Sports shorts: Ex-Cat Scott to get more snaps with Jags

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Former Arizona Wildcats quarterback Matt Scott should receive more snaps during offseason workouts with the Jacksonville Jaguars now that the team is down two three quarterbacks.

Sports shorts: Suns hire GM from Celtics front office

PHOENIX - The Phoenix Suns have hired Boston Celtics executive Ryan McDonough as their next general manager.

Sports shorts: Summerall, called 'voice of football,' passes away at 82

DALLAS - Pat Summerall was the calm alongside John Madden's storm.

Sports shorts: Pima CC baseball, softball squads sweep Glendale

The Pima College baseball team won a doubleheader over Glendale, 5-4 and 7-1, Tuesday at the West Campus.

Sports shorts: Backlash forces ASU to scrap new Sparky

TEMPE - After weeks of backlash from students and alumni who dislike the new design of the school's costumed mascot, Arizona State University officials are going back to the drawing board .

Sports shorts: Lalang is NCAA's top indoor athlete again

Arizona junior Lawi Lalang, coming off NCAA indoor titles in the mile and 3,000-meter runs, was named the Division I Indoor national men's track athlete of the year for the second straight season.

Sports shorts: Loss ends UA's home winning streak at 12

Utah Valley scored three runs over the first three innings Tuesday night, then held on to earn a 3-1 victory over No. 10 Arizona and snap the Wildcats' 12-game home winning streak at Hi Corbett Field.

Sports shorts: Braun says he has 'nothing to hide'

NEW YORK - Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun said he used the person who ran the Florida clinic under investigation by Major League Baseball only as a consultant on his drug suspension appeal last year.

Sports shorts: Ravens' Reed is fine with Brady apology

NEW YORK - The NFL is looking into Tom Brady's leg-up slide that hit Ravens safety Ed Reed in the AFC Championship Game.

Sports shorts: Time a factor if NHL wants to play 48-game slate

NEW YORK - After small groups from the NHL and the players' association met and conferred by conference calls all afternoon, the league and the union's main negotiating teams met at night for 30 minutes before ending talks for the evening.

Sports shorts: Nadal's injury rehab smooth, but comeback hits snag

MADRID - Rafael Nadal's return to competition has been delayed by a stomach virus.

Sports shorts: Tigers re-sign Sanchez; Youkilis officially a Yankee

Detroit right-hander Anibal Sanchez, who had a 1.77 ERA in three postseason games, was thought to be the No. 2 free agent pitcher behind Zack Greinke.

Sports shorts: Tigers re-sign Sanchez; Youkilis officially a Yankee

DETROIT - The Detroit Tigers agreed Friday to a five-year, $80-million deal with right-handed pitcher Anibal Sanchez, according to agent Gene Mato.

Sports shorts: Ex-boxer Camacho shot in face, expected to survive

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho was shot in the face as he sat in a car outside the Puerto Rican capital Tuesday, and doctors said he was in serious condition but expected to survive.

Sports shorts: Ex-Seahawk arrested in pre-wedding spat with Solo

SEATTLE - Former Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens was arrested on suspicion of assaulting U.S. women's soccer team goalkeeper Hope Solo a day before their planned wedding day, according to police and court records.

Sports shorts: NHL makes offer to players; season could start Nov. 2

TORONTO - The stalled talks between the NHL and the players' association finally got a jump-start.

Sports shorts: Mercury wins lottery, right to choose Griner

People stroll by a 5-meter-high statue re-enacting French soccer star Zinedine Zidane's head butt of Italy's Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final. The bronze statue is in front of Centre Pompidou modern art museum in Paris.

Sports shorts: Mercury wins lottery, right to choose Griner

BRISTOL, Conn. - The Phoenix Mercury won the WNBA draft lottery Wednesday and earned the right to choose Brittney Griner with the top pick next year.

Sports shorts: El Paso vote paves way for Padres move

The Tucson Padres remain on track to relocate to El Paso in time for the 2014 season.

Sports shorts: Ex-Cat Furyk chosen for Ryder Cup team

Former Arizona Wildcat and current PGA professional Jim Furyk will represent the United States in the 2012 Ryder Cup matches, U.S. captain Davis Love III said Tuesday.