Torn ACL costs Morris a season
Seattle Sounders forward Jordan Morris will miss the 2018 MLS season because of a torn knee ligament.
The former All-American at Stanford has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
Morris was hurt Thursday late in the CONCACAF Champions League round of 16 matchup against El Salvador’s Santa Tecla. Seattle lost 2-1. NFL: With the support of many owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell is prepared to escalate his public feud with Jerry Jones, owner of the Cowboys and long one of the most influential people in the league, by fining him millions of dollars for his efforts to derail negotiations to renew Goodell’s contract and for his outspoken defense of running back Ezekiel Elliott, who was suspended, the New York Times reported.
The Times cited five league officials with direct knowledge of the situation as its sources.
The punishment will be issued in the coming weeks by Goodell, who will declare that Jones’ actions were detrimental to the league.
Goodell has been reluctant to be seen as exacting retribution, but he was urged to bring the penalties by several owners who believed that Jones had crossed an unspoken boundary by threatening his colleagues.
The Bills got a head start on a major positional need before free agency begins by agreeing to terms with cornerback Vontae Davis on a 1-year contract. The 29-year-old visited both the 49ers and Raiders last week. He spent the past five seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. Pac-12 honors: Former Cal swimmer Matt Biondi, who won 12 NCAA championships and six Olympic gold medals, and former Stanford volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings, the most decorated beach-volleyball player of all time, are among 12 athletes who will be inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honor on March 9 in Las Vegas.
The ceremony will take place in the Pac-12 Fan Plaza before the semifinals of the conference men’s basketball tournament. The inductees also will be recognized on the court of the first semifinal at T-Mobile Arena. Tennis: The Davis Cup could be transformed into a one-week, one-location, 18-nation World Cup of Tennis with a $20 million purse in a major overhaul aimed at enticing the best men’s players to play.