Sports shorts Holyfield inducted into boxing Hall

Evander Holyfield, boxing’s only four-time world heavyweight champion, was inducted Sunday into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, and “The Real Deal” delivered one more time.

The youngest of nine children, Holyfield spent nearly his entire speech crediting his mother and his siblings for much of his success.

“This Hall of Fame thing is all about the help I got from someone else,” Holyfield said. “My mom wouldn’t let me quit.”

Holyfield’s impressive career spanned more than three decades 160 wins as an amateur, 44 more as a pro and included undisputed cruiserweight and heavyweight titles, and two memorable fights against Mike Tyson and another against Riddick Bowe.

Also inducted were: three-division champion Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico; the late super flyweight champion Johnny Tapia; Australian trainer Johnny Lewis; judge Jerry Roth; journalist-broadcaster Steve Farhood; broadcaster Barry Tompkins; and Eddie Booker and ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Sr., also honored posthumously

Pass rusher Melvin Ingram agreed to a four-year deal with the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday, avoiding a protracted contract dispute shortly before the opening of minicamp.

Ingram has skipped the Chargers’ voluntary offseason workouts while negotiating the deal. Los Angeles applied the non-exclusive franchise tag to Ingram in February, but kept working on a longterm deal.

Ingram has been one of the NFL’s top edge rushers in recent seasons, recording 18 sacks in the past two years. After lining up mostly as a linebacker in San Diego’s 3-4 defense last year, he is expected to be a key contributor to new defensive coordinator Gus Bradley’s 4-3 scheme as a bookend with defensive end Joey Bosa.

Ingram has 46 tackles for loss in his career, which has been spent entirely in San Diego. The Chargers picked the South Carolina product with the 18th overall selection in 2012, and they stuck with him through two years of injury problems before he blossomed into a star in 2015.

After years of lengthy contract disputes in San Diego, the Chargers have avoided any embarrassing standoffs ahead of their relocation season. One year after Bosa went through a protracted negotiation and eventually missed the first two games of his rookie season, first-round pick Mike Williams signed a four-year, $19.75 million deal two weeks after the draft.

Ingram’s arrival will be a boost to his teammates when the Chargers convene in San Diego on Tuesday for their three-day minicamp.

The camp will be the Chargers’ final workouts before training camp and likely their final team event at Chargers Park, the franchise’s weekday home for 20 years. The Chargers’ lease on the citybuilt complex is up July 31, and they will move to temporary facilities in Costa Mesa, a city in Orange County, for training camp and the regular season.

Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson had to sit on the track and catch his breath following a fiery wreck in the Cup race at Pocono Raceway.

Johnson said he was fine following the scary wreck that stopped the race for 23 minutes. Johnson’s No. 48 Chevrolet was in flames and the cockpit billowed with smoke when his car struck the wall.