SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After an offseason of contract negotiations which have but to yield a profitable extension, San Francisco 49ers extensive receiver Brandon Aiyuk has formally requested a commerce, in accordance with league sources.

Sources informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday that different groups which have reached out to the 49ers have been informed the workforce has no intention of buying and selling him.

Aiyuk’s request comes per week earlier than veterans are slated to report back to Niners coaching camp and about three weeks after Aiyuk and the Niners met in Santa Clara to debate the state of affairs. NFL Community first reported the commerce request.

With one 12 months remaining on his rookie contract, Aiyuk has been in search of a big-money extension in keeping with these of different wideouts who’ve earned offers this offseason, such because the Philadelphia Eagles’ A.J. Brown, Detroit Lions’ Amon-Ra St. Brown, Eagles’ DeVonta Smith and Miami Dolphins’ Jaylen Waddle.

Aiyuk, 26, is about to make $14.124 million in 2024, the fifth and last 12 months of his rookie contract.

At numerous factors this offseason, Aiyuk has tried to use strain to the Niners to get a deal achieved ahead of their standard late-summer timeline. He has used social media to voice his displeasure and even posted a video to TikTok of himself telling former Arizona State teammate and present Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels on FaceTime that the Niners “don’t desire me again.”

However Aiyuk had stopped in need of requesting a commerce till Tuesday. A league supply informed ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that Aiyuk “need[s] to be traded or paid. San Fran does not wish to pay him [relative to market value] or commerce him.”

Regardless of the request, San Francisco’s place on Aiyuk hasn’t modified. The Niners have maintained all alongside that they wish to pay Aiyuk and hold him round for the long run. That has been made tougher by the rising value of receivers primarily based on different offers which were signed this offseason.

Aiyuk’s commerce request additionally does not assure he will likely be dealt. In truth, the Niners have latest precedent declining to grant a commerce request to a receiver wanting a big-money deal and finally signing him.

Niners wideout Deebo Samuel Sr. requested a commerce within the 2022 offseason, and though the Niners listened to presents at that 12 months’s NFL draft, they held on to Samuel and signed him to a three-year deal price as much as $73.5 million on July 31, 2022. Former kicker Robbie Gould additionally requested a commerce from the Niners in April 2019 however finally signed a four-year extension on July 15, 2019.

Aiyuk is coming off a breakout season during which he posted 75 catches for 1,342 yards and 7 touchdowns on his approach to a second-team All-Professional nod.

If Aiyuk does not signal a brand new deal or get traded earlier than the beginning of coaching camp, he’s anticipated to keep away from taking part till his contract state of affairs is resolved. He didn’t take part within the workforce’s obligatory minicamp, incurring fines in extra of $101,000 for lacking it.

Beneath coach Kyle Shanahan and normal supervisor John Lynch, the Niners have been in a position to signal most of their stars to extensions earlier than they hit free company, though these gamers — Samuel, tight finish George Kittle, linebacker Fred Warner and finish Nick Bosa — have needed to wait till late July and past for such offers to get achieved.

In different 49ers receiver information Tuesday, rookie wideout Ricky Pearsall was positioned on the energetic/non-football damage checklist as Niners rookies reported for coaching camp. Pearsall, the No. 31 general choose in April’s NFL draft, practiced with a blue no-contact jersey within the spring. On the time, Shanahan stated Pearsall was coping with “a bit soreness” however didn’t disclose specifics of the damage.

Joe Bryant, the daddy of Kobe Bryant and a basketball star in his personal proper at Bartram Excessive Faculty, at La Salle, and over eight seasons within the NBA, died Monday.

He was 69.

Bryant just lately suffered a large stroke, La Salle head coach Fran Dunphy mentioned Tuesday. 4 and a half years have handed since his son and his granddaughter Gianni, together with seven different folks, died in a helicopter crash on Jan. 26, 2020.

