NFLFOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady said he will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block his four-game Deflategate suspension, ending his fight in a scandal that tested the power of the NFL commissioner and tarnished the reputation of one of the sports greatest players.The decision by the four-time Super Bowl champion comes two days after his case was turned aside by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Bradys only remaining hope to take the field when the Patriots open the season against Arizona on Sept. 11 had been a stay from the nations highest court, which accepts about 1 percent of the appeals submitted.The NFL Players Association said it was still considering whether to seek on its own a Supreme Court ruling that would limit Commissioner Roger Goodells authority to punish players. Dropping the case now would leave in place what the union called this week a broken system that must be fixed.But even if the union fights on, Brady will still sit out the first four games of the season, when the Patriots face the Cardinals, Dolphins, Texans and Bills. Backup Jimmy Garoppolo, who has spent the last two years as the backup, is expected to start for New England instead.NEW YORK -- Von Miller got a monstrous contract, befitting a sack-happy Super Bowl MVP. Muhammad Wilkerson and Justin Tucker also received big paydays, shedding their franchise tags and getting new deals.Kirk Cousins, Alshon Jeffery, Eric Berry and Trumaine Johnson, however, will all be playing this season under the value of their tags after they and their teams failed to agree on long-term contracts by the NFLs 4 p.m. EDT deadline.Miller signed a blockbuster six-year, $114.5 million contract with the Denver Broncos that includes $70 million in guarantees and makes him the highest-paid nonquarterback in NFL history. The blockbuster deal includes a $23 million signing bonus and will pay Miller $61 million over the first eight months.Wilkerson signed a five-year extension worth more than $85 million, including $37 million in guarantees through the first two years, according to a person familiar with the contract. Through three years of the deal, Wilkerson will be paid $54 million in guaranteed money.NEW YORK -- San Francisco 49ers linebacker Aaron Lynch has been suspended for the first four regular-season games for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.Lynch is eligible to participate in all offseason and preseason practices and games. He will be eligible to return to the 49ers active roster Oct. 3.ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Second-year running back Karlos Williams of the Buffalo Bills has been suspended for the first four games of the regular season for violating the NFLs substance abuse policy.Williams will be eligible to return to the Bills active roster on Oct. 3, the day after the Bills play at New England. He will be allowed to participate in training camp and preseason games. The suspension will begin the Monday of Week 1 of the regular season.GOLFTROON, Scotland -- Phil Mickelson hit a wedge that spun back toward the cup until it stopped about two postage stamps away on the par-3 eighth hole, the signature shot in his 2-under 69 that allowed him to back up his record-tying start at the British Open and take the 36-hole lead in a major for the first time in three years.Henrik Stenson made three straight birdies before the wind showed up and the clouds began to spit rain. He added two more during lulls in the increasingly bad weather. And he wound up with a round-best 65 that enabled him to close within one shot of Mickelson. Many players had to endure an afternoon of gusts that topped 30 mph and rain so heavy at times it was hard to see.Mickelson was at 10-under 132, the best 36-hole total ever to lead at Royal Troon. Soren Kjeldsen and Keegan Bradley each shot 68 and were in third, three shots behind.OPELIKA, Ala. -- Jhonattan Vegas shot a course-record 11-under 60, making a hole-in-one, another eagle and two closing birdies to take a six-stroke lead in the Barbasol Championship.Tied for the first-round lead with Angel Cabrera after a 65, Vegas had a 17-under 125 total -- a shot off the PGA Tour record for strokes in the first two rounds.Hudson Swafford was second at 11 under after a 63.SYLVANIA, Ohio -- Lydia Ko shot a 5-under 66 in windy conditions for a share of the Marathon Classic lead with Hyo Joo Kim.The top-ranked Ko, the 2014 tournament winner, had six birdies and one bogey at Highland Meadows to match Kim at 8-under 134. Kim, tied for the first-round lead with Mirim Lee and Haru Nomura, had a 68.BASEBALLWASHINGTON -- Stephen Strasburg so badly wanted to start the Washington Nationals first game after the break that he gave up the chance to pitch in the All-Star Game in his hometown of San Diego.His 13th victory was a reward for that.Strasburg allowed one run and three hits with six strikeouts in eight masterful innings as the Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1. Strasburg (13-0) has won 16 consecutive decisions dating to September, a franchise record for starting pitchers.MMAFormer UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has been notified of a potential violation of the promotions anti-doping policy from an out-of-competition drug test administered June 28.Lesnar is among the most popular athletes in both mixed martial arts and professional wrestling. 