Sports News Roundup: Two LSU players questioned after fatal shooting; LeBron slams NFL owners for 'slave mentality'

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

NBA roundup: Beal's triple-double lifts Wizards in 3 OTs

Bradley Beal earned his first career triple-double and scored the go-ahead basket with 40 seconds left as the Washington Wizards defeated the visiting Phoenix Suns 149-146 in triple overtime on Saturday. Beal, who scored 10 points in the third overtime, finished with 40 points, 11 rebounds and a career-high 15 assists.

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.

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.

Bowl roundup: Wake Forest rallies past Memphis at Birmingham

Memphis kicker Riley Patterson's 43-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right on the final play of the Birmingham Bowl on Saturday, giving Wake Forest a 37-34 win at Legion Field in Birmingham, Ala. Just 34 seconds earlier, Wake Forest quarterback Jamie Newman rushed for his third touchdown on the day, which proved to be the winning score for the Demon Deacons.

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.

NHL roundup: Leafs rattle Rangers

Mitch Marner had two goals and an assist in the third period and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on to defeat the visiting New York Rangers 5-3 Saturday night. Patrick Marleau, Morgan Rielly and Andreas Johnsson also scored for the Maple Leafs, who scored four times in the third period en route to their third win in a row. John Tavares and Johnsson each added two assists.

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.

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.'

(With inputs from Reuters)