NEW ORLEANS — Chris Paul has requested to be traded, and the New Orleans Hornets have scheduled a meeting with the guard Monday.
Paul has told the Hornets he would prefer to be dealt to one of only a handful of teams. According to a report, the New York Knicks top Paul’s preferred destinations, with a plan to add Denver’s Carmelo Anthony to join Amar’e Stoudemire and form another triple-threat team that would rival Le- Bron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with the Miami Heat.
Paul told guests at Anthony’s recent wedding in New York City about his plan to team with the Nuggets forward and Stoudemire “and form our own Big Three,” multiple witnesses told Newsday.
The Hornets, however, have made it clear they have no intention of trading Paul, who has two years remaining on his contract.
• Forward Matt Barnes and center Theo Ratliff signed two- and one-year contracts, respectively, with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Bryant signs with Cowboys
IRVING, Texas — Dez Bryant agreed to terms of a contract with the Dallas Cowboys, making the former Oklahoma State receiver the first of this year’s NFL first- round picks with a deal.
• The Buffalo Bills placed former University of Colorado tight end Joe Klopfenstein on injured reserve. The Bills provided no details on the injury.
• Baltimore Ravens backup cornerback Cary Williams has been suspended by the NFL for two games without pay for violating the league’s personal conduct policy.
Trio shares British Seniors lead
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland — Jay Don Blake shot a 4-under-par 67 to lead a strong American showing in the opening round of the British Seniors Open.
Blake is in a three-way tie at the top of the leaderboard alongside Germany’s Bernhard Langer and England’s Carl Mason. Below that trio the only non-American in the next 17 places was Scotsman Sam Torrance, who shot a 69.
• Former CU golfer Jonathan Kaye fired an 8-under 63 to forge a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational in Columbus, Ohio.
• Brent Delahoussaye shot an 8-under 62 to match the Canadian Open record and take a two-stroke, first-round lead over Vance Veazey and Brock Mackenzie in Toronto.
• British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen shot a 5-under 67 and was tied with Richard Green and Dustin Johnson after the first round of the Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.
• Morgan Pressel shot a 6-under 66 to share the lead with Melissa Reid and Sun-Ju Ahn after the first round of the Evian Masters in Evian-les-Bains, France.
Footnotes.
Jennie Finch hit a two-run homer in her first at-bat to lead the United States to a 9-0 victory in the opening game of the World Cup of Softball in Oklahoma City.
• Despite being sidelined since January because of a right wrist injury, Juan Martin del Potro was on the provisional entry list for the U.S. Open that starts Aug. 30.
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