Third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz announced his withdrawal from the Italian Open on Friday because of the right forearm injury that already prompted him to pull out of tournaments in Monte Carlo and Barcelona.

The announcement comes two days after Alcaraz’s bid to win a third straight Madrid Open title ended with a three-set loss to Andrey Rublev in the quarterfinals.

A bill to legalize sports betting in Minnesota is in serious trouble, running afoul of the partisan rancor over the arrest of a state senator on a felony burglary charge.

One of the lead authors, Democratic Sen. Matt Klein, of Mendota Heights, isn’t ready to call sports betting dead. But he said in an interview Thursday that he’s less optimistic than before Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, of Woodbury, was charged last week with breaking into her estranged stepmother’s home.

St. Thomas men’s and women’s track and field hosted 16 teams at the Joe Sweeney Invitational at O’Shaughnessy Stadium on Wednesday.

The invite was the Tommies’ first and only outdoor home meet before they host the Summit League Championships on May 9, 10 and 11.

Anya Capistrant-Kinney can be reached at capi2087@stthomas.edu.