Kovalchuk's new $100M Devils deal approved by NHL

The NHL has signed off on Ilya Kovalchuk's latest contract with the New Jersey Devils.

Five weeks after rejecting the Russian's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term contracts.

Jay Grossman, Kovalchuk's agent, confirmed the agreement in an e-mail to The Associated Press. It was first reported by TSN.

The NHL had rejected the Devils' initial offer because it violated the league's salary cap. An arbiter upheld that decision after the union filed a grievance.

With 338 goals and 304 assists in 642 career games, Kovalchuk was the biggest prize on the NHL free agent market this season. The 27-year-old left wing had 41 goals and 44 assists in 2009-10, a season he split between Atlanta and the Devils, who acquired him in a multi-player deal in February.

Pro football: Broncos' White out for season

The Denver Broncos' tailback turnstile keeps on spinning.

LenDale White is out for the season after rupturing his right Achilles' tendon Thursday night at Minnesota.

White will undergo surgery on Tuesday, said Chris Brantley, who represents the fifth-year running back who spent his first four seasons in Tennessee and joined the Broncos last month as a free agent.

"He's disappointed, of course, because he put so much time and effort into getting back on the field and getting another opportunity to play the game he loves," Brantley told The Associated Press. "But he's been very positive and will get through this fine."

More pro football: Knee injury ends season for Browns rookie Hardesty

The Browns couldn't wait to see what rookie running back Montario Hardesty could do on the field.

He won't be out there again this season.

Hardesty tore his left anterior cruciate ligament in his NFL debut on Thursday night and will be out for the year, a cruel twist for the second-round pick, whose career has been slowed by serious knee injuries.

The Browns placed Hardesty on injured reserve and waived six players, including defensive back Coye Francies, who played in five games last season.

Pro baseball: Morgan receives eight games for Nats-Marlins brawl

Washington Nationals outfielder Nyjer Morgan has received an eight-game suspension stemming his part in a brawl during a game against the Florida Marlins.

Major League Baseball handed out punishments to six players, both managers and a coach after reviewing Wednesday night's game.

For the Marlins, pitcher Chris Volstad received a six-game suspension. Pitcher Alex Sanabia is suspended for five games, first baseman Gaby Sanchez for three, and manager Edwin Rodriguez for one game. Pitcher Jose Veras received a fine.

Nationals pitcher Doug Slaten gets a three-game suspension. Manager Jim Riggleman is suspended for two games, and third base coach Pat Listach for three games.

More pro baseball: Cueto leaves Reds to attend to family emergency

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto missed the team's first series against the St. Louis Cardinals since he played a principal role in their fracas last month, attending to what the team called a family emergency in the Dominican Republic.

Manager Dusty Baker thought Cueto, who last pitched on Wednesday, would be back in time for his next turn in the rotation Tuesday at Colorado. He said Cueto would run and throw while away during what the manager termed a "pretty serious emergency."

Cueto, second on the team in wins with a 12-4 record and 3.41 ERA, was suspended seven games for his actions during a brawl with the Cardinals in Cincinnati last month.

More pro baseball: McCourt says he took out Dodger loan to help wife

Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt has testified he took a $60 million loan against the value of the land around Dodger Stadium to pay mortgages on his estranged wife's six homes.

McCourt testified for a fourth day as he battles Jamie McCourt over ownership of the Dodgers, the stadium and surrounding property.

Jamie McCourt is challenging a marital agreement that her husband says gives him sole ownership of team while his wife gets the six houses. She wants an even split of assets under the state community property law.

More pro baseball: Strasburg has Tommy John surgery in California

Nationals rookie phenom Stephen Strasburg had reconstructive elbow surgery that could keep him out of the starting rotation until the 2012 season.

Lewis Yocum performed the procedure in Inglewood, Calif., in which a piece of ligament was taken from the 22-year-old right-hander's left leg and transplanted into his pitching elbow.

The Nationals said that Strasburg will be released from the hospital today and begin rehab on Monday at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, Calif., near his home in San Diego.

"Everything went very smoothly and the reports were very good," Washington general manager Mike Rizzo said before a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

More pro baseball: Mets' Santana still day to day

New York Mets ace Johan Santana remains day to day with a strained left pectoral muscle.

Manager Jerry Manuel says the injury is "nothing they think is serious" but is not sure if Santana will miss a start. He's scheduled to pitch Tuesday against Washington.

Santana left following the fifth inning of Thursday's 4-2 win over Atlanta. Manuel says Santana will probably throw some long toss today and possibly a bullpen session.

College football: BSU assistant won't travel to game after arrest

A Boise State assistant football coach has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and won't make the trip to the Broncos' season opener in the Washington, D.C., area.

According to the Ada County Sheriff's Department, running backs coach Keith Abu Bhonapha was arrested early yesterday.

Head coach Chris Petersen said the 30-year-old Bhonapha's arrest was a "personnel matter" and that the team wouldn't comment — other than to say he wouldn't make the trip.

More college football: Ogletree the latest Georgia player arrested

The Georgia football program finished the 2010 offseason with nine players being arrested — including one on the final day.

Freshman safety Alec Ogletree was charged with one count of "theft by taking" by UGA Police. He was subsequently suspended for a minimum of one game by head coach Mark Richt.

The charge, a misdemeanor, stemmed from a June 15 incident in which Petr Novotny, a member of the school's track team, reported his $35 scooter helmet being stolen. UGA chief of police Jimmy Williamson said that "within a day or two" the helmet was located in Ogletree's possession.

Ogletree, a Newnan, Ga., native, turned himself in to the Clarke County jail at 2:07 p.m. He posted a $1,500 bail and was released at 4:51 p.m.

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