Boston College junior Jerome Robinson signed with CAA Sports and will forgo his final season to stay in the NBA Draft, according to multiple reports. Robinson declared for the draft earlier this month but said at that point that he wouldn’t sign with an agent. One of five finalists for the Jerry West Award, which is presented to the nation’s top shooting guard, Robinson finished the 2017-18 campaign with 725 points — the second-best single-season total in program history. He was runner-up for the ACC Player of the Year Award after leading the conference in scoring at 20.7 points per game. He also made 40.9 percent of his 3-pointers for an Eagles squad that finished 19-16 overall and 7-11 in the ACC. BC qualified for the NIT but lost in the first round at Western Kentucky, 79-62.
Jazz guard Rubio could miss 10 days
Utah Jazz point guard Ricky Rubio will miss Sunday’s Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Houston Rockets with a strained left hamstring and the team fears the seven-year veteran might miss up to 10 days with the injury, league sources told ESPN. Rubio left Friday night’s first-round-clinching Game 6 win over Oklahoma City in the first quarter and had an MRI on Saturday. The team said it does not know how long he will be out, but coach Quin Snyder said after Game 6 he hoped it wasn’t too serious. Rubio, who averaged 13.1 points and 5.3 assists in his first year with Utah, missed a few late-season games with soreness in the same hamstring, but hadn’t left a playoff game until Friday.
BASEBALL
Ohtani is sidelined by sprained ankle
Japanese star Shohei Ohtani is day to day with a mild left ankle sprain for the Angels. The two-way sensation was hurt trying to beat out a grounder Friday night. Ohtani, 23, was set to face countryman Masahiro Tanaka, New York’s starter Saturday, for the first time in the majors. The two faced each other in Japan in 2013 when Ohtani was a teenager . . . Twins outfielder Byron Buxton, already on the DL with migraines, is out indefinitely with a hairline fracture of his left big toe, suffered when he fouled a ball off it in a rehab game last Sunday . . . Royals righthander Clay Buchholz allowed one earned run on four hits over five innings in a no-decision in a start for Triple A Omaha at Colorado Springs. The 33-year-old, who was a two-time AL All-Star selection with Boston, is 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA in three minor league starts. He signed a minor league contract in late March with Kansas City containing an out clause if not added to the big league roster by Tuesday.
NHL
Last-place Sabres get No. 1 draft pick
The Buffalo Sabres finally have something to show for a season filled with losses after winning the NHL draft lottery — and landing the No. 1 pick for just third time in franchise history. The Sabres entered the draft lottery in Toronto with the best odds — 18.5 percent— to win the first pick. The Carolina Hurricanes landed the No. 2 pick in making the biggest jump in the order by moving up from the 11th spot. The Montreal Canadiens moved up one spot in the order and will select third. The Hurricanes and Canadiens moved ahead of Ottawa and Arizona. The Senators dropped from second to fourth, and Arizona dropped from third to fifth. This year’s draft will be held in Dallas on June 22-23. Swedish defenseman Rasmus Dahlin is regarded as the top-rated prospect . . . Center Evgeni Malkin (lower-body injury) practiced with the Pittsburgh Penguins and will be a game-time decision for Sunday’s Game 2 of their second-round series against the Washington Capitals. Malkin was hurt in a collision with Philadelphia Flyers forward Jori Lehtera in Game 5 of the first round.
TENNIS
Nadal marches into final in Barcelona
Top-ranked Rafael Nadal defeated fourth seed David Goffin, 6-4, 6-0, to reach the Barcelona Open final. It was his 400th career win on clay. Nadal needs to win his 11th Barcelona title on Sunday to retain his No. 1 ranking. He will face 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, who beat fifth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta, 7-5, 6-3, to become the first Greek player to make it to an ATP Tour final in 45 years . . . CoCo Vandeweghe never faced a break point in defeating sixth seed Caroline Garcia, 6-4, 6-2, to become the first American to reach the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, since Lindsay Davenport in 2005. She will face fifth seed Karolina Pliskova, who beat Anett Kontaveit, 6-4, 6-2.
MISCELLANY
Brechin sets 126-year Scottish futility mark
Brechin became the first Scottish soccer team since the 19th century to go an entire league season without winning a game. Vale of Leven was the last Scottish team to fail to win a game in a single season in 1891-92. Brechin’s 36th and final game of the second-tier Championship season saw Brechin lose at home to Queen of the South, 5-1. Brechin collected only four points off four ties and ended 26 points behind next-from-last Dumbarton. The team, which will return to the third tier, does not employ full-time pro players . . . Sebastian Vettel earned pole position for Sunday’s Formula One Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, beating his closest title challenger, Lewis Hamilton, by 0.179 seconds . . . The Georgia State Patrol said ex-NASCAR driver James Hylton died in a traffic accident Saturday morning on Interstate 85 in Carnesville. He was 83. Hylton and his son, 61-year-old James Hylton Jr., died at the scene. The elder Hylton was the 1966 Rookie of the Year and started 602 races in the Cup Series, winning two. He finished second in the points standings three times . . . Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin tied Augie Garrido for the most wins in NCAA history with the host Seminoles’ 10-1 win over Miami. It was Martin’s 1,975th victory . . . World record-holder Kendra Harrison capped the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, by winning the 100-meter hurdles for the third year in a row. She finished in a wind-aided 12.37 seconds with Tobi Amusan second in 12.61. The men's 100 went to Isiah Young in 10.02.
