Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Collins will miss around four months after undergoing surgery to repair his left labrum, the team announced on Tuesday.

Collins dislocated his shoulder in the third quarter of a game in Dallas on Oct. 27.

Collins will begin a treatment and rehabilitation process and will be reevaluated in approximately four months, the team said in a release.

The 21-year-old averaged 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in three games this season.

Portland is already dealing with injuries to center Jusuf Nurkic and forward Pau Gasol that has significantly weakened its frontcourt depth to start the season.

ST. LOUIS -- Cardinals manager Mike Shildt has a new three-year contract through the 2022 season.

Shildt was hired in 2018 and his initial deal ran through 2020.

At its end-of-season news conference Tuesday, St. Louis announced president of baseball operations John Mozeliak received a three-year extension through 2023. The Cardinals exercised a 2020 option on general manager Mike Girsch and gave him a two-year extension through 2022.

"What Mo and his group have accomplished since he took over in 2008 as the head of our baseball ops is pretty impressive," Cardinals chairman Bill DeWitt Jr. said. "We've been in the playoffs seven times. We've had 12 consecutive winning seasons, two pennants, a world championship. ... We continue to have a robust farm system, which is not easy to do. When you have winning seasons, you don't draft high. But we've got a very strong scouting and player development group."

Hired as interim manager to replace Mike Matheny on July 14, 2018, and given the job that Aug. 28, Shildt led the Cardinals to a 91-71 record and their first NL Central title since 2015. The Cardinals beat Atlanta in the NL Division Series, then were swept by eventual World Series champion Washington in the Championship Series.

Shildt is an NL Manager of the Year finalist.

"There's not a lot of room for change," Mozeliak said. "But we recognize if we can create some that we should."

Mozeliak said the team was discussing a 2020 contract with 38-year-old right-hander Adam Wainwright, who was 14-10 with a 4.19 ERA in his 14th season with the Cardinals. Wainwright had a $2 million base salary in 2019 and earned $8 million in performance bonuses based on starts.

"Clearly both parties would like to find a way to make it work," Mozeliak said, adding he hoped to reach a deal within two weeks.

After the Cardinals' elimination, Mozeliak had coffee with third baseman Matt Carpenter, who slumped to a .226 average with 15 homers and 46 RBIs. Mozeliak views it as "an outlier."

"He had much higher expectations," Mozeliak said. "He's going to spend his offseason in preparing and trying to do some things to change that trajectory. So in terms of my confidence or our confidence in him, it's high."

St. Louis said Shildt's coaching staff will return for next season and promoted Jeremy Cohen to senior director of baseball development, Kevin Seats to baseball analytics director, Patrick Casanta to systems director, Matt Bayer to project director, Javier Duran to coordinator of technology and innovation and Tyler Hadzinsky to assistant director of scouting.

"You've seen the same faces up here, but underneath there's been a lot of vibrancy and change," DeWitt said. "We always bring in smart, young, new talent, and I feel like we continue to be pretty cutting edge in analytics and how we operate the business."

Girsch, hired by the Cardinals in 2006, talked about the vast change in recent years.

"When I started we did stuff on spread sheets because you could, and now you can't," Girsch said. "You need cloud-based databases to manage all the data. You need people to deal with the amount of information we have available to us just to have it organized and ready to go before you decide how to implement it."

Mozeliak praised his senior staff, which includes assistant general manager Moises Rodriguez, assistant general manager and director of scouting Randy Flores, director of player development Gary LaRocque and director of international operations Luis Morales.

"Not going to do this forever," Mozeliak said, "so having a way to think about succession and giving people that opportunity to grow I think is most important. We certainly don't want to be a broken record. We certainly don't want to be an organization that doesn't feel like we're trying to innovate or be fresh."

Ex-Saracens skipper Kyran Bracken says the 35-point deduction and £5.36m fine faced by the club for breaching salary cap rules are "very unfair".

The Premiership champions will appeal against the penalty, which comes after an investigation into business partnerships between chairman Nigel Wray and some of the club's players.

European champions Saracens described the sanctions as "heavy-handed".

"I was shocked, dismayed, disappointed as an ex-Saracen," said Bracken.

The former England scrum-half, 44, told BBC Sport: "It seems very, very harsh when you compare it to say, out and out cheating that may, or has, been done.

