Luis Sharpe, the former UCLA star and three-time Pro Bowl selection at left tackle for the Cardinals during the franchise’s time in both St. Louis and Arizona, has died. He was 65.

The Cardinals confirmed Sharpe’s death through his family, a team spokesman said Saturday. Sharpe’s wife, Tameka Williams-Sharpe, posted about her husband’s passing on social media.

The 6-foot-5, 275-pound Sharpe played all 13 of his NFL seasons with the Cardinals, spanning from 1982 to 1994. He made three straight Pro Bowls from 1987 to 1989 and was a second-team All-Pro selection in 1988 and 1990.

Sharpe was born in Havana and starred at UCLA. He started all 189 games he played in the NFL and was one of the team’s best players during their transition from St. Louis to Arizona in 1988.

Ndamukong Suh officially announced his retirement from the NFL. The defensive tackle’s announcement was timed to commemorate a year passing since his father died.

“Every snap I took in football carried his fingerprint,” Suh wrote on social media. “Every time I lined up across from someone, I could hear his voice pushing me, reminding me that I wasn’t just representing myself. I was representing him, my family, my name.”

Suh played 13 seasons in the NFL after being the No. 2 overall pick by the Detroit Lions in the 2010 draft out of Nebraska. In his first season, he had 10 sacks, 13 tackles for loss and 66 total tackles, winning Defensive Rookie of the Year honors. He was named first-team All-Pro three times and earned five Pro Bowl berths. Suh played in three Super Bowls and won a championship with Tampa Bay in 2020.

Suh also played for the Dolphins, Rams and Eagles. He last played in the NFL during the 2022 season.

When he left the Lions to sign with the Dolphins as a free agent, Suh became the highest-paid defensive player in the league at that point, agreeing to a six-year, $114 million contract.

Suh had a highly decorated college career. He finished as a finalist for the 2009 Heisman Trophy, while winning the Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award, Bronko Nagurski Trophy and Chuck Bednarik Award, and was honored as the AP College Football Player of the Year as a senior.

Boxing

Hamzah Sheeraz punctuated the first boxing card held on the grounds of the U.S. Open tennis tournament by stopping Edgar Berlanga in the fifth round.

The English fighter moved up in weight to make his debut at super middleweight and showed he has plenty of power for it, dropping Berlanga twice in the fourth round and then pouncing quickly to start the fifth before referee David Fields stopped the fight.

Sheeraz (22-0-1, 18 KOs) has been touted as a potential opponent for 168-pound champion Canelo Alvarez and would not only deserve it but have a chance to win if he looked as good as he did against Berlanga (23-2), who had boasted that he would have an easy night.

In the co-feature, Shakur Stevenson (24-0) remained undefeated and defended his WBC lightweight title with a dominant performance, beating William Zepeda by unanimous decision.

One judge favored Stevenson 119-109, while the other two had it 118-110 for the 2016 Olympic silver medalist.

Katie Taylor beat Amanda Serrano for the third time, winning a majority decision Friday night to remain the undisputed 140-pound champion.

Taylor won by scores of 97-93 on two judges’ cards, while the third had it even at 95-95. It was the third straight narrow decision between the two, after Taylor won a split decision in their first bout and a narrow unanimous decision in the rematch.

Back in Madison Square Garden, site of their first bout, Taylor improved to 25-1 in a fight that perhaps wasn’t as exciting as their first two, but once again was almost too close to call.

Serrano fell to 47-4-1.

NBA

Cooper Flagg’s second Summer League outing was far better than his first.

Though he more than lived up to expectations this time out, it still wasn’t enough to get past reigning No. 2 overall pick Dylan Harper and the San Antonio Spurs.

The Spurs jumped ahead to grab a 76-69 win over the Dallas Mavericks in the Las Vegas Summer League. That dropped the Mavericks, who edged out the Lakers in their debut on Thursday, to 1-1. Flagg finished with 31 points and four rebounds, and shot 10 of 20 from the field and 3 of 8 from behind the arc.

After a slow first quarter, the reigning No. 1 overall draft pick finally came alive. He dropped 12 of his 15 first-half points in the second quarter while leading the Mavericks out of a double-digit hole.

Though it was only halfway through the game, his numbers were already significantly better than his debut earlier this week. Flagg dropped just 10 points, went 5 of 21 from the field and didn’t make a single 3-pointer in the Mavericks’ win over the Lakers on Thursday.