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Jordan Brand has decided to let Leonard’s current shoe deal with the company expire in October, according to ESPN’s Nick DePaula. The new Raptors forward turned down a four-year, $22-million contract back in March, and talks had been stalled ever since. MORE: David Robinson opens up on Spurs’ struggles with Kawhi Under his current contract, Leonard earns less than $500,000 per year. The former NBA Finals MVP was hoping his new contract would reflect his accomplishments as one of the NBA’s best all-around players, according to ESPN’s Michael C....

The self-proclaimed “professor against political correctness” said that COVID-19 policy was “being driven by people who are more afraid than they should be” during an appearance on the conservative talk show The Rubin Report on Wednesday. Peterson, who argued that the mandates were an example of “herd” mentality, was diagnosed with COVID-19 in August 2020 while receiving treatment for prescription drug dependence in Serbia and has since been vaccinated against the virus....

Saturday in Round 2 of the Deutsche Bank Championship, second FedEx Cup event of the season. Unless Spieth goes low at TPC Boston, he’ll go home again after 36 holes. MORE: PGA Tour winners | FedEx Cup champions | Jason Day stays grounded Track Saturday’s scoring on Sporting News’ leaderboard below. The projected cut line was 2 over par. Spieth entered the FedEx Cup competition with a whopping points lead....

Jose Mourinho’s dissatisfaction with his United side’s fortunes hasn’t even been taken out on Pep Guardiola. Such has been the chasm between the two sides, the Portuguese has found himself with little to bark at his old adversary about. Instead it is Antonio Conte whose ire Mourinho has attracted in order to pull off his usual trick of filling column inches with his antics rather than his team’s shortcomings....

Diaz made his pro debut in 2012. “JoJo” is a former WBC-NABF and WBO-NABO featherweight champion. He lost his first pro fight in 2018 when he challenged Gary Russell Jr. for the WBC featherweight title. He won the IBF super-featherweight title in 2020 against Tevin Farmer. Moving divisions, Diaz won the interim WBC lightweight title against Javier Fortuna in 2021. In his last fight in December 2021, Devin Haney beat Diaz for the WBC lightweight title....

Josh spends the majority of the time wallowing in his own self-pity, worrying about whether he’s done enough, achieved enough, seen enough and loved enough, when in reality he has never been present enough to enjoy anything life throws at him. When we meet Josh, he is living with his best friend Victor (Arturo Castro), still powering through the breakdown of his relationship with ex-fiancée Megan (Juno Temple), dealing with a sense of loneliness and failure alongside just general unhappiness....

The Bills’ starting quarterback is set to make $3.5 million in 2021 and another $23 million in 2022. But on Friday, it was announced that he had signed an extension with the Bills that will keep him in Buffalo through the 2028 season and pay him an average of $43 million per year, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported. Allen enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2020 where he led the Bills to the postseason and a 13-3 record....

Speaking to GQ Magazine, Beckham claimed Norman only joined the NFC East so the two could face off twice a season. He also made the statement, “The reason that he’s become so relevant is because of me.” For obvious reasons, those comments didn’t sit well with the new Redskins cornerback. Speaking Thursday at the Roc Nation charity basketball game, Norman responded to the Giants wideout and said the real reason he signed in Washington was “Five for 75,” referring to his five year, $75 million contract....

The former USC QB, unlike UCLA’s Josh Rosen and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield, who did everything in Indianapolis, decided to watch in his earlier position group instead of proving why he should be the consensus No. 1 QB and No. 1 overall pick in April. NFL COMBINE: Live updates, results from 2018 workouts Sure, Darnold will throw before the draft at his now more anticipated Pro Day back at Southern California on March 21, but he didn’t do himself any favors Saturday....

Warrington (27-0), from Leeds, Yorkshire, became the city’s first-ever world champion when he defied the odds with a split decision victory over Lee Selby for the title in May this year. The bout is still subject to IBF sanctioning but will be a huge domestic clash this year when the undefeated 27-year-old will face off against Northern Ireland’s current interim WBO World Featherweight champion, Carl ‘The Jackal’ Frampton (26-1)....

