NEWARK, N.J. -- Top draft pick Jack Hughes was a little disappointed on his first night with the New Jersey Devils at their development camp for young players.

Sitting around a TV with Joey Anderson, fellow USA Hockey National Team Development Program teammate and Devils' draft pick Patrick Moynihan and Matt Hellickson, Hughes was hoping to see Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Toronto Blue Jays win the All-Star Home Run Derby.

Guerrero ran out of gas in the last round and lost to New York Mets' rookie Pete Alonso on Monday night.

"It was a fun event to watch. It was pretty cool," said Hughes, who stayed in Toronto after the draft.

There was nothing disappointing for Hughes or the Devils on Tuesday as the NHL team opened their development camp at the Prudential Center.

The 18-year-old playmaking center gave the Devils coaching staff and media a good glimpse of all the skills that made him the No. 1 pick in the draft last month. He buzzed up and down the ice, snapped shots on goal and made passes in tight spots that found open teammates.

Of course, it was just a 45-minute practice and there was almost no hitting. But Hughes showed a lot of the talent that many expect to be on display when the regular season opens in October.

"It was good to get out here and get in a little skate and get our feet under us," Hughes said after the start of the camp which will end on Saturday. "It was good to come out there with the jersey on for the first time."

Hughes, who is wearing No. 86, skated with three dozen other players in the camp, including nine of the 11 players drafted last month. The others are mostly young players who were in the AHL last year and may have had briefs stays with the Devils during the course of the season.

Hughes' hope this week is to learn about playing in the NHL and learning his way around his new home rink.

On the ice, Hughes looked relaxed and right at home.

"None of this is possible without the ice," Hughes said. "That's where I have had the most fun and what I love to do. Like I said, none of this is possible without the game of hockey. I know that."

Hughes is looking forward to some 3-on-3 competition on Wednesday and scoring some goals. He had 74 goals and 154 assists in 110 games with the USA development program.

"I am focused and ready to play in the NHL," Hughes said. "That's my goal. I want to be successful. It's not really a thing I think about. It's kind of an expectation for me."

Moynihan, who was taken in the sixth round and will attend Providence College next season, has no doubt Hughes will succeed.

"He is an amazing person, first and foremost, and he is a great player," Moynihan said. "With his ability to see the ice, the way he skates, I think he can do anything with this game."

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks have traded defenseman Henri Jokiharju to the Buffalo Sabres for underachieving forward Alex Nylander.

Chicago is hoping a chance of scenery will help Nylander, who was selected by Buffalo with the eighth overall pick in the 2016 draft. The 21-year-old Nylander had three goals and three assists in just 19 games with the Sabres over three seasons.

Alex's father, Michael, played for the Blackhawks from 1999-2002.

Jokiharju, the No. 29 selection in the 2017 draft, made his NHL debut in October and finished with no goals and 12 assists in 38 games in his first season with the Blackhawks. He also showed some promising signs while helping Finland to its fifth world junior hockey title in January.

The Chicago Fire will pay $65.5 million to leave the suburban Chicago stadium that has been the team's home for more than a decade.

On Tuesday, the Chicago Tribune reported the team has agreed to pay the community of Bridgeview to break its lease at SeatGeek Stadium, which is approximately 15 miles southwest of downtown Chicago.

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The agreement calls for the Fire to pay $10 million upfront plus $5 million to upgrade existing soccer facilities near the stadium and the $50.5 million balance through 2036. With the agreement, the Fire won't play their home matches at SeatGeek Stadium beginning next season but will still be allowed to train there and its youth academy will continue to be based in Bridgeview.

A new home for the team has not been announced. The Fire played at Soldier Field in Chicago from 1991 until 2001 and from 2003 through part of the 2006 season.

Free agent forward Marcus Morris could abandon a two-year, $20 million agreement with the San Antonio Spurs and accept a one-year deal with the New York Knicks, league sources tell ESPN.

Morris' agreement with the Spurs includes a player option, but the Knicks suddenly have the salary cap space to make him a more substantial first-year offer on a deal, league sources said.

To use the full $9.3 million midlevel exception on Morris, the Spurs traded forward Davis Bertans to the Washington Wizards and reworked an original two-year, $13M agreement with DeMarre Carroll to make it a three-year, $21 million contract.

If Morris backs out of a Spurs deal, there will be some roster carnage left in his wake.

The salary cap space for the Knicks is suddenly available because the team and free agent forward Reggie Bullock are no longer executing a two-year, $21 million deal, and instead are reworking the terms down to a lower financial commitment, league sources said.

Agent David Bauman and the Knicks are re-evaluating Bullock's fitness to play a full season in 2019-20.

In a brief conversation with ESPN, Bauman was complimentary of how the Knicks handled an emerging situation with Bullock, citing how accommodating ownership, front office and medical staff had been with the player's situation.

"First-class throughout," Bauman said.

Bullock hadn't yet signed the original offer made by the Knicks near the opening of NBA free agency -- which includes a team option on the second year -- sources said.

Morris, 29, averaged 13.9 points and 6.1 rebounds for the Boston Celtics in his seventh NBA season.

