BRIEFLY : BLAZERS SIGN GRANT.Free-agent forward Brian Grant
Brian Wade Grant (born March 5 1972, in Columbus, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. , formerly of Sacramento, signed a seven-year, $63 million contract with the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The franchise, based in Portland throughout its existence, entered the league in 1970 and has won the NBA Championship once, in 1977. on Saturday. The team also re-signed center Chris Dudley
Christen Guilford Dudley (born February 22, 1965) is a former NBA basketball player, who spent sixteen years playing for different teams. to a one-year deal. To clear salary-cap room, the Blazers renounced their rights to veteran forward Clifford Robinson Clifford Robinson may refer to:
The 6' 5" shooting guard signed undrafted with the Washington Bullets in 1993 after a collegiate career at UCLA and Marcus Brown. Grant, who played only 24 games last season because of a shoulder injury, turned down a seven-year, $48 million deal from the Kings. Grant's contract, which makes him the highest-paid player on the team, also includes an out clause after the third year, agent Mark Bartelstein said. The 6-foot-9 Grant was the eighth overall pick in the 1994 NBA draft. His best season was 1995-96 as he averaged 14.4 points and 7.0 rebounds as the Kings made the playoffs for the first time since the franchise moved to Sacramento in 1995-96. COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Earl Boykins of Eastern Michigan scored 16 points to lead the United States to its second straight University Games victory, 88-48 over Britain at Alcamo, Sicily. The United States (2-0) led only 10-9 in the first 6-1/2 minutes before pulling off to lead 38-27 by halftime. Britain's Adrian Fulton scored the first basket of the second half, a 3-pointer, and the United States went on a 16-0 run to lead 54-30 with 15:40 to play. Curtis Staples of Virginia added 14 points and six steals, Ansu Sesay of Mississippi had 11 points and Brian Skinner of Baylor had 11 points and eight rebounds. The United States had a 39-26 edge on the boards. Britain committed 26 turnovers and shot only 20.4 percent (11 of 54). SWIMMING: Double Olympic gold-medal winner Alexander Popov kept his six-year unbeaten string alive in the 50-meter freestyle, winning at the European Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain, with the best time in the world this season. The Russian was clocked in 22.30 seconds as he captured his second title of the meet. He won the 100 meters earlier, also with the best time of the season, 49.09. TENNIS: Unseeded Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands continued his string of upsets by defeating fifth-seeded Albert Costa of Spain 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to advance to the finals of the MFS MFS Medicare fee schedule Pro Championships at the Longwood Cricket Club Longwood Cricket Club is a tennis club based in Chestnut Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the site of the first Davis Cup tie competed. History A club for cricket was opened in 1877 at Longwood estate, a place named after the house Napolean Bonaparte in Brookline, Mass. Fifth-seeded Carlos Moya of Spain beat countryman Julian Alonso 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final of the Hamlet Cup in Commack, N.Y. Moya, 20, ranked eighth in the world, will face eighth-seeded Patrick Rafter of Australia. Rafter followed his quarterfinal victory over Michael Chang with a 6-4, 6-4 decision over sixth-seeded Thomas Enqvist of Sweden. |
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