"With Harlequins and bloodgate - where players went on the pitch with capsules - they got a £260,000 fine and no points deduction, yet for Saracens it's 35 points and over £5m fine, it just feels disproportionate."

Bracken played more than 200 times for Saracens over 10 years, until his retirement in 2006.

The London club's punishments have been suspended until the outcome of the appeal, leaving Sarries fourth in the table.

"The fact is if someone's out and out cheating then that's wrong and they need to be punished, but it feels like this is more of a technicality and it doesn't feel fair," Bracken added.

"If you were to look at it in the cold light of day, have a look why they're really successful - they're really successful because they invest very heavily in their academy.

"They haven't bought that success, they've nurtured their own players."

'Salary cap there for good reasons'

Fellow Premiership side Worcester Warriors - who say they are "proud" to adhere to the salary cap - backed the league for taking action against Saracens.

Sarries previously claimed they "readily comply" with salary cap rules and were able to spend above the £7m cap because of the high proportion - almost 60% - of home-grown players in their squad.

"The salary cap regulations are there for good reasons. They ensure the financial sustainability of clubs and control inflationary pressures as well as maintaining a competitive Premiership," Warriors said a statement.

"The salary cap regulations were unanimously agreed by all clubs so everyone is aware of their obligations to comply with them and of the potential consequences should they breach them."

In the aftermath of Monday’s announcement that Roger Penske was acquiring Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the NTT IndyCar Series, we present to our readers the story of Penske’s first Indianapolis 500 victory in 1972 with driver Mark Donohue. 

Love him or hate him, and there are many on both sides of that equation, Roger Penske’s unprecedented success in the Indianapolis 500 deserves recognition.

Penske once considered driving Indy himself but turned his considerable energy to the car owner’s role instead. In 1969, he arrived at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first time with sports car racer Mark Donohue as his driver.

Penske in button-down shirts and the crew-cut wearing Brown University-educated Donohue were poles apart from drivers who’d dropped out of school to go racing and the best-dressed car owners who wore cowboy hats and boots.

Many in Indy car racing considered sports car racers a bit effeminate, but Penske soon quieted the skeptics by persistently practicing his life motto — effort equals result. Few were better prepared or more focused than Team Penske.

By his fourth year at Indianapolis, Penske had grown anxious for a victory. Chasing that goal, he surprised many by going outside the sports car ranks to add Gary Bettenhausen as a teammate to Donohue in 1972.

Bettenhausen was twice a USAC sprint car national champion. What he offered Penske was oval track savvy and the ability to setup a car for the unique nuances of oval racing.

Driving a pair of impeccably prepared, blue trimmed in yellow, Sunoco-sponsored McLarens, Bettenhausen and Donohue were consistently among the quickest during practice. On Pole Day, Donohue nabbed the third spot, while Bettenhausen qualified fourth.

In the days leading up to the race, most observers predicted a Penske driver would be the winner. Come race day, Bettenhausen assumed that role.

He took the lead on the 31st lap when polesitter Bobby Unser’s Eagle dropped out of the race. Bettenhausen soon left his closest competitors, Mike Mosley and Donohue, far behind.

Because he shouldered his legendary father’s incredible legacy (Tony Bettenhausen died attempting to win the 500), Gary Bettenhausen was the sentimental favorite. He dominated, leading 138 laps. But as it appeared a Bettenhausen image might finally appear on the Borg-Warner Trophy, he rolled to a stop.

A collective moan went up from the crowd.

“It was heartbreaking,” admitted Bettenhausen. “But 40 laps in I knew we were in trouble. The engine was overheating. I radioed Roger and he said, ‘Run it till it won’t run, Pal!’

“So I got out front, thinking I could at least win some of the lap prize money,” Bettenhausen added. “I tried a trick I’d learned racing sprint cars. At the end of the straights, I’d hit the kill button with the throttle wide open. The fuel flooded the valves and pistons and cooled it. Doing that, the temperature stayed down around 200 degrees.

“It just kept running, and I thought, ‘My family has tried to win this race for so long, maybe it’s finally going to happen,’” Bettenhausen said. “Then the yellow came out with 18 laps to go, and it was all over. Running that slow I couldn’t keep it cool and the engine seized.”

Bettenhausen remembered the crowd’s support helped assuage his disappointment. One group leaped the fence and surrounded him as he coasted to a stop.

