Welcome to the pros: While Malcolm Jenkins struggled with the heat in first day of practice with the New Orleans Saints, he’s pleased to be on the field with his contract holdout behind him. New Orleans’ first-round draft pick agreed to terms on a five-year contract worth about $19 million late Sunday night. The rookie cornerback from Ohio State arrived at practice this morning after missing the first 10 days of camp.
Temperatures approached the 90s and humidity was nearly 70% during practice, when trainers briefly took Jenkins aside, removed his pads, and poured water over him to cool him down. Meanwhile, quarterback Drew Brees was back at practice after being excused from Saturday’s scrimmage for a family matter.
Let’s make a deal: Hundreds of General Motors’ California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the eBay online marketplace under a trial program that begins Tuesday. About 225 of California’s 250 GM dealers are set to take part in the program. They will be selling Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Pontiac vehicles on co-branded Web sites through eBay Inc.’s online auto marketplace, eBay Motors, until Sept. 8. The cars will also be searchable through eBay Motors and eBay’s main site. The trial is part of Detroit-based General Motor Co.’s turnaround plan, making more official a practice some of its dealers had already participated in on their own. It expands an existing partnership covering GM Certified Used Vehicles sold through eBay.
