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76ers star Joel Embiid suspended 3 games for shoving writer

NBA: Philadelphia 76ers-Media DaySep 30, 2024; Camden, NJ, USA; Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) poses for a photo on media day at the Philadelphia 76ers Training Complex. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images

The NBA suspended Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid for three games on Tuesday for shoving a columnist in the team’s locker room.

After an investigation, the league confirmed reports that Embiid shoved a member of the media Saturday night during the media’s post-game locker room access following a 76ers loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Embiid’s suspension will begin with the next game “for which he is eligible and able to play,” according to the NBA, pushing back his season debut even further.

“Mutual respect is paramount to the relationship between players and media in the NBA,” Joe Dumars, the league’s head of basketball operations, said in a news release. “While we understand Joel was offended by the personal nature of the original version of the reporter’s column, interactions must remain professional on both sides and can never turn physical.”

Embiid has yet to play this season while fighting pain in his surgically repaired left knee, yet he already has received a technical foul and a suspension. The post-game technical came for waving a towel in the air while an opponent was attempting a free throw.

Saturday’s scenario was far more serious. Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes had taken aim at Embiid for his lack of availability, invoking Embiid’s son and his late brother Arthur in saying the former league MVP is letting people down.

Embiid made clear before the game against the Grizzlies that he was unhappy with Hayes for the column. On Saturday, Hayes returned to the 76ers’ locker room, and he and Embiid got into what one eyewitness called “a verbal back-and-forth” featuring profanity.

Another report from the locker room added that Embiid said, “The next time you bring up my dead brother and my son again, you are going to see what I’m going to do to you and I’m going to have to … live with the consequences.”

Embiid turned down Hayes’ attempt at an apology, after which Embiid reportedly shoved Hayes on the shoulder.

–Field Level Media

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Bryan Woo handcuffs Braves as Mariners take series

MLB: Atlanta Braves at Seattle MarinersMay 6, 2026; Seattle, Washington, USA; Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryan Woo (22) delivers in the second inning against the Atlanta Braves at T-Mobile Park. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Ng-Imagn Images

Bryan Woo allowed just one hit over six scoreless innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Atlanta Braves 3-1 Wednesday afternoon.

Julio Rodriguez hit a solo home run for the Mariners.

The Braves, who have an MLB-leading 26-12 record, suffered their first series loss of the season by dropping two of three games at T-Mobile Park.

The only hit Woo (2-2) gave up was a two-out single to right by Mauricio Dubon in the fourth inning. The right-hander walked two and matched his season-high with nine strikeouts set in his opening start March 28 against Cleveland.

With Mariners closer Andres Munoz having worked the previous two nights, offseason acquisition Jose A. Ferrer was called on to convert the save. The lefty worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save of the season.

The Mariners took the lead in the bottom of the third. Jhonny Pereda lined a leadoff single to left and Leo Rivas, the No. 9 batter in the order, doubled to left off Braves starter Martin Perez (2-2). J.P. Crawford drew a walk to load the bases with no outs before Cal Raleigh grounded into a 6-4-3 double play that scored Pereda.

Rodriguez made it 2-0 with one out in the sixth, hammering a 3-1 changeup from Perez 436 feet to left-center field.

The Braves finally got on the scoreboard in the eighth against reliever Eduard Bazardo. Mike Yastrzemski and Sean Murphy opened the inning with line-drive singles to center to put runners on the corners. Yastrzemski scored on pinch-hitter Dominic Smith’s sacrifice fly to center. Bazardo picked off pinch-runner Jorge Mateo — a call reversed thanks to a successful video challenge by the Mariners — and struck out Ozzie Albies to end the frame.

The Mariners tacked on an insurance run in the bottom of the inning. With one out, Josh Naylor lined a single to center and stole second. Cole Young’s two-out double to right made it 3-1.

Perez went 5 2/3 innings and gave up two runs on five hits. The lefty walked one and fanned five.

Braves shortstop Jim Jarvis made his major league debut, going 0 for 2 with a strikeout.

–Field Level Media

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Angels rout White Sox for rare consecutive wins

MLB: Chicago White Sox at Los Angeles AngelsMay 6, 2026; Anaheim, California, USA; Los Angeles Angels catcher Travis D’Arnaud (25) hits a three-run home run during the second inning against the Chicago White Sox at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images

Travis d’Arnaud hit a three-run home run to highlight a five-run second inning and Walbert Urena allowed one run on two hits over six innings to pick up his first major league win as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-2 in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.

