(Photo credit: Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK) Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence returned to practice Thursday in a limited capacity, less than 72 hours after suffering an ankle injury on "Monday Night Football." Lawrence, 24, sustained a high ankle sprain during the team's 34-31 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. He sat out Wednesday's practice before his return Thursday, incr
(Photo credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports) The Brooklyn Nets probably would prefer to win a game without 43 lead changes but feel reassured Mikal Bridges can deliver winning plays in the final minutes. After following up a 42-point performance with a game-winning basket, Bridges and the Nets will attempt to go three games over .500 for the first time this season when they host the Washington Wizards on Friday in New Yo
(Photo credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports) The Boston Celtics will try to remain unbeaten at home this season and defeat the New York Knicks for the third time in as many meetings when the teams face off on Friday. Jayson Tatum scored 34 points in Boston's 108-104 season-opening win in New York on Oct. 25. He added 35 in the Celtics' 114-98 victory over the visiting Knicks on Nov. 13. Tatum contributed 32 points
(Photo credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports) Paolo Banchero offered another reminder why he's one of the league's emerging stars on Wednesday, when he scored a career-high 42 points in a 121-111 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Banchero can build on that stellar performance when Orlando takes on the visiting Detroit Pistons on Friday. Detroit dropped its 18th straight game and fell to 2-19 overall in a 116-102 loss to the
(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports) The Philadelphia 76ers will hope to ride the momentum of Joel Embiid's 50-point performance into their game against the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Friday. Embiid, who missed the previous two games due to illness, racked up the sixth 50-point game of his career despite not feeling 100 percent in a131-126 road win against the Washington Wizards on Wednesday. "Man, my chest was h
(Photo credit: Wm. Glasheen/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin / USA TODAY NETWORK) Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco missed Thursday's practice and could be sidelined for the Week 14 game with the Buffalo Bills because of a shoulder injury. Pacheco and left tackle Donovan Smith (neck stinger) were not on the field Thursday, with Clyde Edwards-Helaire and rookie tackle Wanya Morris prepping to start against the Bills. "We'll s
(Photo credit: Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports) The Miami Dolphins signed right tackle Austin Jackson to a three-year extension Thursday. Head coach Mike McDaniel said Jackson has earned the new deal, which is reportedly worth $36 million and includes $20.7 million guaranteed for the former first-round draft pick. "You are defining your team real time with those types of investments. If you want people to come to work ever
(Photo credit: Joe Rondone/The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Commercial Appeal via Imagn Content Services, LLC) Mike Aresco, the only commissioner in the 11-year history of the American Athletic Conference, announced Thursday he will retire at the end of the 2023-24 academic year. Aresco was originally named the commissioner of the Big East Conference in 2012 and helped to oversee the creation of the AAC during a conference
(Photo credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports) The Pittsburgh Penguins have won the Stanley Cup three times in the Sidney Crosby era, but the golden days may be behind them. Pittsburgh has gone five straight years without winning a playoff series and missed the playoffs last season for the first time since 2005-06. The Penguins reside in seventh place in the Metropolitan Division as they visit the Florida Panthers
(Photo credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports) Retired goaltender Tuukka Rask made a cameo appearance at practice Thursday with the Boston Bruins. With Jeremy Swayman sidelined by an illness, Rask joined netminder Linus Ullmark on the ice for morning skate ahead of Thursday night's home game against Buffalo. The team posted photos and video of the 36-year-old in action on social media. "Tuukka was good out there, wasn't