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Thunder reach deals with Jaylin Williams, Ajay Mitchell
The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder have taken the first step toward keeping their roster together, agreeing with center/forward Jaylin Williams on a multi-year contract extension on the big man's 23rd birthday.,The team did not announce terms or other specifics of the deal, but it is a three-yea...
Reports: Bucks F Bobby Portis agrees to 3-year, $44M contract
Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis has declined his player option and will sign a three-year, $44 million contract to stay with the team, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday.,Portis, 30, had until Sunday to decide on the player option worth $13.4 million. The new deal includes a player optio...
Rockies tie game in ninth, beat Brewers in 11 innings
Kyle Farmer's RBI single in the 11th inning lifted the Colorado Rockies to a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Sunday that also snapped the visiting club's five-game losing streak.,Colorado trailed 2-0 after six innings but plated one run in each of the last four frames to notch its 13th com...
Report: James Harden gets new 2-year, $81.5M deal with Clippers
James Harden declined his player option in order to sign a new two-year contract with the Los Angeles Clippers worth $81.5 million, ESPN reported Sunday.,The 11-time All-Star guard will return to the Clippers after spending the past two seasons there. The second year of the new pact reportedly has a...
Aaron Judge, Jazz Chisholm drive in 4 apiece as Yankees bash A's
Aaron Judge homered twice and drove in four runs while Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered and also drove in four as the host New York Yankees rocked Luis Severino to beat the Athletics 12-5 on Sunday afternoon.,The Yankees won for the sixth time in their past 16 games and scored their most runs since a 13-1 ...
Report: Jazz land C Jusuf Nurkic in trade with Hornets
The Utah Jazz are set to acquire center Jusuf Nurkic from the Charlotte Hornets for Collin Sexton and a 2030 second-round draft pick, ESPN reported Sunday.,Nurkic, 30, averaged 8.9 points and 7.8 rebounds in 51 games last season with the Phoenix Suns and Hornets. He was traded to Charlotte in Februa...
Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier selected by fans as All-Star captains
The Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark and the Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier have been named as team captains for the WNBA All-Star Game on July 19 in Indianapolis.,Clark and Collier earned their captain status as the players who received the most votes from fans, players and media. They will draft t...
Hall-of-Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas dies at 89
Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who guided four horses into the Kentucky Derby winner's circle, died Saturday night in Louisville, Ky. He was 89.,According to reports Monday, Lukas had been hospitalized with a severe infection and declined to go through the "aggressive treatment pl...
Report: Heat's Duncan Robinson declines option, hits free agency
Miami Heat guard/forward Duncan Robinson declined his $19.9-million early termination option in order to become a free agent, but remains open to a new deal to remain with the team, ESPN reported Sunday.,Robinson, 31, averaged 11.0 points with 2.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 74 games (37 starts) for...
White Sox place Luis Robert Jr. (hamstring) on 10-day IL
After waiting in vain for Luis Robert Jr.'s strained hamstring to get better, the Chicago White Sox placed their center fielder on the 10-day injured list prior to Sunday's game with the San Francisco Giants.,The move is retroactive to June 26, with the White Sox not expected to replace Robert on th...
Report: 76ers picks up $8.4M option on F Kelly Oubre Jr.
The Philadelphia 76ers picked up the one-year, $8.4 million contract option for forward Kelly Oubre Jr. in 2025-26, ESPN reported Sunday.,Oubre, 29, averaged 15.1 points with 6.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 60 games (57 starts) with the 76ers last season. He has produced at least 15.0 points per gam...
Report: Wolves retain F Julius Randle on 3-year, $100M extension
The Minnesota Timberwolves continued their offseason spending spree, signing forward Julius Randle to a three-year, $100-million contract extension, ESPN reported Sunday.,The deal to retain Randle comes two days after center Naz Reid agreed to a five-year, $125-million extension with the Timberwolve...
Blue Jackets D Dante Fabbro inks 4-year extension
Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Dante Fabbro signed a four-year, $16.5 million contract on Sunday.,Fabbro, 27, was a pending unrestricted free agent.,He recorded 26 points (nine goals, 17 assists) and a plus-20 rating in 68 games last season split between the Nashville Predators and Blue Jackets. ,...
Report: NBA G Malik Beasley subject of federal gambling probe
Guard Malik Beasley is under federal investigation in connection with allegations that he was tied to gambling activity on NBA games and prop bets, ESPN reported Sunday.,The allegations date to the 2023-24 season when Beasley was with the Milwaukee Bucks, one of six teams he has played for since the...
Thunder, C/F Jaylin Williams agree to multi-year extension
The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder have taken the first step toward keeping their roster together, agreeing with center/forward Jaylin Williams on a multi-year contract extension.,The team did not announce terms or other specifics of the deal, but it is a three-year, $24 million contract extensi...
Iga Swiatek: Tennis schedule too 'intense' for players
Iga Swiatek said the tennis calendar is too tightly packed and forces players to compete in too many tournaments, just for the sake of ranking points.,Speaking to reporters in advance of Wimbledon, where she is the No. 8 seed, the former World No. 1 said too much is being asked of players.,Swiatek o...
Bojan Bogdanovic retires after 10 NBA seasons
Bojan Bogdanovic announced his retirement Sunday after 10 NBA seasons with six teams, citing injury.,"Sometimes in life, you don't choose the moment. The moment chooses you," the 6-foot-7 forward wrote in a social media post.,"After 14 months of battling a foot injury, two surgeries and countless ef...
LeBron James picks up $52.6M option to remain with Lakers
LeBron James will become the first player in NBA history to play in 23 seasons when he returns to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2025-26.,James, the NBA's career leading scorer, is exercising his $52.6 million player option for the upcoming season, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN on Sunday.,It is n...
Report: Thunder, C/F Jaylin Williams agree to 3-year extension
The NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder have taken the first step toward keeping their roster together, agreeing with center/forward Jaylin Williams on a three-year, $24 million contract extension, ESPN reported Sunday.,Sunday is Williams' 23rd birthday.,The Thunder held a $2.1 million option for the...
WNBA commissioner applauds Candace Parker's 2-team jersey retirement
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert celebrated the career of Candace Parker on Sunday prior to the first of two jersey retirements for the long-time league superstar.,The Los Angeles Sparks will retire the two-time WNBA MVP's No. 3 jersey prior to Sunday's game against Parker's hometown Chicago Sky. P...