Новости за 27.03.2018

PHOENIX — A person familiar with the deal says the Arizona Diamondbacks and infielder Ketel Marte have agreed to a $24 million, five-year contract. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the agreement had not been announced. The deal includes two club options worth a total of $22 million. The 24-year-old Marte came

TORONTO — Jack Eichel scored his second goal of the game midway through the third period to lift the last-place Buffalo Sabres over the Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday night and end Toronto’s club-record home winning streak at 13 games. Casey Nelson had the other goal for Buffalo, which got 39 saves from Chad Johnson

NEW YORK — Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist, and James Reimer stopped 32 shots for his fourth shutout of the season as the Florida Panthers moved closer to a playoff spot with a 3-0 victory over the reeling New York Islanders on Monday night. Keith Yandle also had a goal and assist,

AUBURN, Ala. — Mel Rosen, a former Auburn and Olympic track and field coach, has died. An Auburn spokesman says Rosen died Sunday at an Auburn nursing home with his family by his side. He was 90. Rosen was the Tigers’ head coach from 1963-1991 before leaving to coach the U.S. men’s team at the

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kemba Walker had 11 points of his 31 points and three assists in overtime, and the Charlotte Hornets outlasted the New York Knicks 137-128 on Monday night for their fourth straight victory. Walker hit a late 3-pointer to help send the game into overtime and then took over. Walker was 4 for

BEIJING — The Latest on a possible North Korean visit to China (all times local): 1:05 p.m. A convoy of official Chinese cars has been seen leaving the Beijing guesthouse amid speculation that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making his first visit to China as the North’s leader. City police and the paramilitary

BEIJING — The Latest on a possible North Korean visit to China (all times local): 9:15 a.m. South Korea says it’s closely monitoring the arrival of a train in Beijing that looks like one used by North Korea’s previous leader. Seoul doesn’t know who’s on the train, but some media speculate that North Korean leader

MIAMI — Ken Dorsey, who quarterbacked the Miami Hurricanes to the 2001 national championship, has been hired as an assistant athletic director at Florida International. Dorsey starts his new job at FIU — 8 miles from the Hurricanes’ campus in Coral Gables — next month. He spent the last five seasons as quarterbacks coach for

ALBANY, N.Y. — Crystal Dangerfield scored 19 of her 21 points in the first half, and top-seeded UConn routed No. 2 South Carolina 94-65 on Monday night to reach the Final Four for the 11th consecutive year. The Albany Regional final featured the past two NCAA champions in a rare occurrence for the women’s tournament.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse forward Matthew Moyer, who started 20 games this season as a redshirt freshman before an injury curtailed his playing time, says he’s transferring. Moyer announced his decision on his Twitter account Monday. “The past 2 years at Syracuse University has been an amazing journey,” he wrote. “Thank you to the coaching

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Right wing Troy Terry has agreed to a three-year contract with the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks announced the entry-level deal on Monday for Terry, who played on the U.S. Olympic team. Terry had 48 points in 39 games this year for the University of Denver, which ended its season Sunday with a

JACKSON, Mich. — A jury has convicted a Michigan man of first-degree felony murder after he was accused of breaking into a home and shooting a woman while streaming the attack on Facebook Live. Twenty-year-old Anthony Gelia also was found guilty Monday of first-degree home invasion and a felony firearms charge stemming from the November

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Dick Wilmarth, who won the first Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1973, has died. He was 75. His daughter, Rebecca Wilmarth, says he died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. Dick Wilmarth was one of 34 teams in the initial Iditarod from Anchorage to Nome. He told The Associated Press in

SYDNEY — Australian rugby stars Ian Roberts and Peter FitzSimons and former NFL player Colin Scotts have agreed to donate their brains to a new Global Brain Bank so they can be examined for signs of traumatic injury. The international research network will work with the Boston-based Concussion Legacy Foundation to study the effects of

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri’s Michael Porter Jr. says he is declaring for the NBA draft. The 6-foot-10 forward made the announcement on Instagram on Monday “after talking it over with my coaches and my family.” Missouri was eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by Florida State in the opening round. The freshman scored 16 points in

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois has lost two more players after Michael Finke and Te’Jon Lucas announced their plans to leave the program. The Illini went 14-18 in coach Brad Underwood’s first year at the school. Finke, Lucas and Mark Smith have decided to transfer, and Leron Black is turning pro after averaging a team-high 15.3

SUN VALLEY, Idaho — Teenager AJ Hurt closed out the U.S. Alpine championships by winning the giant slalom for her second title in a week’s span. Hurt finished the two runs in a combined time of 2 minutes, 13.28 seconds on Monday. American teammate Foreste Peterson and Croatia’s Andrea Komsic tied for second and were

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays have released reliever Dan Jennings, a move that enables them to avoid paying most of his $2,375,000 salary in a non-guaranteed contract. The 30-year-old left-hander, who receives $574,597 termination pay instead of his full salary, went 3-1 with a 3.45 ERA in 77 games for the Rays

PHOENIX — Chase Anderson says he is ready for Milwaukee’s opener at San Diego on Thursday. He was 12-4 with a 2.74 ERA last year for a team with 86 wins, six back of the NL Central champion Chicago Cubs and one behind Colorado for the second NL wild card. “I prepare like it’s another

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — A woman who owns a business that claims to be California’s largest landlord of marijuana businesses has sued the city of San Bernardino for a law she says will create pot monopolies and could bar her from the industry. The lawsuit filed Friday is the latest dispute between Stephanie Smith and

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Ryan Madson likes listening for championship talk. “All the World Series teams I’ve played on, in spring training they were talking about winning the World Series,” said the Washington Nationals reliever, who won World Series titles with Philadelphia in 2008 and Kansas City in 2015. In his first spring training

PHOENIX — Yovani Gallardo has been released by the Milwaukee Brewers, who owe the 32-year-old right-hander $483,871 in termination pay rather than his $2 million salary. Milwaukee made the move Monday, two days after manager Craig Counsell said Gallardo had been told he would not be on the opening-day roster. Gallardo reached the major leagues

NEW YORK — Western Kentucky coach Rick Stansbury says getting his players excited for the NIT Tournament was a sales job. His pitch: Playing a semifinal at Madison Square Garden is better than losing in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. “Winning three games and getting here is much better than playing one and

LAS VEGAS — Evidence of disgraced casino mogul Steve Wynn’s alleged pattern of reckless behavior and mismanagement of Wynn Resorts could be presented during a hearing scheduled to begin Tuesday in state court in Las Vegas as part of a yearslong case involving him, his ex-wife and the company they founded. The hearing could feature

ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas-Arlington has fired coach Scott Cross after 12 seasons. Cross played for the Mavericks and then was an assistant coach before leading the school to 225 wins and its only NCAA Tournament appearance during his time in charge. Associate head coach Greg Young, assistant coaches Zak Buncik and Kenneth Mangrum, and director