ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 2021 SPORTS 14 Cardinals win 5th in row, NFL Roundup Broncos release No. 3 QB Driskel Vikings decline 5th-year option Mets fi re hitting coaches on injury-hampered CB Hughes EAGAN, Minn., May 4, (AP): The Browns are giving Malik The Minnesota Vikings declined McDowell the chance to revive an the fi fth-year contract option for NFL career stopped by some seri- cornerback Mike Hughes, with ous legal trouble. the injury-hampered 2018 fi rst- Cleveland signed the free agent round pick’s future with the team defensive tackle and former Seat- in doubt. tle draft pick and fi ve undrafted free Hughes has 13 passes defensed, agents Monday. Selected in the sec- three fumble recoveries and two ond by the Seahawks in 2017, Mc- interceptions Dowell was sentenced to 11 months in 24 career in jail in 2019 for several offenses, games. He has including the assault of a Michigan missed more police offi cer who couldn’t subdue than half of the 6-foot-6, 295-pounder despite them to inju- using a Taser. ries, fi rst tear- ❑ ❑ ❑ ing the ACL in his left knee The Dallas Cowboys declined as a rookie. the fi fth-year option on linebacker He cracked a Leighton Vander Esch’s rookie bone in his contract, setting up an interesting neck in the Driskel season at the position after the last regular- club used this year’s fi rst-round season game in 2019 that kept pick on a potential replacement. him out of the playoffs, and that Vander Esch had a strong rookie trouble persisted last year, limit- season after the Cowboys drafted ing him to four games. him 19th overall in 2018. But inju- ❑ ❑ ❑ ries limited him to 19 games the past two years, most notably the revela- The Denver Broncos released tion that the former Boise State play- quarterback Jeff Driskel when er has always had spinal stenosis, a they signed veteran tight end Eric narrowing of the spinal column that Saubert. makes neck injuries more risky. Driskel began last season as ❑ ❑ ❑ Drew Lock’s backup and played Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohtani (right), slides into second base with a double past the tag attempt by Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Mike Brosseau during the fi rst inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 3, in Anaheim, California. (AP) well in relief during a Week 2 The Chicago Bears released loss at Pittsburgh. He lost his one veteran left tackle Charles Leno start the following week, 28-10 to Jr.. Tampa Bay, and was leapfrogged Leno tweeted that his “time in Adames, Margot slug Rays past Angels 7-3 by Brett Rypien for the No. 2 job Chicago has offi cially come to an the rest of the season. end” and called it “a bittersweet ❑ ❑ ❑ day.” He said he will “be rooting ST. LOUIS, May 4, (AP): Jake Diekman worked the ninth for his third save. for the young guys to succeed” Jacksonville declined to pick and thanked Bears fans. Adam Wainwright came up the fi fth-year option in defen- off the COVID-19 injured 3-time Indy 500 winner, Indians 8, Royals 6 ❑ ❑ ❑ In Kansas City, Mo., Eddie Rosario sive tackle Taven Bryan’s rookie list and hung tough, St. watched anxiously as plate umpire Dan contract, meaning 2021 likely will Tennessee Titans fourth-round Louis got a lights-out per- Bobby Unser dies at 87 Bellino called a ball what could easily be his fi nal year with the Jaguars. draft pick Rashad Weaver has formance from its bullpen have been strike three, then swatted the NFL teams had until Monday to been charged with simple assault INDIANAPOLIS, May 4, (AP): and he his brother grew up tooling next pitch into the right-fi eld stands for decide whether to exercise fi fth- following an incident in Pitts- and the Cardinals beat Bobby Unser, a three-time Indian- around in old jalopies before he a tiebreaking three-run homer that sent year options on 2018 fi rst-round burgh last month. New York for their fi fth apolis 500 winner and part of the began his racing career in 1949 at Cleveland over Kansas City. picks. The 29th overall selection The complaint against Weaver, straight win. only pair of brothers to win “The Roswell New Mexico Speedway. Josh Naylor added a two-run shot from Florida that year, Bryan has who played defensive end at the Greatest Spectacle in Racing” has After a two years in the U.S. Air off Royals reliever Jakob Junis (1-2) played in every game in three sea- After the game, the Mets fi red two batters