MEXICO CITY (AP) — The game between the San Antonio Spurs and Minnesota Timberwolves was postponed because of smoky conditions inside the Mexico City arena.
The arena was evacuated about 45 minutes before the scheduled 9:30 p.m. EST tipoff when a generator malfunction outside the arena sent smoke pouring into the building, according to NBA spokeswoman Sharon Lima.
Mexico City Police said in a statement there was a fire in the generator room on the fourth floor of the modern glass-clad arena that opened in 2012.
The matchup will be made up in Minnesota at a later date.
College football
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecutor overseeing the investigation of sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston said that it is completed.
State Attorney Willie Meggs has scheduled a news conference at 2 p.m. Thursday in his office to announce his findings. Meggs said investigators have learned as much as they can about the December 2012 incident.
Winston has led the Seminoles to the No. 1 ranking, and they will play for a conference title Saturday, with a shot at the national crown. The quarterback also is the leading candidate for the Heisman, and many voters are waiting to see whether Winston will be charged with a crime before casting their ballots.
GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Grambling State has named current McNeese State tight ends coach Broderick Fobbs as the Tigers’ next head coach, hoping he can not only win but also heal a strained relationship between players and the administration.
Fobbs will remain with McNeese through the Cowboys’ second-round FCS playoff game Saturday. He’ll then take over for Dennis “Dirt” Winston, who was Grambling’s second interim coach of 2013, a season defined by a midseason player walkout that forced the cancellation of Jackson State’s homecoming game in October.
Baseball
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with free agent reliever
Joe Nathan on a two-year contract with a club option for 2016, accomplishing one of their main objectives this offseason by adding one of baseball’s most accomplished closers to the bullpen.
CHICAGO (AP) — Veteran slugger Paul Konerko is returning to the Chicago White Sox after agreeing to a one-year, $2.5 million contract and opting to come back for another season rather than retire or sign elsewhere.
Pro football
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NFL fined Steelers coach Mike Tomlin $100,000 for interfering with Baltimore’s Jacoby Jones on a kickoff return in the third quarter of a 22-20 loss to the Ravens on Thanksgiving night.
The fine is the secondhighest ever levied by the league on a head coach, behind only the $500,000 the NFL docked New England’s Bill Belichick in 2007 for spying on an opponent’s defensive signals.
There is also the chance the Steelers have a draft pick taken away “because the conduct affected a play on the field.”
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