{"id":83102,"date":"2025-07-22T11:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/83102\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:54:08","slug":"the-sports-report-chris-paul-reunites-with-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/83102\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sports Report: Chris Paul reunites with Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Broderick Turner<\/a>: The Clippers<\/a> went from \u201cstrongly, strongly considering\u201d bringing Chris Paul<\/a> back to the franchise to actually agreeing to a deal with the point guard on Monday.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Frank, the Clippers\u2019 president of basketball operations, told the media Saturday in a Zoom that Paul \u201cobviously possesses some of the qualities we just referenced\u201d and that led to the two sides agreeing to a veteran\u2019s minimum deal of about $3.6 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cChris is one of the most impactful players ever to wear a Clippers uniform and it\u2019s appropriate that he returns to the team for this chapter of his career,\u201d Frank said in a statement Monday. \u201cChris will help fortify our backcourt with his exceptional ballhandling, playmaking and shooting. He is joining us as a reserve point guard and is excited to fill whatever role [coach Tyronn] Lue asks him to play. He wants to be part of the group and we\u2019re fortunate to have him back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul joined the Clippers for the 2011-12 season and was with the team until 2017 as he teamed with Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan to form the core of the \u201cLob City\u201d teams.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019d say about Chris is he\u2019s a great player,\u201d Frank said Saturday. \u201cHe\u2019s a great Clipper.\u201d<\/p>\n

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DODGERS<\/p>\n

From Jack Harris<\/a>: It was quality over quantity for the Dodgers<\/a> on Monday night. A bunch of empty at-bats, salvaged by a few emphatic drives that left the ballpark.<\/p>\n

In six innings against struggling Minnesota Twins starter David Festa, the Dodgers\u2019 slumping offense managed only four hits \u2014 doing little to quell the offensive concerns that have mounted during a puzzling month of poor all-around production.<\/p>\n

Three of the knocks, however, went over the fence, with a two-run blast from Shohei Ohtani<\/a> in the first inning and a pair of solo homers from Will Smith<\/a> in the fourth and sixth lifting the team to a 5-2 win<\/a> at Dodger Stadium.<\/p>\n

A course correction, this was not for the Dodgers\u2019 supposed powerhouse offense.<\/p>\n

Entering the night, the team had the third-lowest team batting average in the majors this month. As even president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman acknowledged during pregame batting practice, \u201cwe\u2019ve had more than half of our lineup really scuffle\u201d for the last six weeks running.<\/p>\n

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From a day off to the leadoff spot, Dodgers try unraveling mystery of Mookie Betts\u2019 slump<\/a><\/p>\n

Dodgers Dugout: Jaime Jarr\u00edn discusses Vin Scully, Fernando Valenzuela and Muhammad Ali<\/a><\/p>\n

Dodgers box score<\/a> <\/p>\n

MLB scores<\/a> <\/p>\n

MLB standings<\/a> <\/p>\n

ANGELS<\/p>\n

Juan Soto<\/a> hit a tying single in the seventh inning, Francisco Alvarez<\/a> delivered a big double in his return from the minors and the New York Mets rallied past the Angels 7-5<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Brett Baty launched a two-run homer for the Mets, who erased an early four-run deficit to match their largest comeback victory this season. They scored the go-ahead run in the eighth on an error by catcher Logan O\u2019Hoppe<\/a>, and Brandon Nimmo added a sacrifice fly that made it 7-5.<\/p>\n

Brooks Raley (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth in his second outing since coming back from Tommy John surgery, earning his first win since April 2024.<\/p>\n

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Angels box score<\/a> <\/p>\n

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THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY<\/p>\n

1921 \u2014 Jim Barnes wins the U.S. Men\u2019s Open golf championship by edging Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Jock Hutchinson and Fred McLeod.<\/p>\n

1962 \u2014 Gary Player of South Africa becomes the first non-resident of the United States to win the PGA championship.<\/p>\n

1963 \u2014 Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in 2 minutes, 10 seconds of the first round to retain the world heavyweight title. Liston took the title from Patterson with a first-round knockout in Chicago on Sept. 25, 1962.<\/p>\n

1973 \u2014 Sue Berning wins the U.S. Women\u2019s Open golf championship for the third time with a five-stroke victory over Gloria Ahret.<\/p>\n

1984 \u2014 Kathy Whitworth becomes the all-time winner in pro golf tournaments by winning the Rochester Open. Whitworth, with 85 career wins, passes Sam Snead\u2019s total of 84 PGA tournament victories.<\/p>\n

1984 \u2014 Seve Ballesteros wins the British Open with a four-round 276, breaking the course record set by Ken Nagle in 1960 by two strokes. Tom Watson and Bernhard Langer finish two strokes behind.<\/p>\n

1990 \u2014 Nick Faldo wins his second British Open crown in four years, defeating Payne Stewart and Mark McNulty by five strokes.<\/p>\n

1996 \u2014 Naim Suleymanoglu of Turkey becomes first weightlifter in Olympic history to win three gold medals. Suleymanoglu wins the 141-pound division by hoisting 413\u00bc pounds.<\/p>\n

