Nicklas Backstrom will make his first appearance in the Eastern Conference finals after missing the first three games with a hand injury.

Dee Gordon is moving back to second base from the outfield now that Robinson Cano has been suspended 80 games.

The Yankees did not stay in a five-star hotel in Washington D.C. after their game against the Nationals was postponed Wednesday.

Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano were teammates with the Yankees from 2009 to 2013.

The 16-year-old driver comes from a motorsports family, but her famous dad didn’t think she was intense enough to be competitive on the track. Laid-back Hailie is proving him wrong.

In his first major interview since leaving Arsenal the manager discusses his future, not being consulted over his successor and whether Mikel Arteta has the qualities for the job

Arsène Wenger is finishing his breakfast in the Paris hotel where he has been coming for years and where the staff would not dream of addressing him in any other way than Monsieur Wenger, pronounced in hushed tones that convey the respect in which this grand man of world football is held in his native land.

Dressed in slacks and an open-neck dark blue shirt, the man we must now refer to as the former Arsenal manager has treated himself to a mini pain aux raisins and, having finished his tea (no milk, no sugar), moved on to an espresso. In a sign that he is, perhaps, starting to let himself go just a tiny little bit, he continues spreading raspberry jam on a slice of bread (no butter) as we prepare to look back over his 22 years running one of the world’s top clubs.

• Farrell can be like Australia’s George Gregan, says Jones
• Coach not sure if Dylan Hartley will return as captain

Eddie Jones expects Owen Farrell to rule through fear as captain in South Africa next month but believes the playmaker cannot repair the north-south divide within the England squad alone.

Farrell takes over from the absent Dylan Hartley for the three-Test tour against the Springboks and Jones has already expressed concerns of a lack of unity with the England squad. Of the captains he has worked with, Jones believes Farrell is most like George Gregan, the former Australia scrum-half who led the Wallabies to the 2003 World Cup final.

Nicklas Backstrom’s status for Thursday’s Game 4 looms large in an Eastern Conference finals so far dictated by its star power. Sporting News has live updates.

Los Guerreros are looking for another home victory to earn an early advantage in the Liga MX final against the Red Devils

Luka Doncic created a stir when he told reporters that he was not sure he would be playing his final games for Real Madrid. His agent, Bill Duffy, addressed those comments with SN’s Sean Deveney.