Winslow II sentenced to 14 years in rape case
Calling former NFL player Kellen Winslow II “a sexual predator,” California Superior Court Judge Blaine Bowman on Wednesday sentenced the namesake son of the San Diego Chargers’ legend and NFL Hall of Famer to 14 years in prison for his 2019 convictions for rape and other crimes involving sexual misconduct.
Winslow, 37, a former University of Miami player who was once a first-round NFL draft pick and later the highest paid tight end in the league must also register as a sex offender for life.
Winslow’s sentence was expected. He had been looking at a range between 12 to 18 years after his conviction for raping a homeless woman and other charges, convictions reached at trial and through guilty pleas.
INTER MIAMI PRESEASON KICKS OFF
Inter Miami released its preseason schedule, which includes games vs. MLS teams New York Red Bulls and Nashville SC, and USL teams Miami FC, Charleston Battery and Tampa Bay Rowdies.
The team began voluntary workouts on Monday and mandatory preseason camp kicks off March 8.
Inter Miami will play its first preseason game at home March 20 against USL team Miami FC and will end the preseason schedule April 10 at home against a team yet to be decided.
The MLS regular season begins April 17.
— MICHELLE KAUFMAN
ETC.
Golf: Hall of Famer Phil Mickelson and Rickie Fowler, two of the biggest names in golf, have committed to play in the 2021 Honda Classic, a PGA TOUR event which will return to PGA National Resort & Spa March 15-21. The pair join a developing world class field that includes defending champion Sungjae Im, a South Korean who won the 2020 Honda Classic with two massive birdies down the stretch on Sunday . ... Detectives are looking at data from the so-called “black box” of Tiger Woods’ SUV to get a clearer picture of what occurred during the Southern California rollover crash last week that seriously injured the golf star, authorities said.
MLB: Washington Nationals starter Jon Lester, 37, has left the team to undergo thyroid surgery in New York, according to
Manager Dave Martinez. The procedure to remove Lester’s thyroid is scheduled for Friday . ... New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone, 47, is taking a leave of absence to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days.
Tennis: Top-seeded
Daniil Medvedev’s 12 aces weren’t enough as the Australian Open runner-up was beaten 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 by Dusan Lajovic in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament at Rotterdam, Netherlands. Alexander Bublik beat third-seeded
Alexander Zverev 7-5,
6-3.
Soccer: Barcelona defeated Sevilla 3-0 to reach its ninth Copa del Rey final in 11 seasons.
The last time Cardinal Gibbons goalkeeper Alexis Deveaux walked out of Spec Martin Stadium she hugged her coach Margo Flack and cried her eyes out.
A year later, Deveaux was jumping for joy and hugging teammates Heather Astle and Paige Pierrelouis while the match was still going on.
Deveaux made a pair of saves — including the critical penalty-kick stop — to help Gibbons win its first state title with a 2-0 shutout of Panama City Arnold in the Class 4A final.
Deveaux’s embraces came seconds after she rejected a penalty kick attempt by Arnold’s Olivia Lebdaoui early in the second half that would have tied the match with 27 minutes remaining. A year earlier, Deveaux had a rain-soaked ball slip through her grasp, resulting in the decisive goal in a 2-1 loss to Bishop Kenny.
“This [feeling] is going to kick in today at some point,” Deveaux said. “When that happened, it really felt like we deserved it and we deserved to be here. Big saves win games. It gave my team more confidence we could do it.”
The Chiefs (12-2-1) had lost in the finals each of the past two seasons and were 0-3 at state all-time,
“It hasn’t just been this season,” said Flack, who finished her 21st season as the Chiefs coach. “These girls have been going at this for two or three years and this is huge for our program. It wasn’t just a fluke.”
The Chiefs broke through with 11:54 left in the first half when freshman Samantha Fuini kicked home a deflection off an Arnold defender.
“I’m still in shock we did this,” Fuini said. “I’m glad I could contribute to this.”
Junior Sydney Polivka iced the match late in the second half with a header off a pinpoint corner kick by Madison Rivard.
“She couldn’t have put a better ball in for me and I just put it in the net,” Polivka said.