Report: Panthers to size up QB Derek Carr at combine
The Carolina Panthers will meet with free agent quarterback Derek Carr this week at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the team doesn't announce its meetings with free agents. The NFL Network was first to report the planned meeting.
The Las Vegas Raiders released Carr on Feb. 14 rather than pay him $40.4 million in guaranteed money.
The 31-year-old Carr already has met with the New York Jets and the New Orleans Saints. Jets general manager Joe Douglas said while speaking at the combine that the team will meet again with Carr sometime this week in Indianapolis.
MLB
SPRING TRAINING INJURIES >>
Gavin Lux will miss the season with torn ligaments in his right knee after getting hurt running the bases in a spring training game. The 25-year-old came to camp as the top candidate to replace the departed Trea Turner as the Dodgers' shortstop . ... Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is expected to miss six to eight weeks because of a left oblique strain. The 29-yearold right-hander was hurt while throwing batting practice on Monday . ... San Diego All-Star pitcher Joe Musgrove will be sidelined for at least two weeks after breaking his left big toe in a weight room accident, putting in question whether he will be ready for the start of the season.
NHL
RANGERS' K'ANDRE MILLER SUSPENDED 3 GAMES FOR SPITTING >>
K'Andre Miller of the New York Rangers has been suspended three games for unsportsmanlike conduct for spitting at Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty.
The NHL's department of player safety announced the suspension following a hearing with Miller, who will miss upcoming games Wednesday at Philadelphia, Thursday against Ottawa and Saturday at Boston. He'll also forfeit $15,000 in salary.
Miller, 23, was ejected late in the first period of the Rangers' game against the Kings on Sunday. In a message posted on social media Monday, Miller called his actions “completely
accidental.”
College football
NCAA FOOTBALL PANEL OUT TO SHORTEN GAMES >> College football administrators are looking at ways to reduce the number of plays in games in the name of player safety, with a tweak in clock operating procedures likely the first step.
The NCAA Football Rules Committee is meeting in Indianapolis this week, and recommendations it forwards and approved in the spring would take effect next season.
Steve Shaw, NCAA secretary-rules editor and officials coordinator, said the average number of plays per game in the Bowl Subdivision has hovered at 180 the past three seasons. NFL games average 154.
Soccer
CONCACAF TO START 2026 WORLD CUP QUALIFYING IN MARCH 2024 >>
Thirty-two Central American and Caribbean nations will start qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup in March 2024 as part of a competition in which teams will play up to 12 matches.
The United States, Mexico and Canada receive automatic berths as co-hosts of the World Cup, to be played in June and July 2026.
The Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Association Football said that qualifying will start with a first round in March 2024 involving the four lowest teams in the FIFA rankings as of November 2023, who will play a series in which the highest-ranked team meets the lowest-ranked.