UNDATED — ESPN agreed with the NFL on an eight-year contract extension that keeps “Monday Night Football” on the sports network through 2021, boosts the amount of programming shown on the already football-saturated family of networks, and brings it to phones and tablets.

The contract also includes expanded international rights, 3D distribution rights and the right to show “Monday Night Football” and NFL studio shows on mobile devices.

RICHMOND, Va. — Danica Patrick said it would be nice if she got to start her NASCAR Sprint Cup career at the Daytona 500.The Indy Racing League star, who is moving to NASCAR fulltime next season, will run a limited Cup schedule in a car owned by Tony Stewart next year. She also will race fulltime in the Nationwide series in a car owned by Dale Earnhardt Jr.Stewart plans to have Patrick drive in eight to 10 Cup races next season, mostly at tracks that figure to be difficult for her.Patrick plans to move to the Cup series fulltime in 2013.

NEW YORK — All of the rain at the U.S. Open forced the tournament to change its schedule, pushing the men’s final to Monday for the fourth consecutive year.The head of the ATP, Adam Helfant, met with U.S. Open tournament director Jim Curley, and was involved in discussions that led to the altered schedule for the rest of this week. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the changes after rain washed out play Tuesday and limited action Wednesday.