John Cox, Bryant’s nephew and an assistant males’s basketball coach at La Salle, mentioned in a press release that he was “heartbroken by the sudden lack of my uncle. He was a basketball icon within the metropolis of Philadelphia and somebody I grew up admiring. The influence he has made each right here at La Salle and within the Philly basketball neighborhood will likely be felt for years to come back.”

A 6-foot-9 ahead with a memorable nickname — “Jellybean,” for his fondness of the sweet — and an array of abilities that presaged the arrival of gamers comparable to Magic Johnson and LeBron James, Bryant was the Public League Participant of the 12 months in 1972, then averaged greater than 20 factors and 11 rebounds over two seasons at La Salle.

He was a first-round draft choose of the Golden State Warriors in 1975; the Warriors then bought his rights to the 76ers lower than 4 months later. Bryant spent 4 seasons along with his hometown crew, coming off the bench for the Sixers’ 1976-77 crew that superior to the NBA Finals.

After the 1982-83 season, throughout which he performed for the Houston Rockets, Bryant discovered higher particular person success enjoying professionally in Europe, particularly in Italy, earlier than his household moved again to the Philadelphia area, settling in Wynnewood.

He and his son had been notably shut all through Kobe’s childhood and embellished profession at Decrease Merion Excessive Faculty. However after Kobe joined the Los Angeles Lakers and launched into what can be his Corridor of Fame profession within the NBA, their relationship turned strained over time as Kobe sought extra freedom and independence from his household. Joe Bryant had made no public remark about his son’s loss of life.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, the daddy of the late Basketball Corridor of Famer Kobe Bryant, has died, his alma mater introduced Tuesday.

Bryant, who spent eight seasons within the NBA with three completely different franchises, was 69. The Philadelphia Inquirer, citing La Salle coach Fran Dunphy, reported that Joe Bryant lately had a large stroke.

“We’re saddened to announce the passing of La Salle basketball nice Joe Bryant,” the varsity mentioned in a information launch. “Joe performed for the Explorers from 1973-75 and was a member of our teaching employees from 1993-96. He was a beloved member of the Explorer household and shall be dearly missed.”

Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and 7 others died in a helicopter crash in January 2020 in Calabasas, California, because the group was making its approach to a basketball match. Joe and Pam Bryant, who have been married for almost a half-century, had a generally frosty relationship with Kobe, however they have been within the entrance row for the memorial service in Los Angeles a couple of month after Kobe and Gianna died.

“Sending our condolences upon listening to the information of my father in legislation’s passing,” Vanessa Bryant, Kobe’s widow, posted Tuesday on her Instagram story. “We hoped issues would’ve been completely different. Though the instances we spent collectively have been few, he was all the time candy and good to be round. Kobe liked him very a lot.”

Joe Bryant was the No. 14 choose by Golden State within the 1975 draft, and the Warriors wound up promoting his rights to Philadelphia earlier than the beginning of his rookie season. He performed 4 years for the 76ers, three for the San Diego Clippers and one for the Houston Rockets, averaging 8.7 factors in 606 video games.

From there, he launched into a world profession, with stops in France and Italy. The years in Italy formed Kobe Bryant; it was there that he began to really develop a love for basketball in addition to changing into fluent in Italian. The household moved again to the Philadelphia space across the time that Kobe Bryant was 13, he turned a highschool star and was drafted 4 years later.

“I’m deeply saddened by the passing of Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant and be part of the basketball group in mourning a real Philly hoops legend,” mentioned Detroit Pistons vice chairman Arn Tellem, Kobe Bryant’s former agent. “Our friendship opened the door for me to characterize Kobe as he entered the NBA, a reminiscence I’ll all the time cherish. Joe was a faithful husband, father and grandfather, whose heat touched everybody he met.”

Joe Bryant had a lot of teaching stints, together with for groups in Italy, Japan and Thailand, in addition to stints with the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks — that means he was teaching in the identical metropolis as his son was taking part in for a lot of years.

