2 Detroit Pistons players suspended for Friday's game against the Chicago Bulls for their part in a brawl  —  Detroit Pistons guards Killian Hayes and Hamidou Diallo will miss Friday's game against the Chicago Bulls after receiving suspensions for their involvement in a benches-clearing brawl Wednesday with the Orlando Magic.

Tim Hardaway gracious with Duncan Robinson shooting past Heat career 3-point record  —  Tim Hardaway decided it was best to step aside graciously, arguably the proper approach considering he was about to get shoved aside.  —  In 367 career regular-season games with the Miami Heat …

Howard, Armstead, Chubb among several Dolphins to be game-time decisions at Patriots with Tua officially out  —  The Sun Sentinel's Chris Perkins and David Furones discuss quarterback Tua Tagovailoa's concussion and if Teddy Bridgewater can lead Dolphins to a win Sunday. (, /South Florida Sun Sentinel)

Moe Wagner among players ejected after altercation between Magic, Pistons  —  Orlando Magic big man Moe Wagner was among three players ejected for their roles in the altercation during the second quarter of Wednesday's matchup against the Pistons in Detroit.

‘Steve Cohen Tax’ could sway Yankees away from signing a left-fielder  —  The Yankees had a very productive winter — keeping Anthony Rizzo and especially Aaron Judge, and adding Carlos Rodon.  But they may pass on remaining left-field free agents Jurickson Profar, David Peralta and Corey Dickerson.

The Padres still need starting pitching.  Could they trade Trent Grisham or Ha-Seong Kim?  —  Two years ago Thursday, the Padres traded a total of nine players to acquire Yu Darvish and Blake Snell.  Three weeks later, they parted with five players in a three-team deal that landed Joe Musgrove in his native city.

Alex Rodriguez, Marc Lore exercise option for second 20 percent stake in Timberwolves, Lynx: Sources  —  Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez have exercised their option to purchase the next 20 percent of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx, continuing their three-step plan to assume full control …

State of AL West: Houston Astros  —  The Houston Astros won the World Series in 2022, and they look like a team that can do it again in 2023.  —  Major League Baseball is dark the final week of the year, but Inside the Rangers has updates on each of the Texas Rangers' American League West rivals entering 2023.

Sources: 10 MLB umps retiring, most since '99  —  Ten MLB umpires, including seven crew chiefs, are set to retire at the end of the month, making it the largest turnover at that job since 1999, sources familiar with the situation told ESPN.  —  Some of the retirements are due to nagging injuries …

Kings rally, edge Avalanche in shootout  —  The Kings rally from two goals down in the third period then Adrian Kempe scores the shootout winner in a 5-4 victory, snapping a nine-game losing streak to Colorado  —  DENVER — Adrian Kempe scored the shootout winner and the Kings rallied …