49ers sign top pick Mike McGlinchey to a four-year deal
Mike McGlinchey, the 49ers new starting right tackle upon his selection as their top draft pick, won’t be a contract holdout for his initial training camp.
McGlinchey on Sunday night signed a four-year, $18.34 million contract that’s fully guaranteed, according to Tom Pelissero of NFL Media.
The 49ers have not yet confirmed the deal, which likely will become official today.
Wide receiver Dante Pettis, a second-round selection, remains the only member of the 49ers’ nineman draft class who is unsigned. All players are to report Wednesday to training camp, with the first practice set for Thursday.
Taken ninth overall, McGlinchey expressed no concern about his contract after going through the 49ers offseason program, saying in June: “It’s not my job to decipher that. I have people that do that for me. I’m here to play football and that’s what I’m going to do.”
Upon McGlinchey’s first-round selection, the 49ers traded former starting right tackle Trent Brown to the Patriots. McGlinchey figures to start at right tackle his first couple seasons before eventually replacing veteran Joe Staley at left tackle, McGlinchey’s old position at Notre Dame.
Motorsports
HARVICK WINS THRILLER >> Kevin Harvick used a bump-and-run on Kyle Busch with seven laps left in a thrilling battle of two of NASCAR’s dominant drivers to win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Harvick put his Ford bumper on the left side of Busch’s Toyota and nudged the leader out of the way in the corner for the move of the race.
Harvick won for the sixth time this season and went 1-2 in some order with Busch for the ninth time. Busch has five wins and Martin Truex Jr. has four to separate themselves from the rest of the pack. Truex finished fourth.
FORCE EXTENDS RECORD >> John Force raced to his first
victory of the season and record-extending 149th career Funny Car win in the Mile-High NHRA Nationals in Morrison, Colo. Force, 69, edged Ron Capps in the final with a 4.075-second run at 315.42 mph.
HAMILTON WINS IN GERMANY >> Lewis Hamilton regained the Formula One championship lead in dramatic fashion, winning the German Grand Prix after race leader Sebastian Vettel crashed.
Rugby
NEW ZEALAND REPEATS >> New Zealand rolled past England 33-12 in San Francisco with a performance that featured speed, strength and a stout defense to repeat as Rugby World Cup Sevens champion and become the first three-time winner of the tournament.
Tennis
JOHNSON WINS IN RHODE ISLAND >> Steve Johnson continued his long road back and success this year by capturing the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, R.I. He beat Ramkumar Ramanathan, 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, for his fourth career ATP title.
IN OTHER TOURNAMENTS >> Fabio Fognini won his second ATP title this year, beating Richard Gasquet 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the Swedish Open in Bastad . ... Topseeded Alize Cornet won her sixth career title by beating Mandy Minella 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the Ladies’ Championship Gstaad final.
Track and field
KORIR TEARS UP 800 >> Emmanuel Korir ran the fastest 800 meters since the final of the London Olympics in 2012 on the same track to win at the Anniversary Games. The Kenyan posted a time of 1 minute, 42.05 seconds. No one has run a faster 800 since David Rudisha set a world record of 1:40.91 in six years ago.
Horse racing
ESPINOZA HURT >> Jockey Victor Espinoza suffered a fractured vertebra in his neck when the horse he was riding — Bobby Abu Dhabi — at Del Mar collapsed in training and died. Espinoza is expected to make a full recovery.