Throughout John Andretti’s life, there wasn’t a race car he didn’t at least try to drive.

From USAC midgets, sprint cars and Silver Crown cars to the Indy cars of the 1980s and 1990s, to NASCAR Cup Series cars in the 1990s and early 2000s to the more current Indy car machines, if it was a race car, Andretti wanted to drive it.

He even drove an NHRA Top Fuel dragster during the early 1990s and ran a few sports car races in his career.

Whatever he raced, Aldo Andretti’s son always did it with a smile, a sense of humor and a positive attitude.

Today, Andretti keeps that attitude as he battles something far more serious than an ill-handling race car. He is fighting the greatest opponent of his life, an opponent that may one day take his life.

Andretti has stage IV colorectal cancer and is undergoing a radical new treatment that he hopes will succeed, where chemotherapy has failed.

“I’m getting by better with this round of treatment than I am with the chemo,” Andretti told SPEED SPORT. “It’s actually way better than chemo. I just hope it works well.”

Andretti is undergoing immunotherapy on a trial basis. The FDA requires a cancer patient to go through every recovery avenue possible before going to a trial. A clinical trial collects data, but researchers are in the test stages of the trial.

“It’s a bit of the roll of the dice, but it beats doing nothing,” Andretti said. “Also, chemotherapy is no cure. I was lucky enough to get on a trial because of my health.

“Believe it or not, I’m considered healthy other than having cancer. There are only 52 people in the United States on this trial and they kick people off it all the time if they can’t take the treatment or the trial is bad,” Andretti added. “The drug companies pay for the patient to be on it. They don’t pay you; they pay for the trial and it’s very expensive.”

At 56, Andretti still has his boyish appearance that allows him to pass for someone in their late 30s.

Andretti, who showed no signs or symptoms of having any health issues, had a colonoscopy when he was in his mid-50s.

The news he received afterward was shocking and sobering.

“They call colon cancer the ‘Silent Killer,’” Andretti said. “They do that because you can have it and not ever know it. The only way to find out if you have it is a colonoscopy. If you are so inclined that you don’t want to spend a day of your life to find out for sure if you don’t have colon cancer and you are that dumb, then you can try Cologuard and all those things.

“Or, if you are me and you are dumb enough not to do it when you probably should have and have a doctor tell me it wasn’t necessary because my blood looked good and didn’t have a problem.

“Of course, he is no longer my doctor.”

MONTREAL -- The Canadiens began using the money they won't be paying Sebastian Aho by signing defenseman Ben Chiarot to a three-year, $10.5 million contract.

Montreal had signed Aho to a five-year, $42.7 million offer sheet, but Carolina intends to match that contract and keep its best player. The Canadiens can't give an offer sheet to another player until the Hurricanes officially match.

The 28-year-old Chiarot will count $3.5 million against the salary cap in each of the next three seasons. The 6-foot-3, 219-pound left-shooting blueliner had a career-high 20 points (five goals, 15 assists) and 62 penalty minutes in 78 games with the Winnipeg Jets last season.

The Hamilton, Ontario, native has 64 points (12 goals, 52 assists) in 305 career regular-season games, all with Winnipeg. He has three assists in 24 career playoff games.

NEW YORK -- Reigning women's champion Miki Sudo devoured 31 hot dogs to win the women's division of the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on New York City's Coney Island boardwalk Thursday.

The 33-year-old fell short of her 37-frankfurter total from last year, but she earned her sixth consecutive title by easily beating runner-up Michelle Lesco, who wolfed down 26 hot dogs.

Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas holds the women's record of 45 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Spectators with foam hot dog hats, plastic noisemakers and homemade signs descended on Coney Island's famed boardwalk for the contest.

"I'm super grateful for everybody who came out here to support," Sudo said.

LONDON -- Even a rare visit to No. 1 Court couldn't slow down Roger Federer at Wimbledon.

The eight-time champion beat British wild-card entry Jay Clarke 6-1, 7-6 (3), 6-2 on Thursday to move into the third round. Clarke is only ranked No. 169 but held his own against Federer in the second set until the tiebreaker, when the Swiss star won four straight points to take a 5-2 lead. He then jumped out a 3-0 lead in the third set and broke again in the final game.

Last year, Federer lost his only match on No. 1 Court to Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals after wasting a two-set lead. But he said the new roof over the stadium made it feel more like his usual surroundings.

