Kings and Ducks sign youngsters

The Kings signed forward prospect Tyler Madden, 20, to a three-year entry-level contract, the team announced.

Acquired by the Kings before this season’s trade deadline, Madden turns pro after two seasons at Northeastern University. — Jack Harris

The Ducks signed center Jack Badini to a two-year entry-level contract and defenseman Hunter Drew toa three-year entry-level deal.

Badini, 22, played three seasons at Harvard.

Drew, 21, split his professional debut in 2019-20 with San Diego of the American Hockey League and Tulsa of the ECHL.

Seven-time All-Star lefthander Chris Sale of the Boston Red Sox had Tommy John surgery and is expected to sit out until the middle of the 2021 season.

A woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a Michigan State basketball player is asking the Michigan attorney general’s office to investigate, according to a published report.

ESPN, citing a police report and emails obtained through a public records request, reported that campus police told prosecutors they had probable cause that sophomore guard Brock Washington raped the woman Jan. 19 while she was too intoxicated to consent. Police referred the case to county prosecutors, who declined to file charges.

A campus police spokesman told ESPN on Monday that the attorney general’s office requested the case file and the department was cooperating.

Billy Joe Saunders, the World Boxing Organization’s super-middleweight champion, had his license suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control after publishing a social media video offering men advice on how to hit their female partners during the coronavirus lockdown.

The Dew Tour skateboard competition and festival in Long Beach was postponed until Sept. 10-13 because of the coronavirus outbreak.