Jeff Pendergraph, the Portland Trail Blazers rookie who was selected in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft, will undergo hip surgery on Wednesday. The surgery is to repair an impingement. It won’t be known until after his surgery when he could return to the basketball court.
Despite that bad news for Pendergraph, he received good news on Tuesday when the Blazers signed him to a contract. The surgery will likely be much easier to swallow with the contract in hand.
The 6-foot-9 power forward played his college basketball at Arizona State. As a senior, he averaged 14.5 points per contest.
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Terrell Suggs is regarded as one of the best linebackers in the NFL — and now the Baltimore Ravens are paying him an elite bundle of money. Over the next six years, Suggs can make up to $63 million.
Approximately $38 million of the $63 million is guaranteed. Prior to signing this contract, Suggs was had Baltimore’s franchise player tag and was scheduled to make more than $10 million next year.
The 26-year-old has spent the last six years with the Ravens after playing his college football at Arizona State. He has played all 96 games in his career and has record …read more

It can’t be easy growing up with a football legend for a dad. Just ask Jack Elway, son of Hall-of-Famer quarterback John Elway and member of the Arizona State football team.
Or, rather, former member.
Jack Elway was a redshirt freshman quarterback for the Sun Devils and would have been part of a five-way battle for the starting quarterback position for 2009. Most experts considered the likely starter to be senior Danny Sullivan, with Elway just behind on the depth chart. He says that the probable lack of playing time again this season had nothing to do with it – he’s just …read more