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August 29, 2007

Basketball

Strawberry signs 2-year Suns deal

Former Maryland guard D.J. Strawberry signed a two-year contract with the Phoenix Suns yesterday. He will receive the rookie minimum salary of $427,163 for 2007-08 with a team option for the second season. Strawberry, taken with the 59th overall pick in the NBA draft in June, finished ranked among Maryland's all-time leaders in points, assists and steals.

• FIBA Americas // Three years after its stunning loss to Puerto Rico in the Olympics, the United States got a measure of payback with a 117-78 rout last night in Las Vegas. LeBron James scored 21 points and Carmelo Anthony (Towson Catholic) added 17 for the Americans, who clinched a spot in Saturday's semifinals -- where a win would earn them a berth in the Beijing Olympics. Puerto Rico handed the United States a 92-73 loss, its worst ever, in the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece.

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Els withdraws
from Mass. event

Ernie Els withdrew from the PGA Tour's Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass., saying he wanted to spend time with his children before they begin school. The South African, ranked No. 4 in the world, said he plans to return next week for the third event of the tour's FedEx Cup playoffs in Illinois.

• Local golf // Wayne DeFrancesco, from Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, came from two shots back to win the Middle Atlantic PGA Senior Championship by shooting an 8-under-par 63 in the second round at Cannon Ridge Golf Club in Fredericksburg, Va.

• Running // Organizers said registration is up 30 percent for the Oct. 13 Baltimore Running Festival, which includes a marathon, half-marathon and team relay. Registration fees will increase Saturday. For information, go to thebaltimoremarathon.com.

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