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Dallas is the latest WNBA team to fire a coach

Dallas is the latest WNBA team to fire a coach

BASKETBALL

Latricia Trammell, who went 31-49 in two seasons with the WNBA’s Dallas Wings, including 2-3 in playoff games, was fired Friday.

Last season, the team went 9-31 and missed the postseason for the first time since 2020.

Trammell is the fourth coach to be fired in the last month. She joined Curt Miller of Los Angeles, Tanisha Wright of Atlanta and Teresa Weatherspoon of Chicago. None of the four had been with the organization for more than three years.

GOLF

EUROPEAN: Jorge Campillo shot a bogey-free 7-under 65 to take a four-shot lead at halftime of the Andalucia Masters in San Roque, Spain.

LPGA: It was mostly rainy on the second day of the BMW Ladies Championship in Paju, South Korea, and none of the players completed their rounds. Hannah Green of Australia, Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa and Jenny Shin of South Korea led after Thursday’s first round with scores of 8-under 64.

BROADCASTING

NAME CHANGE: Diamond Sports Group, which is in bankruptcy proceedings, will operate as FanDuel Sports Network starting Monday.

Diamond’s broadcasters have been Bally Sports since baseball’s Opening Day in 2021. Bally Sports’ regional networks are home to eight major league teams, eight NFL teams and 13 NBA teams.

BET

GUIDELINES: BetMGM Sportsbook will not accept NBA bets on players on two-way or 10-day contracts in light of Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter’s lifetime ban, joining several others including FanDuel, DraftKings and ESPN BET.

Porter was on a two-way contract at the time, meaning his salary was $410,000 and a standard NBA contract would have been more than $2 million. He was suspended on April 17 after a league investigation found that he leaked confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games in which he also bet on the Raptors losing.

COLLEGES

BOSTON COLLEGE: Boston College will honor former hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau and Tony Voce this season with uniform badges, a sign on the boards in front of the team bench and other honors.

All three died this summer: The Gaudreau brothers were hit by a car while cycling in New Jersey the day before their sister’s wedding. Voce, a member of the 2001 Eagles national team, died suddenly at age 43; No cause of death was announced.

CLEMSON: The school’s board of trustees approved an athletic fee of $150 per semester for students starting the next school year.

FOOTBALL

ADAMS RETURNS: Bournemouth midfielder Tyler Adams, the US captain at the 2022 World Cup, remains on track to make his season debut against Arsenal in the Premier League on Saturday.

“He’s missing some playing time, but that’s normal,” said manager Andoni Iraola. “He feels very good, he’s doing well, he has a good feeling and he trained very well with us during this (international) break.”

YACHTS

AMERICA’S CUP: Emirates Team New Zealand built a 6-2 lead over INEOS Britannia in the final in Barcelona, ​​Spain, moving one point away from successfully defending the oldest trophy in international sport.

The New Zealand yacht Taihoro won both day’s regattas off the beach in Barcelona by a wide margin. It was a huge blow to the British team’s attempted comeback after winning the last two races on Wednesday.

CRICKET

WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: Suzie Bates held her nerve in the final as New Zealand advanced to the final for the first time in 14 years with an eight-run win over the West Indies. New Zealand will face South Africa in Dubai on Sunday.