BlueSox will open season May 30The Butler BlueSox have announced they will open the 2017 baseball season — their ninth in the Prospect League — May 30.The team will play a 60-game schedule this season, including 30 games at Kelly Automotive Park.Prospect League franchises DuPage and Hannibal have suspended operations for the 2017 season. Lafayette (Ind.) has moved from the East Division to the West to create two five-team divisions.The BlueSox will be joined in the East Division by Champion City and Chillicothe in Ohio, West Virginia (Beckley) and Kokomo, Ind.

Rose fails to show for Knicks’ gameNEW YORK — Derrick Rose missed the New York Knicks’ loss to New Orleans for reasons that remained unclear.The Knicks would not comment on Rose’s whereabouts or anything else about his absence, though center Joakim Noah said after the game that he had spoken to Rose, and his longtime Chicago teammate was OK.“Obviously, Derrick’s one of our better players and when he’s not here it’s tough, but just happy that everything is OK with him,” Noah said.Noah didn’t provide any details of their conversation.

Concussion protocol on Moore reviewedMIAMI — The NFL and NFL Players Association have begun a review of the concussion protocol conducted on Miami Dolphins quarterback Matt Moore when he left his team’s playoff game at Pittsburgh after being shaken up.The review doesn’t mean the NFL has drawn conclusions as to whether the protocol was followed, the league said in a statement.Moore was hurt when hit as he threw a pass Sunday, and the play drew a roughing the passer penalty on Pittsburgh’s Bud Dupree.Dolphins medical staff attended to Moore on the field, and he was evaluated on the sideline by an unaffiliated neurological consultant and team physician before returning to the game after missing one play.

Hamid found guilty of defrauding CubsCHICAGO — An 18-month prison sentence has been handed to a man found guilty of defrauding the Chicago Cubs out of the team’s cut of revenues from his rooftop club near Wrigley Field.R. Marc Hamid was found guilty in July of multiple counts of mail fraud and illegal bank structuring for falsifying attendance records at the Skybox on Sheffield. The former co-owner of the club was accused of hiding over $1 million in revenue to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties to the Cubs and taxes.

Dunning retiring with 888 victoriesSTANFORD, Calif. — Longtime Stanford women’s volleyball coach John Dunning announced his retirement, less than a month after the Cardinal captured the NCAA title with a win against Texas.Inducted into the American Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2011, Dunning never missed the postseason in 32 years as a head coach, winning five national titles in all and three during his 16 years at Stanford.The Cardinal won eight conference championships under Dunning, who owns an 888-185 career record.