Reggie Bush wins lawsuit
A St. Louis jury has ordered the NFL’s Rams to pay former running back Reggie Bush $12.5 million for a severe knee injury suffered at St. Louis’ domed stadium in 2015, the team’s final season before moving to Los Angeles.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the jury Tuesday found the Rams liable for the injury.
Attorneys for the Rams say they plan to file a motion for a new trial.
Bush was playing for the 49ers when he was pushed out of bounds during a game Nov. 1, 2015, and slipped on concrete at what was then known as the Edward Jones Dome. The left knee injury ended his season.
The lawsuit contended the injury undermined his earnings as a player for the rest of his career. He signed with Buffalo in 2016 and retired in 2017. Now 33, he works as an analyst for NFL Network.
NBA: A person with knowledge of the situation says Nick Nurse has agreed to become the head coach of the Toronto Raptors.
Nurse is replacing Dwane Casey, who was fired after Toronto was swept from the second round of the playoffs by Cleveland. Nurse worked under Casey the past five seasons as an assistant.
The Raptors went 59-23 this season, the top record in the Eastern Conference and second-best regular-season record in the NBA. ESPN first reported the hiring.
WNBA: A’ja Wilson scored 17 of her 35 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, helping the visiting Las Vegas Aces (2-7) beat the winless Indiana Fever 101-92. Las Vegas opened the extra session on an 8-0 run after Indiana (0-9) closed regulation by scoring eight straight points. ... Diana Taurasi scored 21 points, Brittney Griner added 18 before fouling out late and the Phoenix Mercury (8-3) won their sixth straight with a 75-72 victory at Dallas (4-4). ... Breanna Stewart scored a season-high 30 points to help the Seattle Storm (7-3) rally to a 96-85 win over visiting Chicago (3-6) . ... Candace Parker scored 18 points, and Stanford alum Nneka Ogwumike had 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Sparks (6-2) in their 72-64 victory against Atlanta (5-4) in Los Angeles. ⏩ Dallas forward Karima Christmas-Kelly will undergo knee surgery and miss the rest of the season. She averaged 9.3 points and 5.5 rebounds in six games this season.
Death: Jordan Scott, the all-time leading rusher in Colgate history, has died while on vacation in Thailand.
Scott, 31, had gone missing Friday after jumping into water near a dam in the Ban Ta Khun district south of Bangkok. According to the Bangkok Post, divers located his body Monday night.
Scott rushed for 5,621 yards on 1,240 attempts, averaging 4.5 yards per carry over four seasons before graduating in 2009.