The Las Vegas Raiders have fired general manager Tom Telesco. They made the move on Thursday, just a year after he was hired.

It’s part of a housecleaning following a 4-13 season that also included the dismissal of coach Antonio Pierce on Tuesday.

The Raiders will become just the second franchise in the Super Bowl era to enter a season three years in a row with a new GM and coach.

Coach Josh McDaniels and general manager Dave Ziegler were in charge to open the 2023 season.

The Cleveland Browns in 2012-14 are the other club to hold such a distinction.

Bears interview Carroll for head coaching job

The Chicago Bears interviewed former Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll for their head coaching job.

The 73-year-old Carroll is looking to return to the sideline after moving into an advisory role with the Seahawks at the end of last season. He led Seattle to its lone Super Bowl championship during a 14-year run that included 10 trips to the playoffs. He also won a national championship at Southern California, making him one of three coaches to win the top NFL and college prizes along with Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer.

Chicago also interviewed Arizona Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing and Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver on Thursday, after interviewing former Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel a day earlier.

The Bears, who drafted former USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick, are looking to replace the fired Matt Eberflus. Chicago finished last in the NFC North at 5-12.

Agent says Hill played with broken wrist

Tyreek Hill is committed to the Miami Dolphins, his agent says, despite the star wide receiver seeming to indicate otherwise last week.

Agent Drew Rosenhaus called Hill “very passionate” on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” and said Hill’s comments suggesting he wanted out of Miami after last week’s season finale were out of frustration with not making the playoffs for the first time in his career.

Rosenhaus also said Hill played through a broken wrist the entire season after suffering the injury in training camp during a scrimmage against Washington.

Hill had one of the least productive seasons of his nine-year career in 2024.

Wycheck had CTE, research confirms

Frank Wycheck, the NFL tight end best known for throwing the lateral that started the “Music City Miracle” and launched the Tennessee Titans’ run to the franchise’s lone Super Bowl appearance, had stage III chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died on Dec. 9, 2023, at his Chattanooga home, his family said.

Wycheck died at the age of 52 after apparently hitting his head in a fall at home. He had made clear his wishes to work with experts for CTE research and on-going brain injury.

Researchers at Boston University’s Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center confirmed Wycheck had CTE stage III, with stage IV the most severe form of the neurodegenerative disease that can lead to dementia, memory loss and depression.

49ers interview Saleh, Townsend for DC job

The San Francisco 49ers began their search for a new defensive coordinator by interviewing Robert Saleh for a second stint at the job and Detroit Lions assistant Deshea Townsend.

The Niners fired Nick Sorensen earlier this week after just one season in the role and are seeking their fourth defensive coordinator in the past four seasons.

The 49ers regressed this season under Sorensen as the injury-filled unit struggled to create turnovers, stop the run and create consistent pressure on the quarterback.

college basketball

Tommies women fall at South Dakota

The St. Thomas women’s basketball team remained winless in Summit Conference play after a 77-60 loss at South Dakota.

The Tommies (8-8 overall, 0-3 Summit) found themselves behind the 8-ball early and never recovered as the Coyotes outscored the visitors in all four quarters.

Amber Scalia led St. Thomas with 22 points, with Alyssa Sand scoring 15 points and Phoebe Frentzel logging 10 points in a reserve role.

— Staff report

tennis

Sinner, Swiatek facing doping scrutiny

Doping is a topic that shadowed tennis in 2024 and is again a talking point as the 2025 Grand Slam season gets going at the Australian Open.

Play starts at Melbourne Park on Sunday (Saturday in the United States). Defending men’s champion Jannik Sinner and No. 2 women’s seed Iga Swiatek both failed drug tests last season.

Sinner was exonerated although the World Anti-Doping Agency has appealed that ruling and a final decision is not expected before next month. Swiatek accepted a one-month ban that was partly served in the offseason.

BRIEFLY

SOCCER >> Everton fired manager Sean Dyche just a few hours before the struggling Premier League team played an FA Cup match. The storied club — a nine-time English champion which has been without a major trophy since 1995 — was bought last month by the Texas-based Friedkin Group in a deal reportedly worth in excess of $495 million.

basketball >> The NBA postponed the Los Angeles Lakers’ home game against the Charlotte Hornets with several massive wildfires burning across the greater Los Angeles area. It is the second straight day a game slated to be played in downtown Los Angeles has been postponed.

Baseball >> Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Toronto Blue Jays avoided a salary arbitration hearing when the first baseman agreed Thursday to a $28.5 million, one-year contract on the day players and teams were to exchange proposed figures. Houston left-hander Framber Valdez also reached a deal, an $18 million, one-year contract.

— From news services