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IN BRIEF ¦ BOXING: The World Boxing Organization said an independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao’s welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn on July 2 confirms the outcome in favor of the Australian former schoolteacher. The WBO appointed five judges from different countries to watch the bout without sound and released the outcome of the recount, showing three judges awarded the fight to Horn, one scored a draw and one judge awarded the fight to the 38-year-old Pacquiao.
¦ ESPYS: ESPN chose Michelle Obama to help posthumously honor Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. The former first lady is presenting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Shriver’s son, Timothy Shriver, during the ESPY Awards on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Former Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully will receive the Icon Award, given to those who have left a lasting impression on the sports world.
¦ GOLF: Trish Johnson shot a 5-under 67 in French Lick, Ind., to take a four-stroke lead in the Senior LPGA Championship, the first major championship for senior women. Carolyn Hill was second. She had six birdies and five bogeys.
... TV analyst Johnny Miller said he thought this might be his final year in the broadcast booth for NBC Sports so he could spend more time with his 23 grandchildren. But now he says he will stick around for at least another year. It is his 28th year working for NBC.
¦ NBA: The Kings signed 40-year-old G Vince Carter. Carter, who entered the league with the Raptors in 1998, is joining his seventh team.
He played the last three seasons with the Grizzlies and averaged 8 points and 1.8 assists per game last season. ... The Bulls signed G Justin Holiday to a reported two-year, $9 million contract.
¦ NHL: Free-agent F Tyler Johnson signed a seven-year, $35 million deal to remain with the Lightning. Johnson, 26, had 19 goals and 26 assists in 66 games last season. ... The Wild resigned RW Kurtis Gabriel and G Steve Michalek to one-year, two-way contracts that include the AHL Iowa team. Both will earn $715,000 in the NHL and $70,000 in the AHL. ...
The Stars re-signed C Radek Faksa to a threeyear, $6.6 million contract. ... The Rangers hired longtime coach Lindy Ruff as an assistant to Alain Vigneault.... The Kings hired Pierre Turgeon for his first job as an assistant.
¦ SOCCER: Romelu Lukaku joined Manchester United from Everton for $97 million after the striker rejected a late bid by former club Chelsea. ... Bundesliga club Schalke signed highly rated French Under-20 MF Amine Harit from Nantes in a four-year deal reportedly worth up to $11.4 million.
¦ ALSO: The Chiefs promoted co-director of player personnel Brett Veach to general manager.
... Bills DT Adolphus Washington was arrested in Ohio on a weapons charge and released.
... A former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women and girls plans to plead guilty to unrelated charges of possession of child pornography in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Larry Nassar is due in federal court Tuesday to change his plea to guilty. Nassar was a sports medicine specialist at Michigan State. He also worked for Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. Besides the child porn case, Nassar is charged with sexually assaulting nine women or girls in the Lansing, Mich., area.NFL Redskins’ contract talks with Cousins stagnant Despite optimism expressed this offseason by Washington Redskins officials, two people familiar with the situation told The Washington Post late last week that little to no progress has been made in negotiations to sign quarterback Kirk Cousins to a long-term contract extension. If Monday’s 4 p.m. deadline comes and goes without an agreement, Cousins will play a second straight season on the franchise tag, meaning the Redskins will face the strong likelihood that they’ll lose one of the most prolific quarterbacks in franchise history to free agency in 2018. The Redskins were reluctant to award Cousins a long-term contract after a promising first season as a starter in 2015, offering him an average salary of about $16 million per season, with $24 million in guaranteed money over the life of the contract. After Cousins was successful again in 2016, the quarterback and his camp have felt no pressure to settle for the hometown discount that Washington hoped for earlier this offseason when extending an offer worth around $20 million per season. The offer didn’t increase as the deadline to use the franchise tag approached, so Cousins stood firm and the Redskins had to use the franchise tag a second straight year, which meant a commitment of nearly $24 million — fully guaranteed. The Redskins haven’t extended Cousins another official offer since that earlier proposal, according to the same people that said the two sides were no closer to an agreement as of late last week.
