Park back on track

Inbee Park is energized and ready to take aim at her eighth major.

The thumb and back that bothered her in recent years are fine. Though, one thing is weighing on the LPGA Hall of Famer entering the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Kildeer, Ill. Someone broke into her house in Las Vegas last week, and she’s still not sure exactly what was taken.

“Talking to police, talking to insurance,” Park said. “It’s so hard when you’re not there trying to figure out what’s lost. I mean, this is the life we get on the road.”

The home crisis aside, GYMNASTICS: Olympian Aly Raisman said she has barely been able to work out since going public with allegations of sexual abuse at the hands of former sports doctor Larry Nassar, according to The Improper Bostonian magazine. Raisman said she was still recovering after confronting Nassar, who is serving sentences that likely will keep him in prison for life.

NBA: Commissioner Adam Silver received a five-year contract extension through the 2024 NBA Finals. Silver, 56, has led negotiations resulting in soaring salaries, a $24.1 billion media deal, rapid growth in the value of franchises and several attendance records. ... The Cavaliers will extend a $3.4 million qualifying offer to restricted freeagent F Rodney Hood, Cleveland.com reported. ... The Lakers extended a $5.6 million qualifying offer to F Julius Randle, making him a restricted free agent. ... The Spurs promoted assistant Becky Hammon to fill the spot vacated by James Borrego, who left to coach the Hornets, meaning she will sit alongside coach Gregg Popovich.

NFL: The brother of Giants CB Janoris Jenkins was arrested and charged with manslaughter in the death of a 25-year-man whose body was found in the player’s home in Fair Lawn, N.J. William H. Jenkins, 34, was charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of Roosevelt Rene. According to New York Department of Corrections records, William Jenkins was arrested on drug charges in 2006 and again in 2011. He was paroled in July 2016. ... NBC Sports hired former NFL official Terry McAulay as an on-air rules analyst for its coverage of “Sunday Night Football” and Notre Dame football. ... Annabel Bowlen, wife of Broncos Park appears to be in a good place.

The top-ranked South Korean star tops a loaded field at Kemper Lakes in the third of five majors on the LPGA Tour schedule. They are trying to conquer a challenging course where the late Payne Stewart won the 1989 PGA Championship for the first of his three majors. And there is no shortage of story lines this week.

There’s Park, trying to win the event for the fourth time. She’ll be teeing off in a powerhouse group with money leader Ariya Jutanugarn and defending champion Danielle Kang.

“I’m really happy to play with them,” Park said. “I know Ariya has been having a great season. Danielle is the defending champion of this championship, so year, they both have good momentum going into this week. Good momentum is a good thing to have in a group.”

If Park doesn’t win, maybe Jutanugarn will. She’s a nine-time tour winner with two majors — including this year’s U.S. Women’s Open. Then again, older sister Moriya Jutanugarn is third on the money list.

There’s Michelle Wie, trying to win a second major to go with the 2014 U.S. Women’s Open. There’s Delray Beach’s Lexi Thompson, ranked third overall and with nine tour victories. And there’s Kang, who had a major breakthrough at last year’s KPMG.

She birdied the final hole at Olympia Fields — about 60 miles south of Kemper Lakes — and beat 2016 winner Brooke Henderson for her first LPGA victory in her 144th start. It remains her only one, despite five top 10 finishes in 24 appearances since then.

Park comes in seeking her 20th tour victory. She won this event and its forerunner, the LPGA Championship, from 2013 to 2015 and would love nothing more than to add a fourth title. owner Pat Bowlen, said she has Alzheimer’s, a disease that led her husband to give up control of the team. ... The Vikings agreed on a contract extension with DE Danielle Hunter, who has 251⁄2 sacks in three seasons.

NHL: The Sabres acquired F Conor Sheary and D Matt Hunwick from the Penguins for a 2019 conditional fourth-round draft pick. ... The Penguins re-signed F Riley Sheahan to a one-year, $2.1 million deal.

SOCCER: AC Milan appealed UEFA’s one-year ban from European competition for overspending on player transfers and wages. ... Valencia right back Joao Cancelo, left off Portugal’s World Cup squad, signed a five-year deal with Juventus in Serie A.

