Hayward to miss at least 4 weeks
Gordon Hayward will miss at least a month after spraining his right foot during the Hornets’ win Friday night over the Pacers.
The team said in a statement Saturday that Hayward will be reevaluated in roughly four weeks.
He was injured when he stepped on Myles Turner’s foot while driving to the basket in the second quarter and immediately crumpled.
The 31-year-old forward is averaging 19.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in his first season with the Hornets on a $128 million, four-year deal.
The Hornets are already without rookie guard LaMelo Ball, out indefinitely with a broken right wrist.
This injury is on the opposite side of the gruesome broken left ankle Hayward suffered in his first game with the Celtics in 2017.
He was an All-Star in 2016-17 with the Jazz.
College basketball: The University of Cincinnati on Saturday put basketball coach John Brannen on paid leave pending an investigation after six Bearcats players decided to transfer last month. The school announced March 26 that it had launched an investigation amid reports that a rift between Brannen and players had led to the requested transfers. Among the six who entered the transfer portal during a week in March were four members of the 2020 freshman class.
Golf: The one image of Augusta National that stuck with Japanese teenager Tsubasa
Kajitani was Tiger Woods winning the Masters two years ago. She celebrated a big victory of her own Saturday, minus the green jacket. And just like the 2019 Masters she remembers so well, the Augusta National Women’s Amateur had its share of chaos. The back nine was filled with more blunders than birdies. One player lost the lead with a double bogey on the 15th, one ball in the water and a three-putt. Another lost the lead with a triple bogey by hitting two shots in the water on the 13th. Kajitani was not immune. She lost the lead — and appeared to lose out on the tournament — with a double bogey by taking four shots from the front of the 17th green. But she answered with a superb pitch to save par at the end for an even-par 72, and she beat Emilia Migliaccio with a par in the playoff on the 18th to win. The 17-year-old was in tears and said only through an interpreter, “I can’t describe it.”
MLB: Angels reliever Ty Buttrey has retired from baseball, saying he’s lost his affection for the game. “I just wanted to prove everyone wrong,” the 28-year-old posted on social media Saturday. “As time went on baseball became more of a business and less of a game. I couldn’t help but notice my love and passion for this game started to diminish. I always thought baseball was a cool job. I also knew that same job paid extremely well. What young kid doesn’t want a cool job that pays well?” The right-hander was one of the key pieces of the Angels’ bullpen the past three seasons, but he struggled with control problems during spring training and was optioned to the team’s alternate training site. His 115 appearances from 2018-20 were fourth on the team among pitchers, and he was 8-11 with a 4.30 ERA.