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Lakers sign four undrafted rookies to Exhibit 10 contracts
Lakers sign four undrafted rookies to Exhibit 10 contracts

USA Today

time4 days ago

  • Sport
  • USA Today

Lakers sign four undrafted rookies to Exhibit 10 contracts

The Lakers have signed RJ Davis, Eric Dixon, Arthur Kaluma and Augustus Marciulionis, the team announced. All are signed to Exhibit 10 deals. Other than Bronny James, not that many players stood out for the Los Angeles Lakers during summer league play this month. However, they do have some undrafted rookies on their roster who could have a chance at becoming diamonds in the rough. Among them are Eric Dixon, RJ Davis, Arthur Kaluma and Augustas Marčiulionis. Dixon and Marčiulionis didn't play in summer league due to injury, and Davis and Kaluma weren't consistently impressive or promising. Still, all four will have the opportunity to show the Lakers something during training camp, as they have been signed to Exhibit 10 contracts as of Saturday. Dixon, a 6-foot-8, 230-pound forward, led all of NCAA Division I men's basketball in scoring this past season and averaged 23.3 points a game while shooting 40.7% from 3-point range. Davis had some solid play at the point guard position in five seasons with the University of North Carolina and averaged 15.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists a game during that time. Kaluma put up 12.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in four years of college basketball, and Marčiulionis, the son of Hall of Famer Šarūnas Marčiulionis, showed some potential as a scorer and facilitator while at Saint Mary's College in the San Francisco Bay Area. According to initial reports a few weeks ago, the Lakers had signed Dixon to a two-way contract. However, it was later reported that he hadn't signed such a deal due to a foot injury.

Adam Buchanan and Sean Downes hit route 66 to set the pace at Lahinch
Adam Buchanan and Sean Downes hit route 66 to set the pace at Lahinch

Irish Examiner

time23-07-2025

  • Sport
  • Irish Examiner

Adam Buchanan and Sean Downes hit route 66 to set the pace at Lahinch

Adam Buchanan enjoyed a dream debut in the Pierse Motor Group South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship when he opened with a six-under 66 to claim a share of the first round lead at Lahinch. The 20-year-old Ballyclare native, who made such a splash with NAIA college Keiser University this season that he's secured a transfer to NCAA Division I ranked Louisville next month, made seven birdies and a lone bogey at the 14th to share top spot with Royal Dublin's Sean Downes on a perfect links day in west Clare. 'I won the Conference and had five top-fives,' reported Buchanan, who is also a member of Knock Golf Club. 'I was going to stay another year and then decide to transfer, but Louisville reached out, and it was too hard to turn down.' Downes also had seven birdies in his 66 before he was joined in the lead by former Irish Boys panelist Buchanan, who claimed his first Senior win last year when he won the Ulster Men's Strokeplay at Clandeboye. He had never played Lahinch until this week and he made it look like child's play in a light northwest wind as he birdied the second and hit a nine-iron close at the sixth before adding further birdies at the 11th, 12th and 13th. He three-putted the 14th from the front of the green but birdied the 17th to get to five under before failing to get up and down from just short of the 18th, missing a six footer for a 65. 'I was actually really happy with it,' said Buchanan, who had only played Lahinch's opening six holes on TrackMan before his arrival in west Clare and could not have asked for a better debut. 'I left a few putts out there but pI played very solid. 'I only missed one green, and when I missed it, I was like an inch off it. So that makes life a lot easier. Maybe missed three fairways and my only bogey was a three-putt.' Sean Downes in action at Lahinch. Pic:©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo His flighted six-iron to eight feet into the wind at the short 11th wowed his playing partners but even after a hot start, he's not heaping expectations on his shoulders. 'The goal is to make the cut,' he said. 'It would bench to get a run to the quarters or semis but we will take it as it comes." Downes and Buchanan lead by a shot from Westport's Conor Stapleton and former Irish Close champion Quentin Carew from Castleknock Golf Club, who is also taking it one day at a time. The 34-year-old Dublin-based Garda made eight birdies in his five-under 67 with five of those birdies coming in his last six holes. 'I am trying to get a bit more family time this year but the game is coming back,' Carew said after making four birdies in a row from the 12th and adding another at the par-five 18th. 'Coming into this, I hadn't played for two weeks after being on holidays, just hit a few balls. It's good in a way because you come in feeling more relaxed and have fewer expectations. 'This is the championship that everyone looks forward to because of the venue, the course and the views. Nobody is in bad form and even if fellas get knocked out, nobody goes home.' After going out in two-under with a bogey at the Dell, Carew bogeyed the 10th and 11th before storming back with that late birdie run. Dundalk's Caolan Rafferty, champion in 2018, was in a big group on three-under after a 69 but it was harder work for some of the other leading lights. Warrenpoint's Colm Campbell, who was champion two years ago, shot a three-over 75 while last year's runner-up, Millicent's Brian Doran, signed for a 79. It also was a mixed day for some of the veterans in the field. While Ballybunion's Peter Sheehan shot 78 in his 40th consecutive appearance in the event, Robbie Cannon shot 70, Pat Murray a 71 and Joe Lyons a 73 in one of the more experienced threeballs on the course while Douglas' Karl Bornemann carded a 72.

