The NFL is not the only sport figuring out how to deal with head injuries.
Major League Baseball might create a seven-day disabled list just for players with concussions as soon as next season, a person familiar with the proposal said.
The new DL would be in addition to the 15- and 60-day lists that already exist for injuries of all sorts, the person told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because the proposal is in the preliminary stages.
If the subcommittee approves the idea, it would need to be signed off by commissioner Bud Selig, then the players’ union. A change to the disabled-list rules would be subject to collective bargaining with the union.
• The Detroit Tigers and Brandon Inge agreed to a two-year, $11 million contract with a team option for the 2013 season.
Inge had an American League- best 97.7 fielding percentage among third baseman last season. He hit .247 with 13 homers and 70 RBIs in 144 games.
Big logjam in Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Robert Garrigus, Will MacKenzie, Michael Letzig, John Senden and rookie Cameron Tringale shot 7-under 64s to share the first-round lead in the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Children Open, the fourth of five PGA Tour Fall Series events.
George McNeill, Nicholas Thompson, Ryan Palmer, Vaughn Taylor and Martin Flores opened with 65s, and John Daly and Davis Love III topped a group at 66.
• Paul Lawrie of Scotland and Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina shot 7-under 64s to tie for the first-round lead at the Castello Masters in Spain, and Sergio Garcia had a 71 in his return from a two-month break.
Kahne moving to Red Bull
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kasey Kahne will finish NASCAR’s Sprint Cup season driving for Red Bull Racing, a move made possible when Richard Petty Motorsports granted him an early release, presumably to dump the remainder of his contract.
Kahne will finish this year in the No. 83 Toyota. He is signed to drive for Hendrick Motorsports in 2012 and is moving to Red Bull next year as a one-season stopgap.
Footnotes.
The race to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics began in earnest when bid cities Munich, South Korea’s Pyeongchang and France’s Annecy made their first official pitches at a meeting of Olympic associations in Acapulco, Mexico.
• The New York Red Bulls clinched the MLS’s Eastern Conference title with a 2-0 victory over the visiting New England Revolution on goals by Dane Richards and Joel Lindpere.
• China won its fourth straight men’s team title at the world gymnastics championships in Rotterdam, Netherland, while the U.S. struggled on the pommel horse and finished fourth. Japan finished second and Germany was third.
• The Montreal Canadiens said Guy Lafleur, the club’s career scoring leader, has signed a long-term deal to remain one of the team’s five public relations ambassadors.
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