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Upton, the first overall pick by Arizona in the 2005 amateur draft, was playing his first game at Chase Field since the off-season trade that sent him and Johnson to Atlanta in a seven-player deal. Upton received a mixed reaction throughout the night, with the cheers barely outweighing the boos when he stepped in or took the field for the first time. "It was mixed and that was what I expected," Upton said. "It is what it is. I tried to have fun with it. This time the fans were yelling at me instead of cheering me, but it was good." Upton followed his brother B.J., who was hit on the left shoulder by Wade Miley (3-2) to lead off the sixth, and powered a changeup onto the porch above the centre field fence for his 13th home run and first since April 27 at Detroit. Despite the drought, he still leads the majors in homers. Johnson hit a two-run homer to cap Atlantas three-run fifth and Brian McCann also homered for the Braves. "It usually works out like this," said Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez. "When guys are traded, they have a good night." Mike Minor (5-2) allowed one run on eight hits over 6 2-3 innings. "It wasnt really about me," Minor said. "It was about everybody else because I didnt have my best stuff tonight." Paul Goldschmidt hit his 10th home run for the Diamondbacks, who have lost three straight. Miley started strong but faded in the fifth and never recorded an out in the sixth. After Justin Uptons home run made it 5-1, Freddie Freeman doubled, Evan Gattis walked and both runners advanced on a wild pitch. McCann singled to right, scoring Freeman to make it 6-1. Johnson added a one-out double to left off reliever Josh Collmenter, driving in Gattis for a 7-1 lead. "Weve been scuffling to score some runs on this road trip so to go and score some runs feels nice," Upton said. Miley allowed seven runs on six hits over ffive innings.dddddddddddd He walked two, hit a batter, struck out one and threw two wild pitches. Miley threw only 47 pitches in the first four innings but another 39 to the final 11 batters he faced. "I was sort of messing up," Miley said. "Early in the game I was hitting spots and pitching down in the zone but then, just like that, I couldnt get it down anymore. I left pitches up and they capitalized." The seven runs allowed were the second-most of Mileys career. "He didnt make the pitches he needed to make," said Arizona manager Kirk Gibson. "This team, you dont want to give them anything because you know they are going to hit a home run. That is what they do well. We put guys on and they hit home runs." Goldschmidt gave the Diamondbacks a 1-0 lead in the first with a home run deep into the left-field bleachers. Arizona had other scoring chances against Minor, but Prado was thrown out at the plate in the fourth by B.J. Upton on a Gerardo Parra single and Cody Ross was tagged out at home in the sixth on a double to left by Prado. Diamondbacks Didi Gregorius ended the bottom of the fifth when he was caught attempting to steal second base. NOTES: Atlanta is 4-1 in its last five games at Chase Field. . B.J. Upton was pulled for a pinch-hitter in the top of the seventh with a left shoulder contusion and is day-to-day. ... Braves 2B Dan Uggla doubled in the eighth to end an 0-for-14 streak. ... Justin Upton has his 68 of his 121 career home runs at Chase Field. ... According to MLB.com, entering the game Miley had held hitters to a .178 batting average on his first 45 pitches but batters had hit .353 from his 46th pitch on. ... Goldschmidt is the ninth Diamondbacks player to hit 10 home runs in less than 40 games and the first since Kelly Johnson (11 homers) and Mark Reynolds (10) each did so in 2010. ... Johnson snapped an 0-for-18 skid with a single in the third, the Braves first hit. ... Atlanta OF Jason Heyward went 1 for 2 with an RBI double in the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves 3-2 win over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Monday. Heyward was placed on the 15-day disabled list April 23 after an appendectomy April 22. ' ' '