NBA notebook: Anthony, Thunder will reportedly part ways
With Carmelo Anthony’s role with the club shrinking and the team payroll swelling to historic levels, the Oklahoma City Thunder will part ways with the 10-tiime All-Star this summer, ESPN reported Friday.
NHL notebook: Senators’ Burrows announces retirement
Alexandre Burrows announced his retirement Friday after 13 seasons in the NHL and was hired as an assistant coach with Laval of the American Hockey League.
NASCAR notebook: Busch-Larson finish still the talk of Daytona
Former Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Donnie Allison has never been one to mince words, and his opinion of the final-lap battle between Kyle Busch and Kyle Larson at Chicagoland last Sunday was no exception.
Golf: Exceptional Kraft work fires American into Greenbrier lead
Kelly Kraft shot a career-best 63 on Friday to take a one-stroke lead into the weekend at The Greenbrier as the 29-year-old American moved into position to claim a maiden PGA Tour title.
Pliskova keeps mum in the dark
Karolina Pliskova’s mother gets so jittery when her daughter is playing tennis that she never travels with her and also opts not to watch her matches on TV.
Belgium holds off Brazil in thriller to reach semis
Belgium struck early and then held off a late Brazil fightback to send the five-times champions tumbling out of the World Cup at the quarter-final stage with a 2-1 victory in an end-to-end thriller on Friday.
Chance was not on Brazil’s side in painful defeat, says Tite
Brazil coach Tite felt a terrible bitterness after they were knocked out of the World Cup by Belgium in the quarter-finals on Friday and said his side never got the breaks in an enthralling end-to-end contest.
‘This is football’: Brazil fans frustrated by World Cup exit
Brazilian fans’ hopes of celebrating a sixth World Cup title in Russia were dashed on Friday when their national team lost 2-1 to Belgium in the quarter-finals.
Belgium coach Martinez ‘proudest man on earth’ after toppling Brazil
Belgium coach Roberto Martinez said he was the “proudest man on earth” and lavished praise on his “underdog” team for having the belief to upset five-times champions Brazil on Friday to reach the World Cup semi-finals for only the second time.
American qualifier McDonald beats Cilic’s conqueror
American qualifier Mackenzie McDonald reached the fourth round on his Wimbledon debut when he beat Argentine Guido Pella 6-4 6-4 7-6(6) in two hours on Court 18 on Friday.
