San Francisco Chronicle

Stanford’s Manuel NCAA’s female athlete of the year

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Stanford swimmer Simone Manuel won the Honda Cup as the NCAA female athlete of the year.

Katie Ledecky, Manuel’s Olympic and collegiate teammate, won last year. It’s the second time Stanford has had back-to-back winners. Swimmer Tara Kirk and volleyball player Ogonna Nnamani won back to back in 2004-15.

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Manuel became the first black woman to win an individual gold medal in swimming. She finished her collegiate career with six American records, seven NCAA records and 14 NCAA titles, including six at this year’s championsh­ips.

Baseball: Cubs right-hander Yu Darvish felt soreness in his right triceps tendon after a minor-league rehab start, a setback as he tries to return from tendinitis. Darvish hasn’t pitched in the majors since May 20. He threw five sharp innings for Class A South Bend.

⏩ The Diamondbac­ks placed starter Clay Buchholz (left oblique) on the 10-day DL and cleared outfielder A.J. Pollock (thumb) for baseball activities.

⏩ The Yankees put catcher Gary Sanchez on the 10-day DL with a right groin strain and said he could miss up to four weeks.

⏩ The Tigers agreed to terms with right-hander Casey Mize, the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft. In 17 starts as a junior at Auburn this year, Mize went 10-6 with a 3.30 ERA and averaged 12.24 strikeouts per nine innings.

Tennis: Rafael Nadal is back at No. 1 in the ATP rankings, retaking the top spot from Roger Federer after one week.

Hockey: The Sharks did not issue a qualifying offer to defenseman Dylan DeMelo, making him a free agent. They gave qualifying offers to forwards Tomas Hertl and Chris Tierney.

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