MLB:
In baseball, in the American League, Kansas City blanked Detroit 4-0, the White Sox topped the Angels 8-2, and it was Baltimore edged Seattle 3-2. The Red Sox and the Yankees had a day off.
In the National League, the Mets doubled up Colorado 4-2 to remain the NL East-leaders over the Nationals, Arizona bested Philadelphia 13-3, San Diego beat Cincinnati 2-1, and it was Washington over the Dodgers 8-3.
Boston Red Sox closer Koji Uehara will miss the rest of the season with a broken right wrist. Uehara was hit by a line drive in Friday night's game against the Detroit Tigers. The Red Sox say he's expected to make a full recovery. Uehara was the closer for Boston's 2013 World Series title. He's 2-4 with a 2.23 ERA and 25 saves in 27 opportunities this season.
NFL:
-Patriots:
The New England Patriots have released veteran quarterback Matt Flynn and signed Ryan Lindley to replace him as the team's third-stringer. Flynn signed with the Patriots in June, but was on the non-football injury list. He previously played with Green Bay, Seattle, Oakland and Buffalo. Lindley was forced into a starting role for Arizona late last season and struggled.
Lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez have filed motions to dismiss the indictment charging their client with a double slaying in Boston in 2012. Prosecutors say Hernandez killed Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado after a chance encounter at a nightclub. Hernandez is serving a life sentence for the unconnected 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd.
-Jets:
The New York Jets have placed safety Antonio Allen on the season-ending injured reserve list, and activated defensive lineman Kevin Vickerson from the active/physically unable to perform list. Allen tore an Achilles tendon during practice last Thursday. Vickerson had been sidelined since the start of camp with a hamstring injury.
-Chargers:
The Chargers wasted no time criticizing San Diego's updated plans for a new $1.1 billion stadium, the city's effort to keep the team from leaving for Los Angeles.
The proposal calls for the Chargers to be responsible for $362.5 million and all cost overruns, with public contributions capped at 32 percent of the total project.
Chargers point man and former Los Angeles deputy mayor Mark Fabiani slammed the proposal and the 6,000-page draft of an environmental impact report, saying the franchise will not be the City's guinea pig for this inevitably ill-fated experiment.
-Ravens:
Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith will retire after this season, saying he doesn't want to hold on. The five-time Pro Bowler spent his first 13 seasons with Carolina and is entering his second with Baltimore. Smith has 13,000 receiving yards and 70 touchdown receptions for his career, including 79 receptions for 1,065 yards and six TDs last year.
NBA:
The Boston Celtics have waived Zoran Dragic. The Celtics acquired the 6-foot-5 guard-forward this summer in a trade with the Miami Heat for a second-round draft pick and cash. Dragic appeared in 16 games for Miami and the Phoenix Suns last season. He averaged 1.8 points in 4.7 minutes.
Billionaire Donald Sterling has sued celebrity website TMZ and an ex-girlfriend over the recording of his off-color remarks that cost him ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Sterling filed the suit on Friday in Los Angeles and accuses TMZ and V. Stiviano of violating his privacy and causing damage on a "scale of unparalleled and unprecedented magnitude."
Sterling also is suing his wife, the NBA and two doctors who examined him, claiming in federal court that they conspired to remove him from the team. Shelly Sterling won court approval for the sale by showing her husband of six decades had dementia and couldn't handle his business affairs.
NHL:
The New York Rangers have signed recently arrested Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll. He gives the Rangers a top faceoff man and penalty killer. Stoll pleaded guilty in June to two reduced misdemeanor charges to resolve a felony cocaine case stemming from his April arrest at a Las Vegas Strip swimming pool. A felony charge of cocaine possession was dismissed.
A person familiar with the police investigation of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane tells The Associated Press that it involves something that happened between the player and a woman in her 20s.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because authorities have not revealed any details of the investigation being conducted by Hamburg police.
Hamburg Police Chief Gregory Wickett confirmed the investigation last week, saying it involved something that may have happened at Kane's home outside of Buffalo on Aug. 2. Wickett said police were gathering information and awaiting results of forensic tests.
Kane is from Buffalo, and was selected first overall by Chicago in the 2007 draft. He has helped the Blackhawks win three Stanley Cup championships in the past six seasons.
NCAA:
The UAlbany men’s basketball team has announced its 2015-16 schedule which features the kick-off to the season on November 13 at Kentucky. They will also see Siena on December 12th.
Horse Racing:
The trainer of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah is checking out Saratoga Race Course in case his horse runs in Travers Stakes on Aug. 29.
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert arrived at the track Monday and stopped by trainer John Terranova's barn, where his horses stay when they run at the Spa. Baffert is in town for the two-day Fasig-Tipton's Selected Yearlings Sale, which end Tuesday night.
American Pharoah galloped Monday at Del Mar in California. A timed workout is scheduled for Sunday.
American Pharoah won the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Aug. 2. His next start has not been determined, but the Travers may now be the favorite.
Baffert said, "We're trying to make it, but he's going to have to really convince me."
Golf:
Rory McIlroy will compete in the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits this weekend, saying he's 100 percent and that all parts of his game appear to be in order. McIlroy injured his left ankle playing around on a soccer field with friends the first weekend in July, causing him to miss the British Open. He showed up at Whistling Straits on Saturday and has been playing without apparent pain.
Olympics:
If the city of Los Angeles becomes the U.S. candidate for the 2024 Olympics after Boston's recent drop from contention, the organizers' proposed budget for the Summer Games would be $4.1 billion plus a $400 million contingency. A senior adviser to Mayor Eric Garcetti says the sum includes $200 million to cover city expenses. The city's projection anticipates revenues far in excess of $4.5 billion and a significant profit.
NASCAR:
NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Buddy Baker has died at 74 after a brief battle with lung cancer.
SiriusXM NASCAR Radio announced that Baker died early Monday morning. He had stepped down from his role as co-host of "The Late Shift" for the station last month when he announced he had a "huge tumor" in his lung that was inoperable.
The 6-foot-6 Baker, nicknamed the "Gentle Giant," was the son of two-time champion and NASCAR Hall of Famer Buck Baker. He made his Cup Series debut in 1959 and ran his final race in 1992.
Baker won 19 races, including the 1980 Daytona 500. He was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers in 1998.
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