Salt Lake City bid
Salt Lake City got the green light to bid for the Winter Olympics, most likely for 2030, in an attempt to bring the Games back to the city that hosted in 2002 and provided the backdrop for the U.S. winter team’s ascendance into an international powerhouse.
The U.S. Olympic Committee selected Utah’s capital over Denver and Reno.
Oakland Raiders receiver Martavis Bryant was suspended indefinitely for violating the NFL policy on substance abuse . ... The NFL has fined umpire Roy Ellison $9,300 and reinstated him from administrative leave after his Dec. 2 dispute in Miami with Buffalo Bills defensive end Jerry Hughes, a person familiar with the move told AP. ... The Jacksonville Jaguars released safety Barry Church, who was benched last month but who started 27 consecutive games over two seasons . ... Odell Beckham Jr. will be sidelined for a second consecutive game because of a quad injury when the New York Giants host the Tennessee Titans on Sunday . ... Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy is questionable for Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions because of a hamstring injury . ... NFL interceptions coleader Xavien Howard is doubtful for the Miami Dolphins’ game Sunday at Minnesota . ... The New York Jets placed running back Isaiah Crowell on season-ending injured reserve because of a toe injury.
Toronto FC sent backup goalkeeper Clint Irwin to the Colorado Rapids for a second-round pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft.
Jase Hammack passed for two touchdowns, leading Mary Hardin-Baylor to a 24-16 win over Mount Union at Shenandoah, Texas, and its second Division III football title in three years . ... Quarterback Easton Stick ran for 169 yards and three touchdowns and passed for one touchdown in leading unbeaten North Dakota State to a 44-21 victory over rival South Dakota State in an FCS semifinal game at Fargo, N.D.
Bill Fralic, an offensive lineman who starred for the Atlanta Falcons and was a three-time AllAmerican at Pittsburgh, died Thursday at his home in suburban Atlanta. He was 56.
Ariarne Titmus of Australia broke a second world record in three days, winning gold in the women’s 400-meter freestyle at the world short-course swimming championships at Hangzhou, China.
John Hall, a sportswriter whose columns and stories appeared for more than four decades in Southern California newspapers, died Monday night in San Clemente. He was 90.
Hall got his start in high school, writing for the Manual Arts Daily, but it was at The Times where he made his mark as the longtime Page 3 columnist writing the “Hall Truth,” a notes column that was widely read. Hall also wrote for the Hollywood Citizen News, L.A. Mirror, Orange County Register and the San Clemente Sun Post.
No funeral is planned. He is survived by wife Toni, son John K. Hall and daughter Marie Hall.