COLLEGES
FOOTBALL: The College Football Playoff is expanding its program to help pay travel expenses for players’ parents to include the semifinals. The CFP provided up to $2,500 in assistance per player for last year’s title game.
BASEBALL
NECBL: Joe DeLuca’s RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning lifted the third-seeded SteepleCats to a 2-1 win over the second-seeded Sanford Mainers at North Adams, Massachusetts, evening their best-of-three semifinal series.
BASKETBALL
NBA: Jazz point guard Dante Exum, the No. 5 draft pick in 2014, injured his left knee playing for the Australian national team and will return to Salt Lake for evaluation.
• Sources say the Knicks agreed with big man Kevin Seraphin on a one-year deal for $2.8 million.
• Boban Marjanovic, signed by the Spurs last month, will not play for Serbia in the EuroBasket tournament because of a left ankle injury.
HOCKEY
NHL: The Canucks signed recently acquired center Brandon Sutter to a five-year deal worth nearly $22 million.
TENNIS
CITI OPEN: Sam Stosur recorded her 500th career victory, reaching the second round at Washington by beating Kristina Mladenovic, 6-2, 6-2.
– From staff and news services
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