The Riverside Press-Enterprise
Reports: Carr tells Raiders he won't be traded
Derek Carr informed the Raiders he will not accept a trade to any team, including the New Orleans Saints, multiple sources reported.
As a result, the Raiders are expected to release Carr ahead of Wednesday’s deadline, at which a $40.5 million roster bonus becomes guaranteed.
The Saints were the only team to express interest in a trade for Carr, but they wanted him to renegotiate his contract to a lower number, reports said.
Upon being released, Carr will become a free agent able to negotiate a new deal with the team of his choosing.
The Raiders signed Carr to a three-year contract extension last offseason, but it was essentially a one-year evaluation deal in which new coach Josh Mcdaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler could get a handle on whether Carr would be their long-term quarterback.
Now the Raiders will exercise the out-clause they insisted upon that allows them to walk away from Carr ahead of the extension going into effect in 2023.
Carr was benched for the final two NFL games of the 2022 NFL season.
With the impending release of Carr, who’s been the quarterback for the past nine seasons, the Raiders will look for a new quarterback for the 2023 season.
• San Francisco 49ers passing game coach Bobby Slowik is joining new coach Demeco Ryans as his offensive coordinator for the Houston Texans.
FIGURE SKATING Chock, Bates of U.S. win at Four Continents
Madison Chock and Evan Bates delivered the season-best free dance they needed to edge Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nkolaj Sorensen and win the ice dance at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Sunday in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The four-time American champions scored 133.14 points to their free dance for a total of 220.81. Their Canadian rivals, who also set a season best with their free dance, finished with 214.08 points to take the silver medal.
Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha scored 200.00 points to take the bronze medal.
It was the third title for Chock and Bates at the marquee event for non-european nations, and it underscores their status as the favorites to win the ice dance world title next month in Japan. Their biggest competition, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada, did not compete at Four Continents after winning their head-tohead meeting at the Grand Prix Final.
TENNIS Wu the first Chinese to win ATP Tour event
Wu Yibing became the first Chinese player to win an ATP Tour title, rallying in a three-set, all-tiebreaker thriller to beat John Isner in the Dallas Open.
Wu overcame 44 aces from the big-serving Isner — one shy of tying a three-set record — and four match points in the 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (12) victory. The 23-year-old was the first Chinese player in an ATP final.
Wu also came back from a set down to beat top-seeded American Taylor Fritz in the semifinals. There were no service breaks in Wu’s victory over the fifth-seeded Isner, who was playing in his hometown tournament.
Leading 8-7 in the thirdset tiebreaker, Isner came to the net for an easy volley that hit the top of the net and stayed on Isner’s side. The 6-foot-10 American
sensed the opportunity lost, sitting for a few moments and fiddling with the strings on his racket.
Wu saved another match point at 10-9 and had four match points of his own in the final tiebreaker before finally converting on Isner’s serve when Isner sent a forehand long off Wu’s return.
Wu fell on his back in disbelief, staying down long enough for Isner to come across the net to congratulate him.
It was the first tiebreaker in a decisive set in Wu’s career, who climbed into the top 60 of the rankings for the first time. Battling injuries that kept him out for most of 2019-20, Wu was No. 1,121 a year ago.
Since his return, Wu has a 50-10 match record and had won three ATP Challenger titles before his Dallas breakthrough. He was the first Chinese man to reach the third round of the U.S. Open when he did it as a qualifier last year.
Isner was trying for his 17th career title in his 31st final. He made the semifinals in the inaugural Dallas Open last year before losing to eventual champion Reilly Opelka in the semifinals.
SKIING Odermatt wins first gold ever at worlds
Competing with an elegance that makes the sport look easy. Technically brilliant. Highly successful. Humble. And Swiss.
Marco Odermatt has plenty in common with Roger Federer.
The smooth and fluent run that earned Odermatt gold in the men’s downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships by a large margin prompted French veteran Johan Clarey to label him the Roger Federer of skiing.
“Roger did way bigger things then I do,” Odermatt said. ”(But) like Roger, for me it’s very important to be a humble guy. To not just kill for the victory, to have big respect for all the other athletes. And I think this is what Roger (did).”
Big mutual respect can also characterize the season-long rivalry between Odermatt and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde of Norway.
“It’s easy. If a guy is faster, you just have to respect it, then congratulate,” Odermatt said.
On Sunday, Kilde finished 0.48 behind Odermatt in Courchevel, France, to collect another silver after also finishing second in super-g.
“It’s a fun battle,” the Norwegian said. “It’s fun because we are so (nice) and we are humble, decent people. We’re trying to do it in a good way. Fighting against Odermatt is always a joy. It brings a smile on my face more than anything. So that’s cool.”
Kilde, the pre-race favorite who won five World Cup downhills this season, smiled and hugged Odermatt in the finish area after being beaten.
“When someone delivers a run like Odermatt did today, then it’s just hats off and just respect it,” Kilde said.
Watched by 13,000 spectators, lots of them waving Swiss flags, ringing cow bells, and blowing air horns, Odermatt ended his four-year wait for a world championship medal in impressive style and let out a few screams after posting the fastest time.
“It was definitely something I’d never felt before, this scream at the finish,” said Odermatt. “Also, those two minutes during Alex’s run, I was shaking all over my body like never before.”
Odermatt had not won a medal in eight previous starts at senior world championships, after winning five golds at the 2018 junior worlds.
He had also never won a top-level downhill before, though he has been runnerup in seven World Cup races.
LUGE Sweeney of U.S. wins bronze in Germany
USA Luge’s Emily Sweeney picked up her team-best fifth medal of the World Cup season, a bronze in a women’s singles race in Winterberg, Germany.
Julia Taubitz of Germany won the race in 1 minute, 51.683 seconds. Anna Berreiter of Germany was second in 1:51.891 and Sweeney was third in 1:52.038.
It was Sweeney’s fourth singles medal of the season, the first three of them being silvers and one of them coming in a sprint race. She also was part of a team relay bronze-medal run earlier this season for the Americans.