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Philadelphia completed its trade for the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, landing the pick from the Boston Celtics on Monday in a move that clears the way for the 76ers to grab guard Markelle Fultz.
Philadelphia will hold the No. 1 pick for the second straight year, and worked Fultz out on Saturday night as talks with the Celtics got to the final stages. It was agreed to in principle at that point, with the last holdup being the customary league approval on the terms.
Boston gets the No. 3 pick in Thursday’s draft from Philadelphia, plus either a first-rounder in 2018 and 2019. If the Los Angeles Lakers hold a pick between No. 2 and No. 5 next season, Boston gets that one. If not, Philadelphia will send Boston either its own first-rounder in 2019 or Sacramento’s first-rounder that year.
Diana Taurasi breaks WNBA career scoring record
LOS ANGELES — Diana Taurasi became the WNBA’s career scorer leader, passing Tina Thompson’s mark of 7,488 on Sunday against Los Angeles.
Taurasi needed 14 points coming into the game, and broke Thompson’s record late in the first half on a layup with the Phoenix Mercury trailing big.
It only took the Mercury’s star 13 seasons to become the league’s top scorer. Thompson needed 17 seasons to achieve her total.
A’s hire Garvin Alston as bullpen coach
OAKLAND — The Oakland Athletics are bringing longtime pitching instructor Garvin Alston back to the organization as bullpen coach.
Alston will replace Scott Emerson on manager Bob Melvin’s staff starting with Monday night’s game against Houston. Emerson was promoted to pitching coach last week after Curt Young was fired.
Alston spent 11 seasons in the A’s organization from 2005-15 as a pitching coach in the minors, minor league rehab coordinator and minor league pitching coordinator.
Alston was bullpen coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks last season.
MLB upholds Strickland’s 6-game suspension
ATLANTA — San Francisco Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland began serving a six-game suspension Monday for brawling with Bryce Harper after his appeal was denied by John McHale, Jr., a special assistant to baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.
The penalty stemmed from a benches-clearing incident between the Giants and Washington Nationals on May 29.
Strickland plunked Harper on the right hip with a 98 mph fastball, igniting an eighth-inning fight that ended with Strickland being dragged to the Giants dugout by several teammates.
Harper was suspended for four games, which was reduced to three games after his appeal. He has already served the penalty.
Black bear kills teen during mountain race in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A 16year-old boy who was fatally mauled by a black bear during a weekend mountain race in Alaska reportedly called his brother while he was being chased by the animal, a race official said Monday.
Patrick Cooper of Anchorage was attacked Sunday afternoon after he got lost and veered off the trail during the juniors division of the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb race south of Anchorage.
Responders ultimately located the boy, whose body was found about a mile up the path, at about 1,500 vertical feet (457 vertical meters). Precosky said the bear was found at the site, guarding the body.
A park ranger shot the 250pound (113-kilogram) bear in the face, but the animal ran away.
Alaska State Troopers said the boy’s remains were airlifted from the scene Sunday.
State park staffers were scouring the area Monday looking for the bear, according to state Fish and Game spokesman Ken Marsh. He said Sunday’s attack was believed to have been a rare predatory move, not a defensive action such as when a female bear will protect her cubs.