Ex-Duke standout Pelicans’ new GM
The New Orleans Pelicans hired Brooklyn Nets assistant general manager Trajan Langdon, 43, to serve as New Orleans’ general manager under new executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin.
Langdon is a former Duke and NBA player who also played professionally in Russia, Turkey and Italy. He has served as Nets assistant general manager since 2016 and helped rebuild Brooklyn into a squad that qualified for the Eastern Conference playoffs as a sixth seed this season after finishing last in the East two seasons earlier.
Assuming all goes well in the coming weeks, trainer Mark Casse said “there’s an extremely good shot” Preakness winner War of Will will race in the Belmont Stakes on June 8 in New York.
In Kosice, Slovakia, Dylan Larkin scored midway through the third period to help the United States beat Germany 3-1 at the ice hockey world championships. The Kings’ Alec Martinez had two assists for the U.S. The U.S. has won five straight in Group A since opening with a 4-1 loss to the hosts.
USC is in second place and UCLA is in 18th after the second round of NCAA women’s golf championship in Fayetteville, Ark. Weather issues reduced the stroke play portion of the tournament to 54 holes. All 24 teams will play a final round Monday, with the top eight teams advancing to match play beginning Tuesday.
In Orlando, Fla., the Stanford women blanked Georgia 4-0 to win the NCAA team tennis title. Earlier, Texas won its first men’s title, beating Wake Forest 4-1.
Helen Alfredsson won the U.S. Senior Women’s Open by two strokes. Alfredsson shot an evenpar 72 at Pine Needles in Southern Pines, N.C. to finish at one-over 285 and earn her first USGA title.
Three days after he had to miss Game 4 of the Eastern Conference final because of an undisclosed injury, Boston captain Zdeno Chara skated before practice but did not participate in the full practice.
Primoz Roglic of Slovenia won the ninth stage of the Giro d’Italia in San Marino as Italian cyclist Valerio Conti extended his overall lead after the individual time trial.