Injured Hamilton placed on waivers

The Texas Rangers placed Josh Hamilton on unconditional release waivers Tuesday, though they hope his surgically rebuilt left knee is healthy enough to allow him to try for a spot with the team next season. Texas activated Hamilton off the 60day disabled list and put him on waivers, a move that was expected. The 35-year-old outfielder had surgery on June 8 to reconstruct his ACL and repair cartilage damage.

NFL

BRYANT HAS CONCUSSION» Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant will miss the next preseason game after suffering a concussion in practice. Coach Jason Garrett said that Bryant was hurt a day earlier when the receiver’s head hit the shoulder pads of safety Barry Church. Garrett says Bryant was held out of the rest of that practice and will not play Thursday night at Seattle. On his Twitter account, Bryant promised Cowboys fans that he is OK. Garrett said Bryant seemed “much better” Tuesday, and the coach doesn’t think there is a long-term concern. MARINOVICH ARRESTED» Former Southern Cal and Los Angeles Raiders quarterback Todd Marinovich has been arrested after being found naked with marijuana and possibly methamphetamine in a stranger’s backyard in Southern California. Irvine Police Cmdr. Mike Hallinan said that Marinovich was arrested Friday night after a call saying a naked man was on a hiking trail near homes. The officers found him in a backyard holding a brown bag containing marijuana and a substance that appeared to be meth but police are awaiting lab results. The 47-year-old Marinovich was a star quarterback at USC and the Raiders’ first-round draft pick in 1991, but drug problems drove him from the NFL. TITANS’ STEVENS TO RETIRE» Tennessee Titans tight end Craig Stevens is retiring at the age of 31. The Titans announced that Stevens informed the team he would file retirement paperwork with the NFL. “Craig is a consummate pro,” coach Mike Mularkey said in a news release. “I have enjoyed working with him as a position coach and as a head coach, and he was someone who could always be counted on.”

College football

VICTIM 2 ID DOUBTED» A former Pennsylvania prosecutor testified he does not believe a man who reached a settlement with Penn State over a molestation claim is the same person seen by a witness being abused by Jerry Sandusky in a university football team shower. Joe McGettigan, a former prosecutor who is now a lawyer in private practice, took the stand as the final witness during three days of testimony in Sandusky’s bid for dismissal of charges or a new trial. McGettigan said his opinion about the man who claims to be the person described as Victim 2 in court records is based on changes in the man’s story, that he appears too old to be the boy in the shower and that he did not provide certain details to investigators until after the man who witnessed the attack had given his own story in open court.

Tennis

FLIPKINS ADVANCES» Belgian Kirsten Flipkens added to an already memorable summer, beating Belinda Bencic of Switzerland, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, in the opening round of the Connecticut Open in New Haven. Flipkens, who upset Venus Williams at the Olympics, had lost in the second round of qualifying in New Haven. But, she was moved into the main draw after Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko withdrew from the tournament earlier in the day. Earlier, Johanna Larsson beat seventh-seeded Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets, 7-5, 6-2.