Franchises

76ers C Joel Embiid on Saturday made an “unprompted plea to Sixers fans,” imploring them to “keep their tickets and turn down the money from Knicks fans” looking to buy tickets to the Eastern Conference semifinals at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Embiid, during his postgame media session after the 76ers bea...

The Mariners on Saturday retired Baseball HOFer Randy Johnson‘s No. 51. The ceremony at T-Mobile Park came 28 years after Johnson played his last game for the club. Johnson was the “most dominant pitcher in franchise history” and the “linchpin to the most improbable and important season” in Mariners...

A plane flew over Fenway Park on Friday during Red Sox players’ pregame drills with a “banner that read, ‘FIRE CRAIG! SELL THE TEAM!’ in red letters,” referring to Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow. The plane flew around the ballpark for “over an hour, but was gone long before” the club’s schedul...

The Maple Leafs are “expected to hold a media conference on Monday to announce the hiring” of former NHLer Mats Sundin and former Coyotes GM John Chayka to join the team’s front office. The Maple Leafs are “interested in hiring” Sundin as VP/Hockey Operations and Chayka as GM. Sundin has “never held...

London-based DAZN has confirmed it wants to house the NBA’s local broadcast streaming hub -- whether the league launches it next season or beyond -- in what could become a billion-dollar bidding war between multiple digital outlets: DAZN, Amazon and YouTube.

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey thinks that the new potential new home for the T’Wolves and Lynx “could be at the ailing City Center in downtown Minneapolis, just blocks away from their current home, Target Center,” according to Winter & Galioto of the MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUNE. The idea appears to be...

MLS, the Whitecaps and the government of British Columbia each indicated Thursday that “all is not lost” for the club to remain in Vancouver amid reports of an offer to buy the team and relocate it to Las Vegas, according to Patrick Johnston of the Vancouver PROVINCE. A league spokesperson late Thur...

The Lakers are “moving their NBA G League team to the Coachella Valley to play at Acrisure Arena starting next season,” and the team will be called the “Coachella Valley Lakers,” according to Powers & Bohannan of the Palm Springs DESERT SUN. The South Bay Lakers played their home games at the UC...

The “magnitude” of the decision for the Red Sox to fire manager Alex Cora “leaves a giant ‘why?’ in its wake,” particularly given the lack of specifics offered by Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow and President Sam Kennedy following the decision, according to Alex Speier of the BOSTON GLOBE. Bres...

Trail Blazers GM Joe Cronin said calling new owner Tom Dundon cheap is “just not an accurate depiction of what his goals are” according to Joe Freeman of the Portland OREGONIAN. He said the team is “going to run things more efficiently, in terms of being economically responsible, in terms of having ...