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Penn-Ohio golf outing set for Aug. 8
The 21st annual Penn-Ohio Athletic Club Scholarship Fund Scramble Golf Outing will take place at Yankee Run Golf Course in Brookfield at 9 a.m. on Aug. 8.
To register, visit pennohioathleticclub.com or call 7248137210. The fee is $100 per golfer. Hole sponsorships are also available.
Green to remain with Warriors
SAN FRANCISCO -- Draymond Green has agreed to a one-year, $27.7 million deal to return to the Golden State Warriors, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Green will sign the contract that essentially matches the deal he opted out of last month before the Warriors made an unsuccessful bid to sign LeBron James, the person said.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn't been announced.
ESPN first reported the deal.
Green is now set to play his 15th season with the Warriors and if he plays in 51 games he will join Stephen Curry as the only players in franchise history to appear in at least 1,000 contests.
Green, Curry and coach Steve Kerr are the main remaining pieces of the team from the dynasty that delivered four championships. Golden State last won the title in 2022 and haven't made it past the second round of the playoffs since then. The Warriors missed the playoffs this past season when they lost to Phoenix in the play-in tournament.
Golden State tried to add James earlier this offseason and Green waited to sign his deal until after James made his decision to sign with Philadelphia to give the Warriors more flexibility. Green, Curry and Jimmy Butler are all entering the final seasons of their current contracts, although Curry could sign an extension starting late next month.
Green has been one of the best defensive players in the NBA since being drafted in the second round in 2012. He has made nine all-defensive teams and was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2016-17.
He has averaged 8.7 points per game in his career, along with 6.8 rebounds and 5.6 assists. He averaged 8.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in 68 games last season for Golden State.
Vikings suspend DB coach 3 weeks
EAGAN, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings have suspended defensive backs coach Gerald Alexander for three weeks without pay following a drunken driving charge for an incident earlier this year.
The Vikings announced the punishment Tuesday as they began training camp. Alexander's suspension began Friday and will be in effect until Aug. 13, two days before their first preseason game at the New York Giants.
"I take full responsibility for the situation I put myself in and apologize for not meeting the mark," Alexander said in a statement released by the Vikings. "I know it's unacceptable. I understand the suspension and am committed to learning from the matter and ensuring I come back a better version of myself."
Alexander, who was also given the title of defensive passing game coordinator, was hired in February to replace Daronte Jones, who became defensive coordinator of the Washington Commanders.
According to Hennepin County court records, Alexander pled guilty July 16 to a gross misdemeanor charge of third degree driving while impaired for refusal to submit to a chemical test. A fourth degree driving while impaired charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to 48 hours of community service, placed on two years of unsupervised probation and fined $603.
Police in Edina, a Minneapolis suburb, were called at 4:01 a.m. on April 26 for a vehicle stopped in the middle of an intersection with the driver unresponsive. An officer observed damage to the car and awoke Alexander by opening the door. His speech was slurred and his balance so poor that the one-leg stand as part of the field sobriety test was stopped to prevent injury, and a preliminary breath test showed an alcohol concentration of .169 on a weak breath, the officer reported, more than twice the legal limit. After being transported to the police station, Alexander refused an official breath test.
Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell said the club had been in contact with the league in the three months since the arrest and initiated the punishment once Alexander's court case was closed.
"Disappointment is the word," O'Connell said at his regularly scheduled news conference at the start of training camp. "The expectations and the standards we have are clear, and it's important that we do those things for our players and be the examples on and off the field."
Alexander, who has begun his 10th year of coaching in the NFL, was defensive backs coach last season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also coached defensive backs for the Miami Dolphins for two years while current Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores was the head coach there. Alexander played five seasons in the league as a safety after being drafted in the second round in 2007 by the Detroit Lions.
Kentucky football GM steps down
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kentucky general manager Pat Biondo announced Tuesday he is leaving the Wildcats' football program after only seven months on a job he took when following new coach Will Stein from Oregon.
"This is a personal move and I hope everyone will respect the private nature of such a tough decision," Biondo said in a statement.
He thanked Kentucky and Stein for the opportunity. Kentucky athletics issued a statement saying that Biondo informed officials of his decision to step down.
"We respect his choice and the personal considerations behind it," Kentucky athletics said. "We are grateful for his contributions to our program."
Stein said last December he was thrilled to welcome Biondo as the general manager, citing his work ethic and ability to bring the best out of people around him.
Biondo spent four years as the director of football recruiting strategy at Oregon, where the fifth-seeded Ducks reached the College Football Playoff last season. He was senior assistant of recruiting and operations at Texas A&M for three seasons before going to Oregon.
He started at his alma mater, West Virginia, in 2010 and spent nine years on the women's basketball team as video coordinator, special assistant to the head coach and director of operations.