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Chargers sign OLB Bud Dupree to contract extension
The Los Angeles Chargers signed outside linebacker Bud Dupree to a contract extension.,Terms of the deal were not disclosed. ESPN reported Wednesday it was a one-year deal worth up to $6 million. ,Dupree, 32, is due to earn a base salary of $1.995 million in 2025, the final year of his previous cont...
Music City GP plans Palou party, envision 'Monaco of the South' by '27
At his current pace, Alex Palou might turn the season finale in Nashville into a championship celebration by clinching his fourth title in five years prior to the Music City Grand Prix in Tennessee on Labor Day Weekend. ,Sponsors and Indy Car officials understand the reality of the circumstance, wit...
Star F Hilary Knight signs with expansion Seattle franchise
The expansion Seattle franchise of the Professional Women's Hockey League signed legendary forward Hilary Knight to a one-year contract on Wednesday.,Knight was left exposed in the expansion draft by the Boston Fleet. Seattle and fellow expansion franchise Vancouver were given a five-day window from...
Dash sign F Messiah Bright to contract extension
The Houston Dash agreed to a contract extension with forward Messiah Bright through the 2026 season.,The deal announced on Wednesday includes a team option for 2027 for the 25-year-old Texas native.,Bright has appeared in 10 games for Houston this season after arriving in a January trade with Angel ...
7 potential replacements for Tom Thibodeau as Knicks coach
Over the last five years, Tom Thibodeau won 226 regular-season games with the New York Knicks, or just 30 fewer than his six predecessors combined.,His 24 playoff wins were the most by a Knicks coach since Jeff Van Gundy and six more than New York recorded in the 20 years prior to his arrival. And t...
More former Indiana players allege sexual misconduct by physician
More than 15 former Indiana men's basketball players allege improper sexual conduct by a former team physician, and they claim that university officials -- including the late coach Bobby Knight -- knew of the doctor's behavior.,Two former Hoosiers sued the school last fall, but the number of complai...
Report: Aces players receive another $100K with investigation in limbo
Every player on the roster of the Las Vegas Aces will receive a $100,000 sponsorship fee, courtesy of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.,That's according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, which reported that all 13 players have signed an agreement for the 2025 season.,It's the second co...
PWHL top scorer Hilary Knight, Ottawa captain unprotected for expansion draft
Ottawa captain Brianne Jenner, league co-leading scorer Hilary Knight of the Boston Fleet and Minnesota's Kelly Pannek are among the headliners available to incoming franchises Seattle and Vancouver in the PWHL's expansion draft next week.,Knight shared the PWHL points lead last season with New York...
MVP money: SGA could net $890K-per-game contract; Luka, Jokic up for raise, too
Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is eligible for the NBA's most valuable contract this offseason. ,Gilgeous-Alexander, 26, became "supermax" eligible with the Oklahoma City Thunder by earning All-NBA honors in consecutive seasons, and the numbers are something to behold. ,SGA could sign...
Flyers ink F Noah Cates to 4-year, $16M contract
Forward Noah Cates agreed to a four-year, $16 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.,Cates, 26, recorded a career-high 16 goals to go along with 21 assists and a plus-3 rating in 78 games this season with the Flyers.,He was playing in the final campaign of a two-year, $5...
Mississippi State hires Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor
Mississippi State announced the hiring of longtime Virginia baseball coach Brian O'Connor to lead its program.,O'Connor, 54, guided the Cavaliers to a College World Series championship in 2015 and was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2024.,A three-time national coach of th...
Sens sign D Tyler Kleven to 2-year, $3.2M extension
The Ottawa Senators signed defenseman Tyler Kleven to a two-year, $3.2 million extension on Monday.,Kleven, 23, just completed his first full season in the NHL and could have become a restricted free agent on July 1.,"Tyler's game elevated as our season progressed," general manager Steve Staios said...
Lionel Messi has hand in all 5 goals as Miami routs Crew
Lionel Messi had two goals and three assists and Inter Miami used a three-goal first half to rout the flailing Columbus Crew 5-1 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Saturday.,Messi chipped goals in the 15th and 24th minutes to augment a 13th-minute tally by Tadeo Allende for a 3-0 lead at the break. The Cr...
Miguel Angel Jimenez holds 2-shot lead in Des Moines
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez carded a 6-under-66 on Saturday to maintain his lead through two rounds of the Principal Charity Classic at Des Moines, Iowa.,Jimenez is sitting at 15-under 129 and stands two shots ahead of Australia's Cameron Percy (67 on Saturday) and three strokes in front of Kevin S...
Wings G Paige Bueckers (concussion) out at least 2 games
Dallas Wings guard and 2025 No. 1 overall pick Paige Bueckers will miss a minimum of two games after she was placed under the WNBA's concussion protocol, the team announced on Friday.,Bueckers, 23, will sit out Saturday's home game against the Chicago Sky and Tuesday's road matchup against the Seatt...
Miguel Angel Jimenez (63) in front at Principal Charity Classic
Miguel Angel Jimenez used an eagle to punctuate a 9-under-par 63 Friday, enough for a one-shot lead after one round at the Principal Charity Classic in Des Moines, Iowa.,An opening bogey at Wakonda Club didn't throw the Spaniard off his game. After making up for it with a birdie at No. 3, he ran off...
Revived Inter Miami set to face shaky Crew
Inter Miami might be returning to form at the right time and it's no surprise that Lionel Messi is leading the way.,Messi scored two goals with an assist when Inter Miami broke a four-match winless streak (0-2-2) with a 4-2 victory against CF Montreal on Wednesday.,Miami (7-3-5, 26 points) now will ...
Flyers F Tyson Foerster signs 2-year extension
Philadelphia Flyers forward Tyson Foerster signed a two-year contract extension worth $7.5 million.,The deal was announced on Thursday by the Flyers.,Foerster, 23, will be a restricted free agent again when the contract extension expires in 2027.,He set career highs across the board with 43 points (...
Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah signs extension
The Minnesota Vikings announced a multiyear contract extension for general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on Friday.,The Vikings are 34-17 with two postseason appearances since Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell arrived ahead of the 2022 season.,"Kwesi's leadership, vision and collaboration wit...
Stefanos Tsitsipas hires Novak Djokovic’s former coach
Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece on Thursday hired Goran Ivanisevic, the former coach of Novak Djokovic.,A two-time Grand Slam finalist, Tsitsipas bowed out of the French Open in the second round Wednesday in a four-set loss to Italian Matteo Gigante. Tsitsipas was the 20th seed in the men's singles dra...