Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Mike Gansey has been named the Philadelphia 76ers’ president of basketball operations, according to multiple reports Friday.

Gansey, 43, replaces Daryl Morey, who parted ways with Philadelphia on May 12 after six seasons as the franchise’s top decision-maker for on-court matters.

A former college basketball player at West Virginia who helped the Mountaineers reach the 2005 Elite Eight, Gansey joined Cleveland’s front office during the 2011-12 season and steadily rose up the ranks to become the team’s general manager in February 2022. The Cavaliers averaged 53.8 wins during Gansey’s four full seasons at the helm and reached the Eastern Conference finals this year.

Gansey will report to Josh Harris and the Sixers’ ownership group — Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment (HBSE) — as well as to Bob Myers, who as GM and President of the Golden State Warriors was the architect of four NBA championship teamss (2015, 2017, 2018, and 2022). Myers was hired last October as President of Sports for HBSE.

Gansey will lead a franchise that has failed to advance past the Eastern Conference semifinals since 2001. After missing the playoffs in 2024-25 amid injuries to Joel Embiid and other key players, they rebounded to go 45-37 this season and earn the seventh seed in the East. They upset the Boston Celtics in a seven-game first-round series before the New York Knicks swept them out of the conference semis.

–Field Level Media

Alexander Zverev is widely viewed as the best active player yet to win a Grand Slam event, but the German is suddenly favored to remove his name from that list following the early exits of Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic at the French Open.

Zverev, 29, had the second-shortest odds at most sportsbooks to begin the tournament, but he was still a longshot compared to Sinner, who was the -325 pre-tournament favorite at BetMGM and -340 at DraftKings. Zverev was offered at +900 and +1100, respectively, just head of Djokovic at +1100 at both books.

However, Sinner was dispatched in the second round after struggling with the heat wave in Paris this week. Djokovic followed with a third-round loss on Friday.

Suddenly, and quite shockingly, that thrust Zverev into the heavy favorite status. The 2024 French Open finalist is being offered at +135 by BetMGM and +120 by DraftKings. The former has Casper Ruud at +550 ahead of rising Spanish star Rafael Jodar (+600) and Brazil’s Joao Fonseca (+800), who upset Djokovic.

DraftKings is offering Jodar with the second-shortest odds at +550, followed by Ruud (+600) and Fonseca (+750).

There are no players remaining in the men’s draw who have won a Grand Slam event.

The top remaining American is Frances Tiafoe, who is a +3300 longshot at BetMGM and +3500 at DraftKings.

With Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz unable to defend his title due to a wrist injury, this year’s French Open will feature the first Grand Slam champion other than Alcaraz, Sinner or Djokovic since Rafael Nadal won the 2022 French Open.

–Field Level Media

Jordan Smith of England carded a 65 for the second straight day to edge ahead of the pack and claim the 36-hole lead on Friday at the Charles Schwab Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.

Smith’s second round began with an eagle-birdie burst on the first two holes at Colonial Country Club. It wasn’t until the par-4 14th that he made his first and only bogey of the tournament.

At 10-under-par 130, Smith holds a one-shot lead over Hideki Matsuyama of Japan (65), Brian Harman (66), Ryan Gerard (67) and Michael Thorbjornsen (65).

Gerard was one of six co-leaders who shot a 64 in the first round, but that group spread out across the leaderboard during the second round. J.J. Spaun is the only other one still in the top 10, as his 68 Friday left him at 8 under par and tied for sixth. Andrew Putnam shot an even-par 70 while Matt McCarty (71), Lee Hodges (71) and Tom Kim of South Korea (72) dropped several places on a day when 70 players broke 70.

Spaun sits two shots back along with Akshay Bhatia (65), Russell Henley (66), Brice Garnett (66) and Alex Smalley (67), who remains in contention for his first PGA Tour win two weeks after he was the surprise 54-hole leader at the PGA Championship.

Canadian A.J. Ewart fired a 63, the round of the day by two strokes, thanks in large part to a hole-in-one at the par-3 16th as part of his first nine. He faded his tee shot at the 197-yard hole perfectly onto the green and watched his ball roll a few feet straight into the cup.

Ewart trails Smith by three at 7 under, which ties him with countryman Mackenzie Hughes (67) as well as Michael Brennan (66) and Mac Meissner (67).

The cut line fell at 2 under par. Notables who failed to make the weekend included Tony Finau (even par), Camilo Villegas of Colombia (even), Webb Simpson (2 over), Rickie Fowler (3 over) and South Korea’s Sungjae Im (6 over).

–Field Level Media