler for assignment.
MARINERS CEO MATHER RESIGNS AFTER VIDEO COMMENTS » Seattle Mariners president and CEO Kevin Mather resigned following the emergence of video where he expressed opinions about organizational strategy and his views on some players.
Mariners Chairman John Stanton said Mather’s comments were inappropriate and do not represent the views of the franchise.
Mather’s departure seemed inevitable as the firestorm grew over his statements, including comments on the manipulation of service time for some top prospects — Jarred Kelenic and Logan Gilbert — and insensitive comments about international players’ understanding of English.
NFL
Iupati is retiring from the NFL.
“My body was telling me it was time to close the door,”
IUPATI RETIRES AFTER 11 SEASONS » Veteran left guard Mike
the 33-year- old told The Spokesman Review in Spokane, Wash.
Iupati spent 11 seasons in the NFL, all in the NFC West. The San Francisco 49ers selected the Idaho product in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played five seasons with the 49ers, earning three Pro Bowl berths and an All-Pro selection in 2012.
He signed a five-year, $40 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals in 2015 and made his fourth Pro Bowl team, then spent the past two seasons with the Seattle Seahawks. GANNON IS OUT AS CBS ANALYST >> Former Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon will not be part of the NFL broadcast team on CBS.
Gannon, who has worked at CBS since 2005, was not included on a roster of their broadcast teams for the 2021 season and his contract was not renewed. The story was first reported by the New York Post and later confirmed without comment by the network.
Gannon was also a host on Sirius XM NFL Radio but left that position in 2016 to spend more time with his family.
Gannon worked Raiders preseason games as an analyst with play-by-play voice Beth Mowins in 2019 and was scheduled to do so again in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the exhibition season.
Men’s basketball
UNBEATEN GONZAGA, BAYLOR REMAIN ATOP AP TOP 25 >> Gonzaga’s bid for a wireto-wire run at No. 1 keeps chugging along.
Baylor is still right there with the Zags.
Gonzaga received 60 first- place votes from a media panel in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released on Monday, picking up one vote from last week. The second-ranked Bears received the other four firstplace votes in a week of little change.
Gonzaga and Baylor have been 1-2 all season.
Women’s basketball
UCONN STAYS NO. 1 >> UConn remained the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll after blowing out its two opponents last week.
The Huskies received 28 of 30 first-place votes on Monday from a media panel after holding St. John’s and Xavier to 32 points apiece in routs.
North Carolina State returned to the No. 2 spot and Texas A& M climbed to third after South Carolina and Louisville — the previous second- and third-ranked teams — lost games. The Wolfpack had a two-week run at No. 2 last month.
Stanford received the remaining first-place vote and moved up to No. 4.
On Monday night, Kiana Williams scored 15 points and No. 4 Stanford clinched its first regular-season Pac-12 Conference crown in seven years, beating ninth-ranked Arizona 62- 48.
Soccer
JORDAN MORRIS TEARS LEFT ACL, 3 YEARS AFTER TEARING RIGHT >> Seattle Sounders forward Jordan Morris will miss the rest of the season with a torn left ACL sustained Saturday while on loan at England’s Swansea City.