Aldridge’s contract extended by Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs have reached an agreement with LaMarcus Aldridge on an extension that will keep the five-time AllStar under contract for an additional three years. A person with knowledge of the agreement told Associated Press that Aldridge will exercise the $22-million player option on his contract for the 201819 season.
He will also get another two years and $50 million tacked on. Aldridge averaged 17.3 points and 7.3 rebounds last season.
The Atlanta Hawks said that point guard Dennis Schroder, their top returning scorer from last season, is facing undisclosed discipline for his role in an incident that led to his arrest last month on misdemeanor battery charges. Hawks general manager Travis Schlenk said in a statement released by the team that the investigation of the Sept. 29 fight outside a late-night restaurant was not complete. Schlenk said that preliminary findings show Schroder was involved in an “unacceptable” physical altercation that “will not be tolerated by the Hawks organization.” He said Schroder faces discipline “at the appropriate time once the matter has been more fully developed through the law enforcement procsees ess and otherwise.” ... Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum, injured in a preseason game against the Phoenix Suns on Oct. 6 when he fell awkwardly to the floor, will have surgery to repair a separated left shoulder. There was no announced timeline for his return.
The University of Mississippi and former football coach Houston Nutt said in a joint statement that they have reached an agreement to resolve Nutt’s lawsuit against the school. The former Rebels coach, who led the program from 2008 to 2011, alleged a breach of his severance agreement because of false statements he said school officials made during an ongoing NCAA investigation into rules violations by the football program. Nutt received an apology from the university, but no financial details were disclosed.
Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson, whose job status was the focus of a flurry of reports Saturday, is taking a six-month “prothe development sabbatical” while remaining on the job, according to a memo he sent to the university’s coaches. On Saturday, several media outlets reported that Anderson, the school’s athletic director since 2010, had been fired. The university then sent out a tweet saying that Anderson was still the athletic director.
Tiger Woods is swinging a driver and his agent said that doctors have cleared him to practice without limitations. Still to be determined is when Woods can play a golf tournament. Mark Steinberg, his agent at Excel Sports Management, said that Woods received a good report from doctors who performed fusion surgery on his lower back in April. Woods has not played since withdrawing from the Dubai Desert Classic on Feb. 3 because of back spasms.
Salt Lake City has formed an exploratory committee to decide if the city will bid to host the Winter Olympics in either 2026 or 2030.