■BASEBALL
Barry Bonds’ son in court
Nikolai Bonds, the son of disgraced former baseball star Barry Bonds, has pleaded not guilty to charges related to a fight with his mother and threatening police. The 20-year-old Nikolai appeared in a San Francisco court on five misdemeanor charges on Tuesday with his father at his side. Police say a man tossed a doorknob at a woman and spit in her face during a Dec. 5 incident at a neighborhood park. Police also say the man blocked the woman from leaving, destroyed property worth US$400 and threatened an officer. Nikolai Bonds faces charges of battery, false imprisonment, vandalism, making threats to an officer and obstructing an officer. The court granted a restraining order barring him from contacting his mother.
■BOXING
Braehmer sentenced to jail
A German court on Tuesday handed WBO light heavyweight world champion Juergen Braehmer a 16-month prison sentence for attacking two people in separate incidents two years ago. Braehmer’s lawyers said they would appeal the verdict while his promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl said it had not yet come into force. Braehmer was found guilty by the court in the eastern city of Schwerin for hitting a woman in a Schwerin bar in May 2008 and attacking another person in one of the city’s clubs in September of that year. The 31-year-old southpaw, who became world champion last year and has a 35-2 record, has had run-ins with the law for much of his career and had been convicted for violent behavior in the past.
■BASKETBALL
Teams fined for standing
The NBA has fined two teams US$10,000 apiece for violating the rule preventing players from standing for long periods of time in front of their bench. League spokesman Tim Frank confirmed a memo was sent to all teams on Tuesday informing them of the fines. The teams were not identified in the memo. The rule was instituted this season as a way to stop players from blocking the view of fans sitting behind the benches.
■FIELD HOCKEY
Indian sponsor pays up
A major sponsor of the Indian hockey team released 10 million Indian rupees (US$219,000) to striking players yesterday in a bid to resolve a pay dispute that has disrupted preparations for the upcoming World Cup, Press Trust of India reported. The Indian hockey team began a training boycott on Friday when it refused to attend a camp in the western city of Pune until it was paid wages owed to the players. Team sponsor, the multi-industry conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar, said in statement it had paid the funds to Hockey India in a suspense account for distribution to the players so they can “peacefully and happily practice and play for the country.” The men’s field hockey World Cup is scheduled for Feb. 28 to March 13 in New Delhi.
■ICE HOCKEY
Goalie Curtis Joseph retires
Goalie Curtis Joseph retired on Tuesday, ending a 19-year career in the NHL in which he was No. 4 on the career victory list. The 42-year-old Joseph was the most successful goalie to have never won the Stanley Cup. He had 454 victories, trailing only Martin Brodeur (585), Patrick Roy (551) and Ed Belfour (484). He said he had a “great career” and “didn’t leave anything on the table” at a news conference in Toronto, where he ended his career with the Maple Leafs.
College basketballer Kaitlyn Chen has become the first female player of Taiwanese descent to be drafted by a WNBA team, after the Golden State Valkyries selected her in the third and final round of the league’s draft on Monday. Chen, a point guard who played her first three seasons in college for Princeton University, transferred to the University of Connecticut (UConn) for her final season, which culminated in a national championship earlier this month. While at Princeton, Chen was named the Ivy League tournament’s most outstanding player three times from 2022 to last year. Prior to the draft, ESPN described Chen as
Robinson Cano spent 17 seasons playing in the MLB in front of all kinds of baseball fans, but he said there is something special about his stint with the Mexican Baseball League’s Diablos Rojos. He is not alone. The league last week opened its 100th season, aiming to keep an impressive growth in attendance that began after the national team’s surprise run at the 2023 World Baseball Classic, and is already surpassing some first-division soccer clubs. After finishing third in the 2023 tournament, many casual fans, some of them soccer enthusiasts disappointed after Mexico were eliminated in the first round in the 2022
Arne Slot has denied that Darwin Nunez was dropped from Liverpool’s win against West Ham because of a training-ground row with a member of his coaching staff. The Liverpool head coach on Sunday last week said that Nunez was absent from the 2-1 victory at Anfield, having felt unwell during training the day before, although the striker sat behind the substitutes throughout the game. Speculation has been rife that the Uruguay international, whom Slot criticized for his work rate against Wolves and Aston Villa in February, was left out for disciplinary reasons. Asked on Friday to clarify the situation, Slot said: “He
Noelvi Marte on Sunday had seven RBIs and hit his first career grand slam with a drive off infielder Jorge Mateo, while Austin Wynn had a career-high six RBIs as the Cincinnati Reds scored their most runs in 26 years in a 24-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles. Marte finished with five hits, including his eighth-inning homer off Mateo. Wynn hit a three-run homer in the ninth off catcher Gary Sanchez. Cincinnati scored its most runs since a 24-12 win against the Colorado Rockies on May 19, 1999, and finished with 25 hits. Baltimore allowed its most runs since a 30-3 loss to
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