Interim Vandy AD breaks barriers

Malcolm Turner resigned as Vanderbilt athletic director after one year on the job, and Candice Storey Lee was named interim athletic director.

Vanderbilt announced Tuesday the school had accepted Turner’s resignation was accepted. Turner was president of the NBA G League when hired in December 2018 by Vanderbilt to replace David Williams. He started Feb. 1, 2019.

Lee, who had been deputy director since 2016, played basketball at Vanderbilt and was captain of the team before graduating in 2000. She has three different degrees from the university. Lee is the first female athletic director in any capacity at Vanderbilt and the first black woman AD in the Southeastern Conference.

Wente didn’t say how long Lee would work as the interim athletic director, though she appears to have the support of campus leaders to have the “interim“tagged removed.

Former Stanford starting QB KJ Costello will transfer to Mississippi State as a graduate student. Costello, a two-time captain at Stanford who started 25 games over the course of three seasons, has one season of eligibility left.

Baseball:

The Giants and INF Wilmer Flores agreed to a multiyear contract, ESPN reported. Terms of the deal weren’t available. Flores, 28, hit .317 with nine HRs and 37 RBIs in 89 games last season with the Diamondbacks . ... The Marlins and utility player Sean Rodriguez agreed to a minor league contract, ESPN reported. Rodriguez, 34, hit .223 with four HRs and 12 RBIs and played every position except catcher last season for the Phillies.

Skiing:

Two-time Olympic champ and three-time defending World Cup overall champ Mikaela Shiffrin announced Monday that her father, Jeff, died. He was 65. A cause of death wasn’t given.

Soccer:

Barcelona forward Ousmane Dembele likely will miss the rest of the season with a torn hamstring in his right leg and may need surgery. He had recently rejoined the two-time defending La Liga champs after sitting out since November with a hamstring issue . ... Granda advanced to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey for the first time since 1969 with a 2-1 victory over defending champ and visitor Valencia.