MLB:
In baseball, in the American League, the Yankees crushed Boston 13-3, Toronto beat Minnesota 3-1, Kansas City won against Detroit 5-1, Texas edged Houston 4-3, Tampa Bay bested the White Sox 11-3, Oakland blanked Baltimore 5-0, and it was Cleveland over the Angels 2-0 in 12 innings.
In the National League, the Mets topped Miami 5-1, Philadelphia tripled up the Dodgers 6-2, the Cubs blanked Pittsburgh 5-0, Washington edged Arizona 5-4, San Francisco trumped Atlanta 8-3, Cincinnati slid past St. Louis 3-2, and it was Milwaukee over San Diego 4-1.
In interleague play, Seattle beat Colorado 10-4.
NFL:
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is happy with his reworked contract that reportedly gives him $4 million of the $10 million bonus he had coming to him after the 2015 season. According to reports, the paying of that bonus guarantees the rest of his deal through 2019. One of the NFL's most dynamic stars expressed his gratitude toward the Patriots' front office and coach Bill Belichick.
The NFL Players Association has released the 457-page transcript of Tom Brady's June testimony in the deflated balls controversy in a filing in federal court in Manhattan. In it, the New England Patriots quarterback denies tampering with footballs in the AFC championship game, or telling anyone to.
New York Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson is day-to-day with a tweaked hamstring. Wilkerson spent the early portion of practice yesterday on a stationary bike, and then remained in the trainers' area the rest of the time. He was injured during practice on Sunday, when he walked off the field and went to the locker room with a trainer.
NCAA:
The American Athletic Conference is not one of the nation's power conferences. Its commissioner wants to change that. Mike Aresco says his league will not accept the status quo in which the Big 12, Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference, Southeastern Conference and Pac-12 are perceived to be on a different level from the AAC.
WNBA:
In the WNBA, Connecticut beat San Antonio 82-51, Chicago bested Indiana 106-82, Los Angeles topped Minnesota 83-61, and it was Phoenix over Tulsa 87-84 in overtime.
Legal:
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh wants to ban chewing tobacco in sports venues across the city. The mayor is expected to discuss a proposed new ordinance this morning at a city park. Public health officials, advocates, local youth and former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling are expected to attend. Schilling revealed earlier this year that he was diagnosed and treated for mouth cancer. He believes chewing tobacco was the cause.
Lawyers for former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez are asking a judge to toss out evidence seized from the SUV authorities say Hernandez was in when he fatally shot two men over a spilled drink. Prosecutors say Hernandez killed Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado in 2012 after a chance encounter at a Boston nightclub.
A judge has approved a request by the fiancée of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez to add his last name to hers. A probate judge in Rhode Island says she granted the request by Shayanna Jenkins on Monday to change her last name to Jenkins-Hernandez.
Free Diving:
The search for free-diving great Natalia Molchanova was set to resume Wednesday with little hope remaining she would be found alive more than two days after disappearing off Spain's Balearic islands.
AIDA, the international diving federation, said in a statement that Molchanova had been diving without fins at a depth of 30-40 meters (98-130 feet) off the coast of Formentera island when she failed to resurface on Sunday.
Maritime rescue coordinator Miguel Chicon said the operation was "very complicated" because the 53-year-old Russian could have become trapped by weights she was wearing at the time of the dive. A submersible robot was brought in to expand the search on Tuesday.
Molchanova was among the most decorated competitors in free-diving, a sport in which participants swim as deeply as they can while holding their breath.
FIFA:
Brazil will play Costa Rica in an exhibition at Red Bull Arena on September 5th, three days before the Selecao meet the United States at Foxborough, Massachusetts. The game is on a FIFA international date, which means clubs must release players to national teams. Both teams are preparing for their first games this fall in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.
Boxing:
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has announced that his next and final bout will be against Andre Berto on Sept. 12. The welterweight title fight will be available on pay-per-view but doesn't figure to be nearly as lucrative as the reported $220 million Mayweather earned for his May 2 fight with Manny Pacquiao. The fight is the last in a six-bout deal that Mayweather has with the Showtime network, and the boxer has said repeatedly he will retire when the deal is finished.
Mayweather has won all 48 of his fights and will be a heavy favorite. Berto is 30-3 and has lost three of his last six fights.
NHL:
Major League Baseball will distribute the National Hockey League's Internet streaming service and run the NHL's cable-television network.
Terms of six-year contact between the two sports leagues weren't announced.
The deal entrusts the baseball league with the NHL GameCenter app that allows fans to watch most hockey games live on smartphones, tablets and other Internet-connected devices.
The NHL's cable-TV network will operate from the Secaucus, New Jersey, headquarters of the MLB network.
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