Former MLB manager and player Phil Garner died Saturday after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, his family announced in a statement. He was 76.

Garner, a longtime MLB infielder and three-time All-Star, pivoted to a 15-year career as a manager. After stints with the Milwaukee Brewers and Detroit Tigers, Garner led the Houston Astros to their first pennant in 2005.

Before becoming a manager, Garner spent 16 years in the majors as a second and third baseman. He started his playing career with the Oakland Athletics, earning his first All-Star nod in his fourth and final year with the team.

Garner then played five years with the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he earned the nickname “Scrap Iron” for his tough demeanor. Garner played in 150 games in the 1979, when the Pirates won the World Series. He picked up his other two All-Star appearances in 1980 and 1981 during his time with the team.

Garner went on to play for three more teams, including a six-year stint with the Astros, who he would go on to manage.

After retiring from playing, Garner began his managerial career with the Milwaukee Brewers in 1992, leading the team for eight seasons. Garner then spent three seasons as manager of the Detroit Tigers from 2000-2002, before being hired by the Astros partway through the 2004 season. He led Houston to its first World Series the very next season, with the team going 89-73 and winning the National League championship before being swept by the Chicago White Sox in the title game.

Garner amassed a 985-1,054 record across his managerial career. He held the Brewers’ franchise record for managerial wins until Craig Counsell passed him in 2022.

Several MLB teams, who Garner played for or managed, honored the late infielder on social media, including the Pirates, Brewers, Tigers and Los Angeles Dodgers (where Garner played for one season).

In addition to posting a statement honoring Garner, the Brewers also held a moment of silence before Sunday’s home game against the Washington Nationals, via MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy.

Ted Ginn Jr., the head coach of UFL’s Columbus Aviators, has been arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated in Texas, according to records from the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office.

Ginn was arrested by police in Euless, which sits between Fort Wayne and Dallas, at around 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, per ABC 6. He was reportedly released on $1,000 bond.

The Aviators are set to play at Dallas Renegades on Sunday afternoon. In a statement, the team said offensive coordinator and former NFL head coach Todd Haley will step in as interim head coach for that game.

“We are aware of an incident involving Head Coach Ted Ginn Jr. over the weekend and are in the process of gathering more information,” the team said, via The Hockey News Columbus.

Ginn Jr., a former receiver at Ohio State who played for several NFL teams, was hired as the Aviators’ head coach in December. Ginn, who turns 41 on Sunday, announced his retirement from the NFL in 2021.

Columbus is 0-2 this season.

The United States women’s national team held off Japan for a 2-1 win on Saturday behind goals from Rose Lavelle and Lindsey Heaps. The game, which took place in San Jose, was the first of a three-match swing against the high-powered opponent.

Despite an early lead, the U.S. conceded a goal in the 61st minute as Japan turned up the heat. But the USWNT was able to hold on for a confident-looking win to start the series on a strong note.

Rose Lavelle opened the scoring early in the matchup, taking a great ball in from Trinity Rodman and chipping it off the outside of her left foot. The ball took a deflection off Japan defender Hana Takahashi and into the net, giving the USWNT a 1-0 win in the ninth minute.

Minutes into the second half, the U.S. made it 2-0 after putting pressure on Japan in the box before Lindsey Heaps broke through on a rebound.

Japan, who is known for using pressure to create breakaway chances, had a couple of those big opportunities throughout the game — plus set piece chances off of their five corner kicks. But the U.S. defense held strong, with Emily Fox and Gisele Thompson each getting a big stop in the first half and goalkeeper Claudia Dickey picking up some key saves throughout the game.

A quartet of substitutions for Japan in the 60th minute quickly changed the tide: One minute later, Japan finally broke with Riko Ueki staying just onside enough to head the ball past Dickey.

Even with the late pressure, the U.S. held the ball 61% of the time throughout the game, which is impressive against a possession-heavy team like Japan. The 2-1 victory is the U.S.’s 33rd win over Japan, with Japan only picking up the win twice in the storied rivalry.

USWNT head coach Emma Hayes continued to play with the lineup for the match, opting for the veteran midfield trio of Heaps, Lavelle and Sam Coffey but giving the start to younger players like defenders Thompson and Kennedy Wesley.

The game also marked the first start for Sophia Wilson since giving birth to her first child in the fall. Wilson has been ramping up to her return to both the Portland Thorns and the USWNT; the star forward made her first start for the Thorns last month.

Hayes will get two more chances to experiment with the USWNT’s deep bench in this window: The U.S. will face Japan again on Tuesday in Seattle, before finishing the series in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday.

Star center Brittney Griner is signing a seven-figure deal with the Connecticut Sun, per multiple reports. The move has Griner moving on from the Atlanta Dream after just one season.

Notably, Griner was born and raised in Houston — where the Sun are set to be relocated in the 2027 season after being sold to the Fertitta family last month.

Griner joined Atlanta ahead of last year, signing a one-year deal with the team. She played an average of 20:46 minutes per game while sharing time at center with Brionna Jones. Griner averaged 9.8 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game across the season.

Griner, a nine-time All-Star, spent the first 11 years of her career with the Phoenix Mercury, earning All-Star nods in nearly every season. (Griner missed the entirety of the 2022 while detained in Russia.) She won a championship with the team in 2014, earning three All-WNBA First Team honors (2014, 2019, 2021) and Defensive Player of the Year twice (2014, 2015).

In Atlanta, though, Griner had less to do in a system that leaned more on possession outside the arc rather than in the paint — Griner’s speciality, given the center’s towering 6’9” height.

Now, the 35-year-old will be a key veteran presence on a very young Connecticut team, especially given that the Sun just lost Marina Mabrey, one of its few vets, to the Toronto Tempo. Of the players under contract, four (Aneesah Morrow, Saniya Rivers, Aaliyah Edwards, Leila Lacan) are under age 24; Diamond Miller, who was just acquired in a trade with the Dallas Wings, is only 25.