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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., was discovered responsible on all counts Monday after being tried on expenses of accepting bribes, together with money and gold bars, to profit the governments of Egypt and Qatar.

Damian Williams, the U.S. Legal professional for the Southern District of New York whose workplace prosecuted the case, hailed the decision, saying Menendez’s “years of promoting his workplace to the upper bidder have lastly come to an finish.”

Menendez had his arms crossed and his chin resting on his arms as a number of the verdict was learn and didn’t show any emotion. He then shook his head in disagreement because the jurors had been polled concerning the verdict. A few of his members of the family broke down in tears. He’ll be sentenced Oct. 29.

Menendez informed reporters outdoors the courthouse he was “deeply, deeply disenchanted by the jury’s choice” and predicted, “we will likely be profitable upon enchantment.”

“I’ve by no means violated my public oath,” he mentioned. He didn’t reply questions on whether or not he would resign.

Menendez was charged with 16 counts, together with bribery, extortion, appearing as a international agent, obstruction of justice and several other counts of conspiracy. He had pleaded not responsible within the case, as did his spouse, Nadine Menendez, whose trial was delayed indefinitely following her surgical procedure after a breast most cancers analysis.

The jury deliberated for about 12 1/2 hours over three days earlier than returning the verdicts.

Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., referred to as on Menendez to resign after the jury’s choice. “In mild of this responsible verdict, Senator Menendez should now do what is correct for his constituents, the Senate, and our nation, and resign,” mentioned Schumer.

Schumer had beforehand mentioned he was disenchanted in his colleague and that Menendez hadn’t lived as much as the excessive requirements anticipated of a senator, however had stopped wanting calling for his resignation.

Prosecutors mentioned three businessmen paid bribes to Menendez and his spouse in alternate for the senator taking actions to profit them and the governments of Qatar and Egypt. In keeping with prosecutors, these bribes included gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz given to Nadine Menendez and greater than $480,000 in money, which the FBI discovered stuffed into closets, jackets bearing Menendez’s identify and different clothes when the bureau searched his New Jersey residence in 2022.

Two of these businessmen, Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, confronted trial alongside Menendez and had been convicted on all counts as effectively. The third businessman who was charged, Jose Uribe, pleaded responsible and testified through the trial, which lasted 9 weeks earlier than going to the jury Friday.

Menendez didn’t testify in his personal protection; his group argued that he was appearing on behalf of his constituents, as any senator ought to, and that the federal government had not confirmed that the money or gold bars got as bribes.

The senator’s sister, Caridad Gonzalez, testified for his protection that their dad and mom had been Cuban immigrants and their father discouraged them from trusting banks, so she was not stunned when within the mid-Nineteen Eighties her brother requested her to seize $500 from a shoe field in a bed room closet. “It was regular. It’s a Cuban factor,” she mentioned.

Prosecutors famous that a number of the envelopes of money within the Menendezes’ residence had Daibes’ fingerprints, whereas others had associates of Hana’s. Prosecutor Paul Monteleone informed jurors in his closing assertion that Menendez was “desperately attempting to move the buck” for the a whole lot of 1000’s of {dollars} present in the home. “The 1000’s and 1000’s of dollars cease right here,” he mentioned.

The decision lands simply months earlier than Menendez’s Senate seat comes earlier than New Jersey voters this fall. Menendez determined months in the past, as his recognition took a success, that he wouldn’t search the Democratic nomination. However he filed to run as an unbiased, a transfer that threatened to complicate the dynamics in a race that will ordinarily be a layup for Democrats within the liberal state. The Democratic nominee for the seat is Rep. Andy Kim and the Republican nominee is Curtis Bashaw.

Menendez should now determine whether or not to proceed pursuing that run. In March, he had indicated in a video assertion that his candidacy may hinge on whether or not he’s exonerated of the fees. “I’m hopeful that my exoneration will happen this summer season and permit me to pursue my candidacy as an unbiased Democrat within the basic election,” Menendez mentioned on the time.

Kim mentioned after the decision that it was “a tragic and somber day for New Jersey and our nation.”

