The Detroit Pistons have hired Gregg Polinsky as director of player personnel.
The Pistons also announced Saturday they had signed second-round draft pick Bruce Brown Jr. and waived guard Dwight Buycks. Detroit later officially
announced the signings of free agents Glenn Robinson III and Jose Calderon.
Polinsky comes to the Pistons from the Brooklyn Nets. He spent the last 19 seasons with them in various roles
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The 6-foot-5 Brown was taken with the 42nd pick in this year’s draft. He averaged 11.4 points a game last season at Miami.
Buycks averaged 7.4 points in 29 games for the Pistons last season.
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Alex Ovechkin is bringing the Stanley Cup to the World Cup.
Fresh off winning the NHL title, the Washington Capitals forward is continuing his summer-long victory tour by taking the trophy to Moscow on
Saturday
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Ovechkin wrote on Instagram, ”Dear friends, I’ll be happy to see everyone who wants to take a photo with the Stanley Cup.”
Ovechkin was in his native Moscow on Sunday to see Russia beat Spain on penalties in the round of 16 following a 1-1 draw after extra time.
The NHL veteran is hugely popular in Russia
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13th season after nine consecutive playoff appearances ended in
disappointment.
The victory was emotional for Ovechkin, who brought the cup back to Washington for an entertaining days-long celebration that included a keg stand,
shirtless swimming in a fountain and posing with the cup in bed alongside his
wife
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He also threw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals game – asking for and receiving a do-over – and greeted hundreds of thousands of fans during a
parade along the National Mall.
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