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Saturday, August 15, 2015
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Red Sox manager steps away to battle lymphoma
By KEN POWTAK
Associated Press
BOSTON — Fighting back
tears, Boston Red Sox manager
John Farrell said Friday that he had
a “highly curable” form of cancer
and has taken a medical leave for
the rest of the season to deal with
lymphoma.
The 53-year-old Farrell said
bench coach Torey Lovullo will run
the team in his absence. Farrell said
he planned on being back with the
team for spring training.
Farrell said the cancer of the
lymphatic system was discovered
when he had hernia surgery in
Detroit earlier this week.
“I know we usually start out
with the injury report. I’ll start out
with myself on this one. Monday’s
surgery for the hernia revealed that
I have lymphoma,” he said before
Friday night’s game at Fenway Park
against Seattle.
“Thankfully, it was detected in
the hernia surgery. I can honestly
tell you I’m extremely fortunate
that it was found. Treatment will
begin in the coming days,” he said.
Farrell said a mass was
completely removed during the
procedure and no additional surgery
was necessary. He said chemo-
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Local ties to LLWS
This year’s Little League
World Series could have
some local ties to the
Pendleton area.
Saturday at noon Little
League teams from Eagle,
Idaho and Portland will
take part in the Northwest
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Bernardino, Calif.
The Idaho team, the West
Valley All-Stars, are coached
by former Pendleton High
School teacher and varsity
football coach Tony Hilde.
Tony’s son Chase is one of
the team’s star players.
Tony left Pendleton
almost eight years ago, but
his extended family still calls
Pendleton home.
The game will be
televised on ESPN.
Mid-Amateur Golf
Tournament at
Wildhorse
The 27th annual
Oregon Golf Association’s
Mid-Amateur Championship
begins on Saturday at
Wildhorse Resort in
Pendleton.
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mid-amateur golfers, aged
25 or older, in Oregon and
Washington will be playing
in the two-day tournament.
The last time that the
OGA held a championship
tournament at Wildhorse was
in 2010 for the 13th Public
Links Tournament.
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therapy would start early next week.
Red Sox stars David Ortiz and
Dustin Pedroia stood along a wall
to Farrell’s left when he made the
announcement. Vice President Sam
Kennedy, general manager Ben
Cherington
and Lovullo
also were in
the room.
“A little
bit of a
shocker to be
told later that
afternoon
that this was
going
on. Farrell
Like I said,
I’m fortunate,” Farrell said. “Stage
1. It’s localized. It’s highly curable.
I’m extremely fortunate to not only
be with people with the Red Sox,
but access to MGH (Massachusetts
General Hospital) and world class
talent that can handle this.”
The Red Sox are in last place in
the AL East with a 50-64 record.
In February, Farrell’s contract was
extended through 2017 with a club
option for 2018.
“When they mentioned the
word ‘cancer,’ it’s something that it
doesn’t matter where it comes from,
it kind of impacts you,” Ortiz said.
Farrell guided Boston to the
World Series championship in his
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managed the Toronto Blue Jays for
two years.
“Sending you best wishes for
a speedy recovery. Stay Strong
and look forward to seeing you at
the ballpark soon,” the Blue Jays
tweeted.
On Tuesday, Minnesota Timber-
wolves coach Flip Saunders said
he is being treated for Hodgkin
lymphoma, and his doctors consider
it “very treatable and curable.” His
plans were to remain coach and
team president while being treated.
Cherington said Farrell told
him Thursday when the GM was
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to Greenville, South Carolina, to
visit one of the team’s Single-A
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layover,” Cherington said. “I was
sort of in shock. A few minutes to
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back to Boston last night. I’ve been
talking to him yesterday and this
morning.”
“There’s a lot of respect for
him, not just in the Red Sox orga-
nization, but throughout baseball,”
he said. “There’s a lot of people
already reaching out. He’s someone
that spent his whole life in baseball.
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he’s managed now.”
Red Sox chairman Tom Werner
spoke about Farrell during the
pregame TV telecast.
“We all love John,” he said. “We
said the most important thing is get
back soon.”
Cleveland
manager
Terry
Francona is one of Farrell’s closest
friends. Farrell was the pitching
coach under Francona when the Red
Sox won the 2007 World Series.
“He’s such a tough guy and he
has so many people that care about
him that I just honestly feel like he
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colors,” he said before the Indians
played at Minnesota.
