LEAF PLEADS ON INDIO DV CHARGE
Former Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf on Friday admitted a misdemeanor domestic violence charge stemming from his arrest in Palm Desert over Memorial Day weekend.
Leaf, 44, was placed on probation for a term of three years and ordered to complete a one-year domestic violence class in connection with his guilty plea to a misdemeanor false imprisonment charge, according to John Hall, a spokesman for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.
A misdemeanor count of domestic battery was dropped in exchange for his guilty plea, according to Hall, who said the defendant was given time credits that canceled out a four-day jail term.
Leaf, who was arrested May 22 at a residence, was charged Wednesday and entered his plea before a judge at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.
NHL
It didn’t take long for the bubble to begin bursting on the Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stanley Cup party. The effects of a f lat salary cap took its toll on the Lightning less than two weeks after winning their second Stanley Cup. Tampa Bay bid farewell to defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, who signed with Anaheim (three years, $11.7 million, and the team was forced to place center Tyler Johnson on waivers as the NHL’s free agency period opened.
It seemed to make sense for the St. Louis Blues to effectively end the Alex Pietrangelo era by signing defensemen Torey Krug to a $45.5 million, seven-year deal.
Suitors for Pietrangelo have been cut down by St. Louis signing Krug and the Maple Leafs inking T.J. Brodie to a $20 million, fouryear deal.
While the market was soft for skaters, it was very active for goaltenders as a long-anticipated shuff le materialized.
Jacob Markstrom left Vancouver to sign a six-year, $36 million contract with the Flames. The Canucks replaced Markstrom by signing Braden Holtby to a two-year, $8.6 million contract.
Henrik Lundqvist signed a one-year contract with Washington, two weeks after having his contract bought out by the Rangers.
The Wild quickly addressed their goaltending needs after trading Devan Dubnyk to San Jose, by signing Cam Talbot signing a three-year, $11 million deal. Anton Khudobin, who backstopped the Dallas Stars run to the Stanley Cup Final, is staying put in Dallas after signing a three-year, $10 million contract.
In a minor league deal, San Diego Gulls goalie Kevin Boyle signed with the Red Wings.
The Vegas Golden Knights were one of those teams in kicking off the day by trading Paul Stastny to the Winnipeg Jets. In freeing the final year of Stastny’s contract and $5.5 million cap hit, Vegas acquired defenseman Carl Dahlstrom and a conditional 2022 fourthround draft pick.
Skiing
Mikaela Shiffrin postponed her return to World Cup skiing for at least another month, pulling out of next week’s season-opening giant slalom in Austria with a back issue. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and three-time overall World Cup champion, who hasn’t raced in nearly nine months, said she tweaked her back while skiing last week.
Also
Bill Rainey, the 1961 SDCIF Football Player of the Year from large schools champion Crawford High died Friday in Seattle. No cause of death has yet been listed. He was 76.
• Today’s MLS match between the Colorado Rapids and the LA Galaxy was postponed after a Rapids player tested positive for the coronavirus. It is the fourth Rapids match to be postponed because of positive tests for COVID-19.
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic has recovered from the coronavirus and was available for the derby against Inter Milan, AC Milan said. Ibrahimovic tested positive for COVID-19 last month.
Jeff Sims threw a goahead 19-yard scoring pass to Jahmyr Gibbs midway through the fourth quarter and host Georgia Tech (2-2, 2-1 ACC) rallied from a twotouchdown deficit to beat Louisville (1-3, 0-3) 46-27.