“I bet I was handed 15 beers,” he laughed. “I climbed out of the car and sat there with those guys, drank some beer and watched the race.”

What Bettenhausen saw was Donohue charging after leader Jerry Grant, who was delivering a surprising run in Dan Gurney’s “Mystery Eagle.”

Donohue was gaining rapidly on Grant, but when Grant dove into the pits with a worn right-front tire, Donohue drove on to Penske’s first Indy 500 victory.

Donohue, typically gracious, said it should’ve been Bettenhausen’s victory. But Donohue’s victory was well deserved and made up for the 500 he should’ve won the previous year.

Much has changed since 1972. Gary Bettenhausen died in 2014 without winning at Indy. Donohue died driving a Penske Formula One car in 1975.

One thing that hasn’t changed is Penske’s love for the Indianapolis 500 and his intense desire to win the world’s greatest race.

And his creed, effort equals results, is still very much in play.

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – Austin Hill will return to Hattori Racing Enterprises in the NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series next season.

Hill will remain as the driver of the No. 16 Toyota Tundra next year, which will receive increased sponsorship support from United Rentals, as well as returning partner Weins Canada, with support from Toyota Racing Development.

“It’s awesome to be coming back in 2020,” said Hill. “We have plenty left to accomplish this season, and that’s our number one focus, but it’s great to have things in place for next year to where we can move right into 2020. A year ago, I never thought I’d have a real chance to be at a place like HRE, but (team owner) Shige (Hattori), Mike Greci, (crew chief) Scott (Zipadelli) and all these guys have been awesome to work with. This team is in a great position because of a lot of committed partners like United Rentals and TRD. They do so much for us, and we wouldn’t be where we’re at without them. We’ve put together a good year so far, and I know we can do even more next season.”

Through 21 races this season, Hill has put the No. 16 Toyota Tundra in victory lane three times, including the season opener at Daytona Int’l Speedway and gave the organization its third playoff victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Hill is currently fourth in the Gander Trucks playoff standings and has collected two pole awards along with six top-five and 12 top-10 finishes. Team owner Shige Hattori looks forward to continuing the team’s success this season into 2020 with the core group intact.

“Austin has done a good job this year, and we’re looking forward to improving even more next season,” Hattori said. “It’s great for the team and Austin to have the support from our sponsors like United Rentals, Weins Canada Group, our Toyota Dealer partners in Japan, and TRD. We’re glad to have Austin back for next season, but we want to finish this season strong with another championship.”

LAS VEGAS – Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Energy Systems Network have announced a two-year, $1 million prize competition that will culminate in a head-to-head, high-speed autonomous vehicle race Oct. 23, 2021, around the speedway’s 2.5-mile oval

The announcement was made at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nev.

The Indy Autonomous Challenge is a competition among universities to create software that enables self-driving Indy Lights race cars to compete in a head-to-head race on the IMS track. The development of such software can help speed the commercialization of full autonomous vehicles and enhance existing advanced driver-assistance systems in people-driven cars. These technologies help drivers remain in control and avoid accidents by prompting awareness and improving accuracy.

The Challenge builds upon the success and impact of the DARPA Grand Challenge – the 2004-05 defense research initiative that helped create the modern autonomous vehicle industry – as well as IMS’s roots dating back to 1909 as a proving ground for the nascent automotive industry. More than a century later, IMS has contributed to countless breakthroughs in automotive performance and safety, including the first rear-view mirror.

“There’s a fundamental connection between innovations on the racetrack and real-world improvements on the highway,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said. “With the launch of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, IMS continues to embrace its historic role as a catalyst for the next generation of vehicle technologies in motorsports competition and wider consumer platforms. And while drivers will always be at the heart of racing at IMS, we’re excited to be part of this groundbreaking and exciting initiative.”

The Challenge consists of five rounds. Teams submit a short white paper during the first round, and in the second round, teams must demonstrate vehicular automation by sharing a short video of an existing vehicle or by participating in Purdue University’s self-driving go-kart competition at IMS. The Indy Autonomous Challenge’s simulation sponsor ANSYS will supply its industry-leading VRXPERIENCE Driving Simulator powered by SCANeRTM and its SCADE software development suite to teams for their use in developing autonomous vehicle software.

