Новости за 08.07.2017

LAS VEGAS — The Beard has the richest contract in NBA history. The Houston Rockets signed guard James Harden to a four-year contract extension for about $160 million Saturday, giving him a total six-year deal with $228 million guaranteed. With Harden under contract on his existing deal for another two seasons, the extension will not

LOS ANGELES — All-Star rookie Cody Bellinger drew a bases-loaded walk to force in the winning run in the 10th inning and the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Saturday night for their fifth straight victory. The Dodgers (60-29) reached the 60-win mark before the All-Star break

NEW YORK — Clint Frazier hit a three-run homer off Corey Knebel with one out in the ninth, lifting the New York Yankees over the Milwaukee Brewers 5-3 on Saturday. Frazier turned on a 1-0 pitch from Knebel (0-2) for his second career homer and first game-ending shot. He threw his helmet as he approached

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Boston president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski says the Red Sox are not seeking rotation help and may stand pat as the non-waiver trade deadline looms at the end of the month. “We’re not looking for starting pitching,” Dombrowksi said Saturday before the AL East-leading Red Sox played Tampa Bay. A

BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia says six of its citizens have been arrested in Greece in the investigation into the beating death of a 22-year-old Texas man on the island of Zakynthos (ZAH’-keen-thos). Serbia’s foreign ministry said Saturday that the detained Serbs were to appear before a judge. The family of Bakari (buh-KAR’-ee) Henderson of Austin,

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Alejandro Bedoya and Omar Gonzalez moved into the starting lineup for the United States’ CONCACAF Gold Cup opener against Panama on Saturday, and Dax McCarty made his first competitive appearance, nine years after his debut. Those were the only two changes in the lineup from last weekend’s 2-1 exhibition win over Ghana.

HONOLULU — Hawaii has returned to federal court with a new motion in its challenge to Trump administration travel ban rules regarding citizens from six majority Muslim countries. In the motion filed late Friday, Hawaii officials asked U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson to enforce or modify the injunction he issued in March blocking the ban

BRANFORD, Conn. — Authorities say a 10-year-old boy slipped while playing in a culvert with his two brothers and was swept into a pipe leading to a Connecticut river. His body was found hours later. Captain Geoff Morgan of the Branford Police Department says the boys were playing near the culvert at about 1 p.m.

TORONTO — Marcus Stroman has another chip on his shoulder. After pitching the Toronto Blue Jays to a 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday, the right-hander said the next time he took the mound should have been at Tuesday’s All-Star Game. “Absolutely,” he said. “I think I should have been there 100 percent.

NEWTON, Iowa — IndyCar powerhouse Team Penske has never won at Iowa Speedway, even though the open-wheel series has been running at the track for more than decade. This offseason, Penske brought in the driver who last year executed perhaps the most impressive run that Iowa had ever seen. Josef Newgarden broke an IndyCar record

NEW YORK — Clint Frazier helped the Yankees solve Milwaukee’s Brent Suter after the left-hander baffled New York without reaching 90 mph Saturday. In just his sixth major league game, Frazier showed he can handle some velocity, too. Frazier pulled a three-run homer off Corey Knebel with one out in the ninth inning, lifting the

LAS VEGAS — Bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes was scratched from her title defense against Valentina Shevchenko after being hospitalized Saturday a few hours before UFC 213. The UFC cited “illness” — without elaborating — in its statement. Yoel Romero’s interim middleweight title bout against Robert Whittaker becomes the main event of the pay-per-view show at

HAMBURG, Germany — Why, yes, that was Ivanka Trump briefly filling her father’s seat at the Group of 20 summit, an international gathering that turned out to be quite the family affair for the Trumps. The president’s daughter attracted particular attention after a member of the Russian delegation tweeted a photograph of her sitting in

LOS ANGELES — Director Christopher Nolan and actor Mark Rylance didn’t know quite how famous Harry Styles was before “Dunkirk.” The young people in their lives certainly did. “I don’t think I was that aware really of how famous Harry was” before casting the pop star in the upcoming World War II epic, Nolan said

MINNEAPOLIS — New Minnesota Timberwolves player Taj Gibson was arrested for a traffic violation in New York City. The New York Police Department says a 2016 Mercedes Benz sedan made an illegal U-turn in Queens early Thursday. Police stopped the car and Gibson, who was driving, produced a suspended Illinois driver’s license. The Star Tribune

MARBLEHEAD, Mass. — Some of the planet’s most decorated sailboats are getting ready to duke it out on the high seas. A competitive international fleet of boats will be at the starting line for the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race. The 363-mile (584-kilometer) race dates to 1905 and is billed as the “granddaddy of ocean

SPARTA, Ky. — No matter the circumstances, Kyle Busch always seems to figure it out at Kentucky Speedway. Busch took the lead during a late caution on lap 168 Saturday and held on to win the 300-mile NASCAR Xfinity Series race. The race had been postponed a day earlier because of storms, creating a 700-mile

VECSES, Hungary — Three small, far-right groups in Hungary formed an alliance Saturday to fight liberalism, which they say has made Europe “unlivable and indefensible.” About 300 supporters attended an inaugural event of Force and Determination. Organizers said they represent “the white European man” and want to spread the idea of “ethnic self-defense” in the

BEAR, Del. — A Philadelphia couple eloped with an assist from a sentimental Uber driver who provided a free ride after learning his fares were getting married. The News Journal in Wilmington reports (http://delonline.us/2uDg0fW ) that driver David Scullion II of Bear, Delaware, picked up the stranded couple Friday on southbound Interstate 95 after they

PRAGUE — Czech director Vaclav Kadrnka’s “Little Crusader” has won the top prize at the 52nd edition of an international film festival in the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary. The movie was chosen from 12 contenders for the Crystal Globe by the Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s five-member grand jury. Saturday’s award also comes with

HARGEISA, Somalia — Somalia’s government says a widespread internet outage that began roughly two weeks ago is costing the Horn of Africa nation about $10 million each day and is a “major disaster.” The post and telecommunications minister, Abdi Anshur Hassan, told a press conference Saturday that Somalia has lost more than $130 million so

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Grizzlies rookie forward Ivan Rabb will miss the first three summer league games as he recovers from a sprained left ankle. The Grizzlies said Saturday that Rabb would be re-evaluated and the team would update his situation after the first three games. Rabb, a 6-foot-10 forward from California, sprained his ankle

BIG PINE KEY, Fla. — A local radio station’s broadcast underwater in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday attracted about 400 divers and snorkelers who listened to music and announcements advocating reef preservation. The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival at Looe Key Reef, part of the world’s third-largest living coral barrier reef, featured

SANTA MARIA, Calif. — The Latest on wildfires and blistering heat in California (all times local): 4:20 p.m. A high temperature record that stood for 131 years in Los Angeles has been shattered by a blistering heat wave. The National Weather Service reports that the temperature downtown hit 98 degrees Saturday. The service reported that

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Elena Delle Donne is no stranger to the joys and hatred of social media. The Washington Mystics star saw both sides of it Friday night. She was having a little fun watching Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball and his $495 shoe as Los Angeles played its first summer league game. She tweeted out