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COLLEGES: Former Clemson QB Hunter Johnson will transfer to Northwestern. The Indiana native, considered one of the best QBs in the 2017 signing class, played in seven games last season and completed 77.8 percent of his passes for 234 yards and two TDs. He will have to sit out a year . ... Kody Clemens and DJ Petrinsky homered as host Texas defeated Tennessee Tech 5-2 for a spot in the College World Series . ... Gabe Holt, Michael Davis and Brian Klein homered to lead host Texas Tech past Duke 6-2 and into the CWS for the third time in five seasons.
NBA: The Pistons hired Dwane Casey as their new coach. Casey, fired by the Raptors at the end of the regular season despite a team-record 59 wins and earning the top seed in the East, got a five-year contract . ... Warriors GM Bob Myers expects swift negotiations to re-sign F Kevin Durant and coach Steve Kerr. Durant could sign for as long as four years and about $160 million. Kerr has one year left on his five-year contract.
NFL: Falcons All-Pro WR Julio Jones will not attend mandatory minicamp this week. Jones, who signed a five-year, $71.2 million extension in 2015, is unhappy with his contract . ... The Giants signed DT Jarron Jones and DB Kenneth Durden.
SOCCER: Morocco tried to heap doubt on North American promises of multibilliondollar profits ahead of Wednesday’s vote to award the 2026 World Cup. The U.S.Canada-Mexico bid pledged $14.3 billion in revenue for FIFA, about double Morocco’s projected figure . ... Barcelona agreed to sell forward Gerard Deulofeu to English Premier League club Watford . ... Swansea, relegated frm the EPL, hired former Ostersund coach Graham Potter as its manager . ... Former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira was hired as manager of French club Nice after leaving as coach of New York City FC . ... FIFA council member Kwesi Nyantakyi of Ghana, object of a corruption probe, resigned as first vice president of the Confederation of African Football . ... Romelu Lukaku scored twice and set up a third goal as host Belgium closed its World Cup preparations by routing Costa Rica 4-1. ... Senegal ended a four-match winless streak by beating World Cup contender South Korea 2-0 in Groedig, Austria.
TENNIS: Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep held on to their No. 1 rankings with their French Open titles. Nadal sits barely ahead of No. 2 Roger Federer in the ATP standings, with Alexander Zverev No. 3 and French semifinalist Juan Martin del Potro up to No. 4. Halep, Caroline Wozniacki and Garbine Muguruza remained the WTA’s top three, but French runner-up Sloane Stephens went from No. 10 to a career-high No. 4 . ... The doping suspension of Sara Errani, once ranked as high as No. 5, was increased from two months to 10 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport after she lost her appeal . ... Mischa Zverev defeated Mikhail Youzhny 7-6 (5), 6-3 at the Stuttgart Open grass-court event in Germany and will next face Federer, playing for the first time since March.
ALSO: Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law allowing New Jersey’s casinos and racetracks to begin taking sports bets . ... Johnny McKenzie, a winger who helped the Bruins win two Stanley Cups, died at 80.