Update on the latest sports
APNBA-PLAY-IN-GRIZZLIES-WARRIORS
Warriors, Grizzlies meet again with playoff berth at stake
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors will see some familiar faces Friday night as they try to get back to the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2019. The Warriors face Memphis in a play-in game just days after beating the Grizzlies in the teams’ regular-season finale.
The Grizzlies are coming in with some momentum after they eliminated the San Antonio Spurs 100-96 in their first Western Conference play-in game. The Warriors are coming in off an emotional 103-100 loss to the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.
NHL-PLAYOFFS
Capitals look to even series with Boston in Game 4
UNDATED (AP) — The first round of the NHL playoffs continues Friday night with four games.
Washington visits Boston for Game 4 of their East Division series with the Bruins up two games to one. All three games so far in the best-of-seven series were decided in overtime.
There are two Game 3s: Carolina takes a 2-0 lead into Nashville and Colorado visits St. Louis with a 2-0 edge over the Blues.
Winnipeg is at Edmonton for the second game of their series. The Jets won the opener.
MLB-SCHEDULE
Ivey debuts…Rodón tries to rebound
UNDATED (AP) — Tyler Ivey is set for his major league debut for Houston against his hometown Texas Rangers just a few miles from where the right-hander grew up watching the Astros’ biggest rival.
The 25-year-old expects about 50 family members and friends to be at Globe Life Field, across the street from where Ivey watched the Rangers at Globe Life Park, which is now a football venue. He is replacing injured starter José Urquidy (ur-KWEEí-dee).
Ivey appeared in two games at Triple-A Sugar Land. He pitched for Texas A&M as a freshman before transferring to a junior college and getting drafted by the Astros.
In other highlights of Friday’s schedule:
— Carlos Rodón starts for the Chicago White Sox at the Yankees. He’s coming off his first loss this season last weekend against Kansas City. Jordan Montgomery opens the homestand for New York, which will be playing at home for the first time since the state government allowed expanded capacity.
— In the tightly bunched AL East, Tyler Glasnow starts for the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays in a series opener at Bay area rival Toronto in Dunedin. The Blue Jays planned a bullpen game.
— The Cubs and Cardinals meet for the first time this season when they begin a three-game series in St. Louis. Led by Nolan Arenado and Jack Flaherty, the Cardinals head into the weekend on top of the NL Central. Carlos Martínez faces fellow right-hander Kyle Hendricks in Game 1. Martínez is 3-0 with a 2.66 ERA in his last three starts for St. Louis. Hendricks is coming off a terrific performance at Detroit, tossing eight-plus innings of one-run ball in Chicago’s 5-1 victory on Sunday.
— Alex Wood starts against the Dodgers for the first time since leaving Los Angeles as a free agent when the Trevor Bauer faces San Francisco in the opener of a three-game series at Oracle Park.
— Atlanta’s Ian Anderson starts Friday at home against Pittsburgh and Tyler Anderson, after Ian Anderson started and won at Milwaukee last Saturday, in a game the Brewers started Brett Anderson. This will be the first time since 1900 that a pitcher started consecutive games against different pitchers with the same last name as him, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
NFL-BROWNS-SIGNINGS
Browns sign rookie DT Togiai, 4th-round pick from Ohio State
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have signed another player in their Class of 2021.
Defensive tackle Tommy Togiai, a fourth-round pick from Ohio State, signed his deal Friday. He joined fourth-round pick offensive lineman James Hudson, fifth-round linebacker Tony Fields II, fifth-round safety Richard LeCounte III and sixth-round running back Demetric Felton as rookies who have signed.
Cleveland still needs to sign first-round cornerback Greg Newsome II, second-round linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah and third-round receiver Anthony Schwartz. The 6-foot-1, 300-pound Togiai was the 132nd overall pick.
TENNIS-FRENCH OPEN-HALEP
Halep withdraws from French Open with calf injury
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Third-ranked Simona Halep (HAL’-ehp) has withdrawb from the French Open because of a calf injury. The 29-year-old Romanian tore a muscle in her left calf at the Italian Open and said it needs more time to heal.
The French Open begins May 30.
Halep is a three-time finalist at the French Open. She beat Sloane Stephens in the 2018 final in Paris for her first major singles title.
