MLB
SAN DIEGO – The Class A Lake Elsinore Storm will host a home run hitting contest on the flight deck of the USS Midway aircraft carrier on San Diego Bay on June 20.
The competition will be the day before the California-Carolina League All-Star Game at Lake Elsinore.
Four sluggers from the California League and four from the Carolina League will compete in single-elimination, head-to-head matchups in which the player with the most home run points advances through three rounds of the competition. Each player gets 15 swings per round.
Volunteers on standup paddle boards and jet skis will collect the balls before they sink.
NBA
OAKLAND – Stephen Curry underwent an MRI exam on his injured right ankle Tuesday, and the Golden State Warriors said nothing of concern came up on the test. The reigning MVP remained questionable for Game 3 of his team’s playoff series on Thursday in Houston.
Curry missed Monday night’s 115-106 victory against the Rockets at Oracle Arena after cutting short his warmup routine because his troublesome ankle was tender. He will continue to undergo treatment for the injury ahead of Thursday, and coach Steve Kerr mentioned there is ample time for Curry to try to get healthy and stay off his feet.
NEW YORK – Los Angeles Clippers guard Jamal Crawford won the Sixth Man Award, becoming the first three-time winner as the NBA’s best reserve.
Crawford received 51 first-place votes and 341 points Tuesday from a panel of 130 sports writers and broadcasters in the U.S. and Canada. NBA Finals MVP Andre Iguodala of Golden State was second with 288 points (33 first-place votes), and Oklahoma City’s Enes Kanter finished third with 182 points (19 first-place votes).
Crawford averaged 14.2 points in 79 games, coming off the bench in 74. He ranked second in the NBA in free throw percentage at 90.4 percent.
He added this win to his awards in 2009-2010 with Atlanta and 2013-14 with the Clippers.
Kevin McHale, Ricky Pierce and Detlef Schrempf all won the Sixth Man Award twice. Crawford is the only player to win with multiple teams.
NFL
Drew Rosenhaus dropped Johnny Manziel as a client.
Last week, Rosenhaus told the troubled quarterback to seek help or he will no longer represent him. On Tuesday, the powerful agent removed his name as Manziel’s representative.
Rosenhaus, whose clientele is among the largest in the NFL, represented Manziel for only a few weeks. Rosenhaus has been an agent for 27 years, and this is the first time he’s terminated a contract with a player.
OLYMPICS
FRANKFURT, – Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm hopes a scientific study will clear him to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics by finding that he has no unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes by using his carbon-fiber prosthesis.
To become eligible under international rules, Rehm has to prove that his prosthesis gives him no advantage over athletes with a similar disability or non-amputee long jumpers.
The German Sport University in Cologne says it will conduct the study jointly with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tokyo, the University of Colorado and a Japanese broadcaster.
Associated Press
