Milt Newton, former Timberwolves general manager, is hired by Milwaukee Bucks

Milt Newton, who spent three seasons as general manager of the Timberwolves, will become assistant general manager of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Newton has 13 years of front-office experience and was Wolves GM from 2013 into 2016.

While with the Wolves, Newton sent Kevin Love to Cleveland in 2014, netting No. 1 pick Andrew Wiggins, who became the 2015 rookie of the year. He also selected Karl-Anthony Towns with the No. 1 pick in the 2015 draft. Towns became the 2016 rookie of the year.

The Wolves went 85-161 while Newton was general manager; he was let go in May 2016.

The Bucks also added Frank Johnson as an assistant coach. Johnson played 10 seasons in the NBA and served as coach of the Phoenix Suns for 134 games beginning in 2002.

• The Atlanta Hawks signed veteran forward Luke Babbitt to a one-year deal worth about $1.9 million, the league minimum for a player entering his eighth year. Babbitt played a prominent role for Miami last season. He started 55 games and shot 41.4 percent from three-point range.

• The wife of Los Angeles Clippers center Willie Reed said she won't press battery charges against her husband after an argument between the couple led to his weekend arrest in Miami. Jasmine Reed called the situation "a private matter."

D.C. will have to pay a transfer fee in excess of $3 million to Tijuana and a considerable amount to the Los Angeles Galaxy for Arriola's MLS rights, as well as a salary of more than $1 million. Arriola, 22, has played for the United States' under-17, U-18, U-20 and U-23 teams.

D.C. (5-14-4) was striking the deal just ahead of MLS' trade and transfer deadline of 11 p.m., Wednesday. D.C. also recently completed deals for Bolivian forward Bruno Miranda and Hungarian midfielder Zoltan Stieber and is about to acquire U.S. midfielder Russell Canouse from German club Hoffenheim.

National women's basketball champion South Carolina also was tops in attendance last year.

The Gamecocks averaged 12,277 per game, according to figures released by the NCAA, and led the nation for the third consecutive season.

Nobody else was close. Tennessee (9,184) was second, Iowa State (9,106) third, Connecticut (8,888) fourth and Louisville (8,256) fifth.

The sanctions are the result of an investigation of the drug trafficking organization allegedly headed by Raul Flores Hernandez.

Marquez, 38, is a former defender for Barcelona, Monaco and New York Red Bulls who currently plays for the Mexican club Atlas and is captain of the Mexican national team. He is accused of money laundering and already has voluntarily made a statement to the Attorney General's Office.

Auto racing: William Byron will replace Kasey Kahne next season as a driver for Hendrick Motorsports, the latest teenager to earn a promotion to NASCAR's top level. Byron, 19, has won three times in his first season on the Xfinity series.

Men's tennis: Andy Murray pulled out of next week's Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati because of a hip injury. The top-ranked Murray has not played since losing July 12 at Wimbledon.

Women's tennis: Karolina Pliskova began her run as world No. 1 on a positive note, beating Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3, 6-3 to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto.