Newsmakers: Ravens forfeit 1 week of workouts

Fined The Baltimore Ravens have forfeited one week of offseason practices for violating the labor agreement on such workouts. The NFL also fined coach John Harbaugh $137,000 Thursday, while the team was fined $343,000 when the Ravens had rookies and first-year players don pads at a mini-camp.

Hired St. Bonaventure has hired Bowling Green assistant Jesse Fleming to coach its women’s basketball team. It’s a homecoming for Fleming, who is a St. Bonaventure graduate and spent 11 seasons working his way up from being the Bonnies team manager to eventual assistant coach.

Transferred Clemson has added former Valparaiso forward David Skara to its roster. Skara, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, played the past two seasons at Valparaiso. He will have two years of eligibility after sitting out next season

Sidelined Tennessee Titans second-round pick Kevin Dodd will be out until the start of training camp after undergoing surgery on his right foot. Dodd, the 33rd pick in the draft, had 12 1/2 sacks for Clemson last season.

Died University of Minnesota pitching coach Todd Oakes died after a four-year battle with leukemia. He was 55. Oakes joined the Gophers coaching staff in 1999, and 26 of his pitchers were drafted by major league teams.

Announced The D. C. Boxing and Wrestling Commission announced that Lucien Bute failed a doping test after his super middleweight title bout against Badou Jack. The WBC said that the D.C. commission found the banned substance Ostarine.