NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Zion Williamson has approved Saturday a five-year extension, $ 193 million with the potential $ 231 million New Orleans Pelicans, according to two people familiar with the situation.
People have spoken to The Associated Press about the circumstances of anonymity because NBA rules do not allow the extension to take effect until 6 July.
Selected as the highest extension of the rookie under the NBA staff agreement, the agreement lays the foundation for a 6-foot-6, 280-pound, high-powered All-Star team the team that recently showed they can do it. the playoffs without him.
ESPN reported the initial agreement, citing information provided by Williamson ‘s representative, Austin Brown.
– By AP Sports Secretary Brett Martel.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – St. The Louis Cardinals became the first major league team to beat four straight home games for the first time as Nolan Arenado, Nolan Gorman, Juan Yepez and Dylan Carson rallied against Philadelphia on Saturday.
The Cardinals tied the MLB record for any four innings in a row. It was the first time they did it, and it was the 11th time overall in the history of the major leagues.
After Phillies’ picture of Kyle Gibson came out of the first two, Paul Goldschmidt picked up a pre-shot Arenado twice to the left field on the slide to start a long ball attack. Gorman followed by driving a 2-1 lead in the right lane. Yepez then removed the wire from the left field to mark the first time since Sept. 19, 2002, for the Cardinals to strike three homers in a row.
Carson ended the power show by connecting on a 1-0 kick hitting the second floor face to the right in the first field he saw.
The last team to make a homer of four consecutive bats was the Chicago White Sox, who made it on Aug. 16. 2020, against the Cardinals.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Washington Nationals held their contract elections for general manager Mike Rizzo and general manager Dave Martinez on Saturday.
Rizzo and Martinez are now signed in the future. It is very important to provide progress in line with the expected change of owners facing the franchise. The Lerner family began investigating the sale of the Nationals in April.
Rizzo and Martinez are now in charge of the new building after helping Washington win the first World Cup title in 2019. Martinez says all of his coaching staff were already underway ‘ contracted until next year.
SILVIS, Ho ill (AP) – J.T. Poston completed a wire-to-wire competition on Sunday at the John Deere Classic for his second PGA Tour title and venue at the British Open.
Three ropes ahead of the day at the TPC Deere Run, Poston closed with a 2-under 69 for a three-stroke limit over qualified British Open Christiaan Bezuidenhout and Emiliano Grillo.
Poston finished 21-under 263. He opened in stages 62, 65 and 67.
Bezuidenhout fired 66, and Grillo fired 69.
Christopher Gotterup, a former Rutgers player on the field in terms of donor release, had 66 tackles for fourth in 17 under Scott Stallings (70).
THOMASTOWN, Ireland (AP) – Adrian Meronk became the first Polish designer on a European tour with a very good time to close Mount Juliet for a 6-under 66 and a three-gun victory at the Irish Open.
Meronk was shot after New Zealand’s Ryan Fox with four holes left when he went birdie-birdie-eagle to make a mistake in the hard-closed hole.
Meronk, a 20-year-old under-268, Fox and Thriston Lawrence (67) had already been released for the British Open. The three locations available at the Irish Open were American John Catlin, David Law of Scotland and Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay. They are bound for themselves by 273.
NORTH PLAINS, Ore (AP) – Branden Grace won the first LIV Golf in the United States, an event that attracted critics and protesters alike as a result of a series of Saudi Arabian grants.
Grace closed out 7-under 65 on Saturday to finish 13th under the 54-hole competition at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. The 34-year-old South African has won $ 4 million.
Grace beat Carlos Ortiz of Mexico by two strokes.
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Casey, who has not played a competitive game since March due to injuries, plans to make his debut LIV game this month at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.
Casey, 44, has won 21 professional titles, including three times in the PGA Tour and 15 times in Europe. He has been in five Ryder Cup teams.
The first LIV series, led by CEO Greg Norman and funded by Saudi Arabia’s private wealth fund, aims to challenge the PGA Tour.
SILVERSTONE, England (AP) – Carlos Sainz Jr. won his first Form One race with a victory in the British Grand Prix on Sunday.
It was the most incredible speed this season and started with the breakdown of the first part and ended with intense wheel-to-wheel battles for stage positions.
Ferrari once ordered Sainz to let his partner Charles Leclerc pass him, but he fell in love with Sainz with a plan to give him new tires to pass Leclerc.
Sergio Pérez was second. Lewis Hamilton was third and Leclerc fourth. Position leader Max Verstappen was the seventh in a damaged car.
Speed was pictured as soon as it started with the fall of the first corner leaving Zhou and Alex Albon in need of treatment.
Zhou’s car crashed into one side and smashed the tire gap before hitting the fence. Pierre Gasly had fitted George Russell’s Mercedes with Zhou rear wheel, overturning Chinese driver Alfa Romeo. As drivers tried to avoid the crash, Albon was thrown to the side of a ditch.
Zhou was treated at a circuit medical center, and Alfa Romeo said he had not received any serious injuries, while Williams said Albon had been taken to a hospital by helicopter for “safety tests.”
LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) – Scott McLaughlin took his second IndyCar career victory, which could come down to one of the most outstanding awards in his career.
The New Zealander won the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on Sunday with his anxious parents watching from the pit. McLaughlin had not seen his family for 31 months as a result of the epidemic, but his parents eventually managed to travel from New Zealand in May to Indianapolis 500.
Their journey includes nine IndyCar races. It took four to see their only son driving Team Penske onto the road to victory. He had won three consecutive V8 Supercars in Australia.
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) – Tyler Reddick ran his first NASCAR Cup Series victory on Sunday, continuing the long-standing tradition of first place winners in road education.
Each of the first three road races this year had a first-time winner, as Reddick penetrated Road America after Ross Chastain won the Circuit of the Americas with Daniel Suárez in Sonoma.
Driver Richard Childress Racing won 3,304 seconds over defending champion Chase Elliott of Hendrick Motorsports. All the other drivers were 21 seconds behind Reddick.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. The AP America on Saturday Churchill Downs and in itself qualified for this fall. Shepherd ‘Classic Cup.
Bill Mott coached bay game improved to 5-0 as a 4-year-old in the Grade II event, as one of the many “Win and You’re In” qualifiers for of the Breeders’ Cup finalists on Nov. 4-5 Keeneland Lexington, Kentucky.
While Junior Alvarado was on board, Olympiad covered 1 1/8 mile with 1: 47.66 and $ 5, $ 3.40 and $ 2.60. Americanrevolution refunded $ 4 and $ 3.20 while Proxy paid $ 3.60 for the show.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Lawyers for several women who are suing Deshaun Watson for sexual misconduct are seeking documents from NFL investigations into the first quarter of the Houston Texans.
According to a statement released Friday by women lawyers, the legal team is seeking all reports and files from NFL investigations by Watson, including recorded interviews, witness statements and interviews. The purpose of the inquiry into the written inquiries also requests photographs and “any type of document in your files and / or documents pertaining to Deshaun Watson research.”
Watson, who was later sold to Cleveland Browns, has denied any wrongdoing.
The case against NFL disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, a retired judge, ended last week in Delaware. Robinson is expected to rule before the Browns camp opens a training camp by the end of next month on whether the 26-year-old has violated the club’s ethics policy and will impose discipline.
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