UCLA adding Stanford transfer

The UCLA women’s basketball team picked up a commitment from Stanford transfer Lauren Betts, adding the former No. 1 prospect in last year’s recruiting class.

Betts, a 6-foot-7 center, averaged 5.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in 9.7 minutes and was a Pac-12 all-freshman honorable mention.

Guard Gina Conti is the only UCLA starter who will not return, as seniors Charisma Osborne and Camryn Brown announced they would stay for a fifth season.

College basketball player of the year Zach Edey of Purdue declared for the NBA draft but will keep open the option of returning to school. ... Miami’s Isaiah Wong, the Atlantic Coast Conference player of the year, is entering the draft.

New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton is likely to be sidelined for six weeks because of a strained left hamstring. ... Tampa Bay left-hander Jeffrey Springs (elbow flexor strain) and New York Mets right-hander Carlos Carrasco (elbow inflammation) went on the 15-day injured list. ... San Francisco lefthander Alex Wood exited Tuesday’s start early because of a left hamstring strain. ... Right-hander Hunter Greene and Cincinnati agreed to terms on a sixyear, $53-million extension.

The defending champion United States will play its CONCACAF Gold Cup opener against Jamaica at Chicago on June 24. The U.S. will meet Curaçao, St. Kitts and Nevis, Guyana or Sint Maarten four days later at St. Louis, then finish Group A against Nicaragua on July 2 at Charlotte, N.C.

The Alabama House of Representatives voted to extend a ban on transgender athletes in K-12 sports teams to include college teams.

Russia will be excluded from qualification for the men’s Olympic basketball tournament in Paris next year, the sport’s international governing body said.