Новости за 20.07.2017

SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Jazz signed forward Royce O’Neale on Wednesday. Contract details were not released. The 6-foot-6, 215-pound wing played for Gran Canaria in Spain last season and averaged 8.3 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.1 assists. O’Neale was a member of the New Orleans Pelicans’ Las Vegas Summer League team last week

OAKLAND, Calif. — Sonny Gray has no idea whether he will be traded or not, yet he soaked in the standing ovation when he walked off the Coliseum mound nonetheless. Gray struck out six pitching into the seventh in what might have been his final home start in Oakland if the club tries to deal

WOODBURY, Conn. — Connecticut officials say the wife of longtime ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman died from blunt trauma and drowning after her car hit another vehicle in May. The Hartford Courant reports (http://cour.at/2uKlNDR ) that Dr. James Gill, the chief state medical examiner, has ruled 67-year-old Katherine Ann Berman’s death an accident. Gill declined to

FRISCO, Texas — Dallas police have suspended an investigation into an incident at a bar involving Ezekiel Elliott, the latest off-field issue for the Cowboys’ star running back. Police said Wednesday the investigation was suspended “due to the lack of a complaint,” and that no other witnesses had come forward. The statement said investigators had

UNITED NATIONS — Available evidence in the murders of two U.N. experts in Congo leaves open the possibility that members of the government’s security services, a militia operating in the area, or other armed groups were responsible, their colleagues on an expert panel said in a new report. The report to the U.N. Security Council,

The Major League Soccer 2017 expansion tour continued this week with official league visits in North Carolina. Charlotte and Raleigh are among 12 cities hoping to land an MLS team. Nashville appeared to make a strong case recently when league Commissioner Don Garber visited the city in conjunction with the U.S. national team’s Gold Cup

DENVER — Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado has three homers and tied a career-high with seven RBIs on a scorching day against the San Diego Padres. After two RBI singles to start the game Wednesday, Arenado hit solo shots in the fourth and fifth innings and a three-run homer in the sixth. It’s the

WASHINGTON — The leader of the Western Hemisphere’s largest diplomatic body said Wednesday he backs targeted sanctions against high-ranking Venezuelan officials responsible for the political and economic turmoil gripping the South American nation. But Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organization of American States, cautioned a congressional oversight panel against sweeping economic penalties that

Iowa All-Big Ten lineman Sean Welsh released a letter to the public Wednesday in which he opened up about his lengthy battle with depression. One of the nation’s top offensive lineman, Welsh said he first began to notice signs of the illness as a redshirt freshman in 2014. Welsh said he ate less, isolated himself

TORONTO — Ontario’s largest power transmitter and distributor says it has signed a friendly deal to acquire U.S. company Avista Corp. for US$5.3 billion (CA$6.7 billion) in an all-cash deal. Hydro One said Wednesday it will pay US$53 (CA$67) per share for the utility. Avista would keep its existing corporate headquarters in Spokane, Washington, and

PHOENIX — Erica Wheeler had 20 points and seven assists, Candice Dupree scored 17 points, and the Indiana Fever snapped a five-game losing streak with an 84-77 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday. Wheeler’s no-look pass to Erlana Larkins for an open layup extended Indiana’s lead to 77-72 with 3:27 to go. After Dupree’s

Players on American Hockey League contracts will be eligible to play in the 2018 Winter Olympics. President and CEO David Andrews confirmed through a league spokesman Wednesday that teams were informed they could loan players on AHL contracts to national teams for the purposes of participating in the Pyeongchang Olympics. The AHL sent a memo

PHOENIX — Remains found Wednesday in a water- and debris-filled canyon in central Arizona are believed to be those of a missing 27-year-old man who’s the 10th and final victim of last weekend’s flash flood, authorities said. Gila County Sheriff’s officials said at a hastily called news conference that identification of the body will be

BILOXI, Miss. — Mississippi police say a freight train hit a car trying to beat it across the tracks, knocking it into a police SUV and a car that had been pulled over for a traffic stop. Biloxi (bih-LUX-ee) Police Lt. Christopher De Back says the car hit by the train rolled over, injuring the

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Not everyone gets a medal at the world aquatic championships. It only seems that way. A plethora of titles are being handed out along the banks of Danube, far more than are available at the Olympics, though there are some downright puzzling events. Anyone up for some solo synchronized swimming? “I get

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A North Carolina grand jury has indicted a man after authorities say he hit his young son in the head several times with a hammer. The Winston-Salem Journal reports the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office says 34-year-old Ramel Shabal Daye is jailed under a $1 million bond for attempted first-degree murder. Online jail

BELLEVUE, Wash. — T-Mobile, the country’s No. 3 wireless carrier, on Wednesday said it continued to add new customers during the second quarter in a competitive wireless market. The company won new customers even as rivals AT&T and Verizon are now also selling unlimited data plans, which many consumers prefer to plans that cap how

CARACAS, Venezuela — The Trump administration is threatening to take “strong and swift economic actions” if Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro proceeds with his plan to rewrite the nation’s constitution and consolidate power over the few remaining institutions outside the control of the ruling party. A senior administration official said Tuesday that “all options are being

NEW YORK — The Fox network says Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker will guest-star in a multi-episode arc on “Empire” this fall. Whitaker will play “Uncle Eddie,” a charismatic music mogul who long ago gave an unknown Lucious Lyon (series star Terrence Howard) his first radio airplay. Now, decades later, Eddie steps up for Lucious at

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A white nationalist was fined, ordered to attend anger management classes and given a suspended jail sentence Wednesday, resolving allegations that he physically harassed a woman who protested at a Donald Trump rally in Louisville last year. Matthew Heimbach, 26, entered an Alford plea, which enables him to maintain innocence while acknowledging

LOS ANGELES — Blake Griffin was back in his usual place, front and center on a Clippers stage. After opting out of his contract, Griffin didn’t spend the offseason toiling over whether to sign with another team — like his teammate DeAndre Jordan famously did. For Griffin, it was an easy decision to sign a

Even though their marquee name has played sparingly, the founders of the Big3 are happy that the quality of play is getting better as the league reaches the midpoint of its season. The 3-on-3 league featuring former NBA players, which was founded by rapper/actor Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, heads to Chicago on

GREEN BAY, Wis. — The NFL has suspended Green Bay Packers receiver Geronimo Allison without pay for the season opener on Sept. 10 against Seattle for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy. The league said in a statement on Wednesday that Allison would be eligible for all preseason practices and games. He would be eligible to

NEW YORK — Take Amazon Prime, mix it with Pinterest and add a dash of Instagram. The result is Amazon Spark , a new shopping-focused “social network” aimed at getting hardcore Amazon users to spend even more money with the e-commerce giant. The service launched publicly on Tuesday on Amazon’s iPhone app, although it’s already

Health insurance markets created by the Affordable Care Act may not be on the verge of collapse, but President Donald Trump could nudge them in that direction by following through on his plan to let the Obama-era law fail. Simply raising the threat of failure makes already-skittish insurers more nervous, and could lead them to