Virginia's Ben James leads PGA Tour University preseason rankings for Class of 2026
Virginia's Ben James leads PGA Tour University preseason rankings for Class of 2026

USA Today

time23-07-2025

  • Sport
  • USA Today

Virginia's Ben James leads PGA Tour University preseason rankings for Class of 2026

Fall is quickly approaching, which means college golf is right around the corner. The 2025-26 season is almost upon us, as plenty of the best amateurs in the game will tee it up in search of a national championship. This season, the NCAA Championship returns to Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, California, where the Northwestern women and Oklahoma State men took home titles in May. With the new season also means new PGA Tour University rankings for the Class of 2026. On Wednesday, PGA Tour U announced its preseason rankings for the Class of 2026. This will be the sixth year of PGA Tour U, with David Ford finishing in the top spot last year and earning a PGA Tour card. The preseason ranking includes players from 16 schools, with Ole Miss having four players in the preseason top 25. In all, the top 25 features players from seven countries: China, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Sweden and the United States. In partnership with the World Amateur Golf Ranking, PGA Tour U ranks players based on the last two years of their collegiate careers. Eligible tournaments include NCAA Division I men's team competitions, official PGA Tour tournaments and select DP World Tour events. The ranking period for the Class of 2026 began Week 23/2024 and concludes June 1, 2026, following the final round of stroke play at the NCAA Division I men's national championship. The No. 1 player in the final PGA Tour University Ranking next June will earn PGA Tour membership, while players Nos. 2-10 will earn Korn Ferry Tour membership for 2026 and players Nos. 11-25 will earn exempt membership for PGA Tour Americas Segment II in 2026. Finishers Nos. 2-5 will be exempt into Final Stage of Q-School presented by Korn Ferry, while Nos. 6-25 will be exempt into Second Stage. PGA Tour University Class of 2026 preseason rankings James is a three-time Golfweek first team All-American. He has six victories in 35 collegiate starts, and he helped the Cavaliers to a national runner-up finish at the 2025 NCAA Championship. James has represented the United States twice at the Arnold Palmer Cup (2023, 2024) and will make his second appearance at the Walker Cup in September. He has made nine starts on the PGA Tour, including the last two U.S. Opens, and finished T-33 at the Valero Texas Open in April. In 2024-25, Maas led the Longhorns with 18 rounds in the 60s and posted eight top-10s, including a victory at the Pauma Valley Invitational. A native of Pretoria, South Africa, Maas has four made cuts in seven starts on the DP World Tour, including a fourth-place finish at the Investec South African Open Championship in March 2025. La Sasso became the second player from Ole Miss to win the NCAA individual title, joining Braden Thornberry (2017). In 12 starts during his junior season, La Sasso tallied three victories and compiled the lowest scoring average (69.48) in program history en route to being named a Golfweek first-team All-American. He is making his fifth PGA Tour start of the summer at this week's 3M Open, and in September he will join James on the U.S. team at the Walker Cup. Morrison posted 10 top-20 finishes during his junior season at Texas, including his first collegiate victory at the Amer Ari Invitational. In June 2024, he became the first American to win the European Amateur and earned an exemption into the 2024 Open Championship, where he made the cut and finished T-60. Morrison has advanced to match play at The Amateur Championship the last two years. Summy's junior season included seven top-10s and a victory at the Maridoe Intercollegiate, and he led the Sooners with 20 rounds in the 60s and a 70.35 scoring average. His 2024 summer was highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Sunnehanna Amateur, and this summer he has a T-12 at the Northeast Amateur and T-3 at the Southern Amateur. Oklahoma is the only school that has produced a PGA Tour U graduate each of the first five years (2021-25), and the Sooners lead all schools with eight PGA Tour U alumni. Nos. 6-25

