IN BRIEF
FONTANA, Calif. — Denny Hamlin missed Sunday's race at Auto Club Speedway with a sinus infection that led to vision problems.
Hamlin was ruled out of his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota about 30 minutes before the green flag at the track where he crashed on the final lap of last year's race.
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Big Papi is staying put.David Ortiz and the Red Sox agreed to a 2015 contract Sunday with options for the following two years, a move that means the popular slugger will probably finish his career in Boston.Ortiz, the World Series MVP last season, has led the Red Sox to three championships in the past 10 years. He batted .309 with 30 home runs and 103 RBIs in 137 games last season.
SYDNEY — The Diamondbacks lost 7-5 to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday in the second game of their Major League Baseball season-opening series.After losing 3-1 to the Dodgers on Saturday, the Diamondbacks trailed 7-0 through seven innings in the finale at Sydney Cricket Ground before making it interesting, scoring a run in the eighth and four in the ninth.
TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Times reported that Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams was stabbed in the thigh at his home and an arrest warrant has been issued for his brother.The newspaper reported Williams was treated for a relatively minor laceration at St. Joseph's Hospital and released.According to the Times, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office issued an arrest warrant Sunday night for 23-year-old Eric Baylor on a charge of aggravated battery/domestic violence.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Matt Every held on for a 2-under 70 to overcome a four-shot deficit and win his first PGA Tour event Sunday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.Every beat Masters champion Adam Scott to earn his first spot in the Masters next month.But he needed help from Scott, who had a seven-shot lead going into the weekend and wound up two shots behind.
PHOENIX — Karrie Webb flew up the leaderboard with a course-record 9-under 63, then waited to see if anyone could catch her in the JTBC Founders Cup.No one could, giving the 39-year-old Australian her second victory of the year.
