Sports News Roundup: ATP finals; Warriors suspend Green; NFL pulls plug on Mexico City game

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

With eyes on prize, Butler arrives, shares Sixers' vision

With Minnesota in his rear view mirror, Jimmy Butler sees happy days ahead for himself and the Philadelphia 76ers. Of course, Tuesday was officially Day 1 in his life with a new team after the Timberwolves sent Butler and Justin Patton to the Sixers for Robert Covington, Dario Saric, Jerryd Bayless and a 2022 second-round draft pick. "When guys go out there and they know how to play basketball, which everybody on this roster does, it's all going to fall into place," Butler said during his introductory news conference at the Sixers' practice facility in Camden, N.J. "I don't think that anybody is going to step on anybody's toes. I think everybody still has the same job to do, and everybody's expected to be the same player that they've always been. That's why I think it's going to be successful."

Warriors suspend Green one game without pay

Draymond Green received a one-game suspension without pay from the Golden State Warriors for "conduct detrimental to the team" in the fallout from Monday night's explosive exchange with All-Star teammate Kevin Durant. Green was set to serve his suspension during Tuesday night's home game against the Atlanta Hawks and reportedly sacrifice more than $120,000 in the process.

NFL pulls plug on Mexico City game over unsafe field conditions

Next week's game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Rams originally scheduled for Mexico City will now be held in California due to unsafe field conditions at the Estadio Azteca, the National Football League said on Tuesday. After consultation with the NFL Players Association and an inspection by field experts it was determined that the Azteca surface did not meet NFL standards.

NFL notebook: Season over for Steelers' no-show Bell

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell did not report to the team before Tuesday's 4 p.m. ET deadline, meaning he is ineligible to play the rest of the season. Bell, who has held out the entire year since being franchise-tagged for the second straight time, will forfeit the entirety of his $14.5 million tender and not play in 2018. He already had sacrificed more than $8.5 million by missing the first 10 weeks of the season.

Soccer: Atlanta's Martino named MLS Coach of the Year

Atlanta United's Gerardo "Tata" Martino was named Major League Soccer's Coach of the Year on Tuesday after leading his team into the playoffs with the joint second most points in league history in only their second season. The former Barcelona and Argentina manager received an average of 32.7 percent of the votes from players, media and front offices around the league to edge Los Angeles FC's Bob Bradley (22.3) and Sporting Kansas City's Peter Vermes (10.9 percent).

MLB investigating discrimination claims against Mariners

Major League Baseball announced Tuesday it will investigate claims of racial discrimination against the Seattle Mariners that were made on Monday by a former employee. "MLB is aware of the allegations made by a former employee of the Seattle Mariners regarding the conduct of Club employees," the league said in a statement to The Athletic. "Consistent with our policies, we are investigating the allegations."

NBA notebook: Warriors suspend Green after confrontation

Draymond Green received a one-game suspension without pay from the Golden State Warriors for "conduct detrimental to the team" in the fallout from Monday night's explosive exchange with All-Star teammate Kevin Durant. Green was set to serve his suspension during Tuesday night's home game against the Atlanta Hawks and reportedly sacrifice more than $120,000 in the process.

Tennis: Federer rebounds to keep ATP Finals hopes alive

Roger Federer rediscovered his verve in the nick of time to outclass Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-2 6-3 on Tuesday and maintain his hopes of reaching the last four at the ATP Finals. The 37-year-old's proud record of always reaching the semi-finals at the season-ender since it moved to London in 2009 looked in peril after a surprise loss to Kei Nishikori in his opening round-robin match on Sunday.

Steelers' Bell doesn't report, won't play in 2018

Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell did not report to the team before Tuesday's 4 p.m. ET deadline, general manager Kevin Colbert confirmed, meaning he is ineligible to play the rest of the season. Bell, who has held out the entire year since being franchise-tagged for the second straight time, will forfeit the entirety of his $14.5 million tender and not play at all in 2018. He already had sacrificed more than $8.5 million by missing the first 10 weeks of the season.

A's Melvin, Braves' Snitker named top managers

Bob Melvin of the Oakland Athletics and Brian Snitker of the Atlanta Braves were winners of the Manager of the Year awards in the American League and National League, respectively, announced on Tuesday. Melvin, a three-time winner of the award (2007 with Arizona, 2012 with Oakland), led the A's to the fourth-best record in the major leagues (97-65) and a postseason berth in 2018. With 18 of 30 first-place votes, he beat out Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox (seven) and Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays (five) for this year's honor.

(With inputs from Reuters)

(With inputs from agencies.)