G Leaguer dies
Zeke Upshaw, a player for the Detroit Pistons’ G League affiliate who collapsed on the court Saturday in a game, has died. No cause was announced.
Upshaw, 26, was in his second season with the Grand Rapids Drive. The 6-foot-6 swingman from Chicago played three seasons at Illinois State and finished at Hofstra.
Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro defensive end Michael Bennett surrendered to authorities in Houston on a charge that he injured an elderly, paraplegic stadium worker as he tried to get on the field to celebrate after the 2017 Super Bowl . ... The New York Jets will work out Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen and don’t plan to have a private session with USC’s Sam Darnold. General manager Mike Maccagnan said the team has had “quite a bit of exposure” to Darnold . ... A former New Orleans Saints cheerleader filed a discrimination complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming the team holds cheerleaders to strict rules that don’t apply to players . ... Former New York Giants linebacker and Montana State star Corey Widmer declined his nomination to the Montana Football Hall of Fame, saying the sport “destroyed my life.” He said after numerous concussions he fears he suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
Left-hander Derek Holland will open the season as the San Francisco Giants’ No. 3 starter this weekend at Dodger Stadium . ... Bartolo Colon signed another minor league contract with the Texas Rangers, who anticipate the 44year-old starting their fifth game but are making no promises beyond that . ... Former manager Dusty Baker is rejoining the Giants as a special adviser . ... New York Yankees first baseman Greg Bird needs right ankle surgery and could be out for nearly two months . ... Former All-Star slugger Albert Belle was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure and extreme driving under the influence in Arizona . ... The Chicago White Sox rehired a former groundskeeper who spent 23 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Nevest Coleman, convicted in a 1994 rape and murder, was released after DNA tests linked the crime to a serial rapist.
Sloane Stephens beat No. 3-ranked Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Miami Open quarterfinals. Threetime champ Venus Williams came from behind for the second day in a row and beat defending champion Johanna Konta 5-7, 6-1, 6-2. Victoria Azarenka, another three-time champ, swept 2012 champ Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-2.
Santa Margarita High, which plays in the the Anaheim Ducks High School Hockey League, won the USA Hockey national championship with a 3-2 overtime win over Regis Jesuit of Aurora, Colo., in Plymouth, Minn. The Eagles won on a goal by Leevi Selanne, the son of former Ducks star Teemu Selanne.
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The top 20 players in the Rolex Women’s Golf Rankings are in the field for the LPGA’s first major of 2018, the ANA Inspiration, which begins Thursday at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage. — Mike James
AJ Hurt closed the U.S. Alpine championships in Idaho by winning the giant slalom for her second title in a week.
Boxing promoter Tom Loeffler’s new 360 Promotions debuts “Hollywood Fight Nights” on Tuesday at Avalon Hollywood with a seven-fight card that begins at 6:15 p.m. — Lance Pugmire