RAIDERS RB JACOBS FACING A DUI CASE
Las Vegas Raiders running back Josh Jacobs received minor injuries and was arrested on a misdemeanor drunken driving charge after a pre-dawn single-vehicle crash Monday near McCarran International Airport, authorities said Monday.
A Las Vegas police report said Jacobs, 22, was taken to a hospital for treatment of a cut on his forehead after the air bag deployed when the 2019 Acura
NSX sports car he was driving crashed into a tunnel wall at the Las Vegas airport, prosecutor Eric Bauman said.
Police at the scene determined the 5-foot-10, 220-pound Jacobs was impaired by alcohol, and blood was drawn at the hospital, Bauman said. Laboratory results can take several weeks.
Jacobs was booked at the Clark County jail on a driving under the influence charge and released without bail pending a court appearance March 8, said his attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld.
The attorneys noted that no complaint was immediately filed.
“We intend to enter a not guilty plea on behalf of Mr. Jacobs if he is ever charged,” they said. Jacobs lives in Las Vegas, Chesnoff said.
It was not immediately clear if Jacobs had just returned to Las Vegas from Denver, where the Raiders defeated the Broncos, 32-31, in their final NFL regular-season game. That was less than 12 hours before the 4:43 a.m. crash.
“The Raiders are aware of the situation involving Josh Jacobs,” team spokesman Will Kiss said in a statement. “The organization takes these matters seriously and we have no further comment at this time.”
Soccer
Liverpool slumped to a second loss of its title defense in the English Premier League after a second-minute goal from former player Danny Ings earned Southampton a 1-0 win. The champion has gone three games without a win — after back-toback draws against West Bromwich Albion and Newcastle — and leads on only goal difference from Manchester United, which has played one game fewer.
• Forward Maxi Gomez equalized late for Valencia to draw with Cadiz 1-1 at home in the Spanish league.
• Barcelona said two of its staff have the coronavirus. The unnamed staff tested positive on Monday, and the whole squad will undergo more tests today. Training scheduled for today was postponed. Barcelona is scheduled to play Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday in the Spanish league.
Hockey
Alex Newhook scored 59 seconds into the game and Devon Levi stopped 28 shots to help Canada advance to the championship of the world juniors with a 5-0 victory over Russia at Edmonton, Alberta.
Connor McMichael, Cole Perfetti and Braden Schneider also scored, and Dylan Cozens added an empty-netter for the defending champions. Levi had his third shutout of the tournament.
Russian goalie Yaroslav Askarov struggled to hang on to his stick at times and finished with 30 saves.
Canada will face the United States, which scored a 4-3 victory over Finland, when Arthur Kaliyev scored with 1:16 remaining after the U.S. blew a 3-1 third-period lead.
• The NHL announced game times for the 2021 season. The Ducks and Kings will play mostly 7 p.m. home games.
Baseball
Catcher Curt Casali agreed to a $1.5 million, one-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, a month after he was cut by the Cincinnati Reds. The 32year-old Casali hit .224 with six homers and eight RBIs in 31 games and 93 plate appearances last year.
• Jon “Boog” Sciambi is the new lead TV play-by-play voice of Chicago Cubs baseball, Marquee Sports Network said. Sciambi succeeds Len Kasper, who was let out of his Marquee contract after 16 seasons to become radio announcer for the crosstown Chicago White Sox.
Also
ATP Cup champion Novak Djokovic and runner-up Rafael Nadal are set to return for the season-opening men’s team tennis event starting Feb. 1, but the United States will be missing because of a change in format that has halved the field. Qualification for the ATP Cup was based on the ranking of each country’s top player, with Australia included on a wildcard entry.
The inaugural event last year featured 24 teams and was played in three Australian cities. The Feb. 1-5 second edition will involve 12 teams and be played entirely at Melbourne Park amid COVID-19 restrictions.
• Sandra Scully, wife of Dodgers’ Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully, died from complications of ALS Sunday night. She was 76.
• The USD women’s basketball team scored a 58-56 win over BYU. Jordyn Edwards scored 13 points and Erica Martinsen added 12 for the Toreros.