“I referred to as on Senator Menendez to step down when these expenses had been first made public, and now that he has been discovered responsible, I consider the one plan of action for him is to resign his seat instantly. The individuals of New Jersey deserve higher,” Kim mentioned.

It was the second corruption trial of Menendez’s 18-year profession within the Senate — the earlier one resulted in a mistrial on account of a hung jury in 2018, and the Justice Division subsequently dropped the fees in opposition to him; Menendez had additionally denied wrongdoing in that case.

Menendez beforehand served for 13 years within the Home and was elected to the Senate in 2006, ultimately rising to grow to be the chairman of the highly effective Senate Overseas Relations Committee. His political profession dates again practically 4 a long time to the mid-Nineteen Eighties, when he turned mayor of Union Metropolis.

The end result may have an effect on whether or not he serves out his time period. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has led the cost to push Menendez out for months, disparaging and mocking him as too corrupt to serve. A majority of Senate Democrats, together with Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., in addition to a lot of the state’s Democratic Home delegation, had additionally referred to as for Menendez to resign even earlier than the trial.

Although Menendez stepped apart as chairman of the Overseas Relations Committee after the fees had been introduced, he has stayed on as a voting member of the committee and the Senate.

There isn’t a provision barring a senator who’s been convicted of a felony from serving out his time period. If he doesn’t resign, the Senate may transfer to expel, a course of that will begin with an Ethics Committee investigation. The committee mentioned Tusday it’ll full that investigation “promptly” and contemplate the “full vary of disciplinary actions” out there. If the panel really helpful his expulsion, it will take a two-thirds vote of your entire Senate — 67 votes — to take action.

Thirty-one Democratic senators had already referred to as for him to resign earlier than the conviction.

Since 1789, the Senate has expelled solely 15 members, with 14 of them ousted for his or her function within the confederacy. The final time a senator was expelled was in 1862. Six senators have been convicted of crimes since that point; three wound up resigning, two served out their phrases and one died earlier than the Senate may act.

Sen. Bob Menendez was discovered responsible on all counts Tuesday in his federal corruption trial.

Federal prosecutors in New York alleged the New Jersey Democrat accepted tons of of 1000’s of {dollars} in bribes within the type of money, gold bars, mortgage funds and extra in alternate for the senator’s political clout. Three New Jersey businessmen who had been additionally charged, together with the governments of Egypt and Qatar, had been the alleged recipients. Two of these co-defendants, Wael Hana and Fred Daibes, had been additionally convicted of all counts they confronted.

The jury deliberated for about 13 hours over three days.

‘I’ve by no means, ever been a international agent,’ Menendez says

Menendez pleaded not responsible to 16 federal costs together with bribery, fraud, appearing as a international agent and obstruction. He mentioned he plans to attraction his conviction and is “deeply upset” by the jury’s determination.

“I’ve by no means violated my oath,” he mentioned outdoors the courthouse Tuesday. “I’ve by no means been something however a patriot of my nation and for my nation. I’ve by no means, ever been a international agent.”

He added that the jury’s determination would “put in danger each member of the US Senate by way of what they suppose a international agent can be.”

Menendez didn’t reply to questions on whether or not he’ll resign.

He might be sentenced on Oct. 29 and faces a long time in jail.

Calls to resign

Menendez is just not required to resign regardless of his conviction, although might be expelled.

Majority Chief Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., known as for his resignation instantly after the decision.

“In mild of this responsible verdict, Senator Menendez should now do what is true for his constituents, the Senate, and our nation, and resign,” he mentioned.

Sen. Cory Booker, Menendez’s New Jersey counterpart, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined within the requires his speedy resignation. If the senator refuses to vacate his workplace, Murphy mentioned he’ll name on the U.S. Senate to expel him.

The Senate Ethics Committee mentioned it should “promptly” full the investigation into Menendez’s conduct that it undertook when the allegations in opposition to him first surfaced.