"I really enjoyed myself on Court 1 today with the roof," Federer said. "I couldn't really tell if it was Centre Court or Court 1, actually."

While Federer had little trouble, last year's semifinalist John Isner was knocked out in the second round, losing a five-setter to Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan.

The hard-serving American was one set away from the victory but lost 6-4, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 on No. 3 Court. Kukushkin broke in the opening game of the fifth set and held serve the rest of the way, converting his first match point when the ninth-seeded Isner sent a backhand long.

Isner reached his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon last year before losing a five-setter to Anderson that lasted more than 6½ hours, the second-longest match in Grand Slam history. Isner also was involved in the longest, beating Nicolas Mahut in an 11-hour match that finished 70-68 in the fifth set at Wimbledon in 2010.

American Steve Johnson won for the first time in five tries against a top-30 opponent at Wimbledon, getting past No. 25 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Johnson, who is ranked 71st, had lost his past nine matches anywhere against men inside the ATP's top 30.

How close was this one? Johnson won fewer total points (150-149), earned fewer service breaks (3-2) and made nearly twice as many unforced errors (45-25).

But Johnson broke de Minaur, who is ranked 29th, in the next-to-last game, then served out the victory, which ended when Johnson's down-the-line forehand drew a long backhand on a 22-stroke exchange.

Johnson's best Grand Slam showing was a fourth-round run at the All England Club in 2016, which ended with a loss to Federer.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The reigning Wimbledon champion has been eliminated, as No. 5 seed Angelique Kerber lost 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 to unseeded American Lauren Davis on Thursday.

Kerber's second-round exit is her worst Wimbledon result since 2013 and follows a first-round exit at the French Open in May.

Serena Williams came from behind to reach the third round, dropping the first set to Kaja Juvan before winning 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Williams has never lost in the second round at the All England Club.

Davis, ranked No. 95 in the world, next faces No. 30 Carla Suarez Navarro, who beat Pauline Parmentier 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4). Davis had failed to even get through qualifying and only made the tournament as a lucky loser after some of the wild-card spots weren't used.

"It's almost surreal," said Davis, who started the year ranked outside the top 250.

She said the turning point came when she was up a break at 3-2 in the second set and managed to hold after saving three break points.

"I told myself, 'You're strong, you can do it, you belong here,'" Davis said.

Meanwhile, if the pressure is getting to top-seeded Ash Barty, she is doing a great job of hiding it.

The Australian player came into the grass-court Grand Slam tournament after winning the French Open and a Wimbledon warmup event in Birmingham. Now she has won two in a row at the All England Club to reach the third round and stretch her winning streak to 14 straight.

Barty beat Alison Van Uytvanck 6-1, 6-3, needing only 55 minutes on No. 2 Court to advance. It could have been even quicker, but Barty failed to serve out the match at 5-2 in the second set -- the only time she was broken.

"Pretty sharp right from the start," Barty said. "I was able to implement what I wanted to right away and put the pressure straight back on her."

Barty is playing her first tournament as No. 1 but has never been past the third round at Wimbledon. She will next face Harriet Dart, a British wild-card entry making her second appearance at Wimbledon.

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova overcame a shaky start to defeat Kristina Mladenovic 7-5, 6-2 and reach the third round.

The No. 7-seeded Kvitova was broken in the opening game and trailed 5-3 in the first set. Mladenovic served for that set at 5-4 and held three set points but failed to convert, double-faulting away her initial chance to close it out. Mladenovic later double-faulted twice more to get broken and make it 5-all.

Kvitova, who won titles at the All England Club in 2011 and 2014, wasn't even sure she could compete at the tournament this year until right before it began. The left-hander missed the French Open because of an injury to that forearm.

No. 9 Sloane Stephens of the United States and No. 15 Wang Qiang of China also advanced easily. Stephens beat Wang Yafan of China 6-0, 6-2, and Wang Qiang ousted Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia 6-1, 6-2.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

While the NBA world was being turned upside-down during the first few days of free agency, the league was busy opening its summer league slate with three-day pit stops in Salt Lake City and Sacramento -- the appetizers to the highly anticipated main course in Las Vegas.

What have coaches, execs and scouts said about the most important free agency news and rumblings? Here's the latest buzz and intel from the Salt Lake City Summer League and the California Classic.

More: Summer league scores/schedules | Free agency news | Trades

Buzz from Salt Lake City

How does Iguodala factor into Memphis' summer plans?

