Wade joins LeBron in Cleveland
Together again: LeBron and D-Wade. Just like old times.
Dwyane Wade decided to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers and reunite with LeBron James, a person familiar with the situation said last night. Wade, a 12time All-Star, is expected to clear waivers today then join the Cavs.
In Cleveland, Wade will be reunited with James, his close friend, former Miami teammate and a player he confided in before signing with his hometown Chicago Bulls last year.
Wade and James won two NBA titles together during four seasons with the Heat and now will chase another one with the Cavs, who have been revamped after losing to Golden State in last season’s Finals.
On Monday, James said he would “love” to play again with Wade.
Once Wade completes the waiver formality, he’ll be the latest new, high-profile player to join James and the Cavaliers, who traded with the Celtics for AllStar Isaiah Thomas, signed former league MVP Derrick Rose and added strong wing defenders in Jae Crowder and Jeff Green . . . .
The Bulls re-signed forward Nikola Mirotic to a two-year deal that could pay as much as $27 million.
BU, BC top HE polls
The Boston University men and Boston College women earned top status from Hockey East coaches in yesterday’s preseason poll.
The league also announced it is going back to the playoff format it last used in 2013-14 in which the five highest seeds receive byes into the quarterfinal round, with the fourth and fifth seeds playing each other. The 6-8 seeds will host the 9-11 seeds in a best-of-three opening round, with the three winning teams then reseeding and traveling to play the top three seeds in the quarterfinals . . . .
Maryland is turning to its third starting quarterback of the season. Sophomore Max Bortenschlager will make his second career start in place of freshman Kasim Hill when the Terrapins visit Minnesota on Saturday. Hill will miss the rest of the season with a torn right ACL suffered in Saturday’s 38-10 loss to Central Florida. Sophomore Tyrrell Pigrome also is out for the season with an ACL tear.
Cannons ink pair
The Boston Cannons resigned attackman Davey Emala and captain Justin Turri through the 2018 Major League Lacrosse season. Emala was second on the team with 37 points (32 goals) this year. Turri had nine goals in 11 games while playing a defensive role . . . .
Second-ranked Simona Halep lost her opening match at tennis’ Wuhan Open in China, dismantled by Daria Kasatkina 6-2, 6-1. Halep had a chance this week to supplant world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza, who advanced to the third round by beating Lesia Tsurenko 6-4, 6-4 . . . .
Novak Djokovic’s team announced Andre Agassi will remain his coach in 2018. Djokovic, a 12-time Grand Slam champion, stepped off the ATP Tour following Wimbledon, where he retired during his quarterfinal against Tomas Berdych because of an elbow injury . . . .
United States captain Steve Stricker said his team will stand together with their hands on their hearts for the national anthem at tomorrow’s opening ceremony for golf’s Presidents Cup in Jersey City, N.J.
Ronaldo strikes
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to help two-time defending champion Real Madrid to a 3-1 win at Borussia Dortmund in soccer’s Champions League group stage in Germany.
Ronaldo, yet to score in the Spanish league where he sat out a five-game suspension for shoving a referee, took his tally in Europe’s premier competition to four goals in two games as he sent Dortmund to its second straight defeat . . . .
Harry Kane scored a hat trick to lead Tottenham to a 3-0 rout of Apoel Nicosiay in Icosia, Cyprus, taking his tally after two Group H games to five goals . ...
Napoli bounced back from a poor start to its Champions League campaign with a 3-1 win against Feyenoord in Naples, Italy. Dries Mertens extended his red-hot form by scoring a goal and assisting another . ...
Liverpool’s Coutinho, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah — known as the “Fab Four” in a nod to the Beatles — started together for the first time, but with mixed results as Liverpool played to a 1-1 draw at Spartak Moscow in Russia . . . .
Vincent Aboubakar scored twice as Monaco slumped to a 3-0 home loss against Porto in their Group G match . ...
Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling scored to atone for Sergio Aguero’s penalty miss as host Manchester City beat Shakhtar Donetsk, 2-0, for a second straight victory in Group F . ...
Wissam Ben Yedder scored a hat trick to lead Sevilla to a comfortable 3-0 win against Maribor in a Group E match in Seville, Spain.