PREP FOOTBALL
Greg Malling is no longer Oconomowoc’s football coach.
Malling resigned from the position Wednesday, the district announced. He held the job for three seasons, going 4-23 overall and 3-22 in conference play while ushering the program’s transition to the Classic 8 and establishing seventh- and eighthgrade youth teams in the district’s middle schools. He will continue to teach English at the school.
Coaching football led Malling to jobs in Florida, Washington, D.C. and Minnesota. In Wisconsin, Malling enjoyed his most success at Arrowhead. He led the Warhawks to a 56-9 mark (.862) in five seasons and four state finals appearances. The team was the Division 1 state champion in 2012 and ’13 and the runner-up the next two seasons.
BASEBALL
New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton will likely miss opening day because of a strained right calf, another significant injury for a team that was beset by health problems last season.
Manager Aaron Boone said Stanton was hurt near the end of defensive drills on Tuesday. An MRI found a Grade 1 strain.
The announcement came a day after New York said All-Star pitcher Luis Severino needed Tommy John surgery and would miss the entire season. Slugger Aaron Judge and lefty James Paxton already had been slowed this spring by injuries.
Stanton played in just 18 games due a number of injuries last season.
NFL
The NFL and its players have moved closer to a new collective bargaining agreement and the next decade of labor peace that would come with it.
With a late-night vote, on the slim majority approval of the 32 team representatives, the NFL Players Association was preparing Wednesday to send the current CBA proposal to the full union membership for potential ratification.
Last week, the owners flashed their thumbs up with a approval of the agreement with a 17-game regular season the most significant change.
HOCKEY
Nolan Stevens’ goal 3:36 into overtime gave the San Antonio Rampage a 5-4 win over the Admirals.
Milwaukee’s Eeli Tolvanen tied the game for the host Admirals (37-12-5-3) at the 13:36 mark of the third period.