Press Box: Sports Recap
BASEBALL: Rangers 1B Trever Adams, Blue Jays RHP Andrew Case, Indians RHP Jordan Dunatov and free-agent RHP Dan Urbina were suspended 50 games each for violations of the minor-league drug program. Adams tested positive for an amphetamine. Dunatov and Urbina had second positive tests for a drug of abuse. Case was penalized for failing to take a drug test. ... The Braves hired former 10-time Gold Glove CF Andruw Jones as a special assistant to baseball operations. ... The Indians and IF Juan Uribe finalized a one-year, $4 million contract. ... MLB and the players union sent reminders to players that smokeless tobacco is banned at stadiums in Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
GOLF: Jason Bohn remained hospitalized for more tests in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., after suffering a heart attack Friday after the second round of the Honda Classic.
NBA: Grizzlies F/C Brandan Wright is out indefinitely with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee. ... Warriors F
Draymond Green apologized to his teammates, coaches and the organization for an emotional outburst during halftime of the Warriors’ 121-118 overtime victory Saturday against the Thunder. ... Cavaliers G Mo Wil
will be sidelined at least the next two weeks with a sore left knee. ... The Heat waived G Beno Udrih.
NFL: QB Tom Brady, 38, and the Patriots agreed to a two-year contract extension. ... The Bears placed the franchise tag on top WR Alshon Jeffery, leaving him until July 15 to reach a multiyear deal or play next season for $14.6 million. ... The Jets are expected to put the franchise tag on DE Mu
hammad Wilkerson. ... Texans WR Jaelen Strong was charged with marijuana pos- session in Scottsdale, Ariz. ... The Raiders signed P Marquette King to a five-year, $16.5 million contract extension. ... Former CFL DL Cleyon Laing signed a free-agent contract with the Dolphins. ... David Doug
las, a former OL who played five seasons in the NFL, died of brain cancer in Maryville, Tenn. He was 52.
NHL: The league said there were19 trades involving 37 players completed Monday. Among the highlights: the Avalanche acquired F Mikkel Boedker in a four-player trade and the Stars acquired nine-year veteran D Kris Russell from the Flames for D
Jyrki Jokipakka and Brett Pollock and a conditional second-round draft pick. ... Bruins F Zac Rinaldo will have a hearing Tuesday to determine if he faces further disciplinary action for his check to the head of Lightning C Cedric Paquette on Sunday.
SOCCER: Bayer Leverkusen said midfielder Kevin Kampl has a fracture in his left fibula. He was injured in the Feb. 21 loss to Borussia Dortmund. The Bundesliga club didn’t say how long Kampl will be sidelined.
ALSO: Illinois trustees approved the hiring of Josh Whitman as athletic director. ... Southern Illinois-Edwardsville cut men’s tennis and women’s golf from its varsity sports roster because of budget concerns. ... Connecticut hired Dave Benedict, the the CEO of the Auburn athletic department, as its athletic director. ... Nine Ethiopian runners, five of them “top athletes,” are under investigation for doping, the general secretary of the country’s anti-doping agency announced. ... Former 1,500-meter world champion Abeba Aregawi failed a doping test and was suspended pending an investigation, the IAAF and Swedish track and field federation announced.