The Memphis Grizzlies do not intend to give recently acquired Andre Iguodala a buyout before the season, league sources told ESPN. Memphis wants to explore the trade market for the former NBA Finals MVP before considering a buyout that would allow him to choose which contender he wanted to join, as the Grizzlies did with Kyle Korver. The Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks are among teams that have interest in Iguodala, according to league sources.

The Grizzlies officially closed the door on the Grit 'n Grind era by dealing Conley. Memphis' reshuffled front office -- led by 30-year-old Zach Kleiman, who was recently promoted executive vice president of basketball operations -- has impressed with its early moves in what will be a patient rebuilding process.

Much like the Atlanta Hawks under general manager Travis Schlenk, the Grizzlies are accumulating assets and young talent while building around a point guard and power forward who have the star potential to develop into pillars for a perennial playoff team. The goal is to put the franchise into position to have sustained success throughout the primes of Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr., Memphis' high-lottery picks from the past two drafts.

That's why the Grizzlies, who essentially received four first-round picks in the Conley trade with Utah, will continue to canvas the league for opportunities to collect even more future picks.

They have several expiring contracts that could be attractive for teams looking to dump longer-term deals, including Miles Plumlee ($12.5 million) and Solomon Hill ($12.8 million), who are headed to Memphis from Atlanta in a deal that finalized a divorce with Chandler Parsons that was overdue.

Losing on Butler a blessing in disguise for Houston?

The reaction from several rival scouts and executives to Jimmy Butler deciding to go to the Miami Heat over the Houston Rockets: The Rockets dodged a bullet.

Houston general manager Daryl Morey's desire to add Butler to a dynamic that already has potential to be combustible puzzled some other talent evaluators. Especially considering that Butler would have been a distant second option to James Harden, who actively recruited the All-Star who opted to take his talents to South Beach, if not a third option behind Chris Paul as well.

"He's not exactly a calming influence," one league source said of Butler.

Purely from a basketball perspective, some scouts and executives questioned the logic of the Rockets' pursuit of Butler. They believe that center Clint Capela (and his team-friendly contract) and guard Eric Gordon are proven fits as high-production complementary pieces for a contender in Houston, so dumping them to make a sign-and-trade work would have been steps in the wrong direction to take a big risk on Butler.

Mitchell: 'Pick your poison' trying to guard new-look Jazz

Utah Jazz fans usually flock to the annual summer league hosted by the franchise with giddiness about getting their first glimpse at their favorite team's first-round pick.

It was here two years ago that Donovan Mitchell showed his first signs of stardom, giving Jazz fans and the front office a desperately needed lift to counter what seemed like devastating news with Gordon Hayward deciding to head east for green pastures in free agency.

The Jazz didn't have a first-round pick to showcase in this edition of the Salt Lake City Summer League, but there definitely isn't a lack of buzz at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Utah's offseason roster remodeling has received rave reviews locally and around the league, giving the Jazz their best championship chances since the Stockton-and-Malone heyday.

"There's no doubt they can be a legit contender," one scout said, a widespread opinion throughout the NBA.

This year's first-round pick was part of the package the Jazz sent to Memphis for point guard Mike Conley, a perfect complement to Mitchell as a premier pick-and-roll operator who is also a knockdown spot-up shooter. Utah made a dynamic change to its offensive identity, moving on from Derrick Favors (a center in the modern NBA who started at power forward for the Jazz) and luring sharpshooting forward Bojan Bogdanovic away from Indiana with a four-year, $73 million deal.

"We've got guys that can spread out the floor," said center Rudy Gobert, an elite screener and roller in addition to being the two-time reigning Defensive Player of the Year. "The way Donovan plays, the way I play, having those guys that can spread out the floor is going to be a nightmare for every defense. They're going to have to make tough decisions."

Utah has been a dominant defensive team. The Jazz have potential to be an offensive juggernaut now, too.

"Obviously, adding a guy like Bogdanovic, that's big," Mitchell said. "You have him, you have Joe [Ingles], you have Mike, and Royce [O'Neale] is a really capable shooter, too. It's going to open up a lot for us as far as getting in the lane, and you've got big Rudy rolling too, so you've got to pick your poison."

Do the Cavs have the league's next Dame-CJ?

The future of the Cleveland Cavaliers could be spotted at Salt Lake City sitting -- or often, standing and cheering -- next to each other near the end of the bench, wearing team-issued polo shirts.