TENNIS: Seven-time champion Serena Williams, now ranked 183rd, was seeded 25th for the women’s singles tournament at Wimbledon. Simona Halep is seeded first, followed by Caroline Wozniacki and Garbine Muguruza. Maria Sharapova is 24th. On the men’s side, defending champion Roger Federer is seeded first, followed by Rafael Nadal, Marin Cilic, Alexander Zverev and Juan Martin del Potro. ... Andy Murray lost 6-4, 6-4 to second-seeded Kyle Edmund in the second round of the Eastbourne (England) International.

ALSO: The BIG3 will let players in the 3-on-3 league of former NBA players to use cannabidiol, an ingredient in marijuana, for pain management and recovery. ... Phil Rodgers, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour who became one of golf’s top instructors, died in San Diego after a long battle with leukemia. He was 80.

Both Walton and Jones will be participating with the Heat in summer leagues in Sacramento and Las Vegas, with no requirement of players having to be under contract for such involvement. Walton competed with the Orlando Magic during summer league last July, at a time when Jones still was a member of the Phoenix Suns.

Teams are limited to two two-way contracts, which limit time spent in the NBA, with the remainder of the contract to be played out in the NBA G League. The limit set last season was 45 days in the NBA, not counting the period before G League training camps open or after the conclusion of the G League regular season. The Heat’s G League affiliate is the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

Teams may adjust their two-way contracts during the course of the season until shortly after the turn of the calendar. Former Central Florida guard Matt Williams Jr. began last season on a Heat two-way contract.

Walton appeared in 16 games for the Heat last season, cility is it will provide athletes a haven to train for sports and academics. Aside from a new weight room and two outdoor football practice fields, it will also feature study rooms and academic space for the MBA Sports Management program.

“I don’t want to say for sure because I haven’t done all the research but it’s the only one I’ve heard of in the country that has that good of a relationship with the business school and the athletic department,” White said. “To have one building, you have classrooms in there, you have lecture halls. You can walk in the building and you go left and you’re going to your classrooms and lecture halls. A student-athlete goes right and you can walk in the locker room, go to the weight room. To me, that’s a really cool combination. We talk a lot about balance between athletics and academics and how great institutions have great balance to where there’s no separation. It’s pretty cool what that building will be.”

Owls coach Lane Kiffin, including two starts, averaging 1.8 points, shooting 7 of 17 on 3-pointers and 6 of 6 from the foul line. He was ineligible for the playoffs, as is the rule with players on two-way contracts.

The lone remaining decision for the Heat in advance of Sunday’s start of NBA free agency is the $1.5 million 2018-19 guarantee on the contract of guard Rodney McGruder, with a Saturday deadline. McGruder otherwise would become a free agent.

Beyond Jones and Walton, the Heat’s impending free agents are Dwyane Wade, Udonis Haslem, Wayne Ellington, Luke Babbitt and Jordan Mickey, with the Heat previously bypassing their 2018-19 option on Mickey. Free-agent negotiations can begin Sunday, with July 6 the first day free-agent contracts can be signed.

The Heat open summerleague play Monday in Sacramento and then, after three games there, continue summer-league play July 7 in Las Vegas, with at least a five-game schedule there.

iwinderman@ sunsentinel.com. Follow him at twitter.com/iraheatbeat or facebook.com/ ira.winderman who led the team to an 11-3 record in his first season, said poor facilities were one of the knocks against the program he heard while recruiting. The upgrades should help Kiffin also boost the quality of talent interested in attending FAU.

“The only thing anybody else has to say negative about Florida Atlantic is one thing: the facilities and the weight room,” Kiffin said last year. “Well, that’s easy. That’s already being fixed. To know that is awesome. You can’t change a lot of things about the school. You can’t change the location, you can’t change stadium size, you can’t change a lot of things, but you can change that.”

White, who was hired in March, said the facility played a role in his decision to join the program. It has shown the commitment to providing athletes highquality training and academic amenities.

“I think a lot of people around the country see FAU as an up-and-coming, rising program,” White said. “That’s not the case for just any job.”

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