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No. 11 Kansas, Baylor add injury issues to challenges
Nov 19, 2024; Lawrence, Kansas, USA; Kansas Jayhawks forward KJ Adams Jr. (24) reacts after a play during the first half against the North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks at Allen Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Images No. 11 Kansas hopes to have its lineup back to full strength in a pivotal Big 12 matchup against Baylor on Saturday in Waco, Texas.
The Jayhawks (15-5, 6-3) grinded out a 91-87 home win over UCF on Tuesday without Dajuan Harris Jr. The starter on the Jayhawks’ 2022 national championship team played in 159 straight games until being sidelined by an ankle injury.
A catalyst to the Jayhawks’ offense, Harris averages 9.6 points per game with 5.7 assists. Senior forward KJ Adams returned to the lineup after a separated shoulder kept him out of the previous three games. Adams came off the bench for the first time this season to score 12 points and grab five rebounds.
“It’s pretty evident how valuable Dajuan is after watching our ball-handling and getting into our offense and defense,” Self said. “I think it’s pretty evident how valuable KJ is, too. For him to be out of rhythm and still deliver is pretty impressive.”
In Baylor’s 93-89 overtime loss at BYU on Wednesday, VJ Edgecombe played 43 minutes, scored a game-high 28 points and dished out five assists
The 6-foot-5 freshman is a native of the Bahamas and was the Gatorade Prep Player of the Year in New York the last two seasons. His success has continued at Baylor (13-7, 5-4) where he averages 14.9 points and 5.3 rebounds.
He was named the most recent Big 12 Co-Newcomer of the Week after he averaged 25.5 points in wins over Kansas State and Utah.
A projected NBA lottery pick, Edgecomb is shooting 43.8 percent from the floor.
Against BYU, Edgecombe shot 9 of 15 (60.0 percent) and drained 6 of 8 shots from 3-point range. It’s the kind of performance the short-handed Bears would like to see more often. Even with the accolades and an increased number of NBA scouts in the stands, Edgecombe said he’s locked into this season with the Bears.
“To be honest, I don’t pay attention to all that,” he said when asked about the flood of scouts at Baylor games. “I am focused on the game, focused on winning the game. I don’t pay attention to who is there or not.”
Injuries have hit Baylor as well, with the Bears again forced into a six-man rotation. Jeremy Roach (11.9 points) missed his third straight game with a concussion and Langston Love (6.5 points) has missed the last eight games with an ankle injury. Norchad Omier leads Baylor in scoring at 15.3 points.
“We’ve got really good guys that like one another and they are winners,” Baylor coach Scott Drew said. “At the end of the day winners and competitors are going to fight to the end. Some of our shots will go in and some won’t. But we are getting much better as a team and that’s great to see.”
–Field Level Media
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Germany F Serge Gnabry (thigh) to miss World Cup
Jul 5, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; FC Bayern Munich forward Serge Gnabry (7) warms up before a quarterfinal match of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup against Paris Saint-Germain at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images Germany forward Serge Gnabry confirmed on Wednesday that he will miss the 2026 FIFA World Cup due to injury.
His pro club Bayern Munich announced on Saturday that Gnabry, 30, had torn the adductor muscle in his right thigh.
“The last few days have been tough to process,” he posted on Instagram. “A Bayern season which still holds much to play for after securing another Bundesliga title on the weekend.
“As for the World Cup dream with Germany … That’s sadly over for me. Like the rest of the country, I’ll be supporting the boys from home. Now it’s time to focus on recovery and getting back for pre-season.”
Gnabry recorded eight goals and six assists this season for the Bundesliga champions in 2025-26, his eighth season with Bayern Munich.
Internationally, Gnabry has scored 26 goals in 59 caps since making his debut for Germany in 2016. He started every World Cup qualifier and two friendlies in March leading up to this summer’s tournament in North America.
Germany is No. 10 in the latest FIFA world rankings. The four-time World Cup champions are in Group E along with Curacao, Ivory Coast and Ecuador. Their opening match is against Curacao on June 14 in Houston.
–Field Level Media
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Report: Phillies C J.T. Realmuto heading to injured list
Mar 29, 2026; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto (10) at bat against the Texas Rangers at Citizens Bank Park. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-Imagn Images The slumping Philadelphia Phillies are placing catcher J.T. Realmuto on the 10-day injured list with a lower-back injury, The Athletic reported Wednesday.
