Newsmakers

Reached A person familiar with the deal says the Boston Red Sox reached a contract agreement with left-hander Chris Capuano. Capuano was 4-7 with a 4.26 ERA in 24 games for the Dodgers last season.

Pleaded In Los Angeles, former NFL safety Darren Sharper pleaded not guilty to charges that he drugged and raped two women he met at a West Hollywood night club. A judge increased his bail to $1 million. Prosecutors said Sharper is also being investigated in three other states. He played in the NFL from 1997 to 2010, mostly with the Packers.

Hired Kansas football coach Charlie Weis hired former Washington offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau to work with wide receivers. Kiesau spent the past two seasons with the Huskies. He’s also been an assistant at Colorado and California.

Purchased Major League Soccer purchased Chivas USA from owners Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes. Chivas USA averaged a league-low 8,366 fans per home game last season. Vergara and Fuentes have been part owners since the club was formed in 2004, and assumed total control in 2012. MLS said coach Wilmer Cabrera will remain on the job.

Cleared New York Mets ace Matt Harvey was cleared to start playing catch only four months after having reconstructive elbow surgery. Harvey, who had surgery on Oct. 22, stretched with pitchers and catchers for the first time this spring.

Agreed The Atlanta Braves and shortstop Andrelton Simmons agreed on a $58 million, seven-year contract. The 24-year-old hit .248 with 17 home runs and 59 RBIs last season, and also won a Gold Glove.

Out New York Islanders’ captain John Tavares had his NHL season end after an injury at the Olympics. Tavares sustained a ligament and meniscus tear in his left knee when he was hit by Latvia’s Arturs Kulda in the second period of Canada’s 2-1 victory Wednesday. Tavares is the NHL’s third-leading scorer with 66 points in 59 games.

Won Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone won a case at London’s High Court relating to the sale of F1 in 2005. German media company Constantin Medien, a former F1 shareholder, had sued Ecclestone and other defendants for up to $144 million, claiming F1 was undervalued at the time of the sale to investment group CVC Capital Partners. The Court ruled that the deal was corrupt, but said that Constantin Medien did not suffer any damages.