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Grizzlies sign forward Bruno Caboclo to multi-year dealMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) The Memphis Grizzlies have signed forward Bruno Caboclo (cuh-BO-clo) to a multi-year contract after having first signing him to consecutive 10-day contracts.Terms of the deal announced Wednesday were not disclosed.The 6-foot-9 Caboclo has started one of his 10...

AP Sports WriterPelicans acquire Adams as final piece of 4-team Holiday dealBy BRETT MARTELVeteran 7-foot NBA center Steven Adams has agreed to a two-year extension with the Pelicans following his trade to New Orleans as part of a four-team deal that also sent guard Jrue Holiday from the Pelicans...

LOS ANGELES (AP) Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are officially divorced. A Los Angeles Superior Court Judge finalized the pair's divorce on Friday, ending a union that paired the reality show star with a onetime NBA standout. Kardashian filed for divorce in December 2013 after the pair had been married for...

AP Sports WriterDwight Howard sits out Wizards' opener with sore buttocksBy HOWARD FENDRICHWASHINGTON (AP) Dwight Howard sat out the Washington Wizards' season opener Thursday night with what the team said is a sore buttocks.Washington's new starting center missed all of training camp and the entire exhibition schedule. He...

AP Sports WriterStars Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant get going together at lastBy JANIE McCAULEYOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Kevin Durant took a moment's break from his own shooting work and glimpsed over at the adjoining court as Stephen Curry ran around the 3-point arc launching long jumpers as part of...

The Latest: Celtics' Smart says he has been cleared of virusThe Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:---Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart says he has been cleared by medical officials after testing positive for the new coronavirus earlier this month.In a message posted...

Associated PressReport: Kobe Bryant pilot may have been disoriented in fogBy BRIAN MELLEYLOS ANGELES (AP) The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in thick fog, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, reported he was climbing when he actually was descending, federal investigators said in documents released Wednesday.Ara...

AP Television WriterABC is off and running with NBA FinalsBy DAVID BAUDERNEW YORK (AP) The NBA Finals is off and running with its best ratings through two games since the Chicago Bulls' last championship in 1998. Now ABC has to hope the Cleveland Cavaliers can make it competitive.The...

BEIJING (AP) Yao Ming has moved into management in a bid to hasten China's basketball development. The Chinese Basketball Association voted unanimously to appoint former Houston Rockets star as its president on Thursday, in a step toward reform for an organization which has in past been led by government bureaucrats. The...

Hornets suspend radio broadcaster for tweeting racial slurCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) The Charlotte Hornets have suspended radio play-by-play broadcaster John Focke indefinitely after he used a racial slur on his Twitter account.Focke used the slur while Tweeting about the Jazz-Nuggets playoff game. He has since deleted the tweet and...

Hawks coach, wife pledge up to $15,000 to Innocence ProjectATLANTA (AP) Continuing his pledge to work toward social and racial justice, Atlanta Hawks coach Lloyd Pierce and his wife Melissa will match up to $15,000 in donations to the Georgia Innocence Project.The Pierces' pledge applies to any donations...