The committee mentioned it should contemplate the “full vary of disciplinary actions out there below the Guidelines of Process,” which embrace expulsion and censure.

He’s not required to resign regardless of his conviction, although might be expelled.

‘Stunning ranges of corruption’

U.S. Lawyer Damian Williams, whose workplace prosecuted the case, mentioned following the decision that this “has all the time been about stunning ranges of corruption.”

“Tons of of 1000’s of {dollars} of bribes, together with gold, money, and a Mercedes-Benz. This wasn’t politics as traditional; this was politics for revenue,” Williams mentioned in a press release. “As a result of Senator Menendez has now been discovered responsible, his years of promoting his workplace to the best bidder have lastly come to an finish. Corruption is not costless: it erodes public belief, and it undermines the rule of legislation. That is why we’re so dedicated to combating it, no matter political get together.”

Prosecutors claimed Menendez, 70, “put his energy up on the market” in alternate for the gold, envelopes full of cash, checks to his spouse for a no-show job and a Mercedes-Benz convertible. The FBI discovered gold bars and greater than $400,000 in money stashed in locations together with jackets and footwear all through his dwelling, prosecutors mentioned.

“It wasn’t sufficient for him to be some of the highly effective individuals in Washington,” federal prosecutor Paul Monteleoni mentioned throughout his closing argument on July 8. “Robert Menendez wished all that energy and he additionally wished to make use of it to pile up riches for himself and his spouse.”

Protection derided DOJ’s case as ‘cherry-picked nonsense’

The protection, in the meantime, maintained that the entire actions within the indictment fell throughout the scope of Menendez’s place and that prosecutors did not show he took any bribes.

Throughout his closing argument, protection legal professional Adam Charge mocked the federal government’s case as “cherry-picked nonsense” and accused prosecutors of “fudging” the details.

“The one sincere verdict I submit right here is to acquit him on every rely,” Charge instructed the jury on July 9. “His actions had been lawful, regular and good for the nation.”

Menendez declined to testify in his personal protection. Whereas leaving court docket after the protection rested its case on July 3, he instructed reporters, “From my perspective, the federal government has did not show each side of its case.”

He mentioned he anticipated his attorneys to current a “convincing and highly effective summation” and that the jury would discover him not responsible.

New Jersey businessmen, Menendez’s spouse charged in case

Prosecutors instructed the jury that Menendez promised to make use of his energy to assist Egypt. Based on the indictment, the association was brokered by Hana, a New Jersey businessman and buddy of Menendez’s spouse, Nadine, who prosecutors mentioned acquired the senator’s assist preserving a halal meat monopoly.

Menendez was additionally accused of receiving a $60,000 Mercedes-Benz convertible in alternate for assist disrupting a case by the New Jersey Lawyer Normal’s Workplace.

Prosecutors mentioned that within the spring of 2019, one other New Jersey businessman, Jose Uribe, who pleaded responsible within the case, handed Nadine $15,000 in money that she used as a down fee for the automobile. She texted Menendez, “Congratulations. We’re the proud house owners of a 2019 Mercedes,” in line with prosecutors. Uribe saved making the month-to-month funds, prosecutors mentioned.

Prosecutors claimed the senator promised a 3rd businessman, Daibes, that he would intervene with Daibes’ federal prosecution and assist the federal government of Qatar by supporting a Senate decision praising the nation.

Daibes’ fingerprints had been discovered on the envelopes of money discovered at Menendez’s dwelling and serial numbers on the gold bars traced them to Daibes and Hana, in line with prosecutors.

Through the two months of testimony, jurors heard his sister clarify why Menendez was caught with wads of money stuffed into his embroidered congressional jacket: “It is a Cuban factor,” Caridad Gonzalez mentioned.

The protection additionally instructed jurors that Menendez and his spouse, who has additionally been charged within the case, led separate lives and she or he had monetary considerations that she saved from her husband.

Daibes and Hana pleaded not responsible to their costs. Uribe pleaded responsible and testified in opposition to the three defendants in the course of the trial.

