HOFer McCovey dies...Price staying...Clock still ticking on Kershaw...Terps bounce coach

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants outfielder/first baseman and Baseball Hall of Famer Willie McCovey has died at age 80, according to the team. McCovey won the NL Rookie of the Year award in 1959 and was the league MVP in 1969 before ending his 22-year career in 1980. McCovey hit 521 home runs and drove in 1,555 runs while serving as one of baseball's most dangerous players in the 1960s and 70s.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox lefty David Price has announced that he is declining a contract option that would have allowed him to become a free agent. Price will earn $127 million over the next four years under the seven-year, $217 million contract he signed with Boston before the 2016 season. He has gone 31-19 with a 3.74 ERA in three seasons with the Red Sox, and was 2-0 in the World Series against the Dodgers.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers and ace lefty Clayton Kershaw have agreed to extend the deadline on his option decision by 40 hours until 1 p.m. PDT Friday. Kershaw can opt out of the last two years and $65 million of his contract to become a free agent for the first time in an 11-year big league career spent entirely with the Dodgers. He was 9-5 with a 2.73 ERA this season.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland has fired head football coach D.J. Durkin, one day after he was reinstated by the state's board of regents. The decision to keep him has been skewered by local politicians and students since it was announced. Durkin was placed on administrative leave after offensive lineman Jordan McNair collapsed during practice and died, which spawned an investigation into the potential dangerous culture of the football program.

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Jets, meaning Brock Osweiler (AHS'-wy-lur) will make his fourth consecutive start. Tannehill was limited in practice Wednesday as he continues to recover from a shoulder injury. The Dolphins are 4-4 this season, 1-2 with Osweiler under center.

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