“I’m glad we’re going to go
through there in a couple days
because I’d like to see him. But he
sounded really good,” Francona said.
New York Yankees manager Joe
Girardi wished Farrell well.
“It’s not what you want to see.
Say some prayers for him and his
family, hope everything goes well,”
he said before a game in Toronto.
“Just get healthy, that’s most
important. He’s a good man, a good
baseball man, you want to see him
get healthy.”
Los Angeles Angels manager
Mike Scioscia echoed that senti-
ment.
“It’s awful. We heard the prog-
nosis is very good, that’s encour-
aging,” he said before a game in
Kansas City. “But it’s scary when-
ever you hear of something like that
happening. He’s a young man.”
Farrell, a former major league
pitcher, was coaching for the Red
Sox in 2007 when ace Jon Lester
returned from lymphoma in late
July.
Farrell said he never had any
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the cancer discovery.
Ortiz said he heard about
Farrell’s condition from teammate
Hanley Ramirez, who was crying
when he delivered the news.
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down to health issues, you want to
be sure that everything goes OK.
The organization is taking a lot of
responsibility on that to make sure
that John gets through it the way it’s
supposed to be,” Ortiz said.
Farrell was touched by his
players’ support.
“In a way, you live vicariously
through their careers,” he said.
“Yours is over, you try to help when
you can with them, and when they
show that support, it’s meaningful.”
NFL
NFL debuting ‘Next Gen’ stats during preseason
League hopes to
bring fans even
closer to the game
By NOAH TRISTER
Associated Press
DETROIT — As Richard
Sherman sprints side-by-
side with Calvin Johnson,
who is running faster? When
Luke Kuechly collides with
DeMarco Murray, who has
more momentum? And
which NFL players run
slower in the fourth quarter
than they did at the start of
the game?
Thanks to nickel-sized
transmitters on each players’
uniform and high-tech
tracking systems at all NFL
stadiums, fans will have a
vast new set of statistics to
study this season.
It’s all part of the league’s
“Next Gen Stats” venture,
which could eventually
change the way teams scout
opponents and design game
plans.
“How fast does a running
back get to the hole? How
fast did he get through the
hole?” said Nick Stamm,
director
of
marketing
and communications for
Sportradar, the NFL’s data
distributor. “There’s going to
be really a lot of analysis that
comes out of this.”
Speed in the NFL is
generally measured in
40-yard dash times. Now,
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A monitor above Ford Field shows statistics and move-
ment for players and officials during warmups before
a preseason game between the New York Jets and De-
troit Lions Thursday. It’s all part of the league’s “Next
Gen Stats” venture, which could eventually change the
way teams scout opponents and design game plans.
fans will see who has “game
speed” and who uses it every
play.
The signals from the
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cation (RFID) chips each
player wears are sent to
small receivers positioned
around the stadium.
Zebra
Technologies
Corporation is in charge of
gathering all this informa-
tion for the NFL, and Spor-
tradar works to distribute it.
Last season, over half the
stadiums in the league were
equipped for this type of
tracking, and broadcasters
occasionally
mentioned
these new stats. Now the
data will be available on
every play in every game.
“This season is about rapid
expansion to all the stadiums
as well as the availability
of more information from a
consumer standpoint,” said
Eric Petrosinelli, Zebra’s
general manager for sports
solutions. “This whole area
of player tracking, we’re in
the infancy stages.”
Similar “heat-mapping”
technology has been used for
years in soccer, providing
stats on how far players run,
how their speed changes
throughout the game what
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the most time in.
Petrosinelli and Stamm
spent Thursday night’s
exhibition game between the
Detroit Lions and New York
Jets in a box high above the
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screen that tracked player
movements even during
pregame warmups.
The system can measure
speed, distance covered and
how much space between
players at a given moment.
“The challenge is to make
sense of these data points and
put it into context,” Stamm
said. “There’s going to be a
lot of ways to commercialize
this and get a different
perspective of the game, and
eventually it all will get to
the fans.”
Microsoft’s NFL app
will offer animated replays
during games, giving fans an
instant high-tech perspective
on how plays unfolded.
“There’s a lot going on
with 22 players during a
play,” said Jeff Tran, director
of sports and alliances at
Microsoft.
As fans become more
familiar with these Next Gen
Stats, the question is what
teams might be able to do
with them. Fantasy players
and gamblers will undoubt-
edly analyze the stats to try
to get an edge.
