The San Diego Wave will retire Alex Morgan’s No. 13 jersey during their Sept. 7 home game against the Houston Dash, the club announced Tuesday. The jersey retirement is the first in the history of San Diego’s National Women’s Soccer League club.

Morgan, a Diamond Bar High grad, is the Wave’s all-time leading scorer, recording 23 goals and nine assists in 50 matches with the club. She led the NWSL with 16 goals in 2022, the Wave’s first season in the league. She added seven goals and five assists in 2023, and San Diego won the NWSL Shield, given to the team with the best regular-season record.

Morgan struggled with injuries in the 2024 season. In September, she announced that she would play one more match with the Wave before retiring — and that she was pregnant with her second child. Morgan gave birth to a boy, Enzo, in late March.

For all her success with the Wave, Morgan is perhaps best known for her success with the United States Women’s National Team. She appeared in 224 international matches, scoring 123 goals. Morgan played in four Women’s World Cups, winning it all in 2015 and 2019; and three Olympics, earning gold in 2012 and bronze in 2020.

Wave owner and governor Lauren Leichtman said Morgan’s legacy “goes far beyond goals and accolades.”

“She helped lay the foundation for this club and elevated the standard for what women’s soccer is today,” Leichtman said.

— San Diego Union Tribune

SURFING

USA Surfing says it has secured a multimillion-dollar endowment as part of its push to be recertified as the nascent Olympic sport’s national governing body after losing its status four years ago over financial issues.

USA Surfing executive director Becky Fleischauer told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the investment is a major step toward the organization’s goal to return to the Olympic movement.

“We have a new board, new leadership, and we’ve been delivering more value to our surfers than has ever been provided in the past,” Fleischauer said. “There’s a lot of energy. This investment is a declaration of confidence in the future of surfing from those who know it best.”

USA Surfing has struck multiyear deals for financial backing from Kamaka Responsible Development, which builds housing communities, and with Orange County-based surf company Resin Services. Kamaka also plans to develop a wave pool that can be used for year-round training for USA Surfing athletes.

Fleischauer spoke from the USA Surfing Championship at Lower Trestles, the iconic surf break near San Clemente that will also host the Los Angeles Olympics surfing competition in 2028. USA Surfing, which is based in San Clemente, has crowned its under-18 national champions at Trestles for decades.

“Trestles is our backyard,” Fleischauer said. “It’s where our surfers train. It’s where our coaches coach. It’s really a global hub for surfing, and we reside right here, so that puts us in a really strong position to know our surfers, know our break, and to be able to lift up the entire community by having the Olympics here.”

MOTORSPORTS

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a dozen NASCAR teams to provide 11 years of financial data to the stock car series as part of an ongoing legal fight but sharply limited what they need to share.

A day after hearing arguments from both sides, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell of the Western District of North Carolina said the information will “allow NASCAR to have much of the arguably relevant substance of the requested information, while protecting the legitimate interests” of the 12 teams. They had raised concerns that the private financial details could end up being made public and would hurt competitive balance.

Under the decision, the teams must provide top-line data — total revenue, total costs, and net profits and losses — dating to 2014. The teams and NASCAR were ordered to settle on an independent accounting firm to handle the details by Friday, with that work paid for by NASCAR.

Earlier this week, attorneys for 12 of the 15 overall race teams argued against disclosing their financial records to become part of NASCAR’s antitrust lawsuit. They are not parties in the ongoing suit filed by 23XI Racing, which is owned by the NBA Hall Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, and Front Row Motorsports, owned by entrepreneur Bob Jenkins.

23XI and Front Row are the only two organizations of the 15 that refused last September to sign take-it-or-leave offers on a new charter agreement. Charters are NASCAR’s version of a franchise model, with each charter guaranteeing entry to the lucrative Cup Series races and a stable revenue stream. Of the 13 teams that signed, only Kaulig Racing has submitted the financial documents NASCAR subpoenaed as part of discovery.

Teams have long argued that NASCAR is not financially viable and they need a greater revenue stream and a more permanent length on the charter agreements, which presently have expiration dates and can be revoked by NASCAR. Two years of negotiations ended last fall with 13 teams signing on and 23IX and FRM instead heading to court.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

David Singleton, who played five seasons for UCLA, is returning to Westwood as an assistant coach under Mick Cronin.

Singleton spent the past two years playing in the NBA G League with the Atlanta Hawks’ affiliate in Georgia.

He helped UCLA reach the NCAA Tournament Final Four in 2021. He also helped the Bruins make the tournament in 2022 and in 2023, when they made the Sweet 16. As a fifth-year senior, Singleton and the Bruins won the Pac-12 regular-season title.

Singleton set the school record for most games played with 164 while playing a fifth year allowed by the NCAA because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He ranks third on the career list for 3-pointers made with 219. He averaged 5.7 points and 1.8 rebounds during his career.

“He’s always had his eye on becoming a coach, and we are thrilled that we can add him to our staff,” Cronin said in a statement Wednesday. “He understands what it takes to get a team to perform at a high level.”

NHL

The Buffalo Sabres’ long-anticipated offseason retooling began late Wednesday with the team agreeing to trade forward JJ Peterka to the Utah Mammoth for forward Josh Doan and defenseman Michael Kesselring, according to reports.

The 23-year-old Peterka is coming off consecutive 25-plus goal seasons, and was scheduled to become a restricted free agent next week. He is anticipated to already be in discussions on a new contract with Utah.

Doan, a 23-year-old winger,had seven goals and 19 points in his rookie season with Utah last year. Kesselring, a 25-year-old defenseman, just completed his second full NHL season with seven goals and 29 points.

Evander Kane is going home to play for the Vancouver Canucks after a trade from the Edmonton Oilers that helps the two-time defending Western Conference champions free up some much-needed salary cap space.

Vancouver acquired Kane, 33, on Wednesday for the 117th pick in the upcoming NHL draft, taking on his entire $4 million salary. Edmonton clears $5.125 million off the cap, with Leon Draisaitl’s new contract taking effect and Evan Bouchard set for a raise of his own.

NFL

The Seattle Seahawks agreed to terms with veteran cornerback Shaquill Griffin on Wednesday. His agency, Exclusive Sports Group, announced the deal.

Griffin, 29, is expected to compete for the third cornerback spot.

In eight seasons, Griffin has 407 tackles and nine interceptions, with two of those coming last season with Minnesota.