NBA NEWS
Embiid sidelined at least 1 week
UNDATED (AP) — Joel Embiid (joh-EHL' ehm-BEED') will be given a little more time off once the NBA All-Star break ends Thursday.
The Philadelphia 76ers' All-Star center will miss at least a week with a sore left knee. Embiid underwent an MRI on Tuesday, which revealed no structural damage. He will undergo physical therapy until he is evaluated again next week.
The 24-year-old Embiid is averaging 27.3 points and 13.5 rebounds in 54 games for the Sixers. He had 10 points and 12 rebounds in 23 minutes in last Sunday's All-Star game.
The 76ers are back in action Thursday against Miami and have games Saturday versus Portland and Monday at New Orleans. Philadelphia is in a virtual tie with Boston for fourth place in the East at 37-21.
In other NBA news:
— The Thunder have signed free-agent forward Markieff Morris, who was waived by the Pelicans after being acquired from Washington two weeks ago. Morris averaged 11.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 34 games for the Wizards this season. He has been cleared to play after being sidelined since late December because of a neck injury.
— Goran Dragic and Derrick Jones Jr. practiced with the Heat Wednesday and are available for Thursday's game at Philadelphia. Dragic has played in only two of Miami's last 41 games, and underwent surgery to clean out his right knee in December. Jones got bone bruises in his right knee after a fall in a game at New York last month.
— The Raptors have signed guard Jodie Meeks to a 10-day contract. While with Washington last season, Meeks was suspended 25 games after testing positive for a growth hormone prohibited under the league drug program.
— Hawks guard Jaylen Adams has agreed to a new full NBA deal after accepting a two-way contract last summer. Adams signed the multi-year contract after averaging 1.3 points in 10 games with the Hawks.
MLB NEWS
Posey to get respite behind dish
UNDATED (AP) — San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey most likely will not catch in any spring training games until early March.
Posey had surgery in August to address a hip impingement and repair a torn labrum. He has been catching pitchers' side sessions in camp so far.
Manager Bruce Bochy (BOH'-chee) says Posey could play first base or serve as the designated hitter in the early games.
Posey batted .284 with five home runs and 41 RBIs in 105 games last season. He turns 32 on March 27.
In other major league news:
— A person familiar with the negotiations said free agent utilityman Josh Harrison has agreed to a one-year deal with the Tigers following an eight-year run with the Pirates. Harrison batted .250 with eight home runs and 37 RBIs in 97 games for Pittsburgh last year, missing time with a hand injury.
— Mets infielder Jed Lowrie will undergo an MRI on Thursday after complaining of soreness behind his left knee. Lowrie began to experience knee pain last weekend after he was running, an issue he never felt before. Lowrie is in his first spring training with New York after signing a two-year, $20 package.
NHL NEWS
Flyers' Gudas suspended
UNDATED (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Radko Gudas (GOO'-dahsh) has been suspended two games by the NHL for high-sticking Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov (KOO'-cheh-rahv) late in the third period of the Lightning's 5-2 win on Tuesday. Gudas received a minor penalty on the play and is considered a repeat offender under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.
In other news from around the NHL:
— The Capitals have placed winger Devante Smith-Pelly on waivers ahead of Monday's trade deadline. Smith-Pelly has four goals and eight points in 54 games this season and is currently in a 33-game goal drought. The 26-year-old Smith-Pelly scored seven goals in last year's playoffs as Washington won the Stanley Cup.
— The Sharks claimed forward Micheal Haley off waivers and Philadelphia put Mike McKenna on waivers to clear a glut of goaltenders.
GOLF-RYDER CUP
Stricker appointed US captain for Ryder Cup in home state
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Steve Stricker is going to his seventh straight Ryder Cup, this time in his home state of Wisconsin as the American captain.
Stricker officially was appointed Ryder Cup captain Wednesday morning in Milwaukee, an hour south of where the Americans will try to win back the Ryder Cup in 2020 at Whistling Straits.
Europe already has appointed Padraig Harrington as its captain.
Stricker is the first U.S. captain to have never won a major, part of the old formula for picking captains. He won 12 times on the PGA Tour and didn't play in his first Ryder Cup until he was 41, in 2008 at Valhalla, a rare U.S. win.
DOCTOR-SEXUAL ASSAULT
2 Michigan State trainers face complaints in Nassar case
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two Michigan State University athletic trainers face administrative complaints alleging they lied to investigators in the Larry Nassar sex abuse case.
State officials say the complaints involve the trainer licenses of Destiny Teachnor-Hauk and Lianna Hadden.
The complaints state students informed both about discomfort during treatments by Nassar.
Licensing officials say Teachnor-Hauk and Hadden denied being told that by students.