ESN and ANSYS will co-host “hackathons” to familiarize teams with the simulator’s full potential and ANSYS will award $150,000 in prizes to top finishers of a simulated race during the third round. The fourth round enables teams to test their actual vehicles at IMS in advance of the head-to-head race around the oval, which will award $1 million, $250,000, and $50,000 to the first, second, and third finishers, respectively.

“What we’re asking universities to do is hard,” said Matt Peak, director of mobility at Energy Systems Network. “Our hope is that by bringing together and offering up to participating teams the world’s premier automotive proving ground, performance chassis manufacturer, engineering research center and simulation platform, as well as nearly $1.5 million in total cash awards, universities will see the Challenge as not just throwing down the gauntlet but also extending the helping hand to accelerate innovation and the arrival of new technologies.”

Joining IMS and ESN for the announcement were race car manufacturer Dallara Automobili and the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR). Through Clemson University’s long-running vehicle prototype program Deep Orange, Clemson graduate automotive engineering students will collaborate with ESN and Dallara to engineer an autonomous-capable version of Dallara’s 210 mph IL-15 Indy Lights chassis that can accommodate the competing university teams’ driverless algorithms. Participating teams will be directly involved in the converted vehicle’s design and specifications through monthly virtual design reviews (VDRs) and other feedback channels throughout the competition.

“Deep Orange is an educational framework that immerses students in industry-like environments to simulate real-world R&D challenges facing companies today,” said Dr. Robert Prucka, Clemson University Kulwicki Endowed professor and Deep Orange 12 project leader. “Working with industry partners such as IMS, ESN, Dallara and ANSYS gives students unparalleled opportunities to work with the latest technologies and collaborate with cross-functional teams in a way that will make them more innovative and capable engineering leaders after they graduate.”

Five universities registered for the competition upon its opening this morning: Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), University of Florida, University of Illinois and the University of Virginia. Members of each of these early registered teams joined the organizers at the SEMA Show for the announcement.

“Nearly 15 years ago, the DARPA Grand Challenge helped prove the innovation-generating and industry-creating role of prize competitions, while recent years have seen the value of autonomous vehicle proving grounds – including Texas A&M RELLIS/TTI Proving Grounds Research Facility – on full display”, said Ivan Damnjanovic, associate professor and director of engineering project management at Texas A&M University. “We’re excited to be in on the ground level of such a dynamic effort that leverages both of these tools while adding others that can excite and empower students, inspire classrooms and coursework, and altogether help transportation research institutions advance their programs.”

SHANGHAI – Not long after Charles Howell III finished his final round in Las Vegas, he packed up for a trip to Asia he never imagined taking.

It wasn't just for golf. And he wasn't alone.

Howell took his wife and two children on a five-week tour of Asia that isn't over yet. It started with a week in Hong Kong, and his family followed him to PGA Tour stops in South Korea, Japan and mainland China. This week, they're off to Thailand before returning home to Florida.

''We just decided to do something we've never done,'' Howell said. ''It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip. They're old enough to get it and love it and appreciate it, but young enough where we can still manage to make it work.''

His children, Ansley Grace and Chase, are in third and second grade, respectively. Howell said they would Facetime with their teachers in their morning (evening in Florida), do their school work and then head off for adventures they can't find inside the gates of Isleworth.

''We thought the kids would learn from this real-world experience in other countries with different languages, different currencies, different beliefs,'' he said. ''It's been more fun than I thought it would be.''

The highlight?

That came at the start of their working vacation in Hong Kong, where tensions have been running high the last five months amid pro-democracy protests.

''With what's going on in the world, walking straight out of a department store into a 20,000-person protest,'' Howell said. ''The kids talked to some of them and they explained what they were doing. And then the temples, the religions, it was just incredible.''

Howell took his son to play Hong Kong Golf Club, but that was the extent of his golf outside the three Tour stops, where his best finish was a tie for eighth in the Zozo Championship, the PGA Tour's first official event in Japan.

''If my family wasn't here, I would definitely not have played three in a row,'' Howell said. ''I wanted the kids to see the world isn't the border of the United States, that the border isn't the back gate at Isleworth.''

The final stop was Thailand, primarily for the kids to see the elephants. Howell is friends with Kiradech Aphibarnrat, who told him he would love his home country. Nothing on the trip has disappointed thus far.

