SPORTS digest

Canfield to host sports medicine class

CANFIELD

Canfield High School will be hosting a Pupil Activity Permit Coaches’ Sports Medicine class on April 29 from 9-11 a.m. in the school cafeteria.

Those wishing to attend should RSVP at (330) 533-5341 or gcooper@canfieldschools.net.

Youngstown police, fire to play basketball

YOUNGSTOWN

A “Battle of the Blue” basketball game is set for April 28 at 6 p.m. at the Arlington Heights Recreation Center, 903 Otis St.

The game will pit a Youngstown police team against a Youngstown fire team and is a benefit for the Mahoning County Children Services.

Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students ages 12 and younger.

For more information, call 330-941-8888.

Colts QB reveals injury goes back to 2015

INDIANAPOLIS

Andrew Luck isn’t sure when he’ll start throwing again and won’t set a timetable for his return from shoulder surgery.

The Indianapolis Colts starting quarterback isn’t expected to do much — if any — work during the team’s offseason workouts.

Players and coaches held their first official team activities Monday at the team complex, and for the first time Luck acknowledged that his injury problems began during a Week 3 contest at Tennessee in 2015.

He missed nine games that season with an assortment of injuries, including a lacerated kidney. After the season, Luck said he decided to undergo rehab rather than opt for surgery. But after aggravating the injury several times last season, he decided to have surgery.

Agent pleads guilty in UNC benefits scandal

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.

A former NFL agent has pleaded guilty to violating North Carolina’s sports agent law by providing thousands of dollars in improper benefits to three former Tar Heels football players to entice them into signing contracts with him.

Terry Watson entered his plea Monday afternoon in a deal to resolve 3 1/2-year-old felony charges. Watson received 30 months of probation and a $5,000 fine, while Judge Graham Shirley issued a suspended jail sentence of six to eight months.

Watson pleaded guilty to the 13 counts of athlete-agent inducement for providing roughly $24,000 in cash and travel accommodations to eventual NFL players Robert Quinn, Marvin Austin and Greg Little.

Fan brain dead from fall in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES Argentina

An Argentine soccer fan has been declared brain dead after he was chased down the terraces of a stadium and allegedly thrown from the bleachers.

The Emergency Hospital in Cordoba says Emanuel Balbo remains on a ventilator. But the hospital’s head of surgery tells local Todo Noticias channel on Monday that Balbo will not recover.

Balbo was beaten by other fans on Saturday during the derby in Cordoba between Belgrano and Talleres that ended 1-1.

Video footage shows he was forced down the terraces to avoid more violence and pushed over the stands to a concrete staircase below.

Brighton clinches EPL promotion

BRIGHTON, England

Brighton will play in the top-flight of English soccer for the first time in 34 years after securing promotion to the Premier League on Monday.

Thousands of fans flooded the field at the south-coast club’s ground on Monday after a 2-1 victory over Wigan.

A seventh successive win ensured Brighton will finish in the two automatic promotion places in the League Championship. Chris Hughton’s side has a seven-point lead over Newcastle, the only remaining title contender.

Reading and Huddersfield could also finish in the top two but they can’t finish in first place.

Staff/wire reports