Queen of tennis Serena Williams preps for royal wedding
WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – American tennis star Serena Williams rose early on Saturday to get ready for her friend Meghan Markle’s wedding to Britain’s Prince Harry with a gold face treatment mask and personal make-up artist.
Mets outfielder Lagares feared out for season because of toe injury
New York Mets outfielder Juan Lagares will have surgery on his left big toe and likely miss the rest of the season, the team announced Friday.
NFL notebook: Falcons wide receiver Jones expected to skip organized team activities
Julio Jones is expected to be absent when the Atlanta Falcons begin organized team activities on Monday, and the wide receiver would like “some sort of correction or update” to his contract, according to an NFL Network report Friday.
NASCAR notebook: Kurt Busch expects Talladega-style racing at All-Star event
CONCORD, N.C. – Drivers who hoped to learn as much as they could about NASCAR’s new lower-horsepower, higher-drag competition package for Saturday night’s Monster Energy NASCAR All-Star Race were still guessing on Friday afternoon, after rain washed ou…
NBA notebook: Phoenix Suns open to trading top pick
After winning Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery, Phoenix Suns general manager Ryan McDonough said the team will consider all options with the No. 1 pick next month, including a trade.
Giants first-baseman Belt hears from Torre for umpire comments
San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt got a call from Major League Baseball’s chief baseball officer Joe Torre this week to discuss critical comments Belt made with regard to plate umpire Doug Eddings on Wednesday, manager Bruce Bochy told re…
Smith leads Knights to verge of Stanley Cup Final
Reilly Smith’s unassisted goal with 6:58 remaining sent the Vegas Golden Knights to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets and to the brink of the Stanley Cup Final in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals Friday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Major League Baseball: DeGrom K’s 13 in Mets win
Jacob deGrom tied a career high by striking out 13 batters over seven strong innings Friday night as the New York Mets beat the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 3-1 at Citi Field.
Texans’ Watt to pay for funerals of Santa Fe victims
The Houston Texans confirmed that star defensive end J.J. Watt will pay for the funerals of the 10 people killed in the shooting at Santa Fe High School on Friday morning.
Surfing: Brazil’s Toledo wins on home surf in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian Filipe Toledo delighted his home crowd with an almost perfect tube ride to win the Oi Rio Pro and move into second place in the World Surf League standings on Friday.
