Juventus confirmed their scouting manager was departing on Friday morning to "take on a new professional adventure elsewhere". Here's an extract and you might recognise a certain name: "Thanks to president Andrea Agnelli, Pavel Nedved, John Elkan, Giuseppe Marotta, Matteo Fabris and above all to Fabio Paratici and Javier Ribalta ".
Jackson, who couldn't work out for teams because of a surgery to fix a stress reaction in his foot in late May, said he didn't know he was going to New Orleans until "just minutes before the Hornets picked". I was all for it. They had their highest pick going into the draft since 1998, when they ended up with Dirk Nowitzki, who is preparing for his 20th season.
The UCLA guard has been largely overshadowed by his loquacious father, LaVar Ball , throughout the draft process. That's where the Boston Celtics are scheduled to pick after moving down two spots in a trade with Philadelphia, giving the 76ers the right to select Fultz with their second No.
I don't need to go over Ortiz's resume of accomplishments because everyone knows them by now. Porcello was tagged for seven earned runs , 10 hits and a walk with just three strikeouts over six innings in a road loss against the Astros on Saturday.
Barcelona does not want to bother with the Paris club, and so it must be the player to persuade Al Khelaifi to let him go. After an underwhelming season in France and Europe, Verratti is angling for a move away from PSG this summer and is keen to join Spanish giants Barcelona.
Bush has joined forces with Romney and NY financier Wayne Rothbaum to make a bid of more than $1.1 billion for the Marlins. Romney, the son of former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, is a MA businessman and venture capitalist.
