LOCAL
White hits hole-in-one
At the Jaycee Golf Course, Abel White hit a hole-in-one on No. 5 with a 6-iron. It was witnessed by Mike Badovick and Harry Brewer.
NATIONAL
Kidd calls it a career
Independent reporting for Pine Bluff & Jefferson County since 1879.
New York — Jason Kidd has decided to retire.
A 10-time NBA All-Star point guard, Kidd spent the 2012-13 season with the New York Knicks. He also played for Dallas, Phoenix and the New Jersey Nets in a 19-year career.
Kidd averaged 12.6 points, 8.7 assists and 6.3 rebounds in 1,391 career games. He broke in with Dallas in 1994-95 and shared Rookie of the Year honors with Grant Hill, who also announced his retirement just a few days ago.
The 40-year-old University of California product led the league in assists per game five times and his 12,091 career assists are second on the all-time list, behind only Hall of Famer John Stockton. He also had 2,684 steals, again trailing only Stockton on the all-time list.