Local Golf

Bend’s Heinly turned away from U.S. Open — Bend amateur golfer Jesse Heinly fell well short of qualifying Monday for the U.S. Open after shooting a 24-over-par 83-81—164 in a sectional qualifier in Cle Elum, Wash. Heinly — a 21-year-old Summit High School graduate who was one of two golfers to make it through a local qualifier last month in Nampa, Idaho — finished 25 strokes behind the qualifier’s second-place finisher. The only two golfers from the 34-player field at Tumble Creek Club to break par for the day advanced to the U.S. Open, which is scheduled for June 13-16 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.

Basketball

Kidd retiring from NBA — Jason Kidd retired Monday from the NBA after 19 seasons, ending one of the greatest careers for a point guard in league history. Kidd won an NBA title and two Olympic gold medals, is second on the career list in assists and steals, and was a 10-time All-Star. But he struggled badly in the playoffs for the Knicks shortly after turning 40 and decided to walk away with two years and more than $6 million left on the deal he signed last summer. His retirement comes two days after fellow 40-year-old Grant Hill, with whom Kidd shared Rookie of the Year honors in 1995, announced his retirement.

Blaylock faces charges in fatal crash — Authorities say former NBA All-Star Daron “Mookie” Blaylock has been charged with vehicular homicide in a head-on crash in suburban Atlanta. Jonesboro Police Chief Franklin Allen says the 46-year-old Blaylock is also charged with driving on a suspended license and failure to maintain his lane in the Friday crash. Police say Blaylock was driving an SUV that crossed the center line and struck a van. A van passenger, 43-year-old Monica Murphy, died hours later. Her husband survived. Atlanta Medical Center spokeswoman Nicole Gustin said Blaylock was in fair condition Monday. He initially was on life support.

Football

Pac-12 to limit contact in practice — In an effort to cut down on concussions, head trauma and other injuries, the Pac-12 Conference is establishing a league-wide policy to limit the amount of contact made during football practices beginning this season. Commissioner Larry Scott said Monday that the conference will limit hits to numbers “less than what the NCAA permits,” while many of the schools already have their own “self-imposed limits.” Now, there will be an across-the-board rule in an effort to decrease head trauma and other injuries. Details of how the conference will monitor each school’s hits and contact are still being worked out. Scott expects everything to be in place by late July.

Big Ten hooks up with Pinstripe Bowl — The Big Ten and the Pinstripe Bowl have agreed to an 8-year deal that the conference hopes will help claim New York as its territory. Commissioner Jim Delany is at Yankee Stadium for the announcement of the deal with the three-year-old bowl game that will begin in 2014. He appeared at a news conference with Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner and team president Randy Levine. The Big Ten will take the Big 12’s place in the game.

Deacon Jones dead at 74 — David “Deacon” Jones, a Hall of Fame defensive end credited with terming the word sack for how he knocked down quarterbacks, has died. He was 74. The Washington Redskins say that Jones died of natural causes at his home in Southern California. Redskins general manager Bruce Allen, whose father, George, coached Jones with the Los Angeles Rams, calls Jones “one of the greatest players in NFL history. Off the field, he was a true giant.” Jones was the leader of the Rams’ Fearsome Foursome unit from 1961-71, and then played for San Diego for two seasons before finishing his career with Washington in 1974. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980 and was voted to the league’s 75th anniversary all-time team.

Former Bills QB Kelly battling cancer — Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly says he has been diagnosed with cancer in his upper jaw bone and will have surgery on June 7. Kelly is suffering from squamous cell carcinoma, but he has recently undergone tests to show that the cancer is isolated in his jaw and has not spread to other parts of his body. The announcement was made Monday morning, just before the start of the quarterback’s Kelly For Kids charitable foundation’s annual celebrity golf tournament.“Doctors have told me that my prognosis for recovery is very good,” he says.

Cycling

Giro stage winner fails doping test — Giro d’Italia stage winner Mauro Santambrogio tested positive for EPO from a sample given on the opening day of the race last month and has been temporarily suspended by cycling’s governing body. The International Cycling Union also asked the Italian cycling federation to proceed with a disciplinary case. He could be stripped of his victory in mountainous Stage 14 and his ninth-place finish overall. He tested positive in a urine sample May 4, the first stage of the three-week race, UCI said.

— From wire reports