Realmuto, 35, sat out two games before returning Tuesday and going 0-for-4 in a 7-4 road loss to the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia’s seventh straight defeat.
The three-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove backstop is batting .259 with one home run and four RBIs through 17 games this season.
The Phillies are expected to call up catcher Garrett Stubbs from Triple-A Lehigh Valley to split time behind the plate with Rafael Marchan, per the report.
Realmuto is a lifetime .270 hitter with 181 homers and 681 RBIs in 1,390 career games with the Miami Marlins (2014-18) and Phillies (2019-26).
–Field Level Media
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Bruins return home for Game 3 after flipping Sabres' home-ice advantage
Apr 21, 2026; Buffalo, New York, USA; Buffalo Sabres defenseman Mattias Samuelsson (23) tries to block a pass by Boston Bruins left wing Tanner Jeannot (84) during the third period in game two of the first round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at KeyBank Center. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-Imagn Images Following a Tuesday road victory, the Boston Bruins have snatched the home-ice advantage away from the Buffalo Sabres in their Eastern Conference first-round series.
That means the intense playoff feeling is alive and well as the scene shifts to Boston on Thursday night for Game 3 of the best-of-seven series.
“I feel like it was nasty from the first shift, from the first game,” Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov said after Tuesday’s physical battle which featured 94 penalty minutes, including 72 in the third period alone.
“It’s playoff emotions and intensity. It’s always going to be up there.”
First-year Bruins coach Marco Sturm was not completely dissatisfied with his team’s Game 1 performance, outside of Buffalo’s third-period rally to snag a 4-3 win.
But on Tuesday, the Bruins were 4-2 winners, responding to the loss with a rock-solid effort in front of goaltender Jeremy Swayman, who boasts a .932 save percentage through two games in the series.
Viktor Arvidsson netted two goals, including the opener of Boston’s three-goal second period that built a lead it would never relinquish. Morgan Geekie and Arvidsson’s linemate Pavel Zacha also scored.
“We did a lot of good things. We played our style of hockey, I would say definitely more than Game 1,” Sturm said. “Overall, it was a good game, but at the end of the day, it was only one game. … We’re gonna regroup, fly home and try to do the same thing at home.”
For the second-line trio of former Sabre Casey Mittelstadt, Zacha and Arvidsson, the strong effort followed a challenge from Sturm to get back to their hard-nosed style of play, matching that of the team. They delivered.
“They just needed a poke, that’s all,” Sturm said. “Knowing ‘Arvy’ very well, he’s a guy who takes it very seriously and takes it to heart. I knew he was going to have a big night.”
The Bruins will be looking for a repeat type of effort as the series resumes. Meanwhile, the Sabres have questions to answer if they want to get back into it.
The biggest is the team’s goaltending situation, as Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was pulled in favor of Alex Lyon after allowing four goals on 20 shots.
“Just felt that there may be a chance we’re going to need (Lyon),” Sabres coach Lindy Ruff said of the pull. “May play him next game, but just get him a period because he hasn’t played in a while.”
Lyon had not seen game action since April 4.
The second goal against Luukkonen was Geekie’s backhand lob from beyond center ice. If the momentum had not been on Boston’s side yet, that one turned it all the way.
“In those situations, if there’s a bad bounce, bad goal, you kind of have to stop the bleeding,” Luukkonen said. “Wasn’t able to do that (Tuesday).”
Buffalo did make things interesting in the waning minutes of regulation. Back-to-back goals by defenseman Bowen Byram and Peyton Krebs cut the deficit to 4-2 with 4:52 left.
A major reason for the struggles was another scoreless power-play night. Despite an overall shot advantage for the second straight game in the series at 35-27, the man-up unit was 0-for-5 on Tuesday and dropped to 0-for-31 over the last nine games.
“I think we’ll have to tweak some things,” Ruff said. “I think if you look at the last power play, we went with a little bit of a different look. … We had a scheme that we thought maybe would work a little bit better. I like the amount of shots we generated.”
–Field Level Media
Germany F Serge Gnabry (thigh) to miss World Cup
Report: Phillies C J.T. Realmuto heading to injured list
