Source: Alonso stays with Mets, agreeing to $54 million, 2-year contract

NEW YORK >> First baseman Pete Alonso is staying with the New York Mets, agreeing to a $54 million, two-year contract, a person familiar with the deal said.

Alonso gets a $10 million signing bonus and gets salaries of $20 million this year and $24 million in 2026. He can opt out after the 2025 season to become a free agent again.

New York also offered a $71 million, three-year deal with salaries of $27 million in 2025 and $22 million in each of the following two seasons, with the ability to opt out after each of the first two years, the person said.

Vonn feeling sick on the eve of her opening event

SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria >> Lindsey Vonn is feeling sick with “a cold or the flu” on the eve of her first event at the world championships in her return to racing at the age of 40.

The American, a two-time world champion and the holder of eight total medals at the biggest event in skiing outside the Olympics, is scheduled to race in the super-G on Thursday.

“I definitely have a cold or the flu or something,” Vonn said. “Yesterday afternoon I started to really not feel well. Trying to do everything I can to recover.”

Canucks sign Pettersson to 6-year, $33M extension

VANCOUVER, British Columbia>> The Vancouver Canucks signed recently acquired defenseman Marcus Pettersson to a six-year, $33 million contract extension on Wednesday.

The Canucks acquired Pettersson and forward Drew O’Connor from Pittsburgh last Friday, hours after sending forward J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers.

NHLPA appeals Hartman’s 10-game suspension

NEW YORK >> The NHL Players’ Association said Wednesday it has filed an appeal on Ryan Hartman’s behalf after the Minnesota Wild forward was suspended 10 games for slamming an opponent’s head to the ice with his right forearm, the longest for on-ice conduct in more than six years.

The initial appeal goes to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who has regularly sided with the Department of Player Safety. If Bettman upholds the suspension, Hartman has the right to appeal to a neutral arbitrator.

Rams will be home team for first NFL game in Australia

NEW ORLEANS>> The NFL is expanding its international footprint to Australia.

The league announced Wednesday that it will be playing a game in 2026 in Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a venue that holds about 100,000 spectators. The Los Angeles Rams will be the home team for that game, part of a multi-year commitment to play in Melbourne.

Burglaries at homes of Burrow, other star athletes similar, authorities say

The men charged with a burglary at Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow’s house took photos of themselves flashing some of the spoils — nearly $300,000 worth of jewelry, watches, designer luggage and glasses. One of them wore necklaces with pendants showing the number 9 and “JB9,” Burrow’s jersey number.

One of the men tried to delete the photos from a cellphone as police pulled them over in Ohio, but investigators were able to recover the pictures and included some of them in a new federal complaint filed by an FBI agent that was unsealed Wednesday.

— The Associated Press