Royals select Quatraro to be their manager

The Kansas City Royals hired Tampa Bay Rays bench coach Matt Quatraro as manager, turning over the young core of a rebuilding franchise to a forward-thinking manager with experience winning in a small market.

Quatraro replaces Mike Matheny, who was fired after a 65-97 finish.

New England Patriots owner

Robert Kraft and other members of the sports world condemned recent incidents of hate speech toward Jewish people — not just the antisemitic comments by the music mogul formerly known as Kanye West but also outside the Florida-Georgia college football game in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday. ... The Detroit Lions will recognize

Barry Sanders with a statue next year outside Ford Field . ... Larry Brown is taking a leave of absence as the special advisor to Memphis basketball coach

Penny Hardaway because of a “minor medical issue.”

Tennessee moved into a tie with Ohio State for No. 2 in the Associated Press college football poll to set up a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup Saturday at top-ranked Georgia. USC moved up a spot to ninth and UCLA jumped two spots to No. 10 to give the Pac-12 Conference three teams in the top 10 for the first time since November 2016. Oregon is No. 8 . ... Michigan State suspended four players for their role in roughing up Michigan players in a stadium tunnel after losing Saturday. Spartans coach Mel Tucker announced that linebacker Tank Brown, safety Angelo Grose, defensive end Zion Young and cornerback Khary Crump were suspended . ... The Big 12 reached an agreement on a six-year contract extension with ESPN and Fox worth more than $2 billion.

Felix Auger-Aliassime won his third consecutive tennis title in October, beating Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final.