Sports roundup: Browns sign draft picks to four-year deals – Columbus Dispatch
NFL
The Cleveland Browns signed two more draft picks, completing contracts with defensive end Xavier Cooper, a third-round selection, and fullback Malcolm Johnson, a sixth-round choice.
Each signed a four-year deal. Financial terms were not disclosed.
• The Cincinnati Bengals signed safety Derron Smith, a sixth-round pick from Fresno State.
• The Detroit Lions signed receiver Lance Moore, a Westerville South graduate.
• Undrafted rookie free agent safety Harold Jones-Quartey, a Findlay graduate from Columbus, signed with the Arizona Cardinals. Jones-Quarteygraduated from Horizon Science Academy and played high-school football for the Columbus Crusaders club team.
BOXING
Mayweather-Pacquiao sets pay-per-view mark
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao proved a box office smash, even if their welterweight title fight didn’t live up to the hype.
The May 2 fight obliterated the pay-per-view record, with 4.4 million buys generating more than $400 million in revenue. With a live gate of nearly $72 million and other revenue, the bout grossed more than $600 million and likely made Mayweather more than $200 million.
Showtime and HBO officials reported the PPV figures, saying the fight broke the record of 2.48 m illion buys generated by Mayweather’s 2007 fight with Oscar De La Hoya by nearly 2 million buys.
COLLEGES
Florida State’s Fisher meets with Golson about transfer
Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said he has met with Everett Golson about the possibility of the former Notre Dame quarterback transferring to the Seminoles.
Fisher said that Golson visited Florida State’s campus on Monday. The coach said he would not promise playing time to Golson and that it was up to the player if he wanted to join the Seminoles.
Golson reportedly also met yesterday with Florida coach Jim McElwain.
• Michigan says receiver Dennis Norfleet’s status is an “internal matter” after his high-school coach said he was no longer a member of the Wolverines. Detroit King coach Dale Harvel told The Detroit News and MLive.com that Norfleet was dismissed from the team.
HOCKEY
U.S. team beats Slovakia at world championships
Jack Eichel scored on a wrist shot with 28 seconds left in overtime to give the United States a 5-4 victory over Slovakia in the Americans’ final group stage game at the world championships in Prague.
The Americans finished first in Group B with six wins and one loss. The result means the U.S. team will meet Switzerland in a quarterfinal.
• Former NHL defenseman Steve Montador had a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to repeated blows to the head, according to researchers who did an autopsy on his brain.
Montador died in February at age 35 of an undisclosed cause at his home in Mississauga, Ontario. He had multiple concussions during his career with six NHL teams and showed signs of a possible brain disorder, including depression, memory problems and erratic behavior.
Montador’s family said they plan to sue the NHL.
• Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Michal Rozsival had surgery on his broken left ankle and should return in three to four months.
HORSE RACING
Trainer Pletcher takes pass on entering Preakness
Trainer Todd Pletcher said he will not enter any of the four horses he was considering for Saturday’s Preakness at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Materiality is expected to run in the Belmont Stakes on June 6 after finishing sixth in the Kentucky Derby.
Pletcher’s other Preakness possibilities were Derby 10th-place finisher Carpe Diem, Competitive Edge and Stanford.
— From staff, wire reports
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