Nowitzki, Popovich among Hall finalists

Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Gregg Popovich are all one step closer to basketball immortality.

The three international greats — Gasol, Nowitzki and Parker — were among the list of Class of 2023 finalists unveiled Friday by the Basketball Hall of Fame, putting them on the doorstep of enshrinement this summer. Also on that list: Popovich, the winningest coach in NBA history with the Spurs, and Dwyane Wade, part of three championship teams with the Heat.

“It’s really about the journey,” Gasol said.

The governing body for Formula One issued guidance Friday on a rule recently introduced that prohibited drivers from speaking out on political and controversial issues. The FIA’s original rule barred “political, religious and personal statements” without prior consent, and expressed no limitations on where that restriction applied. The guidance issued

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Friday puts limits on when the FIA can apply the rules.

Golf: A federal judge has ruled the head of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the financial backer of LIV Golf, must sit for depositions and produce documents in LIV Golf ’s antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour. Lawyers for the Public Investment Fund and its governor, Yasir al-Rumayyan, had sought to quash subpoenas claiming sovereign immunity.

Horse racing: A federal judge denied Bob Baffert’s request to lift his two-year suspension by Churchill Downs Inc., ruling Friday that the Hall of Fame trainer did not prove its discipline hurt his business and reputation.

NFL: Free agent quarterback Derek Carr is meeting with the Jets this weekend. The 31-year-old Carr, who spent his first nine NFL seasons with the Raiders, was released on Tuesday after he declined to waive the no-trade clause in his contract.