BUTLER, MORRIS, HEAT FINED BY NBA
MIAMI » The NBA fined two Miami Heat players and the team itself a total of $55,000 on Thursday, over two incidents in the team’s seriesclinching win earlier this week against the Atlanta Hawks.
Markieff Morris was fined $25,000 for interfering with live game play while on the bench. Jimmy Butler was fined $15,000 for making what the league determined to be an obscene gesture, and the team was fined an additional $15,000 for turning a video of the gesture into a social media post. All three fines were announced Thursday.
Morris was not in the game when he grabbed and then held Hawks guard De’andre Hunter out of bounds during third-quarter play. Hunter had stepped into the Heat bench area and Morris’ act kept him from getting back inbounds while the play was ongoing. Morris was assessed a technical at the time as well.
Chargers- Chiefs will be first Thursday night game on Amazon.
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert will visit Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sept. 15 in the first game on Amazon Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” package. The Week 2 matchup between AFC West rivals was announced during the first round of the NFL draft.
Amazon will pay $1 billion a season to carry the games for 11 years. Prime Video will carry 15 regular-season games and one preseason game.
They will be available on stations in the participating teams’ markets, which is the same practice when they are on ESPN and NFL Network.
Rahm part of six-way tie for lead in Mexico.
PUERTO VALLARTA, MEXICO » Jon Rahm is the biggest star in the Mexico Open and he lived up to his billing in the first round, chipping in for birdie and making a late eagle putt for a 7-under 64 and a six-way share of the lead. Jonathan Byrd, Brendon Todd, Trey Mullinax and Monday qualifier Bryson Nimmer also were at 64 from the morning wave.
Minjee Lee takes lead in Palos Verdes.
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CALIF. » Minjee Lee shot an 8-under 63 on to take a one-stroke lead over topranked Jin Young Ko after the first round of the Palos Verdes Championship. Lee had a bogey-free round at hilly Palos Verdes Estates in the firstyear event that wraps up the LPGA Tour’s West Coast swing.
Brown to retire after 18 seasons with Kings.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. » Los Angeles Kings forward Dustin Brown will retire after this season, his 18th with the club. The 37-year-old made the announcement ahead of the Kings’ regular-season finale. Brown has played in a franchise record 1,295 regular-season games in 18 seasons.
DU’S Mayhew returning for 5th season.
University of Denver defenseman Kyle Mayhew will return for a fifth season with the Pioneers hockey program, head coach David Carle announced. The 24-year-old played in 40 of 41 games last season with two goals, nine assists and 43 blocked shots.
UCLA’S Singleton to stay, Johnson leaving Bruins.
LOS ANGELES » UCLA guard David Singleton is returning for a fifth year with the Bruins, while center Myles Johnson is leaving the team to finish his graduate degree in electrical engineering. Singleton is taking advantage of an extra year of eligibility granted because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Klopp inks extension with Liverpool.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND » Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp signed a two-year contract extension to keep him at the Premier League club until 2026. If he sees out the deal, Klopp will have been at Liverpool for more than a decade after joining in October 2015.
Blackhawks hire longtime Cubs exec Greenberg.
CHICAGO » The Chicago Blackhawks completed their leadership team, hiring longtime Chicago Cubs executive Jeff Greenberg as associate general manager under new GM Kyle Davidson.