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a $24 million, three-year contract with the Pistons and that Detroit will also give up seldom-used center Kravtsov and forward ton in the trade.

» Oscar “Ossie” Schectman, the former New York Knicks guard who scored the first basket in NBA history, died Tuesday. He was 94. Peter Schectman said his dad died of complications from respiratory failure.

Schectman scored the opening basket of a game in what was then known as the BAA on Nov. 1, 1946 for the Knicks against the Toronto Huskies.

» Memphis signed Mike Miller in a deal that brings back the best 3-point shooter in franchise history. Miller was released this summer by the Miami Heat, who will pay him $12 million in salary from over the next two seasons. single-car rollover crash in the high desert of northern New Mexico, stunning both schools just days before fall practices begin.

Manukainiu, a 19-year-old defensive lineman for the Aggies, and 18-year-old Utah recruit Gaius “Keio” Vaenuku were killed, school officials said.

Alcohol wasn’t involved and it appeared the driver was the only one wearing a seatbelt, investigators said.

» Ohio State running back Carlos Hyde was suspended Tuesday for at least three games and will be required to meet additional obligations before he plays again for the Buckeyes.

Hyde had been suspended indefinitely after he was named a person of interest in an investigation into an alleged assault of a woman at a downtown Columbus bar. But police said Tuesday the case had been dropped.

» Rutgers announced Tuesday that paralyzed former player Eric LeGrand’s jersey will be the first retired by the program that played college football’s first game in 1869.