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Chamberlain, Gorzelanny released

CLEVELAND

The Cleveland Indians have designated veteran reliever Joba Chamberlain for assignment.

The team made several moves to help its overworked bullpen before Monday night’s rain-delayed game against Detroit. Left-hander Tom Gorzelanny also was designated for assignment, while right-hander Mike Clevinger and lefty T.J. House were recalled from Triple-A Columbus.

Cleveland is coming off a series in Toronto that included a 19-inning game Friday. The Indians went to their bullpen early on Sunday when starter Corey Kluber lasted only 3 1/3 innings in a 17-1 loss.

The 30-year-old Chamberlain was signed in the offseason and had no record with a 2.25 ERA in 20 appearances. The right-hander was selected in the first round of the 2006 draft by the New York Yankees, and also has pitched for Detroit and Kansas City.

Gorzelanny allowed seven runs in one-third of an inning Sunday.

Clevinger is 0-1 with an 8.79 ERA in three starts for the Indians. He has gone 8-0 with a 2.70 ERA at Columbus.

Cyclists enjoy relaxed day at Tour

ANGERS, France

Wearing the yellow jersey, Peter Sagan considered stopping at a cafe.

Hardly pedaling, the overall leaders in the Tour de France spent most of Monday’s third stage chatting to one another and riding at such a leisurely pace that they could have fit right in on a town bike path.

“It was a very relaxed day for us. We went slow. It was nice,” said Sagan, who playfully bumped shoulders with some of the other riders just to keep things interesting. “I was thinking one moment we were going to take the coffee like old time.”

The morning caffeine didn’t kick in until the very end of the lengthy and mostly flat 223.5-kilometer (139-mile) leg from Granville to Angers.

That was when Mark Cavendish showed off his sprinting experience by edging German rival Andre Greipel in a photo finish.

Having also won Saturday’s opening stage at Utah Beach, it was Cavendish’s second victory in this Tour and 28th overall. The British rider with Team Dimension Data matched five-time Tour champion Bernard Hinault for second on the all-time list behind Eddy Merckx, who had a record 34 stage wins at the Tour.

Rio Olympic venue oil turns white boats brown

RIO DE JANEIRO

A new pollution problem has surfaced in Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Sailors complained Monday about an oil slick that turned white boats brown with crews in town practicing for the Olympics, which open in a month.

“We’ve never seen anything like this. It was all over the place,” Finnish sailor Camilla Cedercreutz said. “There was no way you could avoid it.”

It’s yet another in a long list of problems confronting South America’s first games: the Zika virus, rising crime and violence, budget cuts, and slow ticket sales.

The games will also open with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff facing an impeachment trial, and Brazil mired in its deepest recession in decades.

Cedercreutz said the slick filled part of the bay on Sunday, staining her boat from bow to stern.

Jennings, Knicks reach deal

NEW YORK

A person with knowledge of the details says that Brandon Jennings has agreed to a deal with the New York Knicks.

Jennings will finally join the Knicks after they passed on him in the 2009 NBA draft, the person told The Associated Press on Monday, confirming reports of the point guard’s one-year, $5 million deal.

The Knicks took forward Jordan Hill with the No. 8 pick in 2009. Jennings went two picks later to Milwaukee, and he hurt the Knicks with a series of strong performances when he played against them.

Associated Press