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BEIJING, China - Seven-time NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady says he is headed for China to play for the Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles in the Chinese Basketball Association. The 33-year-old McGrady will be the highest-profile player in the CBA. Because he played with Chinese basketball star Yao Ming during their days with the Houston Rockets, he is well known in China and his contract has been the top news in Chinas major sports news sites. A woman who answered the phone Wednesday at the basketball club said she had no information. McGradys announcement on his website Tuesday did not give terms for the one-year contract. Chinese media reports say the contract is worth at least $1 million. McGrady said he is excited to play for the Eagles in eastern China and that "it will be an honour" to play for the Chinese people. He played for the Atlanta Hawks last season, but failed to secure an NBA contract for the upcoming season and was considering retirement when he was approached by the management of Qingdao. McGrady is the latest NBA player to seek a new chapter in China. Stephon Marbury led the Beijing Ducks to the CBA championship in the 2011-2012 season. "There are times in life that a new road presents itself and it appears this time has come for me now," McGrady wrote on his website. Qingdao ranked the eighth in the 17-team CBA in the last season. Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys China . There were bright spots during Indys 31-24 loss at New England on Sunday. Dan Orlovsky passed for 353 yards and two touchdowns. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . Schild, the slalom world champion, finished in one minute 51.53 seconds to secure the 30th slalom win of her career. She had also won the season opener in Aspen, Colorado in November and the race in Courchevel, France, two days ago. http://hipstervancouver.com/ .C. Lions 17-6 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders in CFL action Saturday night.CHICAGO -- It usually isnt good when a position player finishes a game on the mound. Thats where Joe Mather found himself on Monday night. Aramris Ramirez hit two of Milwaukees five homers to lead the Brewers to a 15-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. It got so bad that when the Brewers scored nine runs in the ninth, Cubs manager Dale Sveum was forced to summon Mather in to finish the inning on the mound, the first position player to pitch for the Cubs since Gary Gaetti on July 3, 1999. "Fastball and a hanging curve, apparently," Mather joked when asked to describe his repertoire. Mather pitched for St. Louis on April 17, 2010, when he gave up two runs in two innings and was the losing pitcher in a 2-1, 20-inning defeat. "It just kind goes back to your childhood and you want to be competitive," Mather said. "You want to get your team out of the situation they were in. You want to get those guys out." Ramirez, who played for the Cubs from 2003-11, hit a two-run shot in the fifth and a solo homer in the ninth as Milwaukee beat Chicago for the sixth straight time. Ramirez is enjoying the view from the visitors dugout. "(Cubs fans) also have to understand that its a process and that the new front office came in with a plan and theyre going to execute it," Ramirez said. "Its going to be painful. Right now they dont have a good product on the field. Im pretty sure theyre smart people. They have a good game plan going." Ramirezs second homer followed a three-run shot by Ryan Braun that landed on Waveland Avenue, his NL-leading 35th of the season. Braun had four hits and five RBIs. Corey Hart followed Ramirez with another shot that reached Waveland, giving Milwaukee back-to-back-to-back homers for the first time since Sept. 9, 2007 at Cincinnati. The Brewers sent 14 batters to the plate and had eight hits in the ninth, finishing with a season-high 21 hits. "We need those guys to pitch when were losing," Sveum said of his young relievers. "Cant just keep throwing (Shawn) Camp and (Manny) Corpas and (James) Russell and those guuys into games.dddddddddddd. Those guys have to somehow get through those innings." Justin Germano (2-4) gave up five runs and 10 hits in five-plus innings and has lost to Milwaukee in two straight outings. "I made three mistakes that led to four runs," Germano said. "Its just hard to be perfect but I have to work on the mistakes that I make, or at least who I make them to." Germano gave up seven runs in 4 2-3 innings against the Brewers in his last outing on Aug. 20. "Kind of the same thing happened a week ago," Sveum said. "Same result, pitching pretty good but couldnt get through the middle of that lineup for the third time." All three ninth-inning homers came off Alex Hinshaw, who was pitching for the second time since being claimed off waivers from San Diego on Aug. 19. Brett Jackson hit his third homer in four games and walked twice for Chicago. Alfonso Soriano added two doubles and drove in a run. The Brewers improved to 18-5 against the Cubs since the 2011 All-Star break, while Chicago has dropped 19 of 25 overall since the July 31 trade deadline. Milwaukee erased a two-run deficit on consecutive pitches in the fifth. Braun rolled a double just past the third base to score Rickie Weeks. Ramirez then clubbed Germanos first pitch into the bleachers in left to give the Brewers the lead. Ramirez hit 239 homers in nine seasons during his time with the Cubs, but went 1 for 11 in his first series against his former team at Wrigley Field on April 9-11. Jackson, Chicagos rookie centre fielder, hit his fourth homer leading off the sixth off Kameron Loe to cut the lead to 5-4. NOTES: Cubs 3B Josh Vitters went 0 for 5 with three strikeouts, falling to 5 for 53 with 19 strikeouts since being recalled from Triple-A Iowa. ... The Cubs acquired C Anthony Recker from Oakland for C/1B Blake Lalli and assigned him to Triple-A Iowa. Chicago also designated LHP Scott Maine for assignment. ... The Cubs were looking to win consecutive games for the first time since winning three straight July 28-30. ' ' '