Doug Ferguson is a golf writer for The Associated Press

Sergio Garcia tied a dubious mark last week at the HSBC Champions. He joined Lee Westwood as the only players to have competed 60 times in the World Golf Championships without ever winning.

Both had good chances.

Garcia, who made his WGC debut as a 19-year-old, took a three-shot lead into the final round of the Bridgestone Invitational in 2014 when Rory McIlroy erased that in three holes and went on to a two-shot victory over the Spaniard.

Westwood finished runner-up to Mike Weir in the American Express Championship at Valderrama in 2000, though he made enough money that day to capture his first Order of Merit on the European Tour. He also was runner-up to Vijay Singh at Firestone in 2008, and in 2010 he lost a duel to Francesco Molinari in the HSBC Champions, Westwood's debut at No. 1 in the world.

Only two other players have made at least 50 starts in the WGCs without ever winning - Paul Casey (52) and Jim Furyk (51).

Casey was runner-up in the Match Play in consecutive years to Geoff Ogilvy in 2009 and Ian Poulter in 2010. Furyk had two close calls at Firestone, losing in a seven-hole playoff to Tiger Woods in 2001, and making double bogey from the 18th fairway to finish one shot behind Keegan Bradley in 2012.

Doug Ferguson is a golf writer for The Associated Press

Heung-min Son has been cleared to play in Tottenham's next three Premier League games after having a red card, issued for the challenge on Andre Gomes which led to the Everton midfielder suffering a serious ankle injury, overturned following an appeal by the club.

Son was dismissed by referee Martin Atkinson for serious foul play as a result of the incident during the second half of Sunday's 1-1 draw at Goodison Park.

Gomes on Monday underwent successful surgery to repair a fracture dislocation of his right ankle sustained when he landed off balance at speed after the tackle from Son and then collided with Spurs full-back Serge Aurier.

And after submitting statements and video evidence to support their claim for wrongful dismissal, Spurs have now successfully fought to overturn the card and subsequent three-match ban for the South Korean forward.

An FA statement said: "Heung-min Son will be available for Tottenham Hotspur FC's next three domestic fixtures after an independent Regulatory Commission upheld a claim of wrongful dismissal.

"The forward was sent off for serious foul play during the Premier League fixture against Everton FC on Sunday 3 November 2019."

Son, meanwhile, has travelled to Serbia with Tottenham today ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash with Red Star Belgrade.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers, seeing no clear timetable for Cam Newton to return from a foot injury, on Tuesday placed their franchise quarterback on season-ending injured reserve.

Newton aggravated the Lisfranc injury, originally suffered in the third preseason game, in a Week 2 loss against Tampa Bay. He has not markedly improved from rehabilitation.

After Newton visited with foot specialist Dr. Robert Anderson on Friday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, management decided that it would be best for the quarterback and the team to shut down the 2015 NFL MVP for the rest of the season.

"For the past seven weeks, Cam has diligently followed a program of rest and rehab and still is experiencing pain in his foot," general manager Marty Hurney said in a statement. "He saw two foot specialists last week who agreed that he should continue that path prescribed by the team's medical staff, and that it likely will take significant time for the injury to fully heal.

"We have said all along that it is impossible to put a timetable on this injury. Nobody is more frustrated with that fact than Cam.''

Before this injury, the first pick of the 2011 draft had missed only three starts in seven years.

The Panthers will move forward with second-year undrafted quarterback Kyle Allen, who is 5-1 as the starter this season and 6-1 in his career. Newton had lost eight straight games dating back to last season.

Newton, 30, has one year left on his contract. He is scheduled to count $21.1 million against the 2020 salary cap. Should the team decide to move on from him after this season, it would clear $19.1 million in cap space.

Newton leads the Panthers in career touchdown passes (182) and rushing touchdowns (58). He is the first quarterback in NFL history with at least 50 rushing touchdowns, the most in league history.

He is third on the NFL's all-time rushing list for quarterbacks with 4,806 yards. Michael Vick leads the way with 6,109, followed by Randall Cunningham with 4,928.

"He's one of the fiercest competitors I've been around during my 20-plus years in the League,'' Hurney said. "At this time, we have decided that the best decision to reach the goal of bringing the foot back to 100 percent is to place Cam on injured reserve."