The NBA has suspended Houston’s Amen Thompson for two games and Miami’s Terry Rozier for one game over their roles in a skirmish in the final moments of the Rockets-Heat game on Sunday night.

The league also handed out $145,000 in fines from that game. Houston coach Ime Udoka was fined $50,000 for verbally abusing a game official and not leaving the court in a timely manner, while the Rockets’ Jalen Green was fined $35,000 and Miami’s Tyler Herro was fined $25,000 for their roles in the fight.

And from a separate incident just before the dustup, Houston’s Fred VanVleet was fined $35,000 for making contact with referee Marc Davis.

Because of the suspensions, Rozier will lose about $143,242 in salary and Thompson will lose about $127,586 from his salary.

It was a wild final minute of that game, with seven ejections — VanVleet, Thompson, Rozier, Udoka, Houston assistant coach Ben Sullivan, Green and Herro — taking place. VanVleet was the first to go, getting thrown out for making contact with Davis following a 5-second call being assessed against the Rockets.

Thompson threw Herro to the ground after they exchanged words, Rozier entered the fray immediately afterward and plenty of players from both teams engaged in some pushing, shoving and yelling.

PWHL

4 Olympians involved in Toronto-Ottawa trade

Competing philosophies emphasizing the importance of offense versus toughness led to the Toronto Sceptres and Ottawa Charge completing the PWHL’s most significant trade a month into the league’s second season.

The trade completed Monday night involved four players with a combined six Winter Games appearances and featured a swap of 2023 first-round draft picks.

Physical defenseman Jocelyn Larocque was dealt to Ottawa for play-making blue-liner Savannah Harmon. The teams also traded forwards, with Ottawa landing Victoria Bach, and Toronto acquiring the versatility and grit of Hayley Scamurra.

Harmon, 29, and Scamurra, 30, are current U.S. national team members, who won silver medals at the 2022 Beijing Games. The 36-year-old Larocque is a three-time Olympian and a blueline fixture for Canada for 14 years. The 28-year-old Bach was also part of Canada’s Olympic gold medal-winning team in 2022, before taking the following year off to pursue a teaching degree.

NHL

Rangers putting goalie Shesterkin on IR

New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin is going on injured reserve, according to a person with knowledge of the decision.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced. The person said Shesterkin has an upper-body injury.

Shesterkin is being sidelined while the Rangers are in the midst of a four-game losing streak. They’ve lost seven of eight and 15 of their past 19 games to fall from a solid playoff position to last place in the Metropolitan Division and just ahead of the Buffalo Sabres at the bottom of the Eastern Conference.

MLB

‘Most interesting’ Randle dies at 75

Lenny Randle, a big league player for 12 seasons who spoke five languages, performed stand-up comedy, was dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in Baseball” and was suspended for punching his Texas Rangers manager, has died. He was 75.

Randle died Sunday at his home in Murrieta, Calif., one of his sons, Bradley, said. Randle’s wife, Linda, asked that the cause of death not be disclosed.

Randle helped win the 1969 College World Series with Arizona State, where he also played football.

Randle hit .257 with 27 homers, 322 RBIs and 156 stolen bases for the Senators/Rangers (1971-76), New York Mets (1977-78), New York Yankees (1979), Chicago Cubs (1980) and Seattle Mariners (1981-82).

But he was known more for a series of memorable moments rather than his on-field accomplishments and was dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in Baseball” by Rolling Stone magazine, a title used for an MLB Network documentary in 2015.

IIHF hockey

U.S. beats Canada 4-1, top in its group at juniors

Danny Nelson scored the eventual game-winner in the third period and Trey Augustine made 38 saves, leading the United States to a 4-1 win over Canada and into the top spot in Group A at the world junior hockey championship.

Cole Hutson and Cole Eiserman each had a goal and an assist for the Americans. Ryan Leonard scored into an empty-net.

Bradly Nadeau scored for Canada, which allowed three goals on seven American power plays. Carter George stopped 24 shots.

Canada finished third in the pool and will face Czechia in Thursday’s quarterfinals. The Americans face Switzerland.

In another Group A game, Finland beat Latvia 3-0 and finished second in the group.

College basketball

Dartmouth players halt union effort for now

The Dartmouth men’s basketball team dropped its attempt to unionize, abruptly ending a push to become the first college athletes to bargain for a contract in order to avoid a potentially damaging precedent from a National Labor Relations Board that soon will be controlled by Republicans.

The Dartmouth players petitioned the labor board in 2023 for the right to unionize, saying they met the legal definition of employees.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Former SDSU player Jackson is new coach

Former South Dakota State player and assistant Dan Jackson has been hired as the Jackrabbits’ new head coach.

Jackson takes over for Jimmy Rogers, who left for Washington State after leading the Jackrabbits to the Football Championship Subdivision semifinals.

Jackson was Idaho coach Jason Eck’s defensive coordinator this season and had been set to move to New Mexico for the same position under Eck. He played for the Jackrabbits from 2003-05.

— From news services