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Quarterback Baker Mayfield signed a four-year contract with the Cleveland Browns.

Mayfield contract as the draft's first overall pick is slotted at $32.5 million.

 

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Five-star forward D.J.Jeffries announced Monday he was decommitting from Kentucky and reopening his recruitment.

Jeffries, is a 6-foot-7 small forward from Olive Branch High School (Mississippi), coached on the AAU circuit by Penney Hardaway last spring and summer.

 

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The New York Jets signed their first-round draft pick quarterback Sam Darnold to a four-year contract for the slotted amount of 30.2 million.

The deal includes a $20 million signing bonus.

 

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In the most lopsided defeat of her career, Serena Williams night ended in less than an hour as she lost the opening match of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic to Johanna Konta 6-1, 6-0.

 

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The Seattle Storm's Sue Bird played her 500th career game to set the WNBA record for games played.

Bird, who was selected to her record 11th All-Star game last week, is already the all-time WNBA assist leader

 

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The 2019 WNBA All-star game will be hosted by the Las Vegas Aces and played at Mandalay Bay Events Center July 27.

 

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston is no longer a Nike man.

Nike's biggest bets on former Heisman Trophy winners haven't panned out.

Tim Tebow and Johnny Manziel sucked big ass.

 

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Junior Lightweight Mikaela Mayer, a 2016 U.S. Olympian, turned pro last August will make her television debut.

Mayer (6-0 3 KO's) will fight Edina Kiss (14-7 8 KO's) in a scheduled six-round bout on Aug.25 (ESPN) at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona

 

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Ex-NFL player Greg Hardy (2-0) earned his second MMA professional win in stunning fashion, as he knocked out Tebaris Gordon (3-1) in just 17 seconds. Hardy knocked out Austen Lane in 57 seconds in his first fight.

 

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Atlanta Dream guard Tiffany Hayes has been awarded for her best season in the WNBA with a multiyear contract extension.

Terms of the deal was not disclosed.

Hayes is averaging 17.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assist per game.

 

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Candice Parker of the Los Angeles Sparks scored her 5,000th career point when she hit a free throw in the first half against Phoenix.

Parker, 32, became the 20th player to reach 5,000 in her WNBA career. She is in her 11th season, all with the Sparks.

 

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Kahlil Whitney, a five-star prospect an 14th ranked player in the 2019 ESPN 100, has verbally committed to Kentucky.

Whitney chose Kentucky over Illinois, Oregon and Georgetown.

 

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Kansas State coach Bill Snyder has agreed to a new five-year deal with Wildcats that will go through the 2022 season.

 

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Top-ranked Simona Halep defeated Ashleigh Barty 6-4, 6-1 to reach the final of the women's Rogers Cup.

Halep has reached the Rogers Cup finals four the third time in four years.

 

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Phil Mickelson miss the cut at the PGA Championship on Saturday, ending a streak of 11 consecutive U.S. Ryder Cup teams in which he qualified via the points system.

Mickelson who is ranked 21 in the world is still expected to be captain Jim Furyk four at large picks.

 

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Amanda Serrano, already the only female boxer to win world titles in five weight classes will go for one in a sixth.

Sarrano has won world titles at bantamweight, junior featherweight, featherweight, junior lightweight and lightweight

Serrano, 29 (34-1-1, 26 KO's) will face Yamila Esther Reynoso, 22 (11-4-3, 8 KO's) for a vacant women's junior welterweight belt.

 

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*The CFL*

Jones says Carter's release has nothing to do with TO.​

The Saskatchewan Roughriders (3-4) cut Duron Carter on Saturday night, after putting Terrell Owens through some drills on Aug.5 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Owens, 44 was inducted into the Hall of Fame one day prior.

Carter was the Roughriders' top receiver in 2017 with 1,043 yards and 8 TD's, but he was shifted back to cornerback in the second game of the season.

Owens last played in the NFL in 2010 and has been out of football since 2012.

 

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Minnesota Lynx point guard Lindsay Whalen, a four-time WNBA champion, announced she will retire at season's end after 15 years in the league.

Whalen has average 11.5 points, 4.9 assist and 3.8 rebounds in her WNBA career, having appeared in 477 regular-season games and also played 81 playoff games.

 

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Tennessee Lady Vols women's basketball coach Harley Warlick has received a three-year contract extension. Warlick contract now runs through the 2021-22 season.

Warlick was an assistant on former Tennessee coach Pat Summit's staff for 27 seasons. She is a former Tennessee player whose No.22 jersey hangs from the Thompson-Boling Arena rafters.