Tech-savvy
coaching
staffs would also be eager to
get the data, and the league is
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and when to allow teams to
access it.
Teams can already use
player tracking services
during
practice.
NFL
spokesman Brian McCarthy
says there’s no timeline yet
for offering the game data to
teams.
“We will continue to
evaluate its use in conjunc-
tion with the competition
committee,” he said.
The New Orleans Saints
have been using the practice
data.
“For us it is distance,
workload, travel, all of those
things. Zebra has been great
to work with. We think it
is helpful for us to monitor
workload,” Saints coach
Sean Payton said. “You
are able to look for the
exceptions when you are
studying numbers. You are
able to study and see maybe
something that is unusual to
stand out.”
As
the
technology
evolves, it’s easy to
brainstorm other possible
applications. Perhaps a chip
in the football could track
its location, rendering the
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Or how about a way of
measuring the force of hits,
to help with research on
concussions?
Even more basic metrics
like a player’s speed or
distance
traveled
can
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If someone is coming back
from an injury, it would be
useful to compare his speed
before and after getting hurt.
And these new stats can also
help fans look at a great play-
er’s talent from a different
perspective — such as when
a player turns a broken play
into positive yardage.
SCOREBOARD
National League
East Division
Baseball
American League
East Division
New York
Toronto
Baltimore
Tampa Bay
Boston
Central Division
Kansas City
Minnesota
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
West Division
Houston
Los Angeles
Texas
Seattle
Oakland
———
W
63
64
58
58
51
L
51
53
56
57
64
Pct GB
.553 —
.547
½
.504
5
.504 5½
.443 12½
W
69
57
55
54
54
L
46
58
60
59
60
Pct GB
.600 —
.496 12
.478 14
.478 14
.474 14½
W
63
60
57
54
51
L
53
55
57
62
66
Pct GB
.543 —
.522
2
.500 4½
.466 8½
.440 12
Friday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 6, Chicago White Sox 5
Baltimore 8, Oakland 6
N.Y. Yankees 4, Toronto 3
Boston 15, Seattle 1
Texas 5, Tampa Bay 3
Cleveland 6, Minnesota 1
Kansas City 4, L.A. Angels 1
Houston 5, Detroit 1
Saturday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 8-5) at Toronto
(Estrada 10-6), 10:07 a.m.
Seattle (F.Hernandez 14-6) at Boston
(Miley 8-9), 10:35 a.m.
Oakland (Bassitt 1-4) at Baltimore (Mi.
Gonzalez 9-8), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 13-6) at Chicago
White Sox (Quintana 6-9), 4:10 p.m.
Cleveland (Tomlin 0-0) at Minnesota
(Duffey 0-1), 4:10 p.m.
Detroit (Verlander 1-5) at Houston
(McHugh 13-6), 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 5-8) at Kansas
City (Cueto 1-1), 4:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Archer 10-8) at Texas (Lewis
12-5), 5:05 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 10:07 a.m.
Oakland at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m.
Seattle at Boston, 10:35 a.m.
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox,
11:10 a.m.
Cleveland at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m.
Detroit at Houston, 11:10 a.m.
Tampa Bay at Texas, 12:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 4:05 p.m.
Oakland at Baltimore, 4:05 p.m.
Cleveland at Boston, 4:10 p.m.
Seattle at Texas, 5:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Houston, 5:10 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 7:05
p.m.
New York
Washington
Atlanta
Miami
Philadelphia
Central Division
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
West Division
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Arizona
San Diego
Colorado
———
W
63
58
52
46
46
L
53
57
63
69
70
Pct
.543
.509
.452
.400
.397
GB
—
4½
10½
16½
17
W
74
67
66
51
49
L
41
46
48
63
68
Pct GB
.643 —
.593
6
.579 7½
.447 22½
.419 26
W
65
62
56
55
47
L
51
53
58
61
67
Pct GB
.560 —
.535
2
.491 7½
.474 10
.412 17
Friday’s Games
Chicago Cubs 6, Chicago White Sox 5
Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Mets 2, 10 innings
Atlanta 3, Arizona 2
Milwaukee 3, Philadelphia 1
St. Louis 3, Miami 1
San Diego 9, Colorado 5
L.A. Dodgers 5, Cincinnati 3
San Francisco 8, Washington 5
Saturday’s Games
Arizona (Corbin 2-3) at Atlanta (Foltyne-
wicz 4-3), 1:10 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 13-6) at Chicago
White Sox (Quintana 6-9), 1:10 p.m.
