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Nationals pitcher Will Harris has blood clot in throwing arm

(AP) — Washington Nationals nez said. "So we kind of backed off a Harris, then with Houston, gave up a
reliever Will Harris has a blood little bit, got an MRI, and in the arm tiebreaking two-run homer to Wash-
clot in his right arm and is leav- was a little small blood clot." ington's Howie Kendrick in the sev-
ing spring training camp to be ex- enth inning of World Series Game 7
amined by a specialist, manager The 36-year-old Harris last pitched two years ago, a game the Nationals
Dave Martinez said Friday. in an exhibition game on March 9, won 6-2 for their first title.
throwing one scoreless inning against
"I don't know much about what's go- the Houston Astros. The right-hand- He has been expected to be a part of
ing to happen here. But for me, when er appeared in a "B game" on Satur- a formidable back end of the bullpen
somebody mentions something like day. along with Brad Hand and Daniel
that, it's kind of a scary deal," Marti- Hudson for Washington, which fin-
nez said. "Until we know more about "Medically, I don't know the extent ished last season tied for last in the
it, then I got to assume that he's going of what that is. But I know it's some- NL East.
to not start with us this season." thing that is serious," Martinez said.
"We need to take care of it. Take care "He's pretty upbeat considering
Opening day is April 1, less than two of it as soon as possible. And I feel for what's going on," Martinez said.
weeks away. Will, 'cause I know he was just work- "Hopefully we'll know more sooner
ing his tail off to help us this year." than later, and then we can determine
"He felt weird his last outing," Marti- what's going to happen."

Djokovic pulls out of Miami Open, citing virus restrictions

(AP) — No. 1-ranked No- said in a statement. "With all with families."
vak Djokovic pulled out restrictions, I need to find There has been less attrition
of the upcoming Miami balance in my time on tour on the women's side. Serena
Open on Friday, citing and at home." Williams, Australian Open
coronavirus restrictions champion Naomi Osaka and
as he joined Rafael Nadal Nadal pulled out Tuesday, No. 1 Ash Barty are among
and Roger Federer on the citing a bad back that both- those scheduled to compete.
sideline. ered him during the Austra-
lian Open. Federer, mount- Barty won the tournament in
The tournament begins ing a comeback from knee 2019. It was canceled last year
Tuesday, with only 750 fans surgery, withdrew March 1. because of the pandemic.
allowed on the grounds per They're based overseas, as is
session. The pandemic is also Djokovic. Djokovic won his 18th Grand
affecting attendance by play- Slam title at the Australian
ers. "This has been a difficult year Open last month. The Serb
for everyone," Miami Open is in his 312th career week
"I decided to use this pre- tournament director James at No. 1 and recently broke
cious time at home to stay Blake said in a statement, Federer's record of 310 total
with my family," Djokovic "but especially for players weeks in the top spot.

Ex-UCLA coach gets 8 months in prison for admissions scam

(AP) — A former University of during a hearing held via videocon- guilty.
Southern California, Los Angeles ference. "Mr. Salcedo has demonstrated that
men's soccer coach was sentenced Salcedo took another $100,000 bribe he is a perpetual cheat," Assistant
to eight months behind bars Fri- Salcedo's is one of the longest sen- from the consultant, Rick Singer, to U.S. Attorney Kristen Kearney said.
day for pocketing $200,000 in tences that have been handed down recruit the son of Xiaoning Sui, of
bribes to help applicants get into so far in the case dubbed "Operation Surrey, British Columbia, to his team, Salcedo is the third coach sentenced
the school as bogus athletic re- Varsity Blues," which in 2019 un- authorities said. Salcedo submit- so far in the case. Michael Center,
cruits. covered a scheme to get wealthy par- ted paperwork awarding him a 25% who was a tennis coach at the Uni-
ents' kids into elite universities with scholarship because he knew schol- versity of Texas at Austin, got six
Jorge Salcedo told the judge that he fake athletic credentials or bogus test arship recruits received less scrutiny, months while ex-Stanford sailing
joined in the college admissions brib- scores. authorities said. coach John Vandemoer got one day in
ery scheme because he was desperate prison which he was deemed to have
for cash after buying a house his fam- U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani Sui was sentenced to time served last already served.
ily couldn't afford. Salcedo said he told Salcedo he chose "what appeared year after spending five months in a
takes complete responsibility for his to be the easy path" to fix his finan- Spanish prison following her arrest. More than 40 people in the case have
actions that have destroyed the life he cial woes, adding that "it invites the pleaded guilty, including TV actresses
knew. logic that if this hadn't been stopped Singer, who has also pleaded guilty, Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin
it would have continued." recorded his phone calls with parents as well as Loughlin's fashion designer
"I am a different man than I was two and coaches and is expected to be the husband, Mossimo Giannulli. The
years ago and I will never make de- The admissions consultant at the star witness for the prosecution in sentences for the parents have ranged
cisions like this again," Salcedo said center of the scheme paid Salcedo any cases that go to trial. from a couple weeks to nine months.
$100,000 to help a California couple,
Bruce and Davina Isackson, get their Salcedo tried to get another student Giannulli is scheduled to be released
daughter into UCLA as a bogus soc- in as a recruit, but the student ended from prison in April after serving five
cer recruit, authorities say. Salcedo up going to a different school, pros- months behind bars for paying half
convinced women's coaches to re- ecutors said. a million dollars to get his daughters
cruit her and created a coverup story into the University of Southern Cali-
when school compliance officials Prosecutors had asked for 18 months fornia. Loughlin served two months
questioned her soccer background, behind bars, noting that Salcedo and Huffman served two weeks.
prosecutors said. pocketed the $200,000 for himself — Huffman pleaded guilty to paying
rather than his team — and engaged $15,000 to rig her daughter's entrance
The Isacksons have also pleaded in the scheme multiple times. exam score.