Bucks officially announce hiring of Budenholzer as coach
The Milwaukee Bucks have officially announced the hiring of Mike Budenholzer as their new coach.
A person familiar with the search had told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the Milwaukee Bucks had reached an agreement with Budenholzer, the former Atlanta Hawks coach. The Bucks made the official announcement Thursday.
“The tremendously supportive fans in Milwaukee and throughout Wisconsin are waiting and ready,” Budenholzer said in a statement released by the team. “Now it’s up to us to put all the pieces together, and I can’t wait to get started.”
Budenholzer replaces Joe Prunty, the former assistant who went 21-16 in the regular season after replacing the fired Jason Kidd in late January.
The WNBA is teaming up with several organizations that support women and girls. The league, which begins its 22nd season Friday, will donate $5 for each ticket purchased to select games during the season to one of six groups as part of the “Take a Seat, Take a Stand” campaign. All 12 teams will participate, designating up to six games to the initiative.
Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal methodically wore down Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-1 to reach the Italian Open’s last eight and gain revenge over the Canadian teenager. Nadal, who hasn’t won the Italian Open since 2013, next faces Fabio Fognini, who beat Peter Gojowczyk 6-4, 6-4.
In the women’s tournament, Simona Halep’s hold on the No. 1 ranking received a boost when American Madison Keys withdrew from their last-16 match because of a rib injury.
Miguel Angel Jimenez matched the course record with an eight-under 64 to take the first-round lead in the Regions Tradition at Birmingham, Ala., the first of the PGA Tour Champions’ five major championships.
USC wide receiver Joseph Lewis IV stood trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court on five misdemeanor charges relating to two incidents of domestic violence in February.
Lewis, represented by deputy public defender Jennifer Berry, was offered a plea deal by city attorney Chad Salzman that would require 36 months of probation, 60 days in city jail, completion of a yearlong domestic violence class, a protective order with the alleged victim and a 10-year ban on firearm use. Lewis maintained his plea of not guilty. Jury selection will begin Monday afternoon.
After his arrest, USC suspended Lewis from the team and removed him from the roster. — J. Brady McCollough
The $500-million settlement between Michigan State University and hundreds of Larry Nassar’s victims will be divided up after weighing many factors, including the date and victim’s age when the sexual assaults occurred and the impact it had on their lives, lawyers say.
The NCAA announced a “temporary” lifting of a ban that prevented events like college basketball’s NCAA tournament from being hosted in states that accept wagers on single games.
The UCLA women’s tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament with a 4-1 victory over Mississippi in Winston-Salem, N.C. The Bruins will play Georgia Tech, a 4-3 winner over Pepperdine, on Saturday.
The UCLA men’s basketball team will play North Carolina in the CBS Sports Classic at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on Dec. 21, 2019.
The former girlfriend of Reuben Foster testified at a preliminary hearing that she lied to police when she said the San Francisco 49ers linebacker attacked her, allegations that led to a domestic violence case against him. Elissa Ennis testified she lied because she wanted retribution after Foster tried to end their relationship, saying she was angry “and I wanted to end him.”
Colombian sprinter Fernando Gaviria dodged all the trouble during a chaotic finish to the fifth stage of the Tour of California, then held off hardcharging Caleb Ewan and world champion Peter Sagan at the finish line to pick up his second victory of this year’s race. American rider Tejay van Garderen maintained his overall lead heading into Friday’s decisive summit stage.
IndyCar has added an eye-tracking computer test as a requirement to its concussion evaluation protocol. The I-PAS system was brought to the series attention after a 2016 misdiagnosis on driver Will Power.