Buffalo, n.y.
The Sabres improved their top-six forward ranks by acquiring Conor Sheary and defenseman Matt Hunwick in a trade with Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The Penguins obtained a conditional 2019 fourth-round pick that could improve to a third-rounder in move that frees up $5.5 million of space under their salary cap before the NHL’s free-agency period opens on Sunday.
Sheary was the key to the deal for Botterill. He’s the former Penguins assistant GM who watched the undrafted player develop in making the jump from signing a minor-league tryout contract to winning two Stanley Cup titles playing alongside Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby.
Sheary is a dependable two-way forward who will be given an opportunity to play wing on one of Buffalo’s top lines, centered by Jack Eichel or Ryan O’Reilly.
Tour Vet Rodgers Dies
San Diego
Rodgers died on Tuesday morning at his home near San Diego.
Rodgers developed into one of top young players in the 1950s under Paul Runyan at La Jolla Country Club, winning an NCAA title at Houston. He won the 1962 Los Angeles Open for his first PGA Tour title, closing with a 62 for a nine-shot victory.
Sun 101, Fever 89
Uncasville, Conn.
Ogwumike also had nine rebounds, and Jones made a career-high five 3-pointers.
Courtney Williams scored 13 points, Shekinna Stricklen added 12 — on 4-of-6 shooting from 3-point range — and Jasmine Thomas had 10 for Connecticut (9-6). The Sun shot 54.8 percent from the field, made 13 of 24 from behind the arc, and topped the 100-point plateau for the fourth time this season.
Brother of Giants’ Jenkins Charged
Fair Lawn, n.j.
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said 34-year-old William H. Jenkins, of Fair Lawn, N.J., was arrested on Tuesday and charged on Wednesday with aggravated manslaughter in the death of Roosevelt Rene, whose body was discovered on Tuesday.
Acting Prosecutor Dennis Calo said on Wednesday that William Jenkins is in custody in the Ontario County Jail in New York State. The investigation is ongoing.
Janoris Jenkins’ home is about 10 miles north of MetLife Stadium.
Worker Found DeadIn Stadium Freezer
Atlanta
Cobb County police on Wednesday identified him as Todd Keeling, 48, of White Bear Lake, Minn.
Keeling had worked an overnight shift for a beverage vendor, authorities said. A co-worker found his body inside the beer cooler at SunTrust Park before Tuesday night’s Braves-Cincinnati game.
An autopsy was planned Wednesday to help determine how he died, Cobb County police spokeswoman Sarah O’Hara said.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death, agency spokesman Michael D’Aquino told The Associated Press.
The Braves declined to comment.
Keeling was an inventor, and had been at SunTrust Park to install his patented beer-pouring technology when he died, a relative told an Atlanta newspaper.
In October 2016, the United States issued the patent for the invention, which features “a new nozzle for a beer valve tap and a new foamless beer tap dispensing system,” government records show.
“This is his dream since he was a kid,” his aunt, Fran Kuchta, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .
Keeling had already worked to get beer technology installed at The Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins’ stadiums, and was excited about the technology being added to SunTrust Park, Kuchta said.
Just this week, Braves officials showed off the new technology to local news reporters, saying it will allow beers to be poured about three times faster than in the past.
SunTrust Park is northwest of Atlanta, near Smyrna, Georgia.