The University of the District of Columbia has named longtime Baltimore-area coach DeWayne Burroughs as its women's basketball coach. Burroughs, an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at UDC since 2011, replaces Lester Butler Jr., who has become coach at his alma mater, Virginia Union. Burroughs was head coach at Woodlawn, St. Paul School for Girls and Northwestern, compiling a high school record of 143-40. At Woodlawn, he won four Baltimore County Championships and three regional championships, and reached the state semifinals once and state finals twice. His previous college jobs were at Chesapeake College and Bowie State. Burroughs also served as an Amateur Athletic Union coach for Maryland Freeplay from 1991 to 2006.
College honors: UMBC soccer goalkeeper Billy Heavner, a rising junior, was named the America East Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year for all sports. He has a 3.96 GPA in financial economics. ... Navy senior quarterback Keenan Reynolds is one of 24 players on the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award watch list for the second straight year. ... Navy senior fullback Chris Swain was one of 69 players named as a preseason candidate for the Doak Walker Award, which goes to the nation's top running back.
Laurel Park: When racing resumes today at 3:40 p.m., there will be three carryovers on the eight-race program. The Pick 5, beginning on Race 4 with an industry-low takeout of 12 percent, will have a carryover of $3,070.74. The 10-cent Rainbow 6, beginning on Race 3, will have a $3,202.20 carryover while the Super Hi 5 on the last race will begin with a carryover of $1,046.59.
Baseball: Infielder Everth Cabrera agreed to a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants. Cabrera, 28, appeared in 29 games for the Orioles this season, batting .208 with a pair of doubles and four RBIs before his release last month. Cabrera is scheduled to join a Rookie-level team in Arizona, then move on to Triple-A Sacramento.
WNBA: Angel McCoughtry (St. Frances) scored 22 points as the Atlanta Dream (7-8) rallied to earn a 76-72 win over the host Los Angeles Sparks (2-12), who got eight points from Kristi Toliver (Maryland)
Pan American Games: Allison Schmitt of North Baltimore Aquatic Club won the women's 200-meter freestyle in a Pan Am Games record time of 1 minute, 56.23 seconds on Wednesday in Toronto. ... American Bryce Saddoris (Navy) took silver after dropping a 13-1 decision to Wuileixis Rivas of Venezuela in the 66 kilogram gold-medal match.
Golf: Kyle Vance of Audubon, Pa., won the AJGA Junior at Talbot Country Club in Easton with a 9-under 207 tournament total. Maryland commit Peter Knade of Easton tied for second at 209. Shannon Brooks of Vienna, Va., shot a 9-under 207 to win her fifth girls division title by seven strokes. ... Will Coleman of Kensington eagled the second extra hole at Abacoa Golf Club in Jupiter, Fla., to claim his sixth win on the Minor League Golf Tour. Coleman outlasted Mason Jacobs of Metropolis, Ill., after they tied at 6-under-par 66. Jason Trout of Baltimore tied for sixth.
Major League Soccer: D.C. United acquired Costa Rican national team forward Alvaro Saborio, 33, from Real Salt Lake for Luis Silva, 26, the club's co-leading scorer in 2014 who has missed much of this season with injuries. The trade breaks up the partnership of Silva and Fabian Espindola, a combination that helped steer United to first place in the Eastern Conference last year. But it reunites Espindola with Saborio, his teammate during prime years with Real. Between 2010 and 2012, they combined for 65 goals and 21 assists.
-- Steven Goff, The Washington Post
NHL: The Washington Capitals signed center Zach Sill to a one-year, two-way contract. Sill, 27, had one goal, three assists and 84 penalty minutes in 63 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs last season.
Track and field: Matthew Centrowitz (Broadneck) will run in the men's 1,500 meters at the Diamond League meet today in Monaco.
Minor league baseball: Northern Safety Co. and the Aberdeen IronBirds will hold first responder nights at Ripken Stadium to honor firefighters tonight, EMS workers next Friday and members of the military Aug. 6. Police officers were honored July 10.
Running: Matt Puglisi of Annapolis finished first in the 45-49 age group at the Gotabgaa Run with Kenyans, a 10K on Saturday in College Park, with a time of 40 minutes, 24 seconds. Gina Degasperis of Baltimore was first in the 20-24 female group in 41:34.