NEW YORK — The St. Louis Cardinals were stripped of their top two picks in this year’s amateur draft and ordered to give them to Houston along with $2 million as compensation for hacking the Astros’ e-mail system and scouting database, the final and unprecedented step in an unusual case of cybercrime involving two Major League Baseball teams.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred also banned former St. Louis executive Christopher Correa for life as he ruled the Cardinals must give the 56th and 75th draft choices in June to Houston. They must pay the Astros the money within 30 days.

[naviga:h3]Trump’s travel ban won’t stop athletes[/naviga:h3]

DENVER — The U.S. government has told the U.S. Olympic Committee that the travel ban put in place over the weekend shouldn’t impact athletes traveling to the United States for international events.

In a statement, USOC leaders said the government told them it would work to ensure athletes from all countries would have expedited access to the United States for international competitions.

A World Cup archery event is scheduled for Las Vegas on Feb. 10.

Iran, one of the seven countries listed on the ban, brought one archer, Zahra Nemati, to last year’s Olympics. The status of Iran’s archery team for the World Cup is not known.

[naviga:h3]Adelson pulls out of stadium deal[/naviga:h3]

LAS VEGAS — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson pulled out of a deal to build a $1.9 billion domed stadium for the Oakland Raiders in Las Vegas.

The move comes on the heels of a team proposal to pay $1 a year in rent and operate the stadium, and it deprives the project of a chief financial backer.

[naviga:h3]Hardy applying for spring football[/naviga:h3]

UNDATED — Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy has submitted an application to play in an independent football league in April, a person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press.

Hardy didn’t play last season following a tumultuous 2015 with the Cowboys because of his domestic violence case in North Carolina.