U.S. men's basketball forward Blake Griffin suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee while practicing for the Olympics and will miss the London Games, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday night.
He will have arthroscopic surgery, the paper said. The NBA's Los Angles Clippers recently signed Griffin to a five-year, $95 million extension and he is expected to be ready for the start of next season, the Times said.
He was replaced on the U.S. roster by Anthony Davis and the Americans played an exhibition game Thursday in Las Vegas, beating the Dominican Republic 113-59 behind Kevin Durant's 24 points and 10 rebounds. (News services)
NBA Detroit signed second-round pick Kim English (Missouri). . Indiana sent Darren Collison and Dahntay Jones to Dallas for Ian Mahinmi. . Ersan Ilyasova (Milwaukee), Boris Diaw (San Antonio) and Cartier Martin (Washington) re-signed with their teams. . Jason Kidd (New York), Lou Williams (Atlanta), Ramon Sessions (Charlotte) and Gerald Green (Indianapolis) signed with new teams. . D.J. Augustin (Charlotte), Darko Milicic (Minnesota), Elton Brand (Philadelphia) and Brendan Haywood (Dallas) were released. . Minnesota submitted an offer sheet for Nicolas Batum. . Oklahoma City center Kendrick Perkins had groin surgery. (AP)
NHL Teemu Selanne (Anaheim); Chris Neil (Ottawa); T.J. Galiardi, John McCarthy; Frazer McLaren (San Jose); Richard Bachman ; Colton Sceviour (Dallas); and Matt Bartkowski (Boston) re-signed with their teams. . Peter Mueller (Florida), Jonathan Matsumoto (San Jose) and Nick Johnson (Phoenix) signed with new teams. (AP)
NFL The family of Junior Seau donated some of his brain tissue for research amid questions about whether head injuries from his football career contributed to his suicide. . Former Chicago defensive back Shaun Gayle sued the NFL for failing to warn him about the potential long-term impact of numerous concussive head traumas. . The NFL filed a grievance with the players' union asking that New Orleans linebacker Jonathan Vilma, suspended in the so-called bounty investigation, drop his defamation lawsuit against Commissioner Roger Goodell. . Josh Gordon of Baylor was the only player selected in the NFL's supplemental draft, by Cleveland, which must forfeit its second-round draft pick in 2013. (AP)
Tennis American Rajeev Ram upset No. 2 seed Kei Nishikori 7-6 (6), 6-3 and will play Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, R.I., while American Ryan Harrison will meet Benjamin Becker. . Marion Bartoli defeated Mallory Burdette 7-5, 6-0 in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, Calif., and other winners included Urszula Radwanska and Sorana Cirstea. (AP)
Berkmeyer leads Met Open Skip Berkmeyer fired a 4-under-par 66 to take a one-stroke, opening-round lead over Scott Langley and Garrett Jones in the Metropolitan Open Championship at St. Albans Country Club. Meanwhile, Catherine Dolan carded a par-72 and retained her lead in the second round of the Missouri Women's Amateur Championship by one-shot over Ellen Port at Shadow Glen Golf Club near Kansas City. (Dan O'Neill)
NCAA welcomes Lindenwood Lindenwood University President James D. Evans received notification from the NCAA that the school has been granted provisional membership by the NCAA Division II Membership Committee. Lindenwood remains on track to become a full NCAA member for the 2013-14 school year. (Staff reports)
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