MEMPHIS, Tennessee - Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points as the San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals by topping the Memphis Grizzlies 103-96 on Thursday night to take the series 4-2.
MILWAUKEE - The crowd was loud and hostile.
BOSTON - New York Yankees starters failed to record a complete game in all of 2016 - a first for the storied franchise - but Masahiro Tanaka ended that slump this season before April was up.
LONDON - Mauricio Pochettino sees Tottenham's gritty 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Wednesday as a sign his club is ready to pounce if Chelsea stumbles in the title race.
BARCELONA, Spain - Real Madrid again made light of the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo as it crushed Deportivo la Coruna 6-2 to maintain the upper hand in the La Liga title race on Wednesday.
SHANGHAI - Brazil forward Hulk scored a trademark screamer as Andre Villas-Boas' Shanghai SIPG doubled FC Seoul 4-2 to take its place in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday.
SANTIAGO - FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed on Wednesday that video-assistant referees will be used at next year's World Cup in Russia for the first time.
STUTTGART, Germany - Maria Sharapova says she would "play in the juniors if I have to" in order to compete at the French Open and Wimbledon - but has no interest in building bridges with her rivals after making her comeback from a doping ban.
SHEFFIELD, England - Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan bowed out of the World Snooker Championship on Wednesday after spurning a shot at a 147 break during a 13-10 quarterfinal loss to China's Ding Junhui.
Raul Lozano on Wednesday embraced his new role as the first foreign head coach of China's men's volleyball team, telling a Beijing media conference his goal is to helm the squad to the top level in Asia and return it to the Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020.
HOUSTON - The Houston Rockets are headed to the Western Conference semifinals after using strong defense and a balanced scoring attack to overcome another big game by Russell Westbrook and eliminate the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 105-99 victory in Game 5 on Tuesday night.
SAN ANTONIO - The Spurs turned to their "grandpa" on Tuesday for the lift their young stars struggled to provide in the previous two games of their Western Conference quarterfinal against the Memphis Grizzlies.
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