Flyers No. 6 overall pick Porter Martone says he's joining Michigan State next season
Flyers No. 6 overall pick Porter Martone says he's joining Michigan State next season

Winnipeg Free Press

time21-07-2025

  • Sport
  • Winnipeg Free Press

Flyers No. 6 overall pick Porter Martone says he's joining Michigan State next season

TORONTO – Another high-profile junior hockey player is making the jump to U.S. college hockey. Porter Martone, the Philadelphia Flyers' sixth-overall pick at the 2025 NHL draft, said in an Instagram post Monday that he is joining NCAA Division I school Michigan State next season. The 18-year-old Martone, from Peterborough, Ont., had 37 goals and 61 assists in 57 games as captain of the Ontario Hockey League's Brampton Steelheads last season. He joins a growing number of major junior stars choosing to play south of the border, including former Medicine Hat Tigers star Gavin McKenna. The presumptive No. 1 overall pick in next year's draft committed to Penn State earlier this month after being named the Canadian Hockey League's player of the year and helping the Western Hockey League's Red Deer Rebels reach the Memorial Cup final. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. The NCAA lifted a long-standing ban in November, allowing CHL players to compete at U.S. colleges starting next season. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 21, 2025.

Flyers No. 6 overall pick Porter Martone says he's joining Michigan State next season
Flyers No. 6 overall pick Porter Martone says he's joining Michigan State next season

Hamilton Spectator

time21-07-2025

  • Sport
  • Hamilton Spectator

Flyers No. 6 overall pick Porter Martone says he's joining Michigan State next season

TORONTO - Another high-profile junior hockey player is making the jump to U.S. college hockey. Porter Martone, the Philadelphia Flyers' sixth-overall pick at the 2025 NHL draft, said in an Instagram post Monday that he is joining NCAA Division I school Michigan State next season. The 18-year-old Martone, from Peterborough, Ont., had 37 goals and 61 assists in 57 games as captain of the Ontario Hockey League's Brampton Steelheads last season. He joins a growing number of major junior stars choosing to play south of the border, including former Medicine Hat Tigers star Gavin McKenna. The presumptive No. 1 overall pick in next year's draft committed to Penn State earlier this month after being named the Canadian Hockey League's player of the year and helping the Western Hockey League's Red Deer Rebels reach the Memorial Cup final. The NCAA lifted a long-standing ban in November, allowing CHL players to compete at U.S. colleges starting next season. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 21, 2025. Error! Sorry, there was an error processing your request. There was a problem with the recaptcha. Please try again. You may unsubscribe at any time. By signing up, you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Want more of the latest from us? Sign up for more at our newsletter page .

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