IN BRIEF

BASEBALL: The A's had planned to send a group of top executives to meet with Oklahoma junior QB and Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray in the hopes of convincing him to play professional baseball rather than pursue a career in the NFL, ESPN reported. Murray, whom the A's drafted ninth overall in last year's MLB amateur draft, reportedly is leaning toward foregoing his senior season at Oklahoma and entering the NFL draft. The deadline to declare is Monday. secured his ninth career victory in Adelboden, Switzerland with a second-run charge to victory for the second straight day. Third-fastest in the morning, Hirscher was fastest in the afternoon to finish 0.50 seconds ahead of Clement Noel of France . ... Two-time overall World Cup women's champ and 2014 Olympic super-G gold medalist Anna Veith of Austria will undergo season-ending surgery after tearing the ACL in her right knee during a giant slalom run Saturday.