The Knicks already signed three power forwards in free agency, including Julius Randle, Bobby Portis and Taj Gibson.

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Taylor Campbell claims Britain’s first athletics medal in Naples with hammer bronze

Day two of the athletics at the World University Games belonged to fast starters in Naples as Dutee Chand and Paulo André Camilo were uncatchable right from the blocks in the 100m.

Camilo, who was part of the Brazilian 4x100m team which took gold at the IAAF World Relays in Yokohama in May, stormed to a time of 10.09 to win the men’s title by a clear margin.

South African Chederick Van Wyk’s fast finish showed he may be a serious contender for the 200m title later in the week as he ran 10.23 to take the silver while Camilo’s Yokohama team mate, Rodrigo Do Nascimento, took the bronze in 10.32.

Indian No.1 Chand was able to hold off fastest qualifier, Swiss athlete Ajla Del Ponte (11.33), and Germany’s European bronze relay medallist Lisa Kwayie (11.39), to take the women’s title in 11.32.

In the men’s 10,000m, South African Milton Mokofane Kekana negotiated hot conditions to break away over the last 500m from race favourite Hiroki Abe of Japan, winning in 29:29.43 to 29:30.01. Adriaan Wildschutt added another medal to South Africa’s tally, finishing third in 29:36.39.

In the field events, Ukranian Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk won the women’s long jump with a 6.84m leap ahead of Portugal’s Evelise Tavares Da Veiga with 6.61m and Romania’s Florentina Iusco with 6.55m, while Italian Daisy Osakue won the women’s discus with a personal best throw of 61.69m.

Taylor Campbell won Britain’s first athletics medal at this year’s Games, throwing a personal best of 73.86m to take bronze in the men’s hammer behind Turkish athlete Ozkan Baltaci with 75.98m and Ukranian Serhii Reheda with 74.27m.

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Campbell’s team-mate Mari Smith missed out on the 800m final by just two hundredths of a second.

German athlete Christina Hering finished strongly round the last bend to win the second semi-final in 2:03.36 ahead of Canadian Jenna Westaway’s 2:03.42 to deny the 2018 BUCS champion a place in the final as she ran 2:03.44 in third.

Results can be found here.

A day one athletics report is here.

Serena Williams has revealed she has apologised to Naomi Osaka and saw a therapist over her outburst in the 2018 US Open final at Flushing Meadows.

Williams, 37, branded umpire Carlos Ramos a "thief" after he docked her a game during Osaka's 6-2 6-4 win.

The American says Osaka has accepted her apology, while Williams still claims she was the victim of sexism.

Williams told Harper's Bazaar: "I could not have been happier for her. As for me, I felt defeated and disrespected."

The 23-time Grand Slam winner added: "Why is it that when women get passionate, they're labelled 'emotional, crazy, and irrational', but when men do they're seen as passionate and strong?

"So often when men fight back against the referees, they're met with a smile or even a laugh from the umpire, as if they're sharing an inside joke.

"I'm not asking to avoid being penalised. I am asking to be treated the same way as everyone else.

"I started seeing a therapist. I was searching for answers, and although I felt like I was making progress, I still wasn't ready to pick up a racquet."

Although Williams graciously congratulated Osaka at the net at the end of the match, the incident overshadowed the 21-year-old becoming the first Japanese to win a Grand Slam and left her in tears.

"Finally I realised that there was only one way for me to move forward. It was time for me to apologise to the person who deserved it the most," said Williams.

"When Naomi's response came through, tears rolled down my face. 'People can misunderstand anger for strength because they can't differentiate between the two'.

"'No one has stood up for themselves the way you have and you need to continue trailblazing'."

Andy Murray says playing singles at the US Open looks "pretty unlikely" as he continues his return from hip surgery.

Murray, who won the title at Flushing Meadows in 2012, is through to the last 16 of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon with Serena Williams.

He won the men's doubles title at Queen's last month in his first tournament since undergoing a hip resurfacing procedure in January.

"There is a lot of stuff I need to get done physically," said Murray, 32.

The three-time Grand Slam champion added: "I think it's pretty unlikely just in terms of timing.

"The amount of work I need to do on the court to get ready for singles, the amount of work I need to put in off the court to get myself strong enough to play best of five sets, it's still quite a way away unfortunately.

"I would love to play. I need to look pretty long term with this. I don't want to be having to go through another big operation in a few years' time. I want to make sure the operation I've had lasts for as long as possible. To give it the best chance, I need to make sure that I'm physically really strong before I get back on the singles court."

Murray said it was not his intention to play smaller tournaments during the hard court season in the US, but was also unsure if he would travel Stateside to play doubles.

"Having felt how I felt these last few weeks, I'm positive about the future, so therefore I'm going to train properly to try and give singles a go," he said.

But he refused to put a timeframe on his return to singles, adding he may not be ready in time for the Australian Open in January.

"I know some people might like it to have taken five months or six months, but it's going to take more time than that, unfortunately," he said.

"Whether that's nine months or 12 months or 18 months, I don't know. I'll do my best to make it as soon as I can."