Update on the latest sports
NBA PLAYOFFS-NEWS
Antetokounmpo, Capela injuries
UNDATED (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is doubtful for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals after undergoing an MRI on his injured left knee in the third quarter of a 110-88 game 4 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night. He’s now doubtful for Thursday’s game.
Hawks Center Clint Capela is listed as questionable for Game 5 with eye inflammation.
The Hawks also expect Trae Young too be a game-time decision as he tries to recover from a bone bruise in his right ankle. He missed Game 4.
NHL NEWS
Toews back skating after chronic immune response syndrome
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews says he missed this past season while dealing with what he says is chronic immune response syndrome.
Toews revealed his diagnosis for the first time in a video released on social media. He says his body just kind of “fell apart” when he stepped away in December, about a month before the delayed season began.
Toews has played for Chicago since 2007 and helped the team win three Stanley Cup championships. He is under contract with Chicago for two more years.
Elsewhere in the NHL:
— The Detroit Red Wings have hired assistant coach Alex Tanguay filling an opening that was created when the team and Dan Bylsma decided he would not return next season. Tanguay was an assistant coach the last two years for the Iowa Wild in the American Hockey League. He had 863 points during a 16-year NHL career, which included two stints with the Colorado Avalanche.
MLB SCHEDULE
Birthday boy Turner ties mark with 3rd cycle, Nats top Rays
UNDATED (AP) — Trea Turner completed his record-tying third career cycle by hitting a sixth-inning triple for the Washington Nationals, accomplishing the feat on his 28th birthday in a 15-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
The speedy shortstop became the fifth player in major league history with three cycles, joining Adrian Beltre, Babe Herman, Bob Meusel and John Reilly, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
He also scored four times in the victory, which sealed a two-game sweep as well as Washington’s fourth straight win and 14th in its last 17 games.
Starlin Castro hit his third homer, singled and drove in four.
Elsewhere around the majors:
— Highly touted Milwaukee prospect Aaron Ashby got roughed up for seven runs in the first inning of his big league debut, but Luis Urias homered twice as the Brewers rallied to rout the Chicago Cubs 15-7 for their eighth straight win. The Brewers swept the three-game series and increased their NL Central lead to six games over Chicago. The Cubs lost their sixth in a row. Willy Adames (ah-DAH’-mehs) hit a grand slam during an eight-run burst in the fourth inning that put Milwaukee ahead 14-7. His error at shortstop helped the Cubs break loose at the start against Ashby.
— Kwang Hyun Kim (hyoon kihm) won for the first time in 11 starts, pitching five solid innings and helping himself with a two-run double as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-4 for a three-game sweep. Kim had lost five straight decisions. Paul Goldschmidt and Tyler O’Neill each doubled twice and singled for St. Louis. Arizona lost its fourth in a row.
— Jon Gray tossed six strong innings in another solid outing for Colorado starters, and the Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2. Garrett Hampson had four hits for the Rockies, who swept the three-game series and improved to 28-16 at home. Colorado is just 6-31 on the road. Adam Frazier led off the game with a triple, scored on a sacrifice fly and Bryan Reynolds homered for the 14th time this year for a quick 2-0 lead.
MLB NEWS
Fired Mets GM Porter suspended by MLB through 2022 season
NEW YORK (AP) — Fired New York Mets general manager Jared Porter has been suspended by Major League Baseball baseball through at least the end of the 2022 regular season following an investigation that began after a report that he sent sexually explicit text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 while he was working for the Chicago Cubs.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the discipline without saying specifically what the investigation had found.
Porter is eligible to apply for reinstatement after the final game of the 2022 regular season, a timetable that could allow him to apply for front-office openings that October.
In other MLB news:
— New York Mets reliever Dellin Betances will have surgery on his right shoulder and miss the remainder of the year after pitching just once this season. Betances had a 19.24 ERA with two minor league teams in his rehabilitation assignments. The 33 year-old signed a $10.5 million, one-year deal with the Mets for 2020, but went 0-1 with a 7.71 ERA in 15 games. He exercised a player option for a $6 million deal this year, but again was hurt.
— The Los Angeles Dodgers have transferred infielder Corey Seager to the 60-day injured list. The move on Wednesday made room for right-hander Bobby Wahl on the 40-man roster. Seager fractured his right wrist on May 15 against Washington and has missed 40 games since going on the IL the next day. He batted .265 with four homers and 22 RBIs in 37 games before getting hurt. Seager was the MVP of last year’s World Series and NL Championship Series.
