YEAR AFTER SIGNING VAN NOY, DOLPHINS WILL WAIVE HIM
Veteran linebacker Kyle Van Noy is moving on after one season with the Miami Dolphins, and he’s not happy about it.
The Dolphins told Van Noy he will be released, two people familiar with the discussion confirmed to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the Dolphins had not commented.
In a statement, Van Noy said he was disappointed and surprised.
“As a captain, I gave my all to the team,” he said. “I fought through a painful hip injury during the season, including spending a night in the hospital after a game. I was brought there to be a leader, and I know my teammates looked up to and respected me.”
Miami will clear nearly $10 million in cap space with the move. Van Noy signed a $51 million, four-year deal as a free agent a year ago.
Despite his injury, Van Noy had six sacks and 69 tackles in 14 games for a Dolphins defense that ranked sixth in points allowed. He has also played for the Lions and Patriots.
The move signals the
Dolphins want to be aggressive in free agency after going 10-6 and missing the playoffs in their second season under coach Brian Flores.
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The Vikings released twotime Pro Bowl tight end Kyle Rudolph, ending his 10-season run with the team to create a little more than $5 million in salary cap space.
The Jets released defensive end Henry Anderson, an expected offseason move that will save the team $8.2 million on the salary cap.
Sports and courts
An attorney for the family of a 5-year-old girl critically injured in a crash involving former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid says the girl suffered a devastating brain injury that has left her unable to speak or walk.
Ariel Young likely has permanent brain damage “that she will endure for the rest of her life,” attorney
Tom Porto said in an interview broadcast Tuesday with ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
“We’re going to be advocating for the most serious charges and the most serious sentence that Britt could ever receive,” Porto said.
Former Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu was provisionally set free on Tuesday after appearing before a judge following a night in jail while being investigated for possible irregularities during his administration.
Soccer
Manchester City extended its extraordinary winning run to 21 games by scoring three goals from the 80th minute to beat Wolverhampton 4-1 and move 15 points clear in the Premier League.
Gabriel Jesus netted twice from close range and
Riyad Mahrez added another goal to cap a period of incessant pressure by City after Wolves equalized in the 61st minute through Conor Coady’s header — the visitors’ first touch in City’s box.
Leander Dendoncker had given City the lead for the first time with an owngoal in the 15th.
Schalke hired the relatively unknown Dimitrios Grammozis as its fifth coach of a turbulent season.
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The San Diego State women’s golf team moved up one place to 11th following a 32-over-par 320 in the second round at the 15-team Bruin Wave Invitational at the Saticoy Country Club in Somis. SDSU trailed leader
Arizona State by 36 shots.
Ian St. John, a Liverpool great who scored the winning goal to give the club its first FA Cup title and was a key player in the rebuild under Bill Shankly in the 1960s, has died. He was 82.
Bahrain’s Nelly Jepkosgei, a leading runner in the 800 meters, has been banned for three years for faking a car accident to give her an excuse for missing a drug test.
In her first match since September, former U.S. Open finalist Madison Keys beat sixth-seeded Belinda Bencic 6-4, 6-1 at the Qatar Open in Doha.