Roundup: DeMar DeRozan traded to San Antonio in deal for Kawhi Leonard

Jul 18, 2018

USC men’s basketball alum DeMar DeRozan was traded from the Toronto Raptors to the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday morning alongside former Ute Jakob Poeltl and a 2019 first round draft pick (top-20 protected) in exchange for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green.

Former Stanford basketball stars Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike were named 2018 WNBA All-Stars, it was announced on Tuesday. The WNBA All-Star Game will take place July 28 in Minneapolis.

Former Oregon State wide receiver Brandin Cooks signed a 5-year, $81 million extension with the Los Angeles Rams on Tuesday (NFL.com). Cooks was traded from New England to Los Angeles in April.

Deandre Ayton was named a second-team All-NBA Summer League selection on Tuesday, Bruce Pascoe notes. The No. 1 overall pick averaged 14.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and a block per game on 59.5 percent shooting.

UCLA beach volleyball’s Megan and Nicole McNamara won the World University Beach Volleyball championship last week in Germany, defeating a Spanish duo in the finals.

Cal women’s soccer striker Abi Kim has been named to the United States’ U-20 World Cup roster, it was announced Tuesday. The U-20 Women’s World Cup will take place August 5-24 in France. Can’t wait for next year’s Women’s World Cup so we can see a full American national team in action…

Former Colorado men’s basketball guard Dominique Collier has signed with a pro team in Germany, FC Schalke 04. Pat Rooney has more details in the link.

Check out the TV schedule for Utah’s Pac-12 Summer Mixtape lineup on Wednesday. A lot of gymnastics and football on the docket. Whoever did the “Wha’ch Utah-kin’ About?” headline on that page… well done.

Doug Haller takes a deep dive into Herm Edwards’ coaching days in the NFL with the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs in the third part of a four-part series profiling the new Arizona State ball coach.

Oregon quarterback Justin Herbert is on the preseason watch list for the Davey O’Brien Award, it was announced Tuesday. Other Pac-12 QBs include Washington’s Jake Browning, Arizona’s Khalil Tate and Arizona State’s Manny Wilkins.