Jurors cleared NBA star Derrick Rose and two friends Wednesday in a $21.5 million lawsuit that accused them of gang raping his ex-girlfriend when she was incapacitated from drugs or alcohol. The Los Angeles jury reached the verdict in federal court after hearing dramatically different accounts of the August 2013 sexual encounter. Rose, 28, in a released statement to the Associated Press, said he was thankful the jury rejected the lawsuit. ‘‘I am thankful the jury understood and agreed with me,’’ his statement said. ‘‘This experience and my sensitivity to it was deep. I am ready to put this behind me and focus on my family and career.’’ Neither side denied the three men had sex with the woman, but the issue was whether she consented or was too intoxicated to do so. Rose’s lawyer, Mark Baute, said the future of the Knicks point guard and his whole family was at stake because of a morals clause in his player contract and an endorsement deal with Adidas.

Rose was traded to New York this year after spending seven seasons in his native Chicago, where he won Rookie of the Year honors with the Bulls and was the youngest player to be awarded MVP in 2011.

He has been plagued with knee injuries the past few seasons and is in the final year of a five-year deal that will pay him $21.3 million.

NHL

LA’s Quick out months

Los Angeles Kings star goaltender Jonathan Quick is expected to be out 3-4 months after having a non-surgical procedure for a lower-body injury, general manager Dean Lombardi told the Los Angeles Times. Quick was injured in the Kings’ season opener a week ago. It is believed Quick has a groin injury, but he opted against having surgery. Goaltender Jeff Zatkoff has taken over the No. 1 role for the Kings with Peter Budaj as the backup . . . The defending Stanley Cup champions have been riddled with injuries in the young season. Defenseman Kris Letang (upper body) and forward Conor Sheary (eye) joined Sidney Crosby (concussion) on the injury list for the Penguins. Coach Mike Sullivan said all three players are day to day . . . The Arizona Coyotes recalled goalie Justin Peters from Tucson of the AHL to serve as an emergency backup after starter Mike Smith injured his left leg in Tuesday night’s game against Ottawa. Smith twisted to stop a shot and landed awkwardly on his left leg. Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said Smith was day to day and the team is awaiting test results.

Soccer

US women blank Swiss

Lynn Williams scored 49 seconds into her national team debut, and Tobin Heath, Christen Press and Samantha Mewis added goals to lead the US over Switzerland, 4-0, in an exhibition game at Sandy, Utah. US coach Jill Ellis gave five players debuts as the Americans retool ahead of the 2019 World Cup. Stanford junior midfielder Andi Sullivan and Chicago Red Stars defender Casey Short started, and Williams, a Western N.Y. forward, entered at the start of the second half. Western N.Y. defender Abby Dahlkemper followed in the 72nd minute and Legends FC forward Ashley Hatch in the 76th.

Colleges Harvard 2nd in Ivy pollComing off their first losing season since 2007, Harvard was picked to finish second in the Ivy League preseason basketball poll behind Princeton, which topped the rankings for the first time since 2012. “We’re very young,’’ said Harvard coach Tommy Amaker, who will welcome four-star recruits in point guard Bryce Aiken and forward Chris Lewis among his talented class of seven freshmen newcomers. “The main part about having any freshmen . . . is that they’re willing to fit in and they’re going to work hard and our kids have done exactly that.’’ The Crimson will be led by a quartet of seniors in guards Siyani Chambers, who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, Corbin Miller, and Matt Fraschilla, and forward Zena Edosomwan.

Julian Benbow

The NCAA placed Alcorn State on probation through 2018 for violations in 11 sports over a four-year period. The NCAA released a report saying Alcorn State ‘‘failed to monitor its progress-toward-degree certification process when it improperly certified 28 student-athletes’’ in football, men’s basketball, baseball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s cross country, women’s soccer, men’s and women’s track and field, and women’s volleyball. All the sports must vacate wins from when the ineligible players were used. Alcorn State released a statement saying football will vacate wins from the 2012 and 2013 season.

Miscellany

Ouimet to honor PriceGolf Hall of Famer Nick Price, winner of three major championship, twice the PGA Tour’s leading money winner, and three-time captain of the Presidents Cup International team, will be the guest speaker and receive the 20th Francis Ouimet Award at the Ouimet Scholarship Fund’s 66th annual banquet March 13 at the Sheraton Boston . . . Lionel Messi scored a hat trick to inflict a humbling defeat on his former mentor Pep Guardiola in Barcelona’s emphatic 4-0 victory over Manchester City . . . A bat used by “Shoeless’’ Joe Jackson sold at auction to an online bidder for $583,500. According to Christie’s, the “Black Betsy’’ was one of two known to survive from Jackson’s career and stamped with his full signature on the barrel.