Davis has been out since Feb. 16 with a right foot injury. There was no timetable for his return for quite some time but the Lakers always told reporters that they targeted Friday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans for Davis to return. NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Speaking with reporters before Los Angeles faced off against New Orleans on Friday, Lakers head coach Frank Vogel informed reporters about the update to Davis’ status:...

The match will mark Ronaldo’s debut in the country after swapping Manchester United for the Middle East at the end of 2022. After previously spending his entire career in Europe, the Portugal star will now be playing club football in Asia with Al Nassr. That move to Asia means future battles against Messi could be few and far between, making this clash all the more fascinating. LIVE: PSG vs. Al Nassr, Al Hilal All-Stars live score, updates, highlights from Riyadh friendly with Messi and Ronaldo...

Perhaps no one has a better grasp on how distracting Sam, the NFL’s first openly gay player, could really be to an organization than his current coach, Jeff Fisher. He spoke on ESPN Radio’s “Mike and Mike” on Wednesday morning on the topic. Mike Greenberg asked Fisher whether Sam had been a distraction to the team in any way. “You know, absolutely not,” Fisher said. “Let’s define distractions. There were a couple of extra cameras during the early OTAs....

When CVS was introduced to the United States, in the mid-1980s, doctors and patients welcomed it as an important tool to diagnose genetic defects as early as the ninth week of pregnancy. Although amniocentesis, a more established prenatal screening test, had been available since the early 1970s, it usually couldn’t be done until the 16th week. For mothers in their 30s and 40s, who are at greater risk of bearing children with genetic abnormalities, CVS provided much-needed answers much more quickly....

The Brazil international’s fall-out with team-mate Edinson Cavani over which of the two forwards took a penalty awarded in PSG’s 2-0 victory over Lyon earlier in the season caused tension at the capital club, and his relationship with manager Unai Emery is evidently strained. PSG 4-0 Nantes 13/2 It’s not the first time Neymar has found it difficult to bow to the demands of his higher-ups, and Emery’s decision to side with Cavani over the aforementioned penalty has caused strain behind the scenes at PSG....

When contacted for comment, a Reddit spokesperson said it “had nothing to share on this” and referred Newsweek to Redditstatus.com, which said “all systems operational.” The temporary disruption to the website, whose users submit content which is voted upon, had been confirmed by Down Detector, a site that tracks social media platforms’ status. Data on Down Detector showed a spike in reports of Reddit being down at around 10 p....

Wilson wants to be like the NBA’s Stephen Curry when he takes the gridiron. After the Seahawks’ very narrow, 30-29, win over the Rams on Thursday, the eighth-year quarterback said the Warriors’ star inspires him to go out and try to complete impossible to replicate passes — just like Curry sinks impossible to make 3-pointers. “I think about Steph Curry and how he shoots a basketball — that’s how I want to throw a football,” Wilson said, via NBC Sports Northwest....

The infection is most likely to be mild and present with gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, and vomiting. Fever or headaches can also occur. These symptoms will typically appear anywhere from six hours to six days after the initial transmission and last for four to seven days. There are some instances, though, where symptoms can take weeks to show up or can last up to several weeks....

Sidney Crosby is officially active for Sunday night’s decisive Game 7 between the Penguins and the Rangers. He was listed as a game-time decision ahead of the game, participated in warmups, and is in the lineup for the contest. He did not play in Game 6 after he left Game 5 with an upper-body injury after he collided with Rangers defenseman Jacob Trouba. When he left, the Penguins were up 2-0 in the game....

Winners of five straight, Golden State looks to extend its win streak as it visits a Houston team that is currently at the bottom of the Western Conference standings. The Warriors, on the other hand, are still within striking distance of the first-place Suns, who are on a winning streak of their own. The last time these two teams met, things came down to the wire with Stephen Curry knocking down the first buzzer-beating game-winner of his 13-year career....

This article reviews when syphilis is most contagious, how it spreads, and what can happen if a person delays or doesn’t get treatment. When Is Syphilis Highly Contagious? There are four stages of a syphilis infection: primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary. Primary The first stage of syphilis comes right after a person contracts the bacteria and presents with single or multiple sores. The sores last for roughly three to six weeks and heal with or without treatment....

But there’s a burgeoning industry that isn’t so sure. Call it the Orwellian model of Web monitoring. The makers of the clinical-sounding “employee Internet management software” say that work habits like Rhodes’s represent a new national epidemic: cyberslacking on the job. The software, made by such companies as Websense, SurfControl and SmartFilter, sits on corporate networks. After employees are notified of its presence, managers can monitor the hours that employees spend on the Web, log their specific online travels and even block access to porn and gambling sites....

In addition to the human toll, chronic lead exposure also has a large impact on the economy. It’s estimated that lead exposure costs Americans about $50 billion per year. Exposure to lead is preventable and intervention is cost-effective. For every dollar spent on reducing lead exposure in housing, it’s estimated that the return to society is between $17 and $220. Research shows that the effects of lead in early life can extend into later life....

NASCAR’s top national series is off the track through early August. These are the first dark weeks of the season since the series took off a weekend in mid-June. And they’re the last scheduled dark weeks of the year. Fans can use the time off to gear up for uninterrupted racing that will take them through the Championship 4 season-ending race in early November. Here’s what you need to know about NASCAR this weekend and when the next race will be:...

That said, the Jamaican runner will not be present at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, the first time since he first went to the 2004 Athens Games. For those who only follow track and field at the Olympic stage, this may come as a surprise, as he was still winning gold as late as the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. But he has been out of competition for quite some time....

The athletic 7-0 Embiid vs. the mercurial 5-9 Thomas sounds like a bizarre modern-day David-vs.-Goliath matchup. MORE: 76ers-Celtics Game Center So how did it all play out? Thomas scored 24 points — albeit with a season-high seven turnovers — and the Celtics set a franchise record with 19 3-pointers in a comeback win over the 76ers. DEVENEY: Celts may pine for Hayward, but Jazz won’t give him up easily...

The Spain international scored a fine second goal after Casemiro had put Madrid ahead in the first half, with Romelu Lukaku’s strike not enough to prevent the European champions from claiming a 2-1 win in Skopje on Tuesday. Madrid are on another level to Man United Isco’s future had come under scrutiny in recent weeks, with the 25-year-old yet to extend a deal that expires next year despite insisting after last term’s La Liga title triumph that he would not be leaving....

Roca’s side beat Mumbai City FC in their first game of the season but it seemingly was not enough to make the Spaniard happy. He did cut some slack for his misfiring frontline since it was the team’s first ever game in a new league. “I am not happy with the performance in the first game. It’s not just the win, we need to see how we go about the game....

2015 Indian Super League (ISL) champions Chennaiyin FC had a season to forget last time out which culminated with the team parting ways with manager Marco Materazzi. In came former Aston Villa manager John Gregory to take charge of the Abhishek Bachchan co-owned franchise. The 63-year-old has a wealth of top-tier managerial experience and has been tasked with ensuring the club does not make the mistakes it did last time around....