Morning Sports Update: Danny Amendola reportedly undergoes knee and ankle surgery
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Danny Amendola reportedly undergoes surgery, Jackie Bradley Jr. gets the AL Player of the Week award, and Red Sox-Royals gets postponed due to rain.
Danny Amendola reportedly has knee and ankle surgery: Danny Amendola, who recently accepted a sharp pay cut to remain with the Patriots for 2016, might miss part of training camp and potentially some of the regular season after undergoing offseason surgeries for his ankle and knee, a league source said on Tuesday. (The Boston Globe)
Red Sox’ Jackie Bradley Jr. awarded AL Player of the Week honors: Jackie Bradley Jr. has a new honor to go along with all of those hits he’s been racking up. Riding a 21-game hitting streak, the Red Sox’ 26-year-old center fielder was named the American League Player of the Week on Monday. (Boston.com)
Patriots will host joint practices with Bears in August: The Patriots announced that they will once again hold joint practices with another team in training camp, hosting the Chicago Bears for two days of practices at Gillette Stadium Aug. 15-16 before playing the Bears in a preseason game Aug. 18. (The Boston Globe)
9 things Rob Gronkowski actually said in his ‘GQ’ feature: If you thought you’ve seen peak Rob Gronkowski—Gronk doing Gronk things in their Gronkiest form— you thought wrong. (Boston.com)
Celtics’ draft lottery luck is what Danny Ainge makes of it: In a back room at Barclays Center on Tuesday night — presumably around the corner from Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov’s private massage parlor and down the hall from the dungeon where he kept former general manager Billy King — a lottery machine will start spitting out ping-pong balls and change the course of NBA history. (Boston.com)
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