DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd has signed a multi-year contract extension with the team.

The Mavericks announced the move a day before opening their second-round playoff series at Oklahoma City.

Dallas advanced last week by eliminating the Los Angeles Clippers in six games.

The hall of fame point guard, who won an NBA title with the Mavericks in 2011, is in his third season coaching Dallas.

He guided the Mavs to win the Southwest Division title with a 50-32 record — his second 50-win season with the team.

The Mavs did not disclose the length of the contract extension.

PWHL ENJOYS STRONG SEASON

By The Associated Press

The inaugural season of the Professional Women’s Hockey League has set one attendance record after another while putting the sport on the map across North America outside the Olympics.

Finally having the best players in the world in one league has provided the kind of jump start needed to try to catch up with basketball and soccer in a crowded landscape.

The blossoming of the PWHL also comes at the perfect time with heightened interest in women’s sports beyond what’s become known as the Caitlin Clark effect.

A total of 392,259 fans attended games during the regular season at venues.

PIELIESHENKO KILLED IN UKRAINE

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian Olympic Committee says two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko has died on the front line in the war in Ukraine.

The committee posted on Telegram that Pielieshenko “died in the war with the enemy” on Sunday. He was 30.

He joined Ukraine’s armed forces in the first days of Russia’s invasion, the committee added.

Pielieshenko came back from a doping suspension in 2013-15 to win the 2016 European under-85 kilogram division by one kilogram.

He successfully retained the title in 2017 in Split.

Pielieshenko missed out on an Olympic medal by five kilograms at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, where he placed fourth.

DELL WILL MAKE ‘FULL RECOVERY’

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Texans owner Cal McNair said Monday that receiver Tank Dell will make a “full recovery” after Dell was wounded in a shootout at a Florida restaurant last month.

McNair did not provide details on the nature of his injury, but the team called it a “minor wound” the day after the shooting, which also injured nine others.

Speaking before the team’s annual charity golf classic, McNair called the situation “frightening” before providing an update on Dell.

“It looks like Tank will make a full recovery,” he said.