Veteran shooting guard Gerald Henderson has agreed to a two-year, $18 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, The Vertical is reporting.Henderson, 28, averaged 8.7 points and 2.9 rebounds off the Trail Blazers bench last season. His role in Portland likely will be filled by Evan Turner, who agr

Veteran shooting guard Gerald Henderson has agreed to a two-year, $18 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, The Vertical is reporting.Henderson, 28, averaged 8.7 points and 2.9 rebounds off the Trail Blazers bench last season. His role in Portland likely will be filled by Evan Turner, who agreed to a contract with the Trail Blazers on the first day of free agency.It will be a homecoming for Henderson, who played high school basketball in the Philadelphia area at Episcopal Academy. His father, Gerald Henderson Sr., also played for the 76ers, in 134 games during the 1987-88 and 88-89 seasons as part of his 13-year NBA career.He is considered a good wing defender and was the elder statesman in a young Portland teams rotation after arriving in an offseason trade from the Charlotte Hornets.The 12th overall pick in the 2009 draft, Henderson was primarily a starter during his six-year stint in Charlotte.He has career averages of 11.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.ESPN.coms Tim MacMahon contributed to this report. Air Force 1 Alte Bianche . On Saturday night, the normally free throw-challenged centre did just that. Howard scored 18 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, including 13 of 19 free throws in a 2 1/2-minute stretch, and the Houston Rockets beat the Denver Nuggets 122-111. Air Force 1 Alte Nere . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. http://www.airforce1outletitalia.it/scontate-air-force-1-alte-premium.html .com) - Christian Ponder will get another chance to prove himself for the Minnesota Vikings, with head coach Leslie Frazier announcing Wednesday that the struggling quarterback will start this weekends game against the Green Bay Packers. Air Force 1 Alte Qs . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Air Force 1 Low Italia . Malkin got tangled up with Detroits Luke Glendening early in the third period and his left skate took the brunt of collision with the boards behind Pittsburghs net. CLEVELAND -- Already down, the Browns have been kicked again by the injury bug.Kicker Patrick Murray was placed on injured reserve Saturday after hurting his surgically repaired left knee in practice, forcing the Browns to sign Cody Parkey to handle their kicking duties in Sundays game at Miami.With Murrays injury, the Browns have lost six starters after just the first two games this season. Quarterbacks Robert Griffin III (broken hand), Josh McCown (broken collarbone), center Cam Erving (bruised lung), wide receiver Corey Coleman (broken hand) and defensive end Carl Nassib (broken hand) are all out this week and a few of them will be sidelined for several more games.Murray got hurt during Fridays walkthrough. He missed last season with Tampa Bay after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament knee ligament. Murray beat out incumbent Travis Coons in training camp this summer.He missed 52-yard field goal and had an extra-point blocked last week in a loss to Baltimore.Parkey spent most off last season on the injured list with a groin issue, one season after he set the NFL rookie scoring record for Philadelphia with 150 points and made the Pro Bowl.dddddddddddd. He was waived earlier this month by the Eagles, who kept Caleb Sturgis as their kicker.As if this wasnt enough for the Browns, they could be without two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Joe Haden on Sunday. Haden strained his groin in practice Friday and is listed as questionable for the Dolphins. Haden, who missed five games last season with injuries, had two interceptions last week against the Ravens.With Griffin and McCown out, rookie quarterback Cody Kessler will make his NFL regular-season debut in Miami. Kessler is the fifth quarterback to start Clevelands past five games and the 26th to start for the franchise since 1999.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '