Source: Extra-inning, extra-runner rule to remain  —  Major League Baseball is making it permanent: In all regular-season extra-inning games, a runner will be placed on second base to begin the 10th inning, and in every subsequent extra inning after that, until a winner is determined, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Knicks' new ‘dog’ Josh Hart impresses in 126-120 win over Jazz  —  The Knicks welcomed their new Hart & Soul.  —  Josh Hart was the intense and galvanizing presence as advertised in his Knicks debut Saturday night, coming off the bench and finishing with winning plays to toss away the Jazz, 126-120.

NO GOOD: Nets lose your Sixers, 101-98, after Spencer Dinwiddie's buzzer-beater waved off  —  With 0.9 seconds left on the clock, and his team down three, Spencer Dinwiddie knew all he could do was catch and shoot.A pump fake would have taken too long.  —  Same for an escape dribble or a double-clutch.

10 questions facing Cardinals this spring as they open ‘Camp Opportunity’  —  JUPITER, Fla. — John Mozeliak, the Cardinals' president of baseball operations, promised his comments would be brief and he delivered at a business casual dinner last month in St. Louis.  —  He offered a one-word theme for spring training.

UC Irvine buries UC Riverside behind sizzling shooting  —  IRVINE — The UC Irvine basketball team started off red hot on Saturday night and never really cooled off.  —  The Anteaters shot 56.7% from the floor on their way to an 83-64 victory over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference game at the Bren Events Center.

Big-spending Padres have made themselves into one of MLB's ‘haves’  —  Padres have spent money to make money, need to continue winning to make it feasible in the long term  —  The unthinkable is happening.  —  The Padres, who play in Major League Baseball's fifth-smallest media market …

Super Bowl QBs: Both the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs have good backup plans  —  PHOENIX — If all goes according to plan Sunday, the only time football fans will see the Kansas City Chiefs' Chad Henne or the Philadelphia Eagles' Gardner Minshew during the Super Bowl will be on the sideline …

NBA trading deadline was money for nothing for Heat  —  It could be argued that on the quietest of NBA trade deadlines for the Miami Heat that they actually pushed all of their chips to the middle of the table.  —  It also came to be realized that those chips, at least at the moment, have no value.

Gary Payton II's failed physical puts Warriors' 4-team deal in jeopardy: Sources  —  Gary Payton II — the Warriors high-profile trade deadline acquisition — could miss two-to-three months after a core muscle issue showed up in his physical on Friday morning, league sources confirmed to The Athletic …

Remember former Chicago Cubs prospect Eric Patterson?  He's returning to the Iowa Cubs, as a coach  —  The last time Eric Patterson suited up for the Iowa Cubs was July 8, 2008.  —  Patterson, who was once considered an important part of the organization's future, went …

Why did Magic deal Mo Bamba to Lakers ahead of trade deadline?  —  Orlando Magic Mailbag: Fans react to Mo Bamba trade to Lakers and Patrick Beverley release.  (Orlando Sentinel)  —  The Orlando Magic played a part in the NBA's record-setting Thursday trade deadline, making a deal an hour before the buzzer.