NBA punishes Allen over foul on Caruso
Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen was suspended by the NBA for one game for his hard foul on Alex Caruso that resulted in a broken right wrist for the Chicago Bulls guard.
Allen will serve his suspension Wednesday when the Bucks visit the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Caruso, a former Laker, was driving to the basket Friday night when a hard foul by Allen caused him to land on his right side. Allen was assessed a flagrant-2 foul.
The Bulls announced Caruso’s injury Saturday. He needs surgery and will be reevaluated in six to eight weeks.
Jordan Poole scored 20 points, and the host Golden State Warriors held off a late Utah rally to beat the Jazz 94-92.
The ECHL suspended Jacob Panetta after the brother of NHL defenseman P.K. Subban accused the Jacksonville defenseman of making “monkey gestures“in his direction.
The league said the indefinite suspension is pending a hearing under its collective bargaining agreement with its players. Jacksonville then announced it had cut Panetta.
The incident with Panetta and Jordan Subban, which occurred in overtime during the Icemen’s 1-0 home victory over South Carolina on Saturday, comes in the wake of minor league forward Krystof Hrabik’s 30-game suspension for making a racial gesture during an American Hockey League game Jan. 12.
Slava Voynov and Artem Anisimov are among the former NHL players named to Russia’s roster for the Beijing Olympics. The Russians are the defending champions after winning gold in Pyeongchang four years ago, when the NHL also did not send players. They should be the favorites once again in another Winter Games without the world’s best players.
Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo interviewed for the New York Giants’ head coaching job. He is the third candidate interviewed, joining offensive coordinator Brian Daboll and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier of the Buffalo Bills . ...
The Minnesota Vikings interviewed San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans for their head coach vacancy, the eighth candidate to meet virtually with the organization.
Nigeria’s perfect run in the group stage meant nothing as it was knocked out 1-0 by Tunisia in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Cameroon. Tunisia will play Burkina Faso in the quarterfinals . ... Thirdplace Chelsea earned a 2-0 home win over Tottenham to end a four-match winless run in the English Premier League . ... Tournament host India is withdrawing from the women’s Asian Cup after a COVID-19 outbreak on the team prevented it from playing its Group A game against Taiwan.
There were mixed emotions on the Italian ski team when Elena Curtoni won a super-giant slalom in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, while Sofia Goggia crashed again with the Beijing Olympics nearing. Overall World Cup leader Mikaela Shiffrin took few risks and placed 16th.
Goggia sprained her left knee, partially tore a ligament and suffered a minor fracture of the fibula bone in her leg — plus some tendon damage. She will aim to return in time to defend her Olympic downhill title Feb. 15.
In Estonia, Cha Jun-hwan became the first South Korean man to win gold at the Four Continents figure skating championship . ... People in a Beijing district with some 2 million residents were ordered to undergo mass coronavirus testing after a series of infections as China tightened anti-disease controls ahead of the Winter Olympics.