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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Free agent point guard Derrick Rose was scheduled to meet with Cavaliers executives on Monday to discuss a possible deal to bring him to Cleveland, United States media reported. Rose, the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player award when he took the trophy in 2011, has been in talks on a one-year, $2.1 million minimum deal with the Cavaliers, ESPN reported last Thursday. Those negotiations may […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Guard John Wall said Friday he has signed a four-year contract extension with the Washington Wizards that multiple media outlets reported was worth $170 million. Wall, 26, was eligible to sign a super-maximum contract after being named to the All-NBA Third Team last season. The extension begins in 2019 and includes a fourth-year player option, ESPN reported. “Signed my extension,” Wall said in a video posted on the Uninterrupted Twitter […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Spanish 37-year-old free agent center Pau Gasol, a six-time NBA All-Star, has agreed to a three-year deal with the San Antonio Spurs, ESPN reported Friday. The contract, according to unnamed sources in the ESPN website report, will include a partial guarantee in the final season for the Barcelona-born star, who is set to start his 17th NBA campaign later this year. Gasol, who won NBA titles in 2009 and […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Cleveland point guard Kyrie Irving has requested a trade, shocking Cavaliers superstar LeBron James, US media reported Friday. ESPN, citing unnamed sources, first reported that the Australian-born US point guard told team owner Dan Gilbert last week that he wanted to be traded. Cleveland.com then cited two sources as saying the 25-year-old Irving told Gilbert he wanted to escape James’s shadow and be the focal point of a team. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Former Cleveland Cavaliers reserve James Jones, who alongside LeBron James has reached the past seven NBA Finals, was named vice president of basketball operations for the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. The move was announced by Suns owner Robert Sarver, who also revealed a contract extension, reportedly through the 2019-20 season, for 36-year-old general manager Ryan McDonough. Jones, also 36, was a forward for the Suns from 2005-2007, helping the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Memphis Grizzlies inked Mario Chalmers to a contract on Wednesday, a day after the guard indicated he was headed back to his old NBA team. The Grizzlies did not reveal terms of the deal, but multiple media reports said Chalmers agreed to a one-year contract. Chalmers used Instagram on Tuesday to post a picture of himself in a Grizzlies uniform with a caption that read “GNG… enough said.” […]
By: Norman Castro, EBC Sports International, New York Bureau What to know and expect from competing at this prestigious martial arts tournament (NEW YORK, NEW YORK) Bowing onto the mat. Shaking the referee’s hand. Approaching the opponent before the match. Greeting with a slap of the hands and a fist bump. This is the standard operating procedure for a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) Tournament. During the summer time, events and competitions can be found almost […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Derrick Rose, the youngest player to win the NBA Most Valuable Player award when he took the trophy in 2011, is talking over a one-year deal with the Cleveland Cavaliers, ESPN reported Thursday. The oft-injured 28-year-old point guard would add a backcourt spark for the Cavaliers as they try to mount a tougher challenge to Golden State, which beat Cleveland in two of their three NBA Finals matchups over […]
by Rebecca BRYAN Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Five-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky is powering into the swimming World Championships in Budapest, leading a US team out to build on their latest Olympic show of strength in Rio. To be sure some longtime standard-bearers are missing from the US squad — most notably the now-retired superstar Michael Phelps. But in Ledecky the Americans have a sure-fire contender for multiple gold. The […]
By: Norman Castro, EBC Sports International, New York Bureau EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY– The National Football League (NFL) is set to kick off training camps next week and the New York Giants are coming into the 2017 season with high hopes. After an 11-5 season and sneaking into the playoffs, the Giants look to follow that success with a stronger performance this season. However, repeated success is never guaranteed in the NFL season after season. […]
By Ace Ramirez, EBC Correspondent, Washington DC Bureau The Citi Open Tennis tournament will showcase world-ranked tennis stars such as the 2016 defending champion Gael Monfils and three-time Champion Juan Martin del Potro. Crowd favorite Genie Bouchard, and Puerto Rico’s first and only Olympic Gold medalist Monica Puig also committed early to this tournament. Expected to pump up the heat and rock the Rock Creek Park Tennis Center are American favorite, the giant John Isner, […]
(Eagle News) –A misfiring Gilas Pilipinas bowed to Korea on Wednesday night, ending a winning streak that saw them defeat a number of teams in the Jones Cup. The Korean team held a solid lead over the Philippine contingent by the end of the third quarter, their lead going to as high as 15 points. Gilas managed to cut down the lead in the last quarter despite a below par outside shooting, with Mike Myers […]
