Sports briefly: Washington keeps Adrian Peterson

Washington exercised Adrian Peterson's 2020 option Wednesday, keeping the veteran running back in the fold for another season.

Peterson returns to Washington for a third season, his first season under new coach Ron Rivera. It'll be his 14th NFL season, the first 10 having been with the Vikings.

"Adrian Peterson is the epitome of what it means to be a pro in this league," Rivera said. "Adrian's leadership and passion towards the game of football will set an example of what is expected of the players in this program moving forward."

Peterson, who turns 35 in March, was the Redskins' leading rusher last season with 898 yards and five touchdowns on 211 carries. He ranks fifth on the NFL's career rushing list with 14,216 yards.

"Still going strong," Peterson tweeted. "Let's get to work."

• Offensive tackle Greg Robinson, the No. 2 pick in the 2014 draft but without a team after being let go by Cleveland, remained in a West Texas jail without bond Wednesday after federal agents said they found 157 pounds of marijuana in a rented vehicle in which he was riding. Federal authorities charged him and another person with conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute it.

Ryan Newman was released from a Florida hospital Wednesday, about 42 hours after his frightening crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500.

Pioneering sports reporter Lesley Visser will become the first woman to receive the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award. She will be honored at the Sports Emmy Awards on April 28.

Visser has been a prominent sports reporter for 45 years and was the first woman to work on "Monday Night Football." She also has been honored by the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Newly hired U.S. men's soccer coach Gregg Berhalter earned nearly as much from the U.S. Soccer Federation in the fiscal year ending last March 31 as women's counterpart Jill Ellis earned, but he worked only four months and she worked all year, a tax return released by the federation revealed.

Berhalter was paid $304,113, including a $200,000 signing bonus, for working from Dec. 2, 2018, to March 31. Ellis was paid $390,409 over the full fiscal year, when she led the United States to its second straight World Cup title.

Connecticut acquired guard Briann January from Phoenix in a three-way deal that sent guard Courtney Williams to Atlanta.