Celtics send three players to Red Claws
PORTLAND, Maine — The Boston Celtics assigned Jordan Mickey, Terry Rozier and James Young to the Maine Red Claws Thursday.
Mickey has played two games with Maine this season, and is averaging 19.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game. He was a second-round selection by the Celtics in the 2015 NBA Draft.
Rozier made his Red Claws debut Saturday in Canton, scoring 29 points to go with 8 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. Rozier was the 16th overall pick in the 2015 NBA Draft by Boston.
Young has played two games with Maine in 2015-16, averaging 22.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game. A 2014 NBA Draft pick (17th overall), Young played 17 games for the Red Claws last season, averaging 21.5 points and 4.8 rebounds per game in 2014-15.
The Red Claws, an NBA D-League team, plays its home opener at 7 p.m. Friday against Raptors 905 at the Portland Expo.
Woods named as a vice-captain for 2016 Ryder Cup
United States captain Davis Love III, looking for passion and experience, has appointed 14-times major winner Tiger Woods as one of five vice-captains for next year’s Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National in Chaska, Minnesota.
Woods, 39, is a veteran of seven Ryder Cups as a player, most recently in 2012 under Love’s captaincy, and is battling to recover from a nagging back injury that led him to undergo two surgeries over the past two months.
Love also announced on Wednesday that Steve Stricker and Jim Furyk would be vice-captains, joining Tom Lehman who was introduced in February as the first of five assistants under a new management system unveiled by the PGA of America to help revive U.S. fortunes.
The Americans will be bidding to end a dismal stretch of eight defeats by Europe in the last 10 editions of the biennial team competition when the 2016 Ryder Cup is held from Sept. 30-Oct. 2, and hope to benefit from several changes made following the recommendations of a task force that was assembled.
Baylor QB has back injury
Baylor quarterback Jarrett Stidham could miss Saturday’s showdown at Oklahoma State because of a back injury.
Coach Art Briles said Stidham was not progressing in his recovery after being hurt last week. His status is up in the air in a game that could determine the postseason fate of the Bears.
“He’s not as far along as what I’d like for him to be,” Briles said Wednesday. “We’ll see in the next day or two.”
Kings’ Cousins suspended for one game
Sacramento forward DeMarcus Cousins was suspended for one game without pay on Thursday by the NBA after hitting Atlanta forward Al Horford in the head during Wednesday night’s Kings-Hawks game in Atlanta.
With two minutes left in the first quarter, Cousins struck Horford with a forearm during the Hawks’ 103-97 victory over the Kings in Philips Arena. The loss ended a three-game winning streak for Sacramento.
Cousins was to sit out Thursday night when the Kings (4-4) faced the Miami Heat at AmericanAirlines Arena.
The 25-year-old Cousins is averaging 27.5 points, 11.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists in eight games this season. The Kings had lost all four games that Cousins missed with a strained right Achilles.