Free agent Ian Desmond agreed to a one-year, $8 million contract with the Texas Rangers that will include a move to the outfield for the one-time All-Star shortstop who was expected to be in their camp Monday. The deal was near completion after Desmond passed his physical Sunday, according to a baseball official who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement from the team. Desmond, 30, is expected to play left field for the Rangers; he has started only one of 927 career games in the outfield. Desmond won three Silver Slugger awards as a shortstop with the Washington Nationals, but last season hit just .233 with 19 homers and 62 RBIs and made an NL-high 27 errors. Texas will forfeit its first-round pick in the June amateur draft, No. 19 overall, because Desmond rejected a $15.8 million qualifying offer from the Nationals after last season . . . Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Neal Huntington acknowledged the team errantly computed Gerrit Cole’s salary offer for 2016, which led to a public spat with their ace. The Pirates initially offered Cole a $538,000 contract, which was a $7,000 increase over his base salary last year. According to Huntington, that was a franchise-record pay hike for a player with only two-plus years of big-league service time. However, Cole’s total earnings last season were $541,000 because he got a $10,000 bonus for making the NL All-Star team. Huntington said on Sunday the team ‘‘made a mistake.’’ . . . Former All-Star closer Rafael Soriano, 36, signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Yankees pitcher Ivan Nova was fine and able to complete his batting practice session after being struck on the right thigh by a deflected liner hit by Aaron Judge. Nova said the shot went off his glove first and ‘‘didn’t hit me too hard.’’ . . . The Cleveland Indians finalized their one-year, $4.5 million deal with Juan Uribe, 36, who’s expected to open the season as the starting third baseman . . . In the majors’ first exhibition game of spring training, the Phillies beat the University of Tampa, 8-3, in Clearwater, Fla., as Jeremy Hellickson and Aaron Nola each pitched a scoreless inning.

NBA

Gallinari to miss time

The Denver Nuggets will be without leading scorer Danilo Gallinari for at least their upcoming seven-game homestand after the forward suffered a right ankle injury Friday night against Dallas. Gallinari is averaging career highs in points (19.5) and rebounds (5.3) this season . . . Milwaukee Bucks forward Steve Novak is expected to miss the rest of the season with a sprained left MCL.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

UConn men take a hit

Damyean Dotson scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as Houston (21-9) improved its NCAA Tournament résumé with a 75-68 win over UConn in Storrs. The Huskies (20-9) had won three of four . . . Fifth-ranked Xavier’s hopes of landing a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament took a hit with a 90-81 road loss to Seton Hall. The Musketeers (25-4) had beaten No. 1 Villanova four days prior. Seton Hall (21-7) all but clinched its first NCAA Tournament berth in a decade with the win . . . The Northeastern women’s team (14-14) clinched a spot in the Colonial Athletic Association quarterfinals by winning, 81-63, at Towson.

NFL

Davis plans to unretire

Former San Francisco 49ers right tackle Anthony Davis plans to file for reinstatement after he retired in June last year following a head injury, a person with direct knowledge of his decision told the AP. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because no move had been completed. Davis had always left open the possibility of making a comeback after sitting out a year to get healthy, and San Francisco still has his rights. The 11th overall pick in the 2010 draft was affected by a concussion late in the 2014 season. Last June, at age 25, Davis announced his retirement . . . Atlanta Falcons defensive line coach Bryan Cox apologized for an altercation with another team’s scout at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. According to several media reports, Cox shoved a scout from the Arizona Cardinals on Friday night in a dispute over access to a rookie during the interview process.

‘‘It shouldn’t have happened,’’ said Cox, 48, a former Patriots linebacker.

SOCCER

Barcelona matches mark

Lionel Messi scored with an unstoppable free kick to help host Barcelona come from behind to beat Sevilla, 2-1, a record-equaling 34th game without loss that kept the champions on track to retain their Spanish league title. Barcelona equaled Madrid’s unbeaten streak in all competitions from 1988-89 . . . Willy Caballero made three saves in a penalty shootout against Liverpool to help Manchester City win the League Cup and claim its fifth major trophy since 2011. The sides had ground out a 1-1 draw after extra time at Wembley Stadium . . .

MISCELLANY

Ailing Vonn grows lead

Hampered by a fractured left knee, Lindsey Vonn managed to extend her overall World Cup lead by placing 13th in an Alpine combined event in Soldeu-El Tarter, Andorra, while Marie-Michele Gagnon of Canada took the win. Wearing braces on both knees, the American led the competition after the super-G portion but posted only the 23d-best time in the slalom run to finish 1.93 seconds behind Gagnon. Vonn’s main rival for the overall title, Lara Gut of Switzerland, straddled a gate in the slalom and didn’t finish, allowing Vonn to extend her lead to 28 points. Vonn crashed in Saturday’s super-G race; she said Sunday “the MRI shows a pretty substantial fracture in my tibia plateau. MCL looks decent as well as the rest of my knee.’’ . . . Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia won the Tokyo Marathon in 2 hours 6 minutes 56 seconds. Kenya’s Helah Kiprop won the women’s race in 2:21:27 . . . Boston University advanced to the Hockey East women’s semifinals with a 6-1 win over Vermont in Game 3 at Walter Brown Arena. BU (22-13-2) takes on Northeastern (28-7-1) in Saturday’s second semifinal at Merrimack’s Lawler Arena, after Boston College (36-0-0) and UConn (17-14-5) meet . . . The Harvard women’s hockey team lost the deciding game of its ECAC quarterfinal series, 3-2, to host Colgate in OT.