USC coach Clay Helton said freshman linebacker Tayler Katoa will need knee surgery and will miss the upcoming season after tearing a knee ligament during spring practice.
Infielder Erisbel Arruebarrena, who signed with the Dodgers for $25 million in 2014, was suspended by the team for "repeated failures to comply with his contract."
Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy will miss the rest of the season with a torn elbow ligament, creating a hole in the middle of the rotation for a Los Angeles team with World Series aspirations.
The Lakers set a franchise record for losses in a single season Sunday, losing their 56th game of the 2014-15 campaign, a 106-78 blowout, to the Clippers.
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman has a torn ACL and will miss the 2015 season, the team announced Tuesday.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says "count me out" if NBA extends length of 82-game season into July.
