Off the wire

— FOOTBALL Texas A&M player found safe

Texas A&M freshman wide receiver Thomas Johnson has been found safe in Dallas after he disappeared from campus three days ago. Johnson’s mother, Linda Hanks, said Texas A&M University police told her Thursday the 18-year-old is unharmed. University police said they traveled to Dallas to look for Johnson on Wednesday. Johnson was found safe about 2:30 a.m. Thursday with the help of the Dallas police and the Texas Rangers. Police said Wednesday that Johnson was last seen leaving his College Station residence around 5 p.m. Monday. Hanks told WFAA-TV she traveled from Dallas to College Station while authorities searched for her son. He turned up 180 miles away in Dallas. Hanks said Johnson didn’t contact her and that she has no other information. Campus police said that they are not releasing further details. Coach Kevin Sumlin said he’s relieved Johnson has been found and is concerned for Johnson’s health and well-being.

Missouri wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham has resolved an early-season marijuana arrest with a guilty plea to a reduced charge of trespassing. A Columbia, Mo., municipal court clerk said the freshman from Springfield, Mo., paid a $200 fine and court costs Oct. 16, two weeks after he and two teammates were arrested by campus police and charged with smoking pot near the Mizzou football stadium. He was scheduled to appear in court on the charge Thursday. Hearings for teammates Levi Copelin and Torey Boozer are scheduled for next month. Possession of small amounts of marijuana in Columbia is treated as a low-level offense similar to a traffic citation. Online court records show Green-Beckham was charged Oct. 29 in southwest Missouri’s Webster County with driving without a valid license 10 days earlier.

BASEBALL Selig to review deal

Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said he is examining the pending blockbuster trade between the Miami Marlins and Toronto Blue Jays and is aware of the fan anger in South Florida. Speaking at the conclusion of the owners’ meetings, Selig said Thursday the trade hasn’t officially been presented to him. But he said the matter is under review and he talked to two independent baseball people who feel the Marlins did well in the proposed swap. Miami has agreed to send All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes and pitchers Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson to Toronto for a group of the Blue Jays’ top prospects. The trade is pending physicals, but many Marlins fans are upset with the deal since the team just moved into a new publicly financed ballpark.

A person familiar with the situation said the Chicago Cubs have agreed on terms of a contract with former All-Star catcher Dioner Navarro. The person spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because the team has not announced details and terms were not immediately known. MLB.com first reported the deal. Navarro was an All-Star with Tampa Bay in 2008 and spent most of the past season in Cincinnati’s minor-league system. He hit .290 in 24 games for the Reds last year.

The Chicago Cubs said pitcher Matt Garza can resume his normal offseason routine after a scan this week showed the right-hander’s pitching elbow is healing as expected. Garza sustained a stress reaction against St. Louis on July 21 and missed the rest of the season. He was 5-7 with a 3.91 ERA in 18 starts and is eligible for arbitration after earning $9.5 million last season. He was a potential trade candidate before the injury and could be again.

BASKETBALL Holdsclaw arrested

Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw is in custody after being accused of shooting into a woman’s car after using a bat to break its windows. Atlanta police said Thursday that the incident happened Tuesday after the Olympic gold medalist followed Jennifer Lacy to her car. Lacy plays for the Tulsa Shock. No one was injured. Lacy, 29, identified Holdsclaw, 35, as an ex-girlfriend and both played for the Atlanta Dream in 2009. Holdsclaw was in custody Thursday night in Fulton County Jail. Her bond was set at $10,000 on one charge each of aggravated assault, second-degree criminal damage and reckless conduct. A number for Holdsclaw listed in the police report went to voice mail and it was unknown whether she had an attorney.

BASEBALL Cabrera, Posey win MVP awards

NEW YORK - Detroit third baseman Miguel Cabrera won the American League’s Most Valuable Player award on Thursday after becoming baseball’s first Triple Crown winner in 45 years, and San Francisco catcher Buster Posey was voted the National League honor.

Cabrera received 22 of 28 first place votes and 362 points from the AL panel of Baseball Writers’ Association of America to easily beat out Los Angeles Angels center fielder and former Arkansas Traveler Mike Trout, who had six firsts and 281 points. Trout, who hit .326 with30 home runs and 83 RBI and also stole 49 bases, was voted AL Rookie of the Year earlier in the week.

Posey recovered from a devastating leg injury that cut short his 2011 season, became the first catcher in 70 years to win the NL batting title and helped San Francisco win its second World Series title in three seasons. He got 27 of 32 firsts and 422 points from the NL panel, outdistancing 2011 winner Ryan Braun of Milwaukee, who was second with 285 points.

Cabrera hit .330 with 44 home runs and 139 RBI to become the first Triple Crown winner since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967. The past four Triple Crown winners have been voted MVP, including Mickey Mantle in 1956 and Frank Robinson in 1966.

Cabrera also led the league with a .606 slugging percentage for the AL champion Tigers. He became the second consecutive Detroit player voted MVP, following Justin Verlander in 2011, and was the first Venezuelan to earn the honor.

Before the season, he switched from first base to third to make way for Prince Fielder, signing as a free agent.

The 2010 NL Rookie of the Year, Posey set career highs with a .336 average, 24 home runs and 103 RBI for the World Series champion Giants. His 2011 season was cut short by a collision with the Marlins’ Scott Cousins on May 25 that resulted in a fractured bone in Posey’s lower left leg and three torn ankle ligaments.

Posey, the fifth overall pick in the 2008 amateur draft, won the NL batting title after teammate Melky Cabrera requested a rules change that disqualified him. Cabrera, who hit .346, missed the final 45 games of the regular season while serving a suspension for a positive testosterone test and would have won the batting crown if the rule hadn’t been changed.

Ernie Lombardi had been the previous catcher to capture the NL batting championship, in 1942. Posey is the first Giants player to win since Barry Bonds was voted his record seventh MVP award in 2004.

Pittsburgh outfielder Andrew McCutchen (245) was third, followed by St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina (241).

Sports, Pages 20 on 11/16/2012

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