JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) β The Jacksonville Jaguars have their entire rookie class under contract. Third-round draft pick A.J. Cann, a 313-pound guard from South Carolina, signed his four-year deal yesterday. Cann started 51 games in four years with the Gamecocks and is vying with veteran Zane Beadles at left guard.
ATLANTA (AP) β Nick Markakis singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning, Pedro Ciriaco added a pair of RBI singles and the Atlanta Braves beat the struggling Boston Red Sox 5-2 last night. The Red Sox, who began the night in last place and eight games out in the AL East, have dropped eight of nine overall and 11 of 12 on the road.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) β Guard Gerald Henderson has exercised his player option for the 2015-16 season and will remain with the Charlotte Hornets. Henderson is set to make $6 million in the final year of his contract.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) β Panthers second-year wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin is back on the sideline with more hamstring problems. Benjamin missed minicamp practice yesterday with a strained right hamstring. A left hamstring injury kept him out of most of Carolina’s OTAs in previous weeks. Benjamin says he won’t practice today, but will be ready to go for training camp next month.
