Month: August 2021

12:10 PM ET The Brooklyn Nets are adding free-agent guard Patty Mills and are retaining restricted free-agent guard Bruce Brown, who is signing his qualifying offer. Mills has agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with the Nets, his agent, Steven Heumann of CAA Basketball, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The deal includes a player option.
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12:39 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants‘ first day of padded practice at training camp ended abruptly Tuesday when coach Joe Judge angrily addressed and punished his players for a teamwide brawl that included starting quarterback Daniel Jones at the bottom of the pile. Judge could be heard delivering an expletive-laden
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Aug 2, 2021 CHICAGO — Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer says his “greatest source of frustration” was the team’s inability to sign any of their stars to long-term contracts before trading them last Friday. Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Baez were the talk of the baseball world last week as all three
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2:33 PM ET Free-agent center Robin Lopez has agreed to a one-year deal with the Orlando Magic worth $5 million, sources tell ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Lopez became a valuable contributor during his one season with the Washington Wizards, averaging 9.0 points and 3.8 rebounds and shooting 63.3% from the field. He was almost always available,
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7:01 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Naomi Osaka pulled out of the National Bank Open hard-court tuneup to be played in Montreal this month ahead of the US Open. The tournament announced the withdrawals of Osaka and two other top-10 players who have won Grand Slam titles, Sofia Kenin and Iga Swiatek, on Tuesday.
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6:32 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sebastian Korda is less than a month past his 21st birthday. Brandon Nakashima turned 20 on Tuesday. Both young Americans picked up straight-set victories at the Citi Open. The 12th-seeded Korda, who is coming off a fourth-round run at Wimbledon, moved into the second round at the hard-court
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