Menendez’s spouse has pleaded not responsible to her costs and might be tried individually in August as a consequence of a medical situation. She is battling Grade 3 breast most cancers, the senator revealed in mid-Could originally of the trial.

2nd corruption case in opposition to Menendez

Menendez, who has served as senator for New Jersey since 2006, is the primary sitting member of Congress to be charged with conspiracy by a public official to behave as a international agent.

In June, he filed a petition to get on the U.S. Senate poll in New Jersey as an impartial candidate.

He refused to resign, although he did step down because the chairman of the highly effective Senate International Relations Committee following the preliminary indictment in September 2023.

This marked the second time the senator was charged with corruption. A 2015 indictment led to a mistrial in 2018 after a jury failed to succeed in a verdict on all counts.

Trump Media’s inventory worth surged greater than 31% Monday following the assassination try towards the previous president at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Shares for Trump Media & Expertise Group (inventory image: DJT), majority-owned by former President Donald Trump, have been buying and selling as excessive as $46.27 ‒ up almost 50% ‒ earlier than ending the day at $40.58.

The share worth improve displays traders’ elevated confidence in Trump profitable the election in November, analysts say, an occasion that might have impacts on Wall Avenue.

“Traders have gotten extra assured of a Trump victory, and it’s beginning to be extra closely mirrored in sure sectors,” stated Rick Meckler, companion at Cherry Lane Investments, instructed Reuters. He added the affect on the general market was extra muted.

Trump Media, based after Trump was ousted from social media platforms within the wake of the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has seen huge volatility in latest months as the previous president navigated legal circumstances and took half in a debate with President Joe Biden. The inventory additionally took a dive in June when regulators authorised its registration assertion, clearing the best way for traders to train warrants and for the corporate to concern further shares, making thousands and thousands extra obtainable for buying and selling. The inventory noticed a surge in late June.

The father or mother firm of the Reality Social app has been in comparison with meme shares like GameStop and AMC, which have seen shares surge primarily based on sentiment as an alternative of onerous metrics like income and money movement.

Like typical meme shares, Trump Media is overvalued in contrast with its friends – different social media firms – not less than by standard Wall Avenue requirements. The corporate reported income of $770,500 within the first quarter, with a internet lack of $327.6 million.

With almost 115 million shares, Trump’s stake in his namesake firm at present costs is value greater than $4.6 billion.

Different shares have additionally seen progress

Along with Trump Media, crypto, jail, and gun shares additionally climbed Monday. Corporations like Coinbase World (up 11.4%), Marathon Digital (up 18.3%), and Riot Platforms Inc. (up 17.1%) have seen a lift.

“Trump is seen to be pro-crypto and the speculation that he’s now in a stronger place within the race to the White Home has fired up merchants in search of property to learn if he will get again into energy,” funding analyst Dan Coatsworth instructed Reuters.

The exercise comes after the assault towards Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Officers say a suspect fired at Trump with an AR-15-style rifle. Trump, who was grazed in the correct ear with a bullet, was rushed off the stage by the Secret Service.

The suspected gunman was killed. A firefighter, Corey Comperatore, died, and two different males have been injured on the rally. President Biden and different officers denounced the taking pictures.

Contributing: Kinsey Crowley, Jessica Guynn, and USA TODAY workers; Reuters

Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson bowed out early within the 2024 Dwelling Run Derby Monday night time, hitting 11 house runs and failing to advance previous the primary spherical. Henderson is third within the MLB with 28 house runs on the all-star break, and he had the best complete of anybody competing within the occasion.Henderson completed final within the first spherical.The Orioles aren’t completed with All-Star Weekend, although.Henderson is one in every of 5 Orioles to make the journey to Arlington, Texas, for the 2024 MLB All-Star Sport. He is joined by catcher Adley Rutschman, third baseman Jordan Westburg, pitcher Corbin Burnes and outfielder Anthony Santander.