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Mallory Swanson was carted off in the first half of a World Cup tuneup match against Ireland, which the Americans won 2-0.

The NBA’s Eastern Conference is all set for the playoffs. The Bucks and Celtics locked down the top two seeds, the 76ers, Cavaliers, Knicks and Nets have the next four playoff spots, and the Heat, Hawks, Raptors and Bulls will battle it out in the play-in tournament.
Meanwhile, the Western Conference has been chaos all year, and the final two days of the regular season are no exception.
The Nuggets, Grizzlies, Kings and Suns have clinched playoff spots. The Mavericks, Jazz, Trail Blazers, Spurs and Rockets are ready to book spring vacations.

Everyone knew this was coming, but now it’s official: Luke Hughes is going pro and has officially signed with the New Jersey Devils.
He’ll join his older brother, Devils star Jack Hughes, for a 1-2 punch of Hughes-ness for the last week of the regular season and then the playoffs.
This is far from a surprise. Devils general manager Tom Fitzgerald straight-up said that he was going to sign the 19-year-old when his college season at the University of Michigan had wrapped up.

Erling Haaland continued his extraordinary first season in the Premier League on Saturday, notching his 30th league goal of the season in Manchester City’s 4–1 victory against Southampton.
Haaland’s record-setting goal happened during the 68th minute of the match. Man City’s Jack Grealish cut inside and dinked a cross over to Haaland, who completed an acrobatic overhead kick just past goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu, giving Manchester City a 3–0 advantage.
Haaland’s 30 goals in only 27 Premier league matches marked the fewest games to accomplish the feat.

John Elway’s final contract with the Broncos as an outside consultant ended in March, marking the conclusion of his long tenure with Denver both as a player and in numerous capacities within the team’s front office.
Elway, 62, was the President of Football Operations for the Broncos when the team made an appearance in Super Bowl XLVIII and won Super Bowl 50. Over the last few years, Elway has slowly phased out of a significant role in Denver’s front office and now, he says, he’s done for good.

Brooks Koepka (-13) and Jon Rahm (-10) teed off just after 1 p.m. to start their third round at The Masters as the two leaders (by a mile), but nobody can really watch them play.
And fans are thrilled!
Thanks to Mother Nature, it’s an absolute scramble out at Augusta this afternoon as everyone is working to get their round in in a timely manner. Because of that, our two leaders — Koepka and Rahm — teed off at 1 p.m. — hours before CBS’ TV coverage was set to begin.
So, until CBS starts its coverage at 3 p.m.

The MLB season is just over a week old and and we’ve already seen some wild things happen, thanks mostly to the new pitch clock that is causing fits for both pitchers and hitters. 
On Friday night we saw a unique strikeout that had not nothing to do with that pitch clock and everything to do with pain. 
A’s right fielder Ramón Laureano struck out swinging but also got hit by the pitch on the same 90-mph changeup. Because he swung at the pitch before getting hit it was ruled a strikeout, which just had to be the worst way to strikeout.

Grizzlies center Steven Adams is expected to miss the postseason due to an injured right knee, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports.
Adams has been out for the last few months after he suffered a PCL sprain in his knee in a January game. According to Wojnarowski, Adams received a stem cell injection last month as part of his treatment.
In his second season with Memphis, Adams played in 42 games and averaged 8.5 points and a career-high 11.5 rebounds per game, the second straight season where he averaged double-digit rebounds.

Travis Kelce has had better performances.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end threw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday at the Cleveland Guardians home opener against the Seattle Mariners.
And it — well — it wasn’t good.
Take a look.

2-time Super Bowl champion, Travis Kelce, throws out the first pitch with his mom, Donna! #ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/Ei7sfRtOkT
— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) April 7, 2023

Now, we’ve seen plenty of bad celebrity first pitches over the years.

That was not, it’s fair to say, the start that Frank Lampard wanted to his second stint as Chelsea manager. It’s not just that his side lost 1–0 to Wolves, who are just four points off the relegation zone. It was the nature of the performance. Under Graham Potter, Chelsea had dominated games and failed to take its chances. At Molineux on Saturday, Chelsea was outfought and outplayed and didn’t even create the chances to miss.
“We needed more aggression,” Lampard said after the match. “We needed to be more competitive. That’s the base-line.