—Mike Jones, The Washington Post GOLF UM grad Clark named The First Tee executive director Former Bethune-Cookman golf coach Loritz “Scooter” Clark was named executive director of The First Tee of Greater Baltimore. Clark, who grew up in Prince George’s County and graduated from Maryland, “will lead fundraising initiatives, provide overall management of all fiscal operations and implement policies established by the The First Tee board,” according to a release. Clark coached seven years at Bethune-Cookman, a historically black college in Daytona Beach, Fla., leading the team to five consecutive PGA Minority Collegiate titles among its 11 national championships. Clark was also recognized by the NCAA by raising the APR rate for the men’s and women’s golf teams for three straight years (2014-2016). “The First Tee of Greater Baltimore is dedicated to changing the trajectory of students’ lives by reinforcing values like honesty, integrity, respect and perseverance through the game of golf,” First Tee chairman Michael Hudaksaid in a statement. “Throughout his career, Scooter Clark has demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and developing better golfers and confident young lead-ers. We look forward to his enthusiasm and proven leadership on this organization as he returns to his home state of Maryland.” Clark also served as head women’s coach at Chicago State and developed golf programs while mentoring students at The First Tee of Chicago. Clark received a master’s degree in sports management from Northern Illinois. The First Tee of Greater Baltimore strives to “promote healthy choices” for young people through golf, operating out of five municipal courses and 14 local and private clubs, including Caves Valley Golf Club, site of this week’s Constellation Energy Senior Players championship.
—Don Markus ET CETERA Quickley, Huerter help U.S. win bronze at World Cup Immanuel Quickley(John Carroll) scored11points and Maryland sophomore Kevin Huerter added four points and five rebounds off the bench in the United States Under-19 men’s basketball team’s 96- 72 win over Spain on Sunday to earn the bronze medal in the FIBA World Cup in Cairo. Quickley, who started at guard, went 4-for-5 from the field, including 3-for-3 from 3-point range, and added three rebounds. Spain was represented by Terps redshirt freshman forward Joshua Tomaic, who had nine points, six rebounds and three steals in the bronze-medal game. In the gold-medal game, Canada routed Italy, 79-60.
HORSE RACING: Jockey Ramón Domínguez, who won 1,010 races in Maryland before retiring after suffering a head injury at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York in 2013, was inducted into the Delaware Park Wall of Fame. Domínguez, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, had 4,985 career wins during his career. The winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey from 2010 through 2012, he earned his first Grade 1 victory aboard A Huevo in the De Francis Dash at Laurel Park in 2003.
—From Sun staff and news servicesMore online Go to baltimoresun.com /sports for: ¦ Peter Schmuck’s weekly Orioles report card ¦ A photo gallery of Orioles who have participated in the Home Run Derby ¦ Schmuck on the derby adding to Yankees rookie Aaron Judge’s growing legend ALL SUBSCRIBERS GET FREE DIGITAL ACCESS Activate digital access at baltimoresun.com/activate.
Read the pages at digitaledition.baltimoresun.com.
¦ ESPYS: ESPN chose Michelle Obama to help posthumously honor Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver. The former first lady is presenting the Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Shriver’s son, Timothy Shriver, during the ESPY Awards on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Former Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully will receive the Icon Award, given to those who have left a lasting impression on the sports world.
¦ GOLF: Trish Johnson shot a 5-under 67 in French Lick, Ind., to take a four-stroke lead in the Senior LPGA Championship, the first major championship for senior women. Carolyn Hill was second. She had six birdies and five bogeys.
... TV analyst Johnny Miller said he thought this might be his final year in the broadcast booth for NBC Sports so he could spend more time with his 23 grandchildren. But now he says he will stick around for at least another year. It is his 28th year working for NBC.
¦ NBA: The Kings signed 40-year-old G Vince Carter. Carter, who entered the league with the Raptors in 1998, is joining his seventh team.
He played the last three seasons with the Grizzlies and averaged 8 points and 1.8 assists per game last season. ... The Bulls signed G Justin Holiday to a reported two-year, $9 million contract.
¦ NHL: Free-agent F Tyler Johnson signed a seven-year, $35 million deal to remain with the Lightning. Johnson, 26, had 19 goals and 26 assists in 66 games last season. ... The Wild resigned RW Kurtis Gabriel and G Steve Michalek to one-year, two-way contracts that include the AHL Iowa team. Both will earn $715,000 in the NHL and $70,000 in the AHL. ...
The Stars re-signed C Radek Faksa to a threeyear, $6.6 million contract. ... The Rangers hired longtime coach Lindy Ruff as an assistant to Alain Vigneault.... The Kings hired Pierre Turgeon for his first job as an assistant.
¦ SOCCER: Romelu Lukaku joined Manchester United from Everton for $97 million after the striker rejected a late bid by former club Chelsea. ... Bundesliga club Schalke signed highly rated French Under-20 MF Amine Harit from Nantes in a four-year deal reportedly worth up to $11.4 million.
¦ ALSO: The Chiefs promoted co-director of player personnel Brett Veach to general manager.
... Bills DT Adolphus Washington was arrested in Ohio on a weapons charge and released.
