Newsmakers

Fined NASCAR fined Joe Gibbs Racing’s three crew chiefs $50,000 each Tuesday for bringing unapproved oil pans to Michigan last week. Mike Ford, Dave Rogers and Greg Zipadelli also were placed on probation through the end of the year, as was JGR competition director Jimmy Makar and car chiefs Chris Gillin (No. 11), Wesley Sherrill (No. 18) and Jason Shapiro (No. 20).

Argued Former Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Roger Clemens is trying to prevent his former New York Yankees teammates from telling jurors in his upcoming criminal trial that they got performance-enhancing drugs from Clemens’ former trainer. Clemens’ attorneys argued in a filing that such evidence could create “guilt by association” in juror’s minds and asked a judge to block it.

Resigned Golden State Warriors President Robert Rowell is resigning his position as the club’s top executive for business operations. Warriors owner Joe Lacob announced that Rowell was leaving to pursue other business endeavors. Rowell will assist Lacob and co-owner Peter Guber in the transition.

Prepared Former MVP Jaromir Jagr is ready to make an NHL comeback. “Quite a few teams are in the picture, but I’ve been talking to Detroit and Pittsburgh the last couple of days,” Petr Svoboda, Jagr’s agent, said. Jagr was the NHL MVP in 1999, a five-time scoring champion and two-time Stanley Cup winner while he was with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He went on to play for the Washington Capitals and New York Rangers.

Improved The doctor for Juan Mauricio Soler’s cycling team says the Colombian’s life is no longer in danger after having suffered head injuries in a crash during the Tour of Switzerland last week. Movistar doctor Alfredo Zuniga said on the team’s website Tuesday that Soler, having been awoken from an induced coma one day earlier, has “begun to make light movements and tests seem to rule out spinal injury.”

Announced The general manager of Red Bull Racing, Jay Frye, said he’s optimistic he can find investors to keep the team going beyond this year. The energy drink company is both the owner and sponsor of the two-car Red Bull team, and is leaving NASCAR at the end of the season.