Collin Sexton, fresh off a second-team All-Rookie season, has proven enough to sit out summer league, but he flew to Salt Lake City to bond with teammates. The Cavs are taking a cautious approach with Darius Garland, the fifth overall pick who missed all but five games of his only season at Vanderbilt due to a torn meniscus in his left knee.

The Cavs drafted Garland, who like 2018 No. 8 overall pick Sexton, is a 6-foot-2 guard with a scorer's mentality, primarily because they believed he was clearly the best talent on the board. Rebuilding teams can't afford to reach for fit, but Cleveland is confident that Garland and Sexton can complement each other despite their similar styles and statures, particularly considering new coach John Beilein's offense relies on two primary ball handlers.

They point to Portland's dynamic pair of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum as proof that such a guard combination can succeed in the NBA.

"That's the ceiling," said Sexton, who excelled down the stretch of his rookie season, averaging 21.1 points and 3.3 assists in the final 29 games while shooting 47 percent from the floor and 41.7 percent from 3-point range.

"Also, recently you've seen Kyle Lowry and [Fred] Van Vleet. They had a great run with the two-guard offense. We'll watch a lot of film of those two [duos] and just try to learn how they lead off the two-man offense."

Beilein envisions Sexton and Garland sharing ballhandling duties when they're on the floor together, determining who brings the ball up the floor by feel on a possession-by-possession basis and creating offense by attacking as penetrators. The Cavs won't designate a point guard and shooting guard.

"Two guards that can just do it all -- get your teammates involved, can make plays for each other and score at the same time," Garland said. "I think it's going to be great. Coach B is usually playing two guards, so I think that we're going to fit right in. The future looks bright for both of us, so I'm excited about it."

Less rookie sizzle in Salt Lake

Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant and the aforementioned Garland, a pair of top-five picks, didn't play because they're both recovering from knee surgeries. The Cleveland Cavaliers' Kevin Porter Jr., the final pick of the first round, was sidelined by a hip flexor. Memphis' Brandon Clarke wasn't eligible because he was acquired in a deal that won't be official until Sunday.

The only first-round rookies to play in Utah this week: Luka Samanic (No. 19 overall) and Keldon Johnson (No. 29) of San Antonio, and Dylan Windler (No. 26) of Cleveland.

Those rookies had mixed results, highlighted by Johnson's 29-point, seven-rebound outing in a win over the Grizzlies and Windler's 19-point, six-rebound summer league debut.

San Antonio guard Lonnie Walker IV, an 18th overall pick entering his second season, had 20 points and seven rebounds in the opener, rested on the second day and had 19 points and eight rebounds in the finale.

The best player in the four-team round-robin: Jazz big man Tony Bradley, the No. 28 overall pick of the 2017 draft, who averaged 20 points, 15.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in the two games he played.

-- Tim MacMahon

Buzz from the California Classic

The league is waiting on Kawhi

Sacramento Kings alum Chris Webber was spotted in the front row with GM Vlade Divac and new head coach Luke Walton. T-Pain had set up a free concert outside Golden 1 Center, but the chatter among several coaches, scouts and team employees at the California Classic Summer League centered around this summer's biggest mystery:

What is Kawhi Leonard going to do?

With Los Angeles Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and head coach Frank Vogel back in L.A., some of the team personnel on hand were asking for the latest on Leonard, naturally curious about the decision that could potentially tip the scales from the Lakers being a LeBron James-Anthony Davis led title contender to historic juggernaut.

So what complementary players would arguably the most fearsome star trio in NBA history need around them?

"It doesn't matter," one assistant coach said of who else the Lakers sign if they get Leonard.

If Leonard goes to the LA Clippers, the assistant envisions the Western Conference becoming wide-open with the improvements the Lakers, Jazz and Blazers have made to go along with the Nuggets returning a year more experienced.

And if Leonard stays in Toronto?

"That makes them the favorites," the assistant said.

Leonard taking his time to make an NBA-altering decision had some scouts attempting what so many others were doing -- trying to read into Leonard's thought process.

"Biggest surprise I would have to say is that Kawhi still hasn't decided," one scout said on Tuesday night. "He is really mulling it over, exhausting every option."

Said another scout: "Let's be honest, everyone knows that if the Warriors were healthy, they would have won. So is he sure if he comes back that he would have a chance to win it with [Toronto]?

"If I'm him, I'm going to the Lakers."

