AP Sports Summary for March 14th, 2024.
NFL teams scramble to catch K.C. as free agency begins -- but the Chiefs aren't standing still
The Tennessee Titans landed wide receiver Calvin Ridley when free agency opened Wednesday. Ridley's four-year, $92 million deal includes $50 million in guarantees, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement. It comes one day after the Titans lost longtime running back Derrick Henry to the Baltimore Ravens. The league's teams are reshaping their rosters in pursuit of two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City. But the Chiefs have made several moves to keep their championship core intact.
Padres acquire RHP Dylan Cease in multiplayer trade with White Sox
The San Diego Padres have acquired right-hander Dylan Cease in a trade with the Chicago White Sox for reliever Steven Wilson and three prospects: right-handers Drew Thorpe and Jairo Iriarte, and outfielder Samuel Zavala. Cease, who turned 28 in December, was second in AL Cy Young Award voting in 2022 after going 14-8 with a 2.20 ERA. He went 7-9 with a 4.58 ERA last year for a White Sox team that went 61-101. Cease joins a rotation that includes Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove. He agreed in January to an $8 million, one-year contract and is eligible for free agency after the 2025 World Series.
Luka Doncic scores 21, triple-double streak ends at 7 as Mavs slog past Warriors 109-99
DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic scored 21 points while his triple-double streak ended at seven games, and the Dallas Mavericks slogged to a 109-99 victory over the Golden State Warriors. Doncic left the game in the fourth quarter with left hamstring soreness. Golden State was without Stephen Curry for a third consecutive game. It showed with sub-40% shooting almost the entire game in a fifth loss in six games this season without the star guard. Jonathan Kuminga led Golden State with 27 points. Daniel Gafford went 5 of 5 from the field for Dallas and has made 33 consecutive baskets, two short of Wilt Chamberlain's NBA record.
Raiders release Jimmy Garoppolo and Hunter Renfrow in cost-cutting moves
The Las Vegas Raiders kicked off the start of the new league year by releasing quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and receiver Hunter Renfrow to give the new regime more room to operate under the salary cap. The Raiders also released backup quarterback Brian Hoyer and defensive tackle Jerry Tillery just minutes after the start of the 2024 league year. The moves create significant salary cap space for the Raiders to use this offseason as a new regime led by general manager Tom Telesco and coach Antonio Pierce looks to build the team into a contender.
The Chiefs restructure Patrick Mahomes' contract for salary cap relief, AP source says
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have restructured quarterback Patrick Mahomes' contract, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the financial details were not public. The restructuring frees up more than $21 million in salary cap space that the Chiefs can use elsewhere. That could include a much-publicized pursuit of help at wide receiver, their need for a new left tackle to protect Mahomes' blind side, or in re-signing their own free agents.
Red Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito has elbow repaired with internal brace, expected to miss season
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito is expected to miss this season after his right ulnar collateral ligament was repaired with an internal brace. Dr. Jeffrey R. Dugas operated Tuesday at the Andrews Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Giolito was able to avoid ligament replacement surgery, which he had on Aug. 31, 2012, with Dr. Lewis Yocum, less than two months after Washington made Giolito its tops pick in the 2012 amateur draft. Red Sox manager Alex Cora says he doesn't think Giolito will take the mound again in 2024.
NFL considers rule changes that include challenges for penalties at end of halves
The Indianapolis Colts are proposing a rule change that would allow for challenges of penalty calls in the last two minutes of the half. The NFL released a list of several rule change proposals on Wednesday made by teams that included an option to run a fourth-and-20 play in lieu of an onside kick, the moving of the trade deadline and giving teams an additional challenge if they are successful on one of their first two tries. The competition committee will make its own rule change proposals next week and owners are scheduled to vote on them at the league meetings later this month with 24 votes needed for approval.
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to see specialist Dr. Neal ElAttrache for additional tests on right elbow
TAMPA, Fla (AP) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole traveled to Los Angeles to see specialist Dr. Neal ElAttrache for additional tests on his right elbow. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he has no timetable for how long Cole will be sidelined. ElAttrache is the Los Angeles Dodgers head team physician and is an expert on elbows. Cole, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, has made at least 30 starts in each of the last six full regular seasons. He had an MRI on Monday and X-rays and a CT scan on Tuesday.