A bronze medalist in the 2016 Olympics, Buatsi made his pro debut in 2017 inside the O2. He won the WBA International light heavyweight title in 2018 and the British light heavyweight title in 2019. In his last fight, in August 2021, Buatsi beat Ricards Bolotņiks via TKO. It was his 10th win in a row via some form of knockout. Richards made his pro debut in 2015. “Spider” won the British light heavyweight title in December 2020 against Shakan Pitters, in his second attempt at the title....

A report on the Globe’s Web site said that Neuffer, 46, was returning to the Iraqi capital from an overnight trip to Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit. She had been reporting there on efforts to rid Iraq on the influence of the Baath Party. Her translator, Waleed Khalifa Hassan Al-Dulami, also died in the accident. “All of us in the Globe’s newsroom are devastated by the news of Elizabeth’s death,” Globe editor Martin Baron said on the site....

During the marathon news conference last Thursday, Alisa Yarovskaya from the state-run Yamal Region television channel took the microphone and asked Putin about what he could do to speed up the construction of a bridge over the River Ob connecting two local cities, Salekhard and Labytnangi, in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous region in north-west Siberia. She said: “Our governor Dmitry Artyukhov is doing everything possible to ensure that the project takes place but we hear less and less about it,” she said, asking if it was possible to make it part of Russia’s federal rather than local infrastructure plan....

Interim Prime Minister Dr. Claude Joseph issued a statement in French confirming Moïse’s death: “At around one o’clock in the morning, on the night of Tuesday 6 or Wednesday 7 July 2021, a group of unidentified individuals, some of whom were speaking Spanish, attacked the private residence of the president of the republic and fatally wounded the head of state. Wounded by gunshot, the first lady is receiving the care that her case requires....

If history is any indication, he’s likely to be tested on that promise. Earlier in the week, three former surgeons general—including Dr. Richard Carmona, the most recent occupant of that august office—testified before Congress that he felt intense political pressure. Carmona, who left office in July, said that the Bush administration had delayed his reports and changed his speeches on controversial issues such as smoking and stem cells. “Anything that doesn’t fit into the political appointees’ ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried,” he testified....

He gave up four runs, one of which came on a hit that is only a hit on paper. On a high fly ball off the bat of Matt Vierling out to right field with runners on second and third, Juan Soto lost the ball in the sun at the last second and it dropped harmlessly behind him. Fortunately for the Padres, only one run scored because of the routine nature of the fly ball, but it kept just one out up on the scoreboard....

A lawsuit was filed against Biggs, Gosar and GOP state Representative Mark Finchem, contending that the three Arizona Republicans should not be allowed to appear on the ballot—alleging they are not permitted to hold office due to their participation in an “insurrection.” Many Democrats and some Republicans have called the attack by former President Donald Trump’s supporters against the U.S. Capitol an “insurrection.” Gosar and Biggs voted to decertify President Joe Biden’s electors in key battleground states on January 6, 2021, during a joint-session of Congress....

JuJu Smith-Schuster exited Sunday’s game against the Broncos after suffering an apparent shoulder injury. He was hit hard on an end-around and was in a lot of pain. Members of the Steelers’ medical staff stabilized his arm as he left the field. MORE: Jon Gruden admits he insulted Roger Goodell in 2011 emails The Steelers officially deemed Smith-Schuster questionable to return after the injury, but ruled him out after halftime....

“This is the game that these folks play,” Castro remarked in a Sunday interview with CNN’s State of the Union. “They put something out there—you notice what he did, he tweeted it out and then he deleted it, like a coward—so he could say, ‘Oh, that was just a mistake.’ But he knows what he’s doing.” “He’s giving voice to these racist utterances about Senator Harris,” Castro said, adding that the baseless claims were “disgusting” and purposeful....

According to TMZ, the Patriots receiver has been named in paternity documents filed in the L.A. County Superior Court by Swedish model Ella Rose. MORE: So long, offseason, and good riddance Edelman and Rose have had a casual relationship for about two years, but nothing was ever official between the two of them. Rose is more than five months pregnant, and confident that Edelman is the father, per the report....