1998 \u2014 Jackie Joyner-Kersee ends her brilliant heptathlon career with a victory at the Goodwill Games. It\u2019s her fourth consecutive Goodwill title. Earlier, the 4×400-meter relay world record of 2:54.29, set by the 1993 U.S. World Championship team, comes crashing down. Michael Johnson, the anchor on that 1993 team, anchors this United States 4×400 team, which finishes in a 2 minutes, 54.20 seconds.<\/p>\n

2001 \u2014 David Duval shoots a 4-under 67 at Royal Lytham & St. Annes to win the British Open title, his first major championship. He finishes at 10-under 274 for a three-stroke victory over Sweden\u2019s Niclas Fasth.<\/p>\n

2005 \u2014 Yelena Isinbayeva clears the 5-meter mark at the Crystal Palace Grand Prix in London for her latest world record. The Olympic champion easily clears 16 feet, 4\u00be inches on her first attempt, barely nudging the bar.<\/p>\n

2007 \u2014 Padraig Harrington survives a calamitous finish in regulation and a tense putt for bogey on the final hole of a playoff to win the British Open over Sergio Garcia.<\/p>\n

2008 \u2014 Candace Parker scores 21 points and DeLisha Milton-Jones adds 19 before both are ejected after a scuffle in the final minute as the Sparks beat the Detroit Shock 84-81 at Auburn Hills, Mich. The WNBA game turns ugly in the final seconds as a collision between Parker and Detroit\u2019s Plenette Pierson turns into a shoving match that has players and coaches from both teams leaving the bench.<\/p>\n

2012 \u2014 Bradley Wiggins becomes the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France by protecting the yellow jersey during the final processional ride into Paris. Fellow Briton and Sky teammate Christopher Froome finishes second, 3 minutes, 21 seconds behind.<\/p>\n

2012 \u2014 Ernie Els wins his fourth major championship in an astonishing finish, rallying to beat Adam Scott in the British Open when the Aussie bogeys the last four holes. Els, who starts the final round six shots behind, finishes off a flawless back nine with a 15-foot birdie putt for a 2-under 68. Scott was four shots ahead with four holes to play.<\/p>\n

2018 \u2014 Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird plays in a record 500th WNBA game.<\/p>\n

THIS DAY IN BASEBALL HISTORY<\/p>\n

1905 \u2014 Weldon Henley of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a no-hitter, defeating the St. Louis Browns 6-0 in the first game of a doubleheader. It was the highlight of Henley\u2019s 4-11 season.<\/p>\n

1906 \u2014 Bob Ewing pitched the Cincinnati Reds to a 10-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies without a single assist by teammates.<\/p>\n

1923 \u2014 Washington\u2019s Walter Johnson struck out opposing pitcher Stan Coveleski for his 3,000th career strikeout. The Big Train, the first player in MLB history to reach 3,000 strikeouts, struck out five and allowed one run to give the Senators a 3-1 win over Cleveland.<\/p>\n

1926 \u2014 Cincinnati had four triples in an 11-run second inning as the Reds beat the Boston Braves, 13-1. Curt Walker hit two in the inning to tie an NL record for most triples in an inning.<\/p>\n

1932 \u2014 Philadelphia\u2019s Mickey Cochrane hit for the cycle and drove in four runs to lead the Athletics to an 8-4 win over the Washington Senators.<\/p>\n

1962 \u2014 Floyd Robinson of the Chicago White Sox had six singles in six at-bats in a 7-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n

1964 \u2014 Pittsburgh\u2019s Willie Stargell hit for the cycle, drove in three runs and scored four times in the Pirates\u2019 13-2 rout of the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n

1967 \u2014 The Atlanta Braves used a major league record five pitchers in the ninth inning of a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. The pitchers were Ken Johnson, Ramon Hernandez, Claude Raymond, Dick Kelley and Cecil Upshaw.<\/p>\n

1997 \u2014 Atlanta\u2019s Greg Maddux turned in a masterful pitching performance, using 76 pitches in a complete game 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n

2000 \u2014 Seattle\u2019s 13-5 win over Texas was interrupted for 54 minutes when a rainstorm drenched fans at Safeco Field and the $517.6-million stadium\u2019s roof wouldn\u2019t close because of a computer problem.<\/p>\n

2006 \u2014 Alfonso Soriano had three doubles, a triple and scored two runs to lead Washington to a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n

2012 \u2014 Seth Smith hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Coco Crisp singled home the winning run in the 12th and the surging Oakland Athletics rallied from four runs down to stun the New York Yankees 5-4 and complete a four-game sweep. The Yankees had not been swept in a four-game series since May 2003 against Toronto.<\/p>\n

2013 \u2014 Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, was suspended for the rest of the season and the postseason, the start of sanctions involving players reportedly tied to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs. The Milwaukee Brewers star accepted the 65-game ban, 15 games more than the one he avoided last year when an arbitrator overturned his positive test for elevated testosterone because the urine sample had been improperly handled.<\/p>\n

2014 \u2014 The Minnesota Twins turn a triple play against the Yankees.<\/p>\n

2022 \u2014 In their first game after the All-Star break, the Blue Jays set a team record for runs in a 28-5 beatdown of the Red Sox.<\/p>\n

Compiled by the Associated Press<\/p>\n

Until next time…<\/p>\n

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