Gronkowski injured in Super Bowl parade

Rob Gronkowski, the New England Patriots’ star tight end, said he got hit in the face by a can of beer thrown during Tuesday’s Super Bowl victory parade in Boston.

Gronkowski told “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” the can drew blood, and he showed Fallon the small cut it left near one of his eyebrows.

“I’m just chilling, then boom, pop, full beer can right to the face,” he said.

The same thing happened to Red Sox manager Alex Cora during October’s parade in Boston to celebrate that team’s World Series title.

Baseball

Miami Marlins All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for catcher Jorge Alfaro, two pitching prospects and $250,000 in international signing bonus pool allocation. Along with Alfaro, the Marlins acquired highly regarded pitchers Sixto Sanchez and Will Stewart.

Skating

Bradie Tennell of the United States leads after the short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Anaheim, Calif. with defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan in second and American Mariah Bell third.

Golf

Phil Mickelson hit every fairway for the first time in 21 years on his way to a 6-under 65 at Pebble Beach, Calif., an ideal start Thursday on perhaps the last ideal day at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Brian Gay and Scott Langley each had a 64 at Monterey for a oneshot lead.

Soccer

More than two weeks after the plane carrying Emiliano Sala to a new career in the English Premier League crashed into the sea, police confirmed Thursday that the body recovered from the wreckage was the Argentine soccer player.

College basketball

Don Johnson, an AllAmerica guard on two of coach John Wooden’s earliest basketball teams at UCLA, has died. He was 88.