Sports in brief
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Baseball
Trumbo to D-backs in 3-team trade — The Los Angeles Angels have traded slugging outfielder-first baseman Mark Trumbo to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a three-team deal that also includes the Chicago White Sox. Pitcher Hector Santiago moved from the White Sox to the Angels, outfielder Adam Eaton from the Diamondbacks to Chicago, and left-hander Tyler Skaggs from Arizona to Los Angeles. Arizona also will receive a player to be named or cash from each of the other clubs in Tuesday’s deal made at the winter meetings.
A’s trade LHP Brett Anderson to Rockies — A person with knowledge of the trade says the Oakland Athletics have dealt left-hander Brett Anderson to the Colorado Rockies for lefty Drew Pomeranz and minor league pitcher Chris Jensen. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the deal had not been announced. Two-time AL West champion Oakland had been looking to move Anderson, who is due to make $8 million this season and has a $12 million contract option for 2015. Anderson made a late-season stint as a reliever following an injury-shortened season in which he went 1-4 with a 6.04 ERA in five starts and 16 appearances.
Soccer
Portland Thorns hire head coach — Paul Riley has been hired as the head coach of the defending NWSL champion Portland Thorns. Riley most recently coached the Philadelphia Independence of the now-defunct Women’s Professional Soccer league. The Independence reached the WPS championship in each of its two seasons and he was the coach of the year in 2010 and 2011. Before that, he was head coach of the Long Island Fury of the Women’s Premier Soccer League, leading the team to the league’s inaugural championship in 2006 and a second title in 2009.
Winter sports
Figure skating champ Lysacek out of Sochi Games — Reigning Olympic men’s figure skating champion Evan Lysacek will miss the Sochi Games because of a torn labrum in his left hip. Lysacek tore the labrum, along with another muscle in his abdomen, during a hard fall in August. He pursued an aggressive course of treatment and returned to the ice in October. But the “excruciating pain” intensified as he increased his training, and doctors told him last week that he was risking permanent damage if he continued. Lysacek made his announcement Tuesday on the “Today” show.
Basketball
Sun win top pick in WNBA draft lottery — The Connecticut Sun won the top pick in the WNBA draft lottery on Tuesday. The Tulsa Shock earned the second pick with the San Antonio Silver Stars getting the third choice and the New York Liberty receiving the fourth pick. Connecticut, which finished last in the Eastern Conference last season, had a 44 percent chance of winning the top pick. New York and Tulsa each had a 23 percent chance and San Antonio has a 10 percent chance. Top prospects in this year’s draft include Chiney Ogwumike of Stanford, Odyssey Sims of Baylor and Alyssa Thomas of Maryland.
Sailing
America’s Cup economic impact below projections — The America’s Cup sailing races this year generated far less economic activity in the San Francisco Bay Area than projected, and cost taxpayers more than $5 million, a newspaper reported. Draft figures from the Bay Area Council Economic Institute reviewed by the San Francisco Chronicle show the races generated at least $364 million in economic impact. That figure rises to $550 million if the construction of a new cruise ship terminal is factored in. That is far below the $900 million projected just a few months before the races were set to begin and the $1.4 billion originally estimated in 2010.
— From wire reports