Popovich’s wife dies

Erin Popovich, the wife of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, has died, the team confirmed without providing further details.

“We mourn the loss of Erin,” Spurs general manager R.C. Buford said in a team statement. “She was a strong, wonderful, kind, intelligent woman who provided love, support and humor to all of us.”

San Antonio will face Golden State on Thursday night in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. Popovich ran the Spurs’ practice Wednesday. They Warriors lead the series 2-0.

The Rams’ game this season against the Kansas City Chiefs in Mexico City will be played Nov. 19 and will be broadcast by ESPN on “Monday Night Football,” the Rams announced.

The full NFL schedule will be released Thursday. — Gary Klein

The Tennessee Titans have announced they will exercise their fifth-year option on quarterback Marcus Mariota.

David Grace is headed to California as a men’s basketball assistant under Wyking Jones after not being retained as part of UCLA coach Steve Alford’s staff, according to a person close to the situation not authorized to discuss it publicly because the move has not been formally announced. — Ben Bolch

The LPGA Tour returns to Los Angeles for the first time since 2005 with the HUGEL-JTBC Championship, the four-day tournament getting underway Thursday at Wilshire Country Club.

Bruno Sammartino, one of professional wrestling’s longest reigning champions, has died at 82.