Philadelphia (J.Williams 4-8) at Milwaukee
(Nelson 9-9), 1:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Morton 7-4) at N.Y. Mets
(Niese 7-9), 1:10 p.m.
Miami (B.Hand 2-2) at St. Louis (Lackey
9-7), 1:15 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 4-12) at Colorado
(J.Gray 0-0), 2:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (Holmberg 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers
(B.Anderson 6-7), 3:10 p.m.
Washington (G.Gonzalez 9-4) at San
Francisco (Peavy 2-5), 4:05 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m.
Arizona at Atlanta, 10:35 a.m.
Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox,
11:10 a.m.
Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 11:10 a.m.
Miami at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m.
Washington at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m.
San Diego at Colorado, 1:10 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Arizona at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m.
Miami at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis, 5:15 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 7:10 p.m
Pacific Coast League
American North Division
W
L
Oklahoma City
72 47
Omaha
66 54
Iowa
65 54
Colorado Springs 50 69
Pct. GB
.605 —
.550 6½
.546
7
.420 22
American South Division
W
L Pct. GB
Round Rock
68 52 .567 —
Memphis
62 58 .517
6
Nashville
55 65 .458 13
New Orleans
51 69 .425 17
Pacific North Division
W
L
Fresno
71 48
Reno
57 61
Sacramento
56 63
Tacoma
56 63
Pacific South Division
W
L
Las Vegas
66 54
El Paso
62 57
Albuquerque
51 69
Salt Lake
47 72
———
Pct. GB
.597 —
.483 13½
.471 15
.471 15
Jacksonville
Houston
Indianapolis
Tennessee
North
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
W
1
0
0
0
L
0
0
0
1
T Pct
0 1.000
0 .000
0 .000
0 .000
W
1
1
0
0
L
0
0
1
2
T Pct
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 .000
0 .000
W
1
1
1
0
L
0
0
0
0
T Pct
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 .000
W
1
0
0
0
L
0
0
1
1
T Pct
0 1.000
0 .000
0 .000
0 .000
W
1
1
0
0
L
0
0
0
1
T Pct
0 1.000
0 1.000
0 .000
0 .000
W
1
1
1
1
L
0
0
0
0
T Pct
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0 1.000
0 1.000
0 1.000
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0
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0
L
0
0
1
1
T
0
0
0
0
West
Pct. GB
.550 —
.521 3½
.425 15
.395 18½
Friday’s Games
Oklahoma City 6, New Orleans 4
Nashville 9, Iowa 2
Omaha 4, Memphis 2
Colorado Springs 8, Round Rock 5
Fresno 8, Albuquerque 6
El Paso 3, Las Vegas 2
Salt Lake 3, Reno 2
Sacramento at Tacoma, Late
Saturday’s Games
Albuquerque at Memphis, 4:05 p.m.
El Paso at Nashville, 4:35 p.m.
Tacoma at Oklahoma City, 5:05 p.m.
Reno at Colorado Springs, 5:05 p.m.
Omaha at Salt Lake, 6:05 p.m.
New Orleans at Fresno, 7:05 p.m.
Iowa at Las Vegas, 7:05 p.m.
Round Rock at Sacramento, 7:05 p.m.
Northwest League
North Division
W
L Pct. GB
Everett
9
6 .600 —
x-Tri-City
7
8 .467
2
Vancouver
7
9 .438 2½
Spokane
6
9 .400
3
South Division
W
L Pct. GB
x-Hillsboro
10
5 .667 —
Salem-Keizer
10
6 .625
½
Eugene
8
7 .533
2
Boise
4 11 .267
6
x-clinched first half
———
Friday’s Games
Everett 6, Eugene 3
Vancouver 3, Hillsboro 0
Salem-Keizer at Spokane, Late
Boise at Tri-City, Late
Saturday’s Games
Vancouver at Hillsboro, 5:03 p.m.
Everett at Eugene, 6:05 p.m.
Salem-Keizer at Spokane, 6:30 p.m.
Boise at Tri-City, 7:15 p.m.
