BRIEFLY.Suns' Stoudemire signs extension Amare Stoudemire signed a five-year contract extension Monday with the Phoenix Suns worth about $73 million. The deal is the maximum allowed under the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= collective bargaining agreement The contractual agreement between an employer and a Labor Union that governs wages, hours, and working conditions for employees and which can be enforced against both the employer and the union for failure to comply with its terms. for the forward who jumped from high school to stardom. The exact figures won't be known until next year's salary cap is set, Suns president Bryan Colangelo said. The extension kicks in after this season and has an opt-out clause after the 2009-10 season. --The Bulls dealt center Eddy Curry to the New York Knicks, ending a contentious negotiation in which Chicago insisted the restricted free agent take a DNA test over a heart problem. The Bulls had insisted that Curry take a DNA test to determine whether he's susceptible to a potentially fatal heart problem. Curry, who missed the final 13 games of the regular season and the playoffs after experiencing an irregular heartbeat, balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. , saying it violated his privacy. --The Charlotte Bobcats will not match the Miami Heat's offer sheet for restricted free agent forward Jason Kapono, a former UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX standout. HOCKEY: The Mighty Ducks acquired defenseman Bruno St. Jacques Bruno St. Jacques (born August 22, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers 253rd overall in the 10th round of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for right wing Craig Adams. --Defenseman Curtis Leschyshyn retired, ending a 16-year NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there career in which he was a key part of the Colorado Avalanche's championship team in 1996. --First-round draft pick Gilbert Brule signed a three-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional men's ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). , guaranteeing the 18-year-old center a spot on the opening-night roster. MOTOR SPORTS: The Grand American Series - the road racing circuit owned by members of NASCAR's France family - is slated to become the latest addition to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach lineup. -A.J. Perez ARENA FOOTBALL: Avengers quarterback John Kaleo is expected to sign with Columbus today. Kaleo, a free agent, led the Avengers to their first Western Division title in his only season with the organization. Offensive specialist Kareem Kelly, a former USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. receiver, is expected to sign with the Avengers today. - Jill Painter SOCCER: With a berth already clinched, U.S. coach Bruce Arena bypassed many of his top players - including forwards Landon Donovan and Brian McBride, midfielder Claudio Reyna and goalkeeper Kasey Keller - for Saturday's World Cup qualifier at Costa Rica. Arena's roster includes seven European-based players: Manchester United goalkeeper Tim Howard; midfielders DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven) and Bobby Convey (Reading); and defenders Eddie Lewis (Leeds), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege liege In European feudal society, an unconditional bond between a man and his overlord. Thus, if a tenant held estates from various overlords, his obligations to his liege lord, to whom he had paid “liege homage,” were greater than his obligations to the other ), Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham) and Jonathan Spector (Charlton Athletic). Lewis and Bocanegra are former UCLA stars. --A Chivas select team, with players from Chivas USA and parent club Guadalajara, will face Mexican club Santos on Sunday at 2 p.m. at UC Santa Barbara in a benefit game to aid Gulf Coast hurricane victims. - Daily News Staff and Wire Services |
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