Guardians reliever Stephan has Tommy John surgery

OAKLAND, CALIF. >> Cleveland Guardians reliever Trevor Stephan had season-ending Tommy John surgery and could need up to 16 months to recover, the team said Thursday.

TENNIS

Dimitrov ousts top-seeded Alcaraz in the Miami Open

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA.>> Eleventhseeded Grigor Dimitrov came out strong against top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz and went on to win 6-2, 6-4 in the Miami Open quarterfinals, his first victory over a topfive player in nearly five years.

Fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev, who beat unseeded Fabian Marozsan 6-3, 7-5, will play Dimitrov in the semifinals Friday. Second-seeded Jannik Sinner will face No. 3 Daniil Medvedev in the other semifinal, a rematch of last year’s final that Medvedev won.

On the women’s side, fourthseeded Elena Rybakina once again had to go three sets, before beating No. 27 Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (2) in the semifinals. Rybakina, ranked fourth on the WTA Tour, will face No. 14 Ekaterina Alexandrova or unseeded Danielle Collins in the final Saturday.

NBA

Taylor says the T-wolves are no longer for sale

MINNEAPOLIS>> The ownership transfer of the Minnesota Timberwolves slammed to a halt when Glen Taylor declared on Thursday he won’t take the final step of his drawn-out $1.5 billion deal to hand Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez the majority stake because they didn’t meet all of the deadlines in the sale conditions.

Lore and Rodriguez, who agreed to the purchase nearly three years ago, strongly disputed Taylor’s stance. They said he simply had cold feet about letting go.

NFL

Jets owner refutes report of dispute with Saleh

New York Jets owner Woody Johnson emphatically refuted an NFL Network report that he and coach Robert Saleh had a “very heated conversation” during the NFL meetings earlier this week.

Johnson shot down the report Thursday on the social media platform X, saying: “It is yet another irresponsible report from NFL Network. Please disregard.”