Video may link Patriots’ Aaron Hernandez, Odin Lloyd

Video images taken early Monday appear to show New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in Boston with a man whose bullet-riddled body was discovered later that day in a North Attleborough, Mass., industrial park near Hernandez’s house, the Boston Globe reported, citing two law enforcement officials.

Police were still at the scene Thursday where Odin Lloyd’s body was discovered. Hernandez is not cooperating with the police, according to a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation.

Existence of the video evidence — and a second video showing Hernandez later that morning in North Attleborough — came to light as police continued to search the industrial park where the body of Lloyd, 27, an acquaintance of Hernandez’s and a semipro football player, was discovered. The source of the videos was not immediately clear.

Investigators have not declared Hernandez a suspect, though police moved swiftly to speak to him after Lloyd was found slain.

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Chavez to fight Vera on Sept. 7 at Staples

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will return from the first loss of his career — and a subsequent marijuana suspension — when he fights Brian Vera on Sept. 7 at Staples Center, Chavez’s Mexico-based promoter said.

Speculation remains that Chavez (46-1-1, 32 knockouts) will be trained by someone other than Freddie Roach, who pushed the fighter to a world title before his Sept. 15 loss by decision to middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. After that loss, Chavez tested positive for marijuana and was suspended nine months and fined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.

Vera, 31, is 23-6 with 14 KOs and is on a four-fight winning streak.

—Lance Pugmire

Charley Hoffman missed the course record by a stroke but shot 61 to take the lead after the first round of the Travelers Championship at Cromwell, Conn., a year after he blew a two-stroke advantage on the tournament’s final two holes.

In his latest round, Hoffman hit a 126-yard approach shot within three feet of the pin to help him birdie 18 and separate himself by a stroke from Hunter Mahan, who posted an early 62. Bubba Watson was two strokes back.

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Attorneys in the case of O’Bannon vs. NCAA gathered in a Northern California courtroom Thursday afternoon to argue over whether thousands of current and former college athletes should be allowed to join in the antitrust lawsuit.

The plaintiffs want athletes to receive a share of the revenue the NCAA and its business partners generate by using player names and likenesses in television broadcasts, replays of classic games and video games.

If the suit — spearheaded by former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon — becomes a class-action suit, it could bring a massive judgment and change the way college sports are conducted. Judge Claudia Wilken listened to about two hours of argument but did not say when she would rule on the matter.

—David Wharton

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Abby Wambach broke Mia Hamm’s record for international career goals by a soccer player, scoring four times in the first half of the Unites States’ eventual 5-0 victory over South Korea to push her total to 160.

Wambach tallied three times in the first 29 minutes at Harrison, N.J., to break Hamm’s mark of 158 international goals, and she added another in injury time.

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Four private high schools in Southern California filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles challenging the CIF Southern Section’s decision to place the schools’ sports programs into a competition area with similar parochial schools.

Ventura St. Bonaventure, Westlake Village Oaks Christian, La Verne Damien and Glendora St. Lucy’s are seeking an injunction to prevent the Southern Section from placing them into the parochial area for the 2014-15 releaguing cycle. The schools are alleging religious discrimination and lack of administrative due process in their complaints.

—Eric Sondheimer

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Cal State Northridge has hired Greg Moore to be its baseball coach. Moore, 35, from Long Beach, had been associate head coach and pitching coach at the University of San Francisco.

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The San Jose Sharks signed forward Raffi Torres to a three-year contract that will keep him off the free-agent market next month.

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Torres was suspended for the final six games of the second round of the playoffs for a hit on the Kings’ Jarret Stoll.