Messi dealing with injury in right hamstring area, likely will miss Miami's match versus D.C. United
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami superstar Lionel Messi is dealing with a leg injury that will likely cause him to miss the team's next match. Messi checked out of Wednesday's 3-1 win over Nashville just a few minutes into the second half, and coach Tata Martino said the 36-year-old was experiencing discomfort in his right hamstring area. The team took him out as a precaution. Martino said Messi will likely be rested for Inter Miami's MLS match against D.C. United on Saturday as further precaution.
Multiple-transfer athletes can play next fall while a lawsuit continues, the NCAA says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The NCAA says athletes who have transferred multiple times can compete in the next academic year. The NCAA issued the updated guidance Wednesday, with college basketball's portal season about to tip off. In December, multiple-transfer athletes who were denied the chance to compete immediately were allowed by a court to play through the remainder of this academic year. The NCAA says while it's not certain whether the preliminary injunction will remain in place during the 2024-25 season, multiple-transfer athletes won't have to sit out one year. However, transfer window notification rules must be followed. The window for college basketball runs from March 18 to May 1.
AP-Scorecard
Here are the scores from yesterday's sports events:
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INTERLEAGUE
Final Philadelphia 4 Detroit 1
Final Toronto 10 Pittsburgh 3
Final Seattle 8 L.A. Dodgers 1
Final Chicago Cubs 8 Cleveland 3
Final Chicago White Sox 15 Milwaukee 4
Final San Diego 12 Oakland 11
Final Atlanta 7 Baltimore 5
Final N.Y. Mets 6 Houston 5
Final St. Louis 1 Minnesota 1
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Final Tampa Bay 4 Minnesota 3
Final Boston 9 N.Y. Yankees 4
Final Kansas City 3 L.A. Angels 2
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Final Washington 2 Miami 1
Final Colorado 7 Arizona 5
Final Cincinnati 19 San Francisco 11
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Detroit 113 Toronto 104
Final Orlando 114 Brooklyn 106
Final Denver 100 Miami 88
Final Cleveland 116 New Orleans 95
Final Charlotte 110 Memphis 98
Final OT Chicago 132 Indiana 129
Final Dallas 109 Golden State 99
Final Portland 106 Atlanta 102
Final Sacramento 120 L.A. Lakers 107
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final St. Louis 3 Los Angeles 1
Final Nashville 4 Winnipeg 2
Final Edmonton 7 Washington 2
Final OT Colorado 4 Vancouver 3
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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final Cincinnati 72 (16)Kansas 52
Final (20)BYU 87 UCF 73
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TODAY'S SPORTS SCHEDULE
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INTERLEAGUE
Tampa Bay at Atlanta 1:05 p.m.
Boston at Philadelphia 1:05 p.m.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh 3:05 p.m.
Oakland at Chi Cubs 4:05 p.m.
Colorado at Cleveland 4:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Arizona 4:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Seattle 4:10 p.m.
Houston at Washington 6:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Texas 9:05 p.m.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
N-Y Yankees at Detroit 1:05 p.m.
Toronto at Minnesota 1:05 p.m.
L-A Angels at Chi White Sox 4:05 p.m.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
N-Y Mets at St. Louis 1:05 p.m.
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NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Phoenix at Boston 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Chicago 8 p.m.
Philadelphia at Milwaukee 8 p.m.
Washington at Houston 8 p.m.
Dallas at Oklahoma City 10 p.m.
New York at Portland 10 p.m.
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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Arizona at Detroit 7 p.m.
Boston at Montreal 7 p.m.
Florida at Carolina 7 p.m.
N-Y Islanders at Buffalo 7 p.m.
N-Y Rangers at Tampa Bay 7 p.m.
Ottawa at Columbus 7 p.m.
San Jose at Pittsburgh 7 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia 7:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Minnesota 8 p.m.
New Jersey at Dallas 8 p.m.
Vegas at Calgary 9 p.m.
Washington at Seattle 10 p.m.
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TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
TCU at (1)Houston 3 p.m.
Xavier at (2)UConn 12 p.m.
Florida St. at (4)North Carolina 12 p.m.
Southern Cal at (6)Arizona 3 p.m.
Kansas St. at (7)Iowa St. 7 p.m.
Providence at (8)Creighton 7 p.m.
Villanova at (10)Marquette 9:30 p.m.
NC State at (11)Duke 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at (14)Baylor 9:30 p.m.
Arkansas at (15)South Carolina 3:30 p.m.
Fresno St. at (18)Utah St. 3 p.m.
(20)BYU at (25)Texas Tech 12:30 p.m.
Stanford at (22)Washington St. 9 p.m.
Colorado St. at (23)Nevada 9 p.m.
Duquesne at (24)Dayton 7:30 p.m.
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