Dodgers’ Turner shelved
Los Angeles third baseman Justin Turner’s broken left wrist is expected to heal without surgery, according to Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts.
Turner was hurt Monday when hit by a pitch from Oakland’s Kendall Graveman.
“We know that it’s not a surgery thing, it’s just essentially time,” Roberts said. “That’s the initial thought. That could change but that’s what I’ve heard.”
Players with broken wrists usually miss several weeks.
Turner hit .322 with 21 homers and 71 RBI last year and was a first-time all-star. He had 14 RBI against the Chicago Cubs in the NL Championship Series and was voted MVP.
NBA
The NBA fined Gerald Green of the Houston Rockets $25,000 for shoving an opponent and Marcus Morris of the Boston Celtics $15,000 for verbally abusing an official.
Green’s fine stems from a scuffle involving him, teammate Chris Paul and Minnesota’s Gorgui Dieng in the Rockets’ 129-120 win over the Timberwolves on Sunday night in Minneapolis. Green was ejected in the fourth quarter for coming to Paul’s defense after Dieng pushed him down after a foul.
Morris’ verbal abuse toward the official occurred at the end of the Celtics’ 108-89 loss to the Pelicans on Sunday night in New Orleans. Morris had a technical foul during the game, which turned into a blowout.
In the draft: Oklahoma star Trae Young is leaving for the NBA after a standout freshman season that ended with him leading the nation in scoring and assists.
The 6-foot-2 guard averaged 27.4 points and 8.7 assists this season, and many projections have him going early in the first round of the June 21 draft.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Iowa guard Brady Ellingson, a former Sussex Hamilton star, announced that he was leaving the program.
Ellingson, a redshirt junior, will graduate in May and seek to play a year as a graduate transfer at another school.
Ellingson, a 40% career three-point shooter, averaged 2.8 points and 1.1 assists a game last season. But he couldn’t find consistent playing time even after fellow guard Christian Williams abruptly quit the team in November.
MISCELLANEOUS
Kate Peterson Abiad was introduced as the WIAA’s new assistant director.
She fills the spot created by Deb Hauser’s retirement.
Peterson Abiad grew up in River Falls, played basketball at UW-Stevens Point and spent six years as an assistant women’s basketball coach at Wisconsin. She spent the past 15 years as the head women’s basketball coach at Cleveland State.
HOCKEY
Longtime Minnesota coach Don Lucia stepped down after a disappointing year that ended with the Gophers missing the NCAA tournament.
The 59-year-old Lucia headed the Gophers program for 19 seasons that included back-to-back national titles in 2002 and 2003. But they have made the NCAA tournament only five times in the past 10 seasons.
Minnesota entered the season on run of six consecutive conference regular-season titles — two in the WCHA and four in the Big Ten — but went 1917-2 and finished fifth in the seven-team Big Ten.
Griffins 2, Admirals 1: Matt Lorito and Corey Elkins scored to lead visiting Grand Rapids past Milwaukee.
Harry Zolnierczyk tallied for Milwaukee.