... A former Michigan State and USA Gymnastics doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women and girls plans to plead guilty to unrelated charges of possession of child pornography in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Larry Nassar is due in federal court Tuesday to change his plea to guilty. Nassar was a sports medicine specialist at Michigan State. He also worked for Indianapolis-based USA Gymnastics, which trains Olympians. Besides the child porn case, Nassar is charged with sexually assaulting nine women or girls in the Lansing, Mich., area.NFL Redskins’ contract talks with Cousins stagnant Despite optimism expressed this offseason by Washington Redskins officials, two people familiar with the situation told The Washington Post late last week that little to no progress has been made in negotiations to sign quarterback Kirk Cousins to a long-term contract extension. If Monday’s 4 p.m. deadline comes and goes without an agreement, Cousins will play a second straight season on the franchise tag, meaning the Redskins will face the strong likelihood that they’ll lose one of the most prolific quarterbacks in franchise history to free agency in 2018. The Redskins were reluctant to award Cousins a long-term contract after a promising first season as a starter in 2015, offering him an average salary of about $16 million per season, with $24 million in guaranteed money over the life of the contract. After Cousins was successful again in 2016, the quarterback and his camp have felt no pressure to settle for the hometown discount that Washington hoped for earlier this offseason when extending an offer worth around $20 million per season. The offer didn’t increase as the deadline to use the franchise tag approached, so Cousins stood firm and the Redskins had to use the franchise tag a second straight year, which meant a commitment of nearly $24 million — fully guaranteed. The Redskins haven’t extended Cousins another official offer since that earlier proposal, according to the same people that said the two sides were no closer to an agreement as of late last week.
—Mike Jones, The Washington Post GOLF UM grad Clark named The First Tee executive director Former Bethune-Cookman golf coach Loritz “Scooter” Clark was named executive director of The First Tee of Greater Baltimore. Clark, who grew up in Prince George’s County and graduated from Maryland, “will lead fundraising initiatives, provide overall management of all fiscal operations and implement policies established by the The First Tee board,” according to a release. Clark coached seven years at Bethune-Cookman, a historically black college in Daytona Beach, Fla., leading the team to five consecutive PGA Minority Collegiate titles among its 11 national championships. Clark was also recognized by the NCAA by raising the APR rate for the men’s and women’s golf teams for three straight years (2014-2016). “The First Tee of Greater Baltimore is dedicated to changing the trajectory of students’ lives by reinforcing values like honesty, integrity, respect and perseverance through the game of golf,” First Tee chairman Michael Hudaksaid in a statement. “Throughout his career, Scooter Clark has demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and developing better golfers and confident young lead-ers. We look forward to his enthusiasm and proven leadership on this organization as he returns to his home state of Maryland.” Clark also served as head women’s coach at Chicago State and developed golf programs while mentoring students at The First Tee of Chicago. Clark received a master’s degree in sports management from Northern Illinois. The First Tee of Greater Baltimore strives to “promote healthy choices” for young people through golf, operating out of five municipal courses and 14 local and private clubs, including Caves Valley Golf Club, site of this week’s Constellation Energy Senior Players championship.
—Don Markus ET CETERA Quickley, Huerter help U.S. win bronze at World Cup Immanuel Quickley(John Carroll) scored11points and Maryland sophomore Kevin Huerter added four points and five rebounds off the bench in the United States Under-19 men’s basketball team’s 96- 72 win over Spain on Sunday to earn the bronze medal in the FIBA World Cup in Cairo. Quickley, who started at guard, went 4-for-5 from the field, including 3-for-3 from 3-point range, and added three rebounds. Spain was represented by Terps redshirt freshman forward Joshua Tomaic, who had nine points, six rebounds and three steals in the bronze-medal game. In the gold-medal game, Canada routed Italy, 79-60.
HORSE RACING: Jockey Ramón Domínguez, who won 1,010 races in Maryland before retiring after suffering a head injury at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York in 2013, was inducted into the Delaware Park Wall of Fame. Domínguez, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, had 4,985 career wins during his career. The winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey from 2010 through 2012, he earned his first Grade 1 victory aboard A Huevo in the De Francis Dash at Laurel Park in 2003.
—From Sun staff and news servicesMore online Go to baltimoresun.com /sports for: ¦ Peter Schmuck’s weekly Orioles report card ¦ A photo gallery of Orioles who have participated in the Home Run Derby ¦ Schmuck on the derby adding to Yankees rookie Aaron Judge’s growing legend ALL SUBSCRIBERS GET FREE DIGITAL ACCESS Activate digital access at baltimoresun.com/activate.
Read the pages at digitaledition.baltimoresun.com.
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