MLB: Scully back with Dodgers for 65th season
Vin Scully, one of baseball’s most beloved broadcasters, will return to the Dodgers for a record 65th season in 2014.
The 85-year-old Scully said other than being home with his family, “there is no place else I’d rather be.”
The Fordham graduate who grew up in Washington Heights began his professional baseball broadcasting career in 1950 with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
NFL: Steelers, Eagles make swap
The Steelers bolstered their injury-plagued backfield, acquiring running back Felix Jones from Philadelphia for linebacker Adrian Robinson. The deal is pending each player passing a physical.
Christine Michael ran for 97 yards and Stephen Williams snatched a ball from cornerback Loyce Means in the end zone for a 42-yard touchdown catch in the Seahawks’ 17-10 preseason victory over the Packers in Green Bay, Wis.
In Chicago, Jay Cutler led five first-half scoring drives, and the Bears beat the Raiders 34-26 in the final big dress rehearsal for the regular season.
ETC.: Derby winner Orb ready for Travers
Trainer Shug McGaughey is hoping Orb, his Kentucky Derby star, returns to his winning ways in the $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Orb, who ran fourth in the Preakness and third in the Belmont Stakes, is the third choice at 4-1 behind the Todd Pletcher duo of 2-1 favorite Verrazano and 5-2 Palace Malice,
Also entered in the Grade 1, 1¹/ -mile Travers are Romansh, Golden Soul, Will Take Charge, Moreno, War Dancer and Transparent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree banning demonstrations and rallies for two and a half months in Sochi around the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Defending champion Petra Kvitova will face Simona Halep in today’s final of the New Haven Open.
In Edmonton, Alberta, top-ranked Inbee Park shot a 5-under 65 for a share of the second-round lead with playing partner Cristie Kerr at the Canadian Women’s Open.