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• Brewers make offer to Sabathia: The Brewers have opened up the bidding for free-agent left-hander CC Sabathia .

General manager Doug Melvin said the team made a contract proposal to Sabathia over the weekend but wasn’t willing to discuss terms of the offer or assess the team’s chances of keeping its prize pitcher.

Sabathia, who went 11-2 with a 1.65 ERA for the Brewers after he was traded from the Indians on July 7, filed for free agency over the weekend and is expected to draw interest from big-market teams that could outbid the Brewers.

• Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein has agreed to a new contract with the team. Epstein revealed the agreement on the first day of the annual general manager meetings in Dana Point, Calif.

Tennis:Nadal won’t be in Masters Cup field

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai that starts Sunday.

Nadal, the world’s top-ranked player, made the announcement in a statement on his Web site. Nadal, who won the French Open and Wimbledon this year, cited fatigue after a long season.

Motor sports: NASCAR fan wounded at track

A NASCAR fan in her recreational vehicle at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth was wounded by a stray bullet after someone apparently fired a gun into the air, police said.

A bullet suddenly pierced through the motor home’s roof Sunday morning before the Dickies 500 race, hitting a woman in the right arm.

The 62-year-old woman, whose name was not released by authorities, was taken to a nearby hospital with a “significant wound” and was listed in stable condition, police Lt. Paul Henderson said.

Running: Marathon reports second death

Two runners died after completing the New York City Marathon, one shortly after crossing the finish line and the other several hours later.

Carlos Jose Gomes , 58, had just completed the race Sunday when he complained about feeling ill, police said. He was taken by ambulance to a Manhattan hospital, where he died. The cause was a heart attack, the medical examiner’s office said. The other runner who died was a man whose identity and cause of death weren’t available.