Usain Bolt withdraws from trials with hamstring injury, still hopes to make Olympics and other top stories.

• Usain Bolt withdraws from trials with hamstring injury, still hopes to make Olympics

  

  KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Usain Bolt's Olympic quest is in question after the sprint superstar left his country's national championships with a hamstring injury shortly before he was going to run the 100-meter final Friday night.Bolt said he was diagnosed with a grade 1 hamstring tear -- the most mild sort -- and that the discomfort began presenting itself in his quarterfinal race Thursday night.He's not out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but the national meet serves as the Jamaican Olympic trials. ..

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• Sources: Kevin Durant impressed by pitch meeting with Clippers

  

  Kevin Durant and the Los Angeles Clippers met for approximately four hours Friday night in the Hamptons, and sources close to the situation say Durant was "blown away" by the Clippers' presentation.Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, president Doc Rivers, executive vice president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan were present at the meeting.According to a source, Durant was incredibly impressed by the vision and direction of the Clippers and made a strong connec..

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• Royal Troon votes to admit female members

  

  TROON, Scotland (AP) — Royal Troon voted overwhelmingly Friday to admit female members for the first time in the club's 138-year history. The vote at a special meeting came less than two weeks before the British Open is held at the Ayrshire links for the ninth time, eliminating what was likely to be a distraction as more of Britain's top links courses accept women. "We have said a number of times recently that it is important for golf clubs to reflect the society in which w..

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• Nineteen-inning marathon ends in jubilation for record-setting Indians

  

  Your teams. Your favorite writers. Wherever you want them. Personalize SI with our new App. Install on iOS or Android. It took 19 innings and their opponent sending two position players to the mound, but the Cleveland Indians ultimately outlasted the Blue Jays Friday afternoon to set a franchise record with their 14th straight win, a 2–1 victory in Toronto on Canada Day. The game, which was decided by a Carlos Santana home run off infielder Darwin Barney in the top of the 19th, was the longest i..

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• NBA: Dwight Howard lands in Atlanta with Hawks

  

  A person with knowledge of the situation says Dwight Howard has agreed to join the Atlanta Hawks, who also re-signed Kent Bazemore. Howard received a three-year contract worth $70.5 million, while Bazemore, a former Warriors backup, will get $70 million over four years, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday because contracts can't be signed until July 7. Howard returns to his hometown after three seasons in Houston, where he battled injuries and wasn't the force h..

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• Angels-Red Sox preview

  

  BOSTON -- Clay Buchholz takes another stab at trying to find the form that made him a two-time All-Star when he faces the Los Angeles Angels in the second game of a three-game series Saturday night.Hector Santiago starts for the last-place Angels, who come in with 10 losses in their last 11 games after falling 5-4 at Fenway Park on Friday night.Exiled to the bullpen last month, Buchholz returned to the rotation because the team had no one else to start in his place -- and he showed decent stuff ..

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• Ryan Lochte, Michael Phelps separated by fraction of a second

  

  OMAHA, Neb. -- Ryan Lochte shifted his weight back and forth. He lifted one foot, then the other, shaking each over the water's edge as if to make sure they were ready for this. For the next two minutes, he needed his feet, his arms, his legs, everything he had. He had stood in this position three times before, in the final of the 200-meter individual medley at the U.S. Olympic trials, and each time he had walked off the pool deck finishing second to Michael Phelps.Four years ago, when Phelps re..

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• Jeremy Lin tweets that he's heading to the Brooklyn Nets

  

  AP 11:48 a.m. EDT July 1, 2016(Photo: The Associated Press)NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Lin is heading back to the city where "Linsanity" was born.Lin agreed to a three-year, $36 million contract Friday with the Brooklyn Nets, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press.Lin tweeted earlier that he was headed to Brooklyn, posting a photo of himself dribbling the ball in a Nets uniform in front of the team's logo and writing: "The journey continues ... thankful for the ..

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• NBA rumors: Latest news, signings and free agency buzz

  

  Welcome to free agency. At 12:01 a.m. Friday, negotiations between teams and players officially began. The biggest question, of course, is where Kevin Durant wants to sign. His decision will likely be the first major contract domino as the market starts to set, with a record-high salary cap enabling teams around the league to spend aggressively. Durant will reportedly be courted by the Warriors, Spurs, Celtics and Heat in addition to the Thunder, who remain hopeful they can keep their supersta..

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