Sharks' Hertl likely out for several weeks
San Jose Sharks forward Tomas Hertl is likely sidelined for several weeks after undergoing knee surgery.
The team announced Monday that Hertl decided to have a procedure to clean out loose cartilage in his left knee. General manager Mike Grier said the exact timeline for Hertl's absence is undetermined.
“We will monitor his progress during the rehab process and provide an update on his status at a later date,” Grier said in a statement.
The 30-year-old from Czechia is the leading scorer for the rebuilding Sharks who are in last place in the NHL's Pacific Division and rank 31st out of 32 teams overall. Hertl has 34 points in 48 games and was San Jose's representative at All-Star Weekend in Toronto.
Grier said the Sharks were “completely comfortable” with Hertl's decision to take part in All-Star festivities and respect the decision to have the operation now.
Hertl said he's been dealing with soreness in the knee off and on this season.
NBA
WARRIORS ASSISTANT COACH MILOJEVIC BURIED IN SERBIA >> Golden State assistant coach Dejan Milojevic was buried in his native Serbia, with many members of the Warriors' staff among the hundreds of mourners present for the funeral on a rainy day at a Belgrade cemetery.
Among the Warriors coaches and staff who made the trip: head coach Steve Kerr, assistant coaches Chris DeMarco and Ron Adams, general manager Mike Dunleavy, team basketball and business liaison Zaza Pachulia, and team vice president for player health and performance Rick Celebrini.
Kerr and those staffers who attended the funeral missed Monday night's rescheduled game at Utah. The Warriors were in Salt Lake City when the 46-yearold Milojevic had a heart attack at a team dinner on Jan. 16. He died the next day, and that night's Jazz-Warriors game was postponed.
Assistant coach Kenny Atkinson acted as head coach for the rescheduled game.
Men's basketball
NO. 23 INDIANA STATE RANKED FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1979 >> Indiana State's balanced scoring and freeflowing offense have the program off to one of its best starts in years.
Now the Sycamores have something that hasn't happened since Larry Bird played in Terre Haute: a spot in the AP Top 25.
Riding a nine-game winning streak, Indiana State debuted at No. 23 in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll Monday, the Sycamores' first ranking since reaching No. 1 in 197879.
Connecticut and Purdue kept the top two spots in the AP Top 25. The defending national champion Huskies received 45 first-place votes from a 61-person media panel and the Boilermakers had 16.
Houston, Marquette and Arizona rounded out the top five.
Women's basketball
OHIO STATE CLIMBS TO NO. 2, STANFORD UP TO NO. 3 >> Ohio State is up to No. 2 in
The Associated Press Top 25 women's basketball poll, matching the best ranking in school history.
The Buckeyes, who were fifth last week, have won 11 straight games.
South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1 choice, grabbing all 35 first-place votes again in Monday's poll after routing Missouri and then-No. 11 UConn. The Gamecocks did it without star center Kamilla Cardoso, who was playing for Brazil in the Olympic qualifying tournament.
Stanford moved up three places to No. 3. Iowa dropped to fourth and Texas climbed to fifth.
College football
FOSTER NAMED UCLA FOOTBALL COACH >> UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond said to give him 96 hours to find a new football coach after Chip Kelly resigned on Friday.
It turns out, Jarmond needed less than 72.
Former UCLA great DeShaun Foster was named head coach on Monday to take over the program after Kelly left to become offensive coordinator at Ohio State. Foster has been a Bruins assistant the past seven years, but left last month to become the Las Vegas Raiders running backs coach.
This will be Foster's first head coaching job after 11 years of being an assistant in college, including 10 at UCLA. He was the running backs coach at Texas Tech in 2016.
MLB
PIRATES SIGN TWO-TIME ALLSTAR GRANDAL >> The Pittsburgh Pirates are adding two-time All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.
The club and the 35-yearold Grandal have agreed to terms on a one-year contract worth $2.5 million, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Monday because the deal is pending Grandal passing a physical.
Pittsburgh is searching for depth at catcher with Endy Rodríguez — who started 57 games in 2023 as a rookie — ruled out for 2024 after Tommy John surgery in December. He got injured while playing winter ball in his native Dominican Republic.
Swimming
PEATY MARKS HIS RETURN WITH A BRONZE AT WORLDS >> World-record holder Adam Peaty marked his return to major competition with a bronze medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the World Aquatics Championships on Monday after an extended break to deal with mental health issues.
American swimmer Nic Fink won gold in 58.57 seconds, Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy claimed silver in 58.84 and Peaty touched in 59.10 — far off his world record of 56.88 set in 2019.
The British standout had a slow start and never quite recovered but his main goal this season is still to come at the Paris Olympics.
Kate Douglass — the only American individual gold medalist from last year's worlds in Fukuoka, Japan, who came to Doha — comfortably defended her 200 individual medley title in 2:07.05 ahead of Sydney Pickrem of Canada (2:08.56) and Yu Yiting of China (2:09.01).