Новости за 24.03.2016

SANTA CLARA, California - Free agent nose tackle Ian Williams signed a one-year contract Wednesday with the San Francisco 49ers that could pay him up to $6 million.

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has dismissed a $600 million antitrust lawsuit filed by former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling against the NBA and his wife Shelly Sterling.

NEW YORK - New York's former Senate leader and his son, who were convicted alongside one another on charges that the once-powerful Republican used his office to extort about $300,000 in salary and other benefits for the son, asked a federal judge Wednesday not to send them to prison.

SAN DIEGO - U.S. authorities on Wednesday seized a cross-border tunnel that ran the length of four football fields from a restaurant in Mexicali, Mexico, to a newly built house in Calexico, California, following an investigation that netted more than a ton of marijuana and resulted in four arrests.

DETROIT - A man has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and other charges in a high-speed chase with police that left two children dead in Detroit.

NEW YORK - Ben McAdoo isn't saying whether he will continue to call the offensive plays for the New York Giants.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona - Pinch-hitter Jake Lamb connected for a three-run homer and Jason Bourgeois hit a three-run, inside-the-park homer, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks past the San Francisco Giants 10-6 Wednesday.

VIERA, Florida - New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka allowed seven runs in his fourth spring training start, and the Washington Nationals rolled to a 13-0 win Wednesday night.

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Colts signed free agent cornerback Patrick Robinson on Wednesday.

KEY BISCAYNE, Florida - Novak Djokovic met with former women's tennis greats Billie Jean King and Chris Evert on Wednesday to hear their thoughts about equal prize money, and backpedaled on his controversial comments Sunday after his tournament victory at Indian Wells.

MINNEAPOLIS - Sacramento Kings star center DeMarcus Cousins was scratched from the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night with a bruised right knee.

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - Thousands of homeowners and small businesses in New Mexico - the second sunniest state in the nation - have invested nearly a quarter billion dollars in roof-top solar and related labor thanks to a program fueled by tax credits.

CHICAGO - Chicago Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg was reunited with his former Iowa State players and coaching staff on Wednesday.

AUSTIN, Texas - Jason Day overcame an early deficit to win his opening match Wednesday in the Dell Match Play.

A former soldier who police say fatally shot his wife and children and set their house on fire before killing himself suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder following a military career that included a stint in Iraq, his family said Wednesday.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley admitted Wednesday that he made inappropriate remarks to a top female staffer, but he denied accusations that he had a physical affair.

LOS ANGELES - A JetBlue flight attendant who authorities say left behind 70 pounds of cocaine after flinging off her heels and running from security at Los Angeles International Airport has been arrested in New York.

NEW YORK - A prosecutor said Wednesday that he has asked a judge not to give any jail time to a New York City police officer convicted of accidentally firing a stray shot into a public housing stairwell that killed an unarmed man.

SURPRISE, Arizona - Former top pick Matt Bush pitched two hitless innings, his latest step for Texas since spending more than three years in prison, and the Rangers beat the Chicago Cubs 5-0 Wednesday.

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan - Detroit guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is sitting out the Pistons' game Wednesday against Orlando because of an illness.

SAN DIEGO - The Latest on a cross-border tunnel discovered in the Southern California desert city of Calexico:

BOSTON - Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry is not starting and not expected to play against the Celtics as he rests a sore right elbow.

STILLWATER, Oklahoma - An early assist in the Brad Underwood era at Oklahoma State came from his wife, Susan.

CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Environmental groups filed a pair of federal lawsuits on Wednesday to stop hunting that is now allowed on hundreds of acres within Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming and has claimed three bison.

PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh anchorwoman has apologized for comments she posted on Facebook this week about an ambush shooting that left five people dead, saying her words "could be viewed as racist."