— Spenser Watkins was about to give up on his baseball career this winter and take a job coaching a freshman team at a high school in Phoenix. Wednesday he was signed to a minor league deal by the Baltimore Orioles. His decision to give his dream one more try paid off when the 28-year-old was called up to the majors for the first time. The right-hander joined the Orioles for their game in Houston.
NCAA-COMPENSATIONG AHTLETES
NCAA clears athletes for compensation as state laws kick in
DALLAS (AP) — The NCAA has cleared the way for athletes to profit off their fame and celebrity. The move comes just as legislation is set to become law in a dozen states that would allow for that kind of compensation.
The NCAA wants to have federal laws or its own rules regarding the issue known as NIL but was forced to seek a temporary solution.
The decision applies to more than 450,000 athletes across all three divisions of the NCAA.
NFL NEWS
AP source: Saints’ Ramczyk agrees to extension
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A person with knowledge of the situation says Saints right tackle Ryan Ramczyk has agreed to a five-year extension worth up to $96 million with $60 million guaranteed.
The 6-foot-6, 314-pound Ramczyk was a late first-round draft choice out of Wisconsin in 2017. The 27-year-old has started 63 regular-season games in his four NFL seasons and was named an All-Pro in 2019. Ramczyk says the extension won’t change him or how he approaches the game.
In other NFL news:
— Two men who ran onto the field during the final quarter of the Super Bowl in February have pleaded no contest to trespassing and agreed to a year of probation. Under the terms of their probation, the men must perform 100 hours of community service, pay a $500 fine and write letters of apology to the National Football League. One man scampered onto the field wearing shorts and a pink leotard or swimsuit. The other ran onto the field first, distracting security officers.
TENNIS-WIMBLEDON
More slipping and sliding at Wimbledon as Djokovic wins, Venus Williams eliminated
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic slid, slipped, skidded and stumbled into the third round on Wimbledon’s slick grass Wednesday by beating Kevin Anderson in straight sets.
Footing continued to be an issue on the third day of the tournament, and Djokovic went sprawling several times, as did players in other matches and at least one ball kid.
Seven-time champion Serena Williams retired Tuesday with a leg injury after she slipped. Roger Federer’s opponent had to call it quits after he fell and twisted his knee.
Venus Williams lost to No. 21 Ons Jabeur 7-5, 6-0 in a second round match. Her Wimbledon isn’t over yet. She’s also playing mixed doubles with Nick Kyrgios.
John Isner played another five-setter on Wimbledon’s Court 18. Isner was broken in the final game to lose 7-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 to Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan in the first round.
Former Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin was eliminated in a second round match by American Madison Brengle ranked 82nd, 6-2, 6-4.
American Sebastian Korda is into the third round at his first Wimbledon. The 20-year-old Korda advanced by beating Antoine Hoang of France in straight sets.
Two-time Grand Slam semifinalist Vandeweghe beat qualifier Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-4, 6-2 – less than a year after severing two ligaments and a nerve in her left hand. It was Vandeweghe’s first win at any major tournament since the 2018 French Open; she was diagnosed with a rare chronic pain condition in her right foot later that year.
OLYMPICS
Breastfeeding Olympians allowed to bring babies to Tokyo
TORONTO (AP) — A Canadian basketball player who is breastfeeding her infant daughter has won in her quest to bring the baby to the Tokyo Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee says nursing mothers will now be allowed to bring their babies to Tokyo.
RACING-NASCAR
Chip Ganassi sells entire NASCAR team to Trackhouse Racing
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chip Ganassi is pulling out of NASCAR at the end of the season and has sold his entire organization to Trackhouse Racing. Ganassi told The Associated Press that Trackhouse owner Justin Marks made him an offer he had to consider.
Ganassi will still run his IndyCar, IMSA sports car and Formula E programs, all out of Indianapolis.
The entire NASCAR operation, including its North Carolina race shop, will transfer to Trackhouse at the end of the season.
Terms of the deal were not released.
CYCLING-TOUR DE FRANC
Tadej Pogacar routs rivals in Tour de France time trial
LAVAL, France (AP) — Defending champion Tadej Pogacar has powered to victory in the first time trial of the Tour de France to assert himself as the odds-on favorite at the three-week race.
Pogacar lagged 39 seconds behind leader Mathieu van der Poel at the start of Stage 5 in the western Mayenne region and erased a big chunk of the deficit to move into second place in the general classification.
In other Tour de France news, a French radio station reports that a fan involved in a massive pileup at the Tour de France during the opening stage at cycling’s biggest event has been arrested. The fan brandished a large cardboard sign while leaning into the path of oncoming riders on Saturday. She appeared to be looking in the other direction. The woman has not been publicly identified. The English translation of the sign was “Go Grandpa-Grandma.”
