have said they want their names used.Even two rowers like (Tackett) and Sarah McClurre, who had been sexually assaulted by a KU football player, were encouraged and expected to attend and root

Carlos Beltran is headed back to Houston, hoping his 20th season in the majors could bring him -- and the Astros -- a most elusive World Series championship.A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Saturday that the free agent slugger and the Astros have reached a one-year deal for $16 million.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because there was no official announcement. ESPN first reported the agreement.Beltran joins a rich, revamped lineup, with Houston recently adding catcher Brian McCann and outfielder Josh Reddick to a talented, young nucleus.Beltran, who turns 40 in April, hit a combined .295 with 29 home runs and 93 RBI last season. The switch-hitter was traded from the New York Yankees to the Texas Rangers on Aug. 1 and split his time as a designated hitter and right fielder, playing 151 games.A nine-time All-Star, Beltran has often excelled in October. His rise to postseason prominence began in his first playoff game, for Houston in 2004.Acquired from Kansas City that summer, Beltran went on to hit a postseason record-tying eight homers in only 12 games while batting .435 with 14 RBI, along with six steals. The Astros lost in the NL Championship Series to St. Louis that fall. In 2005, Beltran joined the New York Mets, while the Astros wound up getting swept by the White Sox in their only World Series appearance.Beltran made his lone World Series appearance in 2013 with St. Louis, which lost to Boston in six games. Overall, he has hit .323 with 16 homers and 41 RBI in 55 postseason games.Beltran is a career .281 hitter with 421 home runs and 1,536 RBI in 19 seasons with the Royals, Astros, Mets, Giants, Cardinals, Yankees and Rangers. 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Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons.LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The University of Kansas athletic department required female rowers to attend games and encouraged them to socialize with football recruits, according to an amended lawsuit by a former rower who says she was raped by a football player.The allegations were made in an amended lawsuit filed Tuesday by Dan Curry, an attorney for Daisy Tackett, a former rower who no longer goes to Kansas.Tackett says she was raped in Jayhawker Towers in fall 2014 and that the university did not follow Title IX, a federal law which prohibits gender-based discrimination in education and requires universities to try and prevent sexual harassment and sexual violence.This is our clients way of saying there are more facts out there that support what theyre saying and want to make sure theyre on paper so everybody can see what theyre talking about, Curry said of the amended lawsuit, which was filed in response to the universitys motion to dismiss the it.The AP generally doesnt identify victims of alleged sexual assault, but Tackett and rower Sarah McClure, who also says she was sexually assaulted by the same player, have said they want their names used.Even two rowers like (Tackett) and Sarah McClurre, who had been sexually assaulted by a KU football player, were encouraged and expected to attend and root on the KU football players under KUs policy, the lawsuit said.ddddddddddddCurry did not immediately respond to a Lawrence Journal-World (http://bit.ly/2ayBg02 ) inquiry about where that policy can be found. University officials have consistently refused to comment on the lawsuits except to say the school takes all claims of sexual violence seriously.McClure has said she was attacked in August 2015 by the same man who Tackett accused of raping her. The two women and their parents are also suing the university in Douglas County District Court, claiming the school misled the public by saying student housing was safe. The school has also asked for that lawsuit to be dismissed.The man accused of rape, who has not been named, was expelled after a four-month investigation by the university concluded he committed the sexual assault. He has not been charged with any crime and nor been sued.---Information from: Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World, http://www.ljworld.com ' ' '