PREDAZZO, Italy — Norwegian ski jumpers greeted with skepticism suggestions that anti-doping officials must now police their anatomy as well as their equipment after regulators said they would stay alert to rumors of athletes artificially enlarging their genitals to exploit suit rules at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

The sport briefly found itself in an absurd spotlight after the World Anti-Doping Agency signaled it would watch for evidence of manipulation, following a report in German newspaper Bild which raised fears of some male ski jumpers attempting to manipulate the 3D body-scanning measurements used to size competition suits by temporarily enlarging their penises.

Skiing’s governing body also dismissed talk of competitors injecting paraffin or hyaluronic acid for aerodynamic gain.

Jumpers said the speculation had travelled faster than any athlete down the in-run — and with considerably less grounding.

The story gained international attention and took the spotlight from the competition that is about to start on Saturday with the women’s normal hill individual event.

For many of the Norwegian ski jumpers, talk of a creative attempt to gain extra inches in their jumps was met with skepticism and head-shaking, with several dismissing it as a gimmick and hearsay.

“I do not think we need that kind of attention, and on the women’s side we are quite calm about the subject,” Norway women’s coach Christian Meyer told Reuters.

“I have not seen anything like it, so I am also wondering whether it is true. I actually do not believe it, but if someone is that sick …”

Ski jumper Anna Odine Stroem said the controversy reflected poorly on the sport.

“If it takes something like this to get people watching ski jumping, I do not know what to think. It is sad that we need controversy for people to find our sport endearing or exciting,” she said.

“That is not something we want in our sport,” Johann Andre Forfang added, while fellow Norwegian Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal suggested the spotlight would be better directed elsewhere.

“All interest is good interest, but I wish it came more from what is happening on the hills,” Sundal said.

–Reuters, special to Field Level Media

Jerami Grant scored 23 points and Jrue Holiday added 20 points and seven assists to help the Portland Trail Blazers roll to a 135-115 victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night in the first of back-to-back games between the teams.

Toumani Camara had 15 points and Donovan Clingan recorded 13 points and 17 rebounds as the Trail Blazers halted a six-game slide. Robert Williams III had 13 points and fellow reserve Rayan Rupert scored 12 points on four final-quarter 3-pointers for Portland, which scored 81 points during the middle two quarters

Cam Spencer scored 18 points on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench and GG Jackson added 15 points for the Grizzlies, who lost for the seventh time in nine games.

Jaylen Wells, Olivier-Maxence Prosper and Scotty Pippen Jr. scored 13 points apiece for Memphis. Cedric Coward had 11 points and eight rebounds, and reserves Walter Clayton Jr. and Javon Small each added 11 points.

Portland All-Star Deni Avdija (back) sat out for the eighth time in 12 games, while Shaedon Sharpe (left calf) sat out the second half. Sharpe had two points in 14 first-half minutes.

The rematch is Saturday night in Portland.

Scoot Henderson (hamstring) made his season debut for the Trail Blazers and had 11 points, nine assists and five rebounds in 21 minutes off the bench.

Reserve Vit Krejci had 11 points in 23 minutes in his second game since Portland acquired him from the Atlanta Hawks.

The Trail Blazers shot 54.4% from the field, including 17 of 42 (40.5%) from 3-point range.

Memphis shot 47.7% from the field and was 15 of 41 (36.6%) from behind the arc.

The Trail Blazers led by four at halftime outscoring Memphis 38-23 in the third quarter.

It was a two-point margin before Portland scored 21 of the next 27 points to take a 94-77 lead on Grant’s trey with 3:54 left in the quarter.

The Trail Blazers led 106-87 entering the final quarter. Rupert made two 3-pointers in the first 88 seconds of the period as Portland increased its lead to 114-90. The Trail Blazers led by as many as 30.

Grant scored 14 first-half points as Portland led 68-64 at the break. Wells had 11 in the half for the Grizzlies.

Memphis never trailed in the first quarter and led by as many as 15 before settling for a 36-25 advantage through 12 minutes.

But Portland shot 70% from the field (14 of 20) in the second quarter en route to holding a four-point halftime edge.

–Field Level Media

Kawhi Leonard produced a game-high 31 points, Kris Dunn and Derrick Jones Jr. contributed and-ones to a fourth-quarter pull-away and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers handed the Sacramento Kings their 11th straight defeat, 114-111 on Friday.

Playing short-handed in the aftermath of trades this week that saw them export James Harden and Ivica Zubac, the Clippers trailed 84-81 early in the fourth quarter before outfinishing the Kings for an 11th win in their past 15 games.

Leonard put the rally in motion with a long 2-pointer, after which Brook Lopez gave the Clippers the lead for good on a 3-pointer with 9:50 remaining.

Dunn’s big contribution came on an 11-foot floater on which he was fouled, setting up a three-point play, and two minutes later on a 3-pointer that increased the visitors’ lead to 96-89 with 6:52 left.

Jones then drilled a 24-footer as he was being fouled. He also hit the free throw for a four-point play and a 99-91 margin with 8:36 to go, and the Kings never recovered.

Leonard went 12-for-12 at the free-throw line en route to his 13th 30-point performance of the season. He also found time for nine rebounds and a game-high seven assists.

John Collins added 22 points for the Clippers, while Lopez and Dunn finished with 15 points apiece and Jones had 13. Lopez tied Leonard for team-high rebound honors with nine and also blocked three shots.

The Kings held out star center Domantas Sabonis because of a sore back but still got plenty of production from substitute big man Maxime Raynaud, who had 12 points and five rebounds, and his backup, Dylan Cardwell, who snatched a game-high 14 rebounds to go with 14 points.

Malik Monk came off the bench to pace the Kings with 18 points, all on 3-pointers, while Nique Clifford had 16 and Devin Carter 14.

Sacramento veteran starters De’Andre Hunter, Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine combined to shoot just 6-for-25 overall and 0-for-12 on 3-point attempts, the latter contributing to 27.0% team accuracy from beyond the arc. None of the four scored more than six points.

–Field Level Media