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Milwaukee Bucks guard Khris Middleton will undergo surgery next week after suffering a torn left hamstring in a preseason workout on Tuesday, the team announced Wednesday.?He is expected to be sidelined for six months.?Were obviously disappointed for Khris and our team, but injuries are an unfortunate part of the game, Bucks general manager John Hammond said in a statement. Well rely on our overall roster depth to help us while Khris is out for a significant period of the season.Middleton, 25, averaged a career-high 18.2 points, 4.2 assists and 3.8 rebounds in 79 games last season for the Bucks, who finished 33-49 and failed to qualify for the playoffs.Drafted by the Pistons with the 39th overall pick in 2012, Middleton was part of the trade that sent Brandon Jennings to Detroit the following year.?Middleton has blossomed with the Bucks, turning into a key player for a franchise on the rise that was hoping to return to the playoffs this season.?Training camp starts next week in Madison, Wisconsin. The estimated six-month timeline for Middletons recovery means that he could return in mid-to-late March, with about a month left in the regular season.Middleton apparently hurt the hamstring after attending a team news conference on Tuesday announcing a four-year, $100 million contract extension for forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. Last summer, Middleton signed a five-year, $70 million extension.Antetokounmpo, Middleton and forward Jabari Parker are considered building blocks for a young team. The plan is for the Bucks to turn into a playoff contender by the time a new arena opens in downtown Milwaukee in 2018, with the trio leading the way.For the 2016-17 campaign, Milwaukee might need last years first-round draft pick, guard Rashad Vaughn, to help replace Middleton, a career 40 percent shooter from 3-point range. The Bucks also drafted guard Malcolm Brogdon from?Virginia, who shot 39 percent from behind the arc as a?senior, in the second round this year.Milwaukee re-signed veteran forward Steve Novak, a 3-point specialist, in the offseason, as well.The Bucks last qualified for the playoffs in 2014-15, making a surprise run in spite of a left knee injury that sidelined Parker for the final four months of that season.The Associated Press contributed to this report.?Wholesale NFL Jerseys . 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The Cleveland Indians, Tampa Bay Rays, and Texas Rangers all won on Sunday meaning the Rangers will host the Rays in a play-in game on Monday.LONDON -- Ron Dennis, the veteran head of the McLaren Formula One team, has been forced out following a boardroom dispute.The announcement on Tuesday brings to an end Dennis 36-year stay with the British team, relinquishing his position as chairman and chief executive of one of Formula Ones most successful teams.Dennis attacked the entirely spurious reasons for the decision.I am disappointed that the representatives of TAG and Mumtalakat, the other main shareholders in McLaren, have forced through this decision to place me on gardening leave, despite the strong warnings from the rest of the management team about the potential consequences of their actions on the business, Dennis said in a statement. The grounds they have stated are entirely spurious; my management style is the same as it has always been and is one that has enabled McLaren to become an automotive and technology group that has won 20 Formula One world championships and grown into an 850 million-pound ($1 billion) a year business.Throughout that time I have worked closely with a series of talented colleagues to keep McLaren at the cutting edge of technology, to whom I will always be extremely grateful.Dennis holds a 25 percent stake in the McLaren Technology Group. Saudi businessman Mansour Ojjeh also holds 25 percent of the business, with the remaining 50 percent in the hands of Bahrainn sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat.ddddddddddddltimately it has become clear to me through this process that neither TAG nor Mumtalakat share my vision for McLaren and its true growth potential, said Dennis, who has been involved with McLaren since 1980. But my first concern is to the business I have built and to its 3,500 employees. I will continue to use my significant shareholding in both companies and my seats on both boards to protect the interests and value of McLaren and help shape its future.Dennis stood down as McLaren team principal in 2009 but returned as chief executive five years later.The Englishman oversaw Ayrton Senna and Alain Prosts historic tussle for the title as McLaren drivers in 1988 and 1989 before Mika Hakkinen clinched back-to-back championships with the Woking-based outfit in 1998 and 1999. Hamilton also won his first title in only his second year in the sport as a McLaren driver back in 2008.But the British teams success has dried up in recent years, and their renewed relationship with Japanese engine manufacturer Honda has failed to provide a return to winning ways. Fernando Alonso was only 10th at the recent Japanese Grand Prix while his teammate Jenson Button crossed the line in last position. ' ' '