A super Herro sighting in Sacramento

The prospect who stood out at the California Classic was Miami Heat rookie Tyler Herro, the 13th overall pick out of Kentucky.

After Herro debuted Monday with 18 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and made 5-of-10 3-pointers in a win over the Lakers, other scouts, assistants and executives took notice.

"Herro was the only one who stood out on the first day," one scout said.

Herro played in two of the Heat's three games, adding 20 points to go with 5 rebounds in a win over Golden State on Wednesday despite missing nine of his 11 3-point attempts.

"Herro is good," an assistant coach said. "He's a guy who has an NBA ready game, being able to score."

Other prospects who stood out to scouts, coaches and executives: Warriors rookie Jordan Poole, Kings rookie Kyle Guy and Lakers undrafted rookie Zach Norvell Jr., who hit a late go-ahead 3 to give L.A. a win Wednesday night.

In a New York state of ... confusion

One assistant coach at the California Classic was absolutely baffled by the New York Knicks' moves so far. After the Knicks had to swallow a Brooklyn Bridge-sized pill watching Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving join forces across the river, New York moved quickly, signing Julius Randle, Bobby Portis, Elfrid Payton, Taj Gibson, Reggie Bullock and Wayne Ellington this week.

"The Knicks and all their role-player signings," one assistant coach said. "I just don't understand it."

Another assistant coach, though, pointed out that Knicks' management did what it had to after striking out with big stars by having Portis, Payton, Gibson, Bullock and Ellington sign deals with team options in the second year (Randle's deal has a team option in the third season).

"They never had a chance," one assistant coach said of the Knicks landing Durant and Irving. "The Knicks did a good job to buy time. They didn't do any [longer deals] because [had they done that] in two years, there could be a new management and coach."

How Nets, Sixers moves shake up the East

Sunday night's flurry culminated with the Brooklyn Nets luring Durant away from the Golden State Warriors to join Irving and DeAndre Jordan.

"This is the new NBA. Everybody is going after talent, talent, talent [but] short satisfaction," an NBA scout said. "We won't really know what is going on until Year 2 for the Nets. I have some fear, but if they want to play together, they'll find a way to make it work. Talent wins in this league.

"They had a good group [before] in Brooklyn, what they built toward last year. They're trying to make that elite jump. I think the storyline to watch is how will they react next year knowing that KD is not playing and Kyrie is Kyrie. He's an unbelievable talent, but he's a different guy."

But it was another Atlantic Division team that impressed most scouts in Sacramento.

"Best move was Al Horford with Philly and an underrated trade [for] Josh Richardson," one scout said of the Sixers losing Jimmy Butler but gaining Richardson from Miami. "I really like what [Sixers GM] Elton Brand is doing. He's putting the pieces of the puzzle together."

Kings take the throne ... for worst move?

While Golden State did all it could to rebound from losing Durant -- the Warriors traded for All-Star guard D'Angelo Russell and agreed to a deal with center Willie Cauley-Stein -- a couple of NBA assistants and scouts on hand did not like what the California Classic's host team did in free agency.

"I'm not running with the [Dewayne] Dedmon signing," a scout said of the Kings. "For that amount of money, I don't see it."

One assistant coach didn't hesitate when asked who he thought was the worst signing. "Dedmon," he said. "Felt like a lot."

Dedmon agreed to a three-year, $41 million deal with the Kings on the first day of free agency.

The other move that some scouts described as "shocking" was the Charlotte Hornets opting not to give All-Star guard Kemba Walker the max, ultimately dealing him in a proposed sign-and-trade for the Boston Celtics restricted free agent Terry Rozier.

"I think he is going to do really, really well there," one scout said of Walker in Boston. "I think Brad [Stevens] likes ball-dominant guards and Kemba is coachable. He is an off-the-charts person, off-the-charts teammate."

-- Ohm Youngmisuk and Marc J. Spears

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Tampa Bay Rays All-Star second baseman Brandon Lowe was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a bruised right shin and will not play in next week's All-Star Game.

Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres was named to replace Lowe, who was added to the AL All-Star team Wednesday.

Lowe was forced out of Tuesday night's game after he sharply fouled a ball off his leg in the sixth inning of a 6-3 win over Baltimore. He finished the at-bat, grounding a single to left, but struggled to reach first base.

Lowe is hitting .276 with a team-leading 16 homers and 49 RBIs. He took the spot of Los Angeles Angels infielder Tommy La Stella as an injury replacement.