later, turning what would University of Pittsburgh, was fi led died. He was 87. Force from 1953 to 1955 - a stint for sons. But he has just 11 tackles for Friday, a day before the Titans hitting coach Chili Davis and as- He died Sunday at his home in which he was always proud - Unser have been a scoreless seventh inning with Rosario’s would-be punch-out loss, including 3 1/2 sacks. selected Weaver with the 135th sistant hitting coach Tom Slater. Albuquerque, New Mexico of natu- turned to racing full time and be- ❑ ❑ ❑ New York has struggled badly ral causes, The came one of the greatest racers in In- into a fi ve-run frame. Bryan Shaw (1- overall pick in the draft. with runners in scoring position Indianapolis dianapolis Motor Speedway history. 0) coughed up a run in relief of Indians Speedway He was one of just 10 drivers to starter Aaron Civale, and James Karin- this season, a trouble spot last chak gave up Hunter Dozier’s two-run year as well when Davis worked said Monday. win the 500 at least three times and Unser won homer later in the seventh, before their remotely because of coronavirus the Indy 500 bullpen fi nally wrapped up their sixth concerns. in 1968, 1975 CAR RACING win in eight games. Several accomplished hitters are off and 1981. Orioles 5, Mariners 3 to slow starts for the Mets, including His younger $341 million newcomer Francisco Lin- In Seattle, Cedric Mullins and Freddy brother, Al, Unser and Rick Mears are the only Galvis each hit a two-run homer in Bal- dor. The Cardinals were clinging to a is one of only drivers to win the 500 in three dif- one-run lead in the ninth with two outs timore’s fi ve-run eighth inning against three four- ferent decades. Unser was one of six Seattle. and a runner on base when the lights at time Indy 500 Unser members of the Unser family to race Busch Stadium fl ickered, then went out Shut down by Seattle’s bullpen for winners in in the Indianapolis 500. seven innings, the Orioles broke loose race history. Al Unser won the race His fi nal Indy 500 victory in 1981 in the eighth. Mullins got it started with in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. The came in a Roger Penske entry in a shot off Anthony Misiewicz (2-1) to BASEBALL Unser family tradition stretched to one of the most controversial and right-center fi eld that was nearly stolen Al Unser’s son, Al Unser Jr., who contentious outcomes. Unser beat at the wall by right fi elder Mitch Hani- won the Indy 500 in 1992 and 1994. Mario Andretti by 5.18 seconds, but ger. The ball appeared to graze the top for a moment. When play resumed, re- Bobby Unser was born Feb. 20, offi cials ruled Unser passed cars il- liever Alex Reyes walked Pete Alonso of Haniger’s glove as he crashed into 1934, in Colorado Springs, Colo- legally while exiting the pit lane un- the fence. before retiring Dom Smith on a fl yball rado, but moved with his family as der caution - drawing a penalty that for the fi nal out. Dean Kremer had arguably the best In this Dec. 8, 2019 fi le photo, shows Detroit Lions wide receiver Mar- a child to New Mexico. His father docked him one position and moved start of his young career, throwing six vin Jones catching a pass ahead of Minnesota Vikings cornerback Rays 7, Aangels 3 owned a garage along Route 66 Andretti to winner. innings for Baltimore and allowing just Mike Hughes, (right), during the fi rst half of an NFL football game, in In Anaheim, California, Willy Ad- two hits and one run. The only blemish Minneapolis. (AP) ames and Manuel Margot homered, was Tom Murphy’s solo homer in the single with two outs to chase Anderson. Marcus Semien’s return to the Colise- fi fth. Mike Brosseau had a two-run single and San Diego had just three hits. um. Stephen Piscotty also went deep for Tampa Bay opened a seven-game Cali- Oakland. Jed Lowrie doubled twice and Twins 6, Rangers 5 fornia road trip with a victory over Los Athletics 5, Blue Jays 4 had three hits. In Minneapolis, Kenta Maeda steered MLB Results/Standings Angeles. In Oakland, California, Ramon Lau- Frankie Montas (3-2) pitched six un- Tyler Glasnow (4-1) pitched six in- himself back on track by keeping Texas reano homered for the third consecutive even innings to win the fi rst meeting be- scoreless into the sixth inning, and Min- nings of four-hit ball with three walks for day and Oakland beat Toronto, spoiling tween the teams in more than two years. the defending AL champion Rays.