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Free agent forward Kawhi Leonard has informed teams that he will be joining the Los Angeles Clippers, per Adrian Wojnaroski of ESPN.
Wojnaroski also reported that the Clippers will send four unprotected first-round picks, one protected first-round pick and two pick swaps to go along with Danilo Galinari and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in exchange for perennial All-Star Paul George.
More information was not available at deadline.
Ex-Patriot Bruschi recovering after 2nd stroke
ATTLEBORO, Mass. — Former New England Patriots linebacker and ESPN analyst Tedy Bruschi is recovering in a Massachusetts hospital after suffering a second stroke.
His family says in a statement the 46-year-old suffered the stroke Thursday and immediately recognized the warning signs of arm weakness, face drooping and speech difficulties.
Bruschi was admitted to Sturdy Memorial Hospital in Attleboro, where his family said Friday he was “recovering well.”
Bruschi had a stroke in February 2005 just days after the Patriots won the Super Bowl and learned he had a congenital heart defect that produced a hole in his heart. He had surgery to repair the hole and retired. But he sat out less than a year before returning for the seventh game of the 2005 season.
He played three more seasons with the Patriots and announced his retirement just before the start of the 2009 season. Since then, he’s worked at ESPN and entered the Patriots Hall of Fame in 2013.
University of Hawaii says 21-year-old LB has died
HONOLULU — A University of Hawaii football player has died.
In a statement Friday, the school says linebacker Scheyenne Sanitoa died on July 4. He was 21.
University of Hawaii spokesman Derek Inouchi says the death did not happen on campus and Sanitoa was not involved in any athletics department activities at the time of his death. No other details were available.
Pelicans-Knicks game postponed by earthquake
LAS VEGAS — The NBA Summer League game between the New York Knicks and the New Orleans Pelicans has been postponed because of an earthquake.
Preliminary estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey say a 7.1 magnitude quake hit in Southern California on Friday night, and it was felt all the way in Las Vegas. The overhead scoreboard at the Thomas & Mack Center was swaying, and officials elected to delay the game and have the teams leave the floor while gauging if it was safe to continue.
Games in UNLV’s other gym, the Cox Pavilion, could continue because that gym lacks an overhead scoreboard.