At 45, kicker Vinatieri re-signs with Colts

Kicker Adam Vinatieri signed a one-year contract extension Thursday with the Indianapolis Colts and, at age 45, could break the NFL’s career scoring record next season — his 23rd in the league.

Financial details were not immediately available, though the deal is believed to be in the neighborhood of last season’s $3 million salary.

Vinatieri will again be the league’s oldest player. He has 2,487 points, and needs 58 to pass Morten Andersen, also a kicker.

“I know 57, 58 points away is definitely within reach this year if I stay healthy and all that,” Vinatieri said. “I really wanted to break that record wearing a Colts helmet where I’ve played the majority of the years inmy career now.”

Vinatieri played 10 seasons for New England starting in 1996 before signing with the Colts as a free agent in 2006. HERBSTREIT TAKES GRUDEN’S SPOT » Kirk Herbstreit will take Jon Gruden’s place on ESPN’s coverage of the NFL draft.

ESPN announced Herbstreit will be part the opening-night coverage of the first round in prime time on April 26 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Herbstreit will be joined by host Trey Wingo, draft analyst Mel Kiper and NFL analyst Louis Riddick.

Rounds two and three are April 27, and rounds four through seven are April 28.

Herbstreit is the lead analyst for ESPN’s “Saturday Night College Football” and the “College GameDay” pregame show.

Gruden left ESPN in January to become coach of the Raiders.

Golf

NOREN, SIMPSON LEAD AT HONDA » Tiger Woods had what he called “easily” his best round hitting the ball, and he didn’t even break par at the Honda Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Alex Noren and Webb Simpson shared the lead at 4-under 66 in steady wind on the PGA National golf course, and felt as though they had to work hard for it. Woods was four strokes behind at 70.

“When you stand on certain tee boxes or certain approach shots, you remember that, ‘Man, this is one of the hardest courses we play all year, including majors,’ ” said Simpson, who is playing the Honda Classic for the first time in seven years.

Only 20 players broke par, and just as many were at 76 or worse.

Woods had only one big blunder: a double bogey on the par- 5 third hole when he missed the green and missed a 3-foot putt in an otherwise stress-free round. He had one other bogey against three birdies, and was rarely out of position. Even one of his two wild drives, when his ball landed behind two carts that were selling frozen lemonade and soft pretzels, he still had a good angle to the green.

“It was very positive today,” Woods said. “It was a tough day out there for all of us, and even par is a good score.”

It was plenty tough for Adam Scott, who again stumbled his way through the closing stretch of holes that feature water, water and more water. Scott went into the water on the par-3 15th and made double bogey, and then hit into the water on the par-3 17th and made triple bogey. He shot 73. FOUR TIED ON TOP IN THAILAND » Three- time tour winner Minjee Lee of Australia finishedwith a superb eagle putt to be among the four leaders after day one of the LPGA Thailand at Siam Country Club in Chonburi.

Lee sank a 45-foot putt on the 18th hole to card a 6-under-par 66 for a oneshot lead with 2016 champion Lexi Thompson, Jessica Korda, and local hope Moriya Jutanugarn.

College football

ALABAMA NAMES COORDINATORS » Alabama coach Nick Saban promoted Mike Locksley to offensive coordinator and Josh Tupoi to defensive coordinator and hired two new assistants.

Saban announced the promotions along with the hirings of Dan Enos as quarterbacks coach and Craig Kuligowski as defen- sive line coach.

Locksley and Tupoi had both been co- coordinators for the defending national champions.

Swimming and diving

STANFORD, CAL 1-2 AT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS » Stanford took over the lead in the Pac-12 swimming and diving championships in Federal Way, Washington, with Cal a close second.

Victories from Katie Ledecky (500-yard freestyle) and Simone Manuel (50 free) helped the Cardinal to 611.5 points, ahead of Cal (510.5) and Arizona State (354).

Stanford swept the podium and took five of the top seven spots in the 500 free. Ledecky stopped the clock at 4:26.09 – the thirdfastest swim all-time in the event behind two of her previous bests.

Cal continued its dominance in the relays with its third win in as many tries, and Kathleen Baker won the 200 individual medley.

The Bears won both the 200 medley relay and the 800 free relay on Wednesday. Then on Thursday, Cal came through again, this time in the 200 free relay with an NCAA-leading and meet-record time of 1:25.87.

Baseball

RAYS DEAL DICKERSON TOP IRATES» Tampa Bay traded All- Star designated hitter Corey Dickerson to Pittsburgh in exchange for relief pitcher Daniel Hudson, mi- nor league infielder Tristan Gray and cash.

The 28-year- old Dickerson was designated for assignment Saturday. He was the AL’s starting DH in last summer’s All- Star Game, but struggled at the plate the second half of the season. The trade lets the Rays shed Dickerson’s $5.95 million salary. TILLMAN BONUSES COULD BE HUGE » Pitcher Chris Tillman and the Baltimore Orioles finalized a $3 million, one-year contract that allows him to earn an additional $7 million in performance bonuses. Tillman would earn $1 million each for 125 and 150 innings, $1.5 million apiece for 175 and 190 and $2 million for 200 as part of the deal announced Wednesday.

Tennis

WAWRINKA EXITS WITH INJURY » Second-seeded Stan Wawrinka hobbled out of the Open 13 second round in Marseille, France, after retiring when trailing 6- 4, 1-1 against Ilya Ivashka.

Wawrinka, a threetime Grand Slam champion, abandoned his match against the 193rd-ranked Belarusian with a recurrence of a left knee problem.

Ivashka advances to the quarterfinals against Frenchman Nicolas Mahut, who upset sixth-seeded Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 3- 6, 6-2, 6- 4.

Meanwhile, Tom as Berdych rallied to reach the last eight. MUGURUZA ADVANCES » Second-seeded Garbine Muguruza overcame Caroline Garcia 7- 5, 6-2 to seal her place in the semifinals of the Dubai Championships. Muguruza next plays Russian Daria Kasatkina, who defeated compatriot Elena Vesnina 7- 6 (5), 6-1.

Top- seeded Elina Svitolina moved within two matches of retaining her title with a 6-2, 6- 4 win over wild- card Naomi Osaka of Japan. Waiting for Svitolina in the semifinals is sixthseeded Angelique Kerber. MONFILS BEATS CILIC » Frenchman Gael Monfils beat top-seeded Marin Cilic 6-3, 7- 6 (8) to advance to the quarterfinals of the Rio Open in Rio de Janeiro. Monfils finished off Cilic in five minutes after their match was interrupted by heavy rain on Wednesday night. Next up for Monfils is Argentinian Daniel Schwartzman.

Fourth-seeded Fabio Fognini advanced with a 4- 6, 6- 4, 7- 6 (6) win over American Tennys Sandgren. US TA MOSTLY LIABLE FOR INJURY» The U.S. Tennis Association has been found mostly liable for when Canadian player Eugenie Bouchard slipped on a wet locker-room floor and hit her head at the 2015 U.S. Open in New York.

A jury in New York determined the USTA was 75 percent to blame, Bouchard 25 percent to blame. Damages will be determined in another phase of the trial.