Jose Abreu is a first-time All-Star, but former Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas wishes the rookie slugger was participating in Monday’s Home Run Derby, not just Tuesday’s game.    

As Jimmy Graham continues to fight that he is a franchise wide receiver instead of a tight end, he is closing in on a deal with the Saints that will pay him big money, sources told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.    

The truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has agreed to pay a $92 million penalty for cheating customers out of promised rebates and discounts, authorities announced Monday.    

Derrick Rose and four returnees from the 2012 Olympic men’s basketball champions are among the 19 players selected for this summer’s U.S. national team roster.    

Louis “Red” Klotz, the mastermind of the Washington Generals and other teams that traveled with the Harlem Globetrotters and regularly lost for more than 60 years, died Saturday at the age of 93.    

The Browns will have a live, barking, panting mascot when they take the field this fall, a team executive told a Cleveland radio station on Sunday.    

The Atlanta Braves have suspended struggling second baseman Dan Uggla for one game.    

Brad Keselowski completed a flawless weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and won Sunday under a green-white-checkered finish.    

The Houston Rockets have decided not to match the Mavericks’ three-year, $46 million offer sheet for Chandler Parsons, which means the versatile forward will join Dirk Nowitzki in Dallas.    

Free-agent swingman Luol Deng is joining the Miami Heat, his agents Herb Rudoy and Ron Shade confirmed to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein.