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Bronny James continues promising play with 13 points in Lakers’ 93-89 win over Cavaliers

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lakers rookie Bronny James put together his second promising Summer League performance in a row Thursday night, scoring 13 points in Los Angeles’ 93-89 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. The son NBA career scoring leader LeBron James had eight first-half points on 3-of-5 shooting. He ended the game by making 5 […]

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Clippers trade Russell Westbrook to Jazz. He’s expected to join the Nuggets after a buyout

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers sent Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz on Thursday in a sign-and-trade deal for point guard Kris Dunn. The Jazz are expected to buy out the former NBA MVP’s contract so Westbrook can sign with the Denver Nuggets, according to ESPN. Utah also got the right to

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A’s exec tells Las Vegas officials the club plans to leave $30 million in public money on the table

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oakland Athletics executive Sandy Dean told the Las Vegas Stadium Authority on Thursday that the club does not expect to spend the entire $380 million in public money allocated to build a new stadium in Las Vegas. Dean said the A’s plan to spend $350 million of those funds, leaving $30

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Texas A&M not as noisy, which is good for the Aggies since Mike Elko replaced Jimbo Fisher

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DALLAS (AP) — Texas A&M paid $75 million to fire Jimbo Fisher and hired Mike Elko away from Duke to bring some stability to a program that has been suffering through years of dysfunction. “A lot going on, it made it hard to kind of focus on football at times,” left tackle Trey Zuhn III

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Cheryl Reeve is enjoying and fueling the good vibes with the Lynx as the Olympic break arrives

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four WNBA championships with the Minnesota Lynx top the list of Cheryl Reeve’s achievements over the longest continuous tenure by a head coach in league history, a loaded resume that added more heft when she was picked to lead the U.S. national team through the current Olympiad. This season has been as

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Patrick Vieira leaves Strasbourg ahead of French season, becomes candidate for US job

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STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Patrick Vieira left as coach of the French club Strasbourg on Thursday less than one month before the Ligue 1 season starts, making him a candidate to succeed Gregg Berhalter as U.S. national team coach. Strasburg, owned by the parent company of England’s Chelsea, said in a statement Vieira left by

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Beleaguered Olympic boxing has a new look in Paris: Gender parity, but the smallest field in decades

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Boxing is already on the Olympic ropes after an epic fight between its banished governing body and the IOC. Although the sport has been a staple of Olympic programs for over a century, it could be dropped before the Los Angeles Games if big changes in governance don’t happen in the next year. The fights

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Tiger Woods in danger of missing cut at British Open again after 8-over 79 at Royal Troon

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TROON, Scotland (AP) — Hands on his hips, Tiger Woods looked like a commuter whose train was late. Woods had sent his drive near the ScotRail line that runs along the 11th hole at Royal Troon. It summed up his opening round at the British Open. The 15-time major champion’s 8-over 79 on Thursday left

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