Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.

Reports: Tigers signing INF Gio Urshela to one-year deal

Infielder Gio Urshela is in settlement with the Detroit Tigers on a one-year, $1.5 million contract, a number of retailers reported Thursday. The 32-year-old free agent batted .299 with 24 RBIs in 62 video games with the Los Angeles Angels in 2023.

NHL roundup: Auston Matthews scores Nos. 50, 51

Auston Matthews scored twice, surpassing the 50-goal mark, because the Toronto Maple Leafs stretched their win streak to a season-best 5 video games with a 6-3 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday in Tempe, Ariz. William Nylander additionally had two targets, whereas Bobby McMann and John Tavares every had a purpose and an help for Toronto. Mitchell Marner added three assists, and Timothy Liljegren and TJ Brodie every had two assists. Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves for his fifth straight victory.

Bears OC Shane Waldron ‘exchanging messages’ with Justin Fields

Bears offensive coordinator Shane Waldron plans to construct his system across the gamers out there when he arrives at organized workforce actions. “Once we know each other, you do develop relationships with people, you get a chance to coach them harder and coach them better,” Waldron mentioned Thursday.

Brazil’s Dani Alves will get 4-1/2 years for rape in Spain, will enchantment

Brazilian footballer Dani Alves was convicted of raping a girl within the restroom of a Barcelona nightclub in 2022 and sentenced to 4-1/2 years in jail on Thursday, which he’ll enchantment. The high courtroom in Spain’s Catalonia area additionally ordered Alves, who has been jailed on remand for over a yr and repeatedly modified his story, to pay 150,000 euros ($163,000) to the sufferer.

Knights, with out Mark Stone, look to finish dwelling skid vs. Leafs

After studying captain and high scorer Mark Stone can be sidelined “for a while,” the Vegas Golden Knights will attempt to snap a season-worst, three-game dwelling shedding streak on Thursday night time after they face the Toronto Maple Leafs in Las Vegas. Stone, who has scored 16 targets and totaled 53 factors, sustained an upper-body harm throughout a collision with Nashville’s Yakov Trenin late within the second interval of Vegas’ 5-3 loss to the Predators on Tuesday.

Kings, Pierre-Luc Dubois look to remain scorching vs. Predators

It wasn’t way back when Los Angeles Kings ahead Pierre-Luc Dubois was receiving a number of the blame for the workforce’s sudden downturn, a 2-8-6 stretch after the Christmas break that in the end led to the firing of coach Todd McLellan. Dubois seems to have turned issues round beneath interim coach Jim Hiller and he’ll attempt to keep the course when the Kings host the Nashville Predators on Thursday night time.

NBA suspends Pistons F-C Isaiah Stewart

The NBA suspended Detroit Pistons forward-center Isaiah Stewart for 3 video games with out pay due to a Feb. 14 altercation with Phoenix Suns middle Drew Eubanks earlier than a sport in Phoenix. The suspension was to start with Thursday’s highway sport with the Indiana Pacers, pending Stewart’s bodily readiness. Stewart is nursing a sprained left ankle and is listed as questionable.

LeBron James (ankle) out for Lakers sport vs. Warriors

Two of the NBA’s hottest groups getting into the All-Star break hope the week off hasn’t stalled their momentum as they go head-to-head Thursday night time when the Los Angeles Lakers go to the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco. The Lakers, although, can be lacking LeBron James resulting from a lingering left ankle harm.

Tennis-Gauff ‘fuelled’ by umpire row to advance in Dubai

Coco Gauff mentioned a heated change with the chair umpire halfway by means of her match with Karolina Pliskova on Wednesday had spurred her on to finish a 2-6 6-4 6-3 victory and attain the quarter-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The U.S. Open champion misplaced the primary set however was main 4-2 within the second when her first serve at deuce, which Pliskova returned into the web, was known as out.

Bruins, going through Flames, shoot for Alberta sweep

The Boston Bruins have put a swoon to the facet with consecutive victories. The subsequent order of enterprise for the Eastern Conference leaders is to keep up their profitable methods after they go to the Calgary Flames on Thursday. The Bruins kicked off a four-game highway journey with an exhilarating 6-5 extra time win over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday.

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