Football
National Football League
AFC
East
W
L
Buffalo
0
1
Miami
0
1
New England
0
1
N.Y. Jets
0
1
South
T
0
0
0
0
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
San Diego
Oakland
Denver
Kansas City
NFC
East
Washington
Philadelphia
N.Y. Giants
Dallas
South
Atlanta
Carolina
Tampa Bay
New Orleans
North
Chicago
Detroit
Green Bay
Minnesota
West
Arizona
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis
———
Pct
.000
.000
.000
.000
Friday’s Games
Carolina 25, Buffalo 24
Atlanta 31, Tennessee 24
Jacksonville 23, Pittsburgh 21
Cincinnati 23, N.Y. Giants 10
Oakland 18, St. Louis 3
Denver 22, Seattle 20
Saturday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 5 p.m.
Kansas City at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Sunday’s Game
Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Soccer
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
D.C. United
13
8
New York
10
6
Columbus
9
8
Toronto FC
9
9
New England
8
9
Montreal
8
9
Orlando City
7 10
New York City FC 7 11
Philadelphia
6 13
Chicago
6 12
T Pts
5 44
6 36
7 34
4 31
7 31
4 28
7 28
6 27
5 23
4 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Vancouver
13
8
Los Angeles
11
7
FC Dallas
11
6
Sporting Kansas City 10 4
Portland
10
8
Seattle
10 12
Houston
8
8
Real Salt Lake
7
9
San Jose
7 10
Colorado
5
8
T Pts
3 42
7 40
5 38
7 37
6 36
2 32
7 31
8 29
5 26
9 24
———
Friday’s Games
Colorado at San Jose, 8 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Toronto FC at New York, 4 p.m.
Houston at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Sporting Kansas City, 6 p.m.
Portland at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Orlando City at Seattle, 2 p.m.
Chicago at Philadelphia, 4 p.m
.
Basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
New York
16
6
Indiana
13
9
Washington
13
9
Chicago
14 10
Connecticut
12 11
Atlanta
8 15
Pct GB
.727 —
.591
3
.591
3
.583
3
.522 4½
.348 8½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
x-Minnesota
18
6 .750 —
Phoenix
15
8 .652 2½
Tulsa
10 14 .417
8
Los Angeles
7 16 .304 10½
San Antonio
7 17 .292 11
Seattle
6 18 .250 12
x-clinched playoff spot
———
Friday’s Games
New York 90, Connecticut 78
Minnesota 84, Atlanta 82
Chicago at Seattle, 10 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Tulsa at New York, 4 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Connecticut at Atlanta, 12 p.m.
Minnesota at Washington, 1 p.m.
Chicago at Los Angeles,25 p.m.
Indiana at Phoenix, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Seattle, 6 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Announced man-
ager John Farrell will take a medical leave.
Named Torey Lovullo interim manager.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Reinstated
INF Emilio Bonifacio from the 15-day DL.
Optioned INF Leury Garcia to Charlotte (IL).
MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP
Blaine Boyer on the 15-day DL. Recalled
RHP Michael Tonkin from Rochester (IL).
American Association
KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Released RHP
Steven Sarcone.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed INF Kori
Melo. Released RHP Nestor Molina.
Can-Am League
OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Released C
Nick Lecompte.
SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS — Signed
RHP Brandon Shimo. Released LHP Jordan
Remer.
TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES — Signed LHP
Andrew Taylor.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Waived/injured
WR Gavin Lutman. Signed DT Greg
Hickman.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed DL
Casey Walker.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR
Deshon Foxx. Signed LB Alex Singleton.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed DB
Derrick Wells.
WASHINGTON — Waived/injured LB Trev-
ardo Williams. Signed LB Sage Harold.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed F Carl
Hagelin to a four-year contract.
American Hockey League
CHICAGO WOLVES — Signed D Scooter
Vaughan to a one-year contract.
ECHL
SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS —
Signed G David Jacobson to a tryout
agreement.
COLLEGE
ILLINOIS — Announced men’s graduate
basketball G Khalid Lewis has transferred
from La Salle.
IPFW — Named Matt Zedrick women’s
golf coach.
MASSACHUSETTS-DARTMOUTH — Pro-
moted Jack Holleran to associate director
of athletics. Named Linee Mello-Frost field
hockey coach.
MINNESOTA — Agreed to terms with
football coach Jerry Kill on a one-year con-
tract extension, through the 2019 season.
RADFORD — Named Hope Creasy
assistant softball coach.
WELLS — Named Melissa Jaworski
women<s lacrosse coach.
YESHIVA — Named Dennis Mente men’s
volleyball coach.