Sports News Roundup: Titans quarterback Mariota departs game with stinger; LeBron slams NFL owners for 'slave mentality'

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Two LSU players questioned after fatal shooting

Two LSU players were taken into custody for questioning Saturday after a fatal shooting in Baton Rouge, according to multiple reports. The shooting victim was found in the back seat of a truck, Baton Rouge police told The Advocate of Baton Rouge, the entity that first reported the shooting.

NBA notebook: Pelicans' Davis focused on legacy

He's still more than a year away from free agency, but questions are swirling around the future of Anthony Davis. Will the New Orleans Pelicans trade their 25-year-old superstar? Will he re-sign with the Pelicans since they can offer him the most money at $239 million? Or are the Los Angeles Lakers concentrating on clearing cap space for him?

Report: Mets, d'Arnaud avoid arbitration

The New York Mets avoided arbitration with catcher Travis d'Arnaud by agreeing to a one-year, $3.515 million deal, according to published reports. The 29-year-old has spent each of his first six seasons with New York. He is a .245 lifetime hitter with 47 home runs and 162 RBIs in 397 career games.

Titans quarterback Mariota departs game with stinger

Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota was knocked out of Saturday's contest against the Washington Redskins due to a stinger, the team announced. Mariota was injured late in the second quarter when he landed on his right elbow while being sacked by Washington defensive tackle Jonathan Allen.

Boxing: Stevenson awake after three weeks in coma, girlfriend says

Canadian boxer Adonis Stevenson has regained consciousness after three weeks in a coma following a Dec. 1 knockout loss, his girlfriend said on Saturday. Simone "Sisi" God said in a statement posted on Twitter that the Haiti-born 41-year-old is awake.

WADA denied Moscow lab data access, leaving Russia facing ban

Russia's Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is again on the verge of suspension after a World Anti-Doping Agency inspection team visiting a Moscow laboratory was denied access to raw data to complete its full reinstatement, WADA said on Friday. The five-member WADA team had spent a week in Russia but left the Moscow lab and returned home frustrated and without having retrieved any of the data in the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) it had been promised access to.

NHL roundup: Hall enjoys 4-point night for Devils

Reigning NHL MVP Taylor Hall scored two goals and added two assists as the New Jersey Devils routed the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Friday night in Newark, N.J. The Devils' Kyle Palmieri also scored once, giving him a team-best 18 goals, and had two assists. Pavel Zacha and Nico Hischier scored New Jersey's other goals. New Jersey goalie Keith Kinkaid earned the win, stopping 25 of 27 shots.

New Jersey referee suspended after forcing black wrestler to have haircut

A New Jersey high school referee was suspended after a video showed a black wrestler being forced to have his hair cut before a bout after being told he would have to forfeit the match if he refused, according to state athletic officials on Saturday. The video, which was uploaded on Twitter on Thursday by a reporter from SNJ Today newspaper, showed Andrew Johnson of Buena Regional High School in Buena, New Jersey, getting his dreadlocks hairstyle cut off by a school official. Moments later, Johnson, who is black, won his match against his opponent.

LeBron slams NFL owners for 'slave mentality'

LeBron James slammed NFL owners for their treatment of players, calling them "old white men" with a "slave mentality" on Friday's episode of his HBO series "The Shop." "In the NFL they got a bunch of old white men owning teams, and they got that slave mentality," he said. "And it's like, 'This is my team. You do what the f--- I tell y'all to do or we get rid of y'all.'

MLB notebook: Dodgers deal Puig, Kemp to Reds

The Los Angeles Dodgers traded outfielders Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig to the Cincinnati Reds, the teams announced Friday. Left-hander Alex Wood and backup catcher Kyle Farmer also were sent to Cincinnati, which dealt right-hander Homer Bailey to the Dodgers. Los Angeles sent $7 million to the Reds.

(With inputs from Reuters)