Lucic is fined $10,000

The NHL fined Edmonton Oilers forward Milan Lucic $10,000 for roughing Tampa Bay Lightning forward Mathieu Joseph.

It is the maximum amount allowed under the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and NHL Players’ Assn.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. indicated he would withdraw from a bout with undefeated Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa, 20, that was scheduled to take place on New Year’s Eve outside Tokyo.

Mayweather said on Instagram that he had been told the bout would be three rounds “purely for entertainment purposes” and that he was blindsided when it was being treated as a real bout during a promotional news conference. — Lance Pugmire

Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson had surgery to remove a “loose body” in his left wrist and New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez will have surgery this week to remove debris from his left shoulder . ... The Chicago White Sox extended manager Rick Renteria’s contract past 2019.

A woman was sentenced in Houston to 10 years in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly $5.8 million in restitution for scamming star athletes out of millions of dollars by claiming to be an Ivy League university-trained financial advisor and money manager.

Evidence showed that Peggy Ann Fulford counted former NBA player Dennis Rodman and former NFL running back Ricky Williams among her victims.