It marked the first time since April 16-17 that Los Angeles has won back-to-back games. It also was just the third series win of the season and the first at home since April 3-5 against the Seattle Mariners.

Zach Neto tripled, scored two runs and had two RBIs, Bryce Teodosio doubled and had two hits, two stolen bases and two runs scored, and Jorge Soler reached base four times with a single, two walks and hit by a pitch and had an RBI for Los Angeles. Urena (1-3) struck out five and walked three.

Colson Montgomery doubled and scored a run and Chase Meidroth had two hits and a walk and scored a run for Chicago. Noah Schultz (2-2) suffered the loss in his fifth major league start, allowing seven runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out three.

Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Montgomery led off with a double that one-hopped the wall in left-center and scored on a bloop single by Meidroth.

Los Angeles answered with five runs in the bottom half of the inning. Soler and Oswald Peraza both singled and d’Arnaud delivered his first home run of the season, a 396-foot drive to left. Teodosio followed with a bloop double to right and scored when Neto tripled into the right field corner. Neto then scored when Meidroth lost Mike Trout’s high popup in the sun.

The Angels extended the lead to 7-1 in the fourth when Soler and Jo Adell were hit on back-to-back pitches with the bases loaded by reliever Osvaldo Bido.

The White Sox cut it to 7-2 in the seventh when Sam Antonacci also was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded by reliever Drew Pomeranz.

Los Angeles added an insurance run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Neto, driving in Nolan Schanuel, who had singled.

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Alexandra Eala fights for victory during rain-soaked day in Rome

Tennis: Miami OpenMar 21, 2026; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Alexandra Eala (PHI) celebrates after match point against Magda Linette (POL) (not pictured) on day five of the 2026 Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

Alexandra Eala saved six of nine break points on Wednesday and rallied in the final set to register a 6-0, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Magdalena Frech of Poland to win an Internazionali BNL d’Italia first-round match on a soggy day in Rome.

After rolling through the opening set, the Philippines native encountered trouble throughout the next two sets before dispatching Frech. Eala overcame a 3-1 deficit in the third set to land the victory.

“It was very tough, but I am very proud of myself because there were many moments, especially in the third set, where she could have pulled away, and perhaps the match would have slipped away,” Eala said. “But I am happy with how I resisted and fought.”

Eala faces Xinyu Wang of China in the second round. The No. 31 seed had a first-round bye.

Wednesday’s play included heavy rain that interrupted play. Two matches were suspended and will be completed Thursday.

The tournament also was jarred by withdrawals from Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk and Great Britain’s Emma Raducanu (illness).

Kostyuk won consecutive clay-court titles over the last three weeks at Rouen and Madrid — the latter marking her first 1000-level crown — but pulled out in Rome due to hip and ankle injuries.

“After the best stretch of my career, I was looking forward to Rome,” said Kostyuk, ranked a career-high No. 15. “But sometimes your body has other plans, and over the past few days I’ve been dealing with a hip issue. With my ankle still not fully at 100%, it’s just not smart to keep pushing right now, so I won’t be competing (in Rome) this year.”

Americans Caty McNally, Peyton Stearns and Taylor Townsend won their first-round matches.

McNally was a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Daria Kasatkina of Australia, Stearns defeated Indonesia’s Janice Tjen 6-4, 6-4 and Townsend knocked off Italy’s Nuria Brancaccio 6-3, 6-2.

In other first-round play, Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko sailed to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Lucrezia Stefanini of Italy. Ostapenko converted all six of her break points to advance to a second-round match against sixth-seeded Amanda Anisimova.

Tatjana Maria cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 win over Poland’s Magda Linette and fellow German Laura Siegemund defeated Sara Bejlek of Czechia 6-4, 6-4. Katerina Siniakova, another Czech, sailed to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Lois Boisson of France.

Other first-round winners included Argentina’s Solana Sierra, Austria’s Anastasia Potapova, Czechs Karolina Pliskova and Tereza Valentova, France’s Leolia Jeanjean, Germany’s Eva Lys, Greece’s Maria Sakkari, Hungary’s Panna Udvardy, Italy’s Tyra Caterina Grant and Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Switzerland’s Viktorija Golubic and Rebeka Masarova.

In the suspended matches, Switzerland’s Simona Waltert leads Ukraine’s Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5, 4-6, 4-1 and Italy’s Noemi Basiletti holds a 5-3 lead over Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in the first set.

–Field Level Media

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