[naviga:h3]Scully plans return for 67th MLB season[/naviga:h3]

LOS ANGELES — Vin Scully will be back for a record 67th season in the broadcast booth for the Dodgers, who revealed the news in the second inning of their game against the Chicago Cubs.

Magic Johnson, a co-owner of the team, appeared on the Dodger Stadium video board to tell the crowd that Jimmy Kimmel had a major announcement.

Late-night TV host Kimmel appeared and without a sound used cue cards to explain Scully would return for another season — “at least,” read one of the cards.

His last card read: “God bless us everyone.”

The 87-year-old Scully stood up and waved from his booth as the crowd cheered. The Hall of Fame announcer’s consecutive years of service make him the longest-tenured broadcaster with one team in sports history.

[naviga:h3]Mariners fire general manager[/naviga:h3]

SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners fired general manager Jack Zduriencik after seven disappointing seasons during which the club failed to end its playoff drought.

Team President Kevin Mather announced the decision to fire Zduriencik, with assistant general manager Jeff Kingston taking over on an interim basis. Kingston joined the Mariners front office in 2009 after spending seven years as the director of baseball operations with San Diego.

Mather said he would like to find an experienced GM and have one in place soon after the regular season concludes.

[naviga:h3]Redskins reverse decision on Griffin[/naviga:h3]

ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III will miss Saturday’s exhibition game at Baltimore because of a concussion, reversing an earlier decision to let him play.

In a statement released Friday by the Redskins, NFL independent neurologist Robert Kurtzke is quoted that Griffin “should be held from game play this weekend and be retested in one (to) two weeks before a firm conclusion to return to game play can be made.”

From wire and staff reports