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#injuries

A short-handed Stanford women's basketball team couldn't take advantage of an opportunity to improve its NCAA Tournament resume Thursday, falling 84-66 to No. 7 Louisville at Maples Pavilion. Stanford (15-7, 4-5 ACC) committed 10 turnovers in the second quarter as the Cardinals took an 18-point halftime lead in their first-ever trip to The Farm and maintained a double-digit lead throughout the second half.

The Lakers have upgraded guard Austin Reaves (left calf strain) to questionable from out and listed guard Luka Doncic (left ankle soreness) as questionable for Friday night's game against the Washington Wizards. Reaves has been out since getting injured on Christmas Day against the Houston Rockets, a span of 17 games. In the 23 games this season Reaves played, Reaves is averaging career highs in points (26.6), assists (6.3) and rebounds (5.2). Reaves is shooting 50.7% from the field and 36.5% from three-point range.

He made his long-awaited Major League debut just 364 days after the Nationals drafted him. He excelled in college at San Diego State University, where Baseball Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn coached him, and in his MLB debut, oh boy, did he shine. In just seven innings of work, he struck out 14 Pittsburgh Pirates, allowed two runs on four hits, and didn't walk an opposing batter. The anticipation for greatness built, and although injury cut his rookie season short,

Liverpool thrashed Qarabag 6-0 at Anfield on Wednesday, helped by Alexis Mac Allister's double, along with goals from Florian Wirtz, Mohamed Salah, Hugo Ekitike and Federico Chiesa. But after Liverpool's largest margin of victory under Slot sent them into the Champions League's last 16, the Dutchman used his post-match press conference to clarify what he felt was unfair treatment from sections of the media.

PARIS -- Paris Saint-Germain's injury woes continued as star winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia limped off with a right leg injury against Newcastle in the Champions League on Wednesday. Kvaratskhelia sustained the injury following a tackle from Anthony Elanga midway through the first half at Parc des Princes. After a few moments of treatment he was helped off by right back Achraf Hakimi, who was injured on the same field against Bayern Munich in November, and a staff member.

Darche is sending a message to the Islanders "The players have put themselves in the position to be in the playoffs, and I wanted to reward them and bring in a bit more experience and cement that spot in the playoffs," Darche said earlier today on Frankly Hockey with Frank Seravalli and John Buccigross. "We wanted to improve a little bit defensively if I'm being honest."

"We need to strengthen the squad, that's what we're trying to do. Whether we have anyone in for Sunday, I don't know," O'Neill told reporters. "We are making strenuous efforts to improve the team. I think that we can do something. I know days are pressing; that's very, very obvious. I'm hopeful."

He has been part of this squad for so many years. I am happy to have him and I am glad he is available because that is not normal for us right now. He will be part of the team and nothing is happening on this side. It's hard to say anything definite in this world we are in but I expect him to stay.

Injuries were the primary culprit, though there were certainly some underperformances as well. Ronald Acuna Jr. and Spencer Strider both missed time, as they did in 2024, and when they played they were still working their way back into form. Getting those stars and others, such as Austin Riley and Matt Olson, back to full capacity and/or productivity is the Braves' best hope for a quick bounce-back. The projections think they have a good chance of getting that.

Wednesday was Madison Square Garden. Sunday was Intuit Dome. Different coast, same result. The Nets lost 126-89 to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday night, dropping their fifth straight game, falling to 12-32 and continuing a familiar freefall. Brooklyn has now lost 10 of its last 11 games, and after spending December posting the best defensive ratings in the league, the Nets have regressed right back into one of the NBA's worst teams.

Barcelona had to weather a storm in Prague in midweek after going a goal down before Slavia brought the game back to 2-2, with Dani Olmo and Robert Lewandowski netting in the second half to secure the win and Flick was pleased with the character shown by his side to avoid a second straight defeat. They did not come out unscathed from the victory, however, with key midfield maestro Pedri picking up a hamstring injury which could keep him out of action for a month

I think that's always very positive, for the players as well, because that means they have to raise their standards in training, Arteta said. The next day you don't know how many minutes because the moment we want to change the game we're going to have options. In the last few years that's something we haven't had for different reasons. And it's something that, once we have it, we have to make sure that we're using it in the right way to be a better team.