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AP source: Matthews, Mavs reach agreement on 4-year contract (Yahoo Sports)
Free agent guard Wesley Matthews and the Mavericks have agreed on a four-year deal with financial terms that will depend on whether center DeAndre Jordan decides to join him in Dallas. A person with knowledge of the deal says Matthews and the Mavericks reached an agreement in principle late Thursday night and will wait on the decision from Jordan, who is apparently choosing between the Mavericks and his original team,
AP Source: Blazers reach 5-year $120M-plus deal with Lillard (Yahoo Sports)
When Damian Lillard agreed to a new maximum contract extension with the Trail Blazers on Thursday, it may have been the beginning of a changing of the guard in Portland. Lillard agreed to terms on a five-year contract worth more than $120 million, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press. ”Thank you so much to (at)PaulGAllen and the (at)trailblazers organization,” Lillard tweeted after the news broke.
Maybin's 9th-inning single helps Braves beat Scherzer 2-1 (Yahoo Sports)
Cameron Maybin got exactly what he wanted – a chance to make up for his fielding mistake with a big hit against one of the game’s best pitchers. Maybin drove in the go-ahead run with a chopper against Max Scherzer that bounced over third base in the ninth inning, lifting the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night. Pinch-hitter Pedro Ciriaco began the Atlanta
AP Interview: Wade chooses to stay with Heat (Yahoo Sports)
After 12 years with the Miami Heat, Dwyane Wade needed a reminder of how much the franchise valued him. Wade accepted a $20 million, one-year deal on Thursday to stay with the Heat next season, ending his latest foray into free agency and wrapping up a weeks-long saga that had him seriously wondering about leaving for the first time. A pair of conversations, first with Heat CEO Nick Arison and
Tiger Woods shoots 4-under 66 at Greenbrier Classic (Yahoo Sports)
For a change, Tiger Woods got off to a good start. Woods rebounded from a dismal U.S. Open with a 4-under-par 66 in Thursday’s opening round of The Greenbrier Classic, four shots behind leader Scott Langley. Helped by a morning rain that softened the Old White TPC course in West Virginia, Woods posted his lowest score of the season and matched his best in relation to par.
McDowell misses cut at French Open
Graeme McDowell’s hopes of pulling off a rare hat-trick of title wins at the French Open bit the dust at Le Golf National on Friday. In an uncustomarily scrappy round, on one of his favourite courses, McDowell had three bogeys and two double-bogeys.
Fernandez cuts Giants down to size on Marlins return
(Reuters) – Jose Fernandez made a triumphant return after more than a year out with injury when he hit a solo home run and pitched a winning game for the Miami Marlins on Thursday. “I was kind of joking around today, saying, ‘I’m going to try to hit it out’,” Fernandez told reporters.
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Legal Challenge Reaches the End of the Road, Nissan NV200 Will Be NYC’s Taxi
– The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission has cleared the final legal hurdle to its imposition of Nissan’s NV200 as the city’s predominant yellow cab, ending a journey that began in 2011, when Nissan won the $1 billion contract to supply the vehicles. – A group of taxi owners had challenged the Commission’s authority to mandate the NV200 for use as a NYC taxi. Currently, 47 different models