Basketball

Detroit Piston center James Edwards signed a three-year, $4.5-million contract with an Italian A-1 League that will take him to Bologna if he is released from the final year of his existing contract.

Edwards, 35, also must clear waivers in the NBA, which probably would happen because no teams are interested in him, his agent said.

Edwards’ contract for this season with the Pistons would be worth $933,000.