The Buffalo Sabres have rehired Lindy Ruff, the last head coach to lead the franchise to the NHL playoffs back in 2011.

Ruff, 64, was fired by the New Jersey Devils after 61 games this season. He replaces Don Granato, whom the Sabres fired after three seasons.

Ruff coached the Sabres for 15 seasons, from 1997 to 2013. He ranks fifth all time and second among active coaches with 864 career regular-season wins for the Sabres, the Dallas Stars and the Devils. His 935 combined wins in the regular season and playoffs are tied for fourth in league history.

"As I went through the hiring process, it quickly became clear Lindy was the person for the job. He has experience, a proven track record, familiarity with young players, and so much more," Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams said.

Adams worked as an assistant coach under Ruff in 2011-12 and during the 2012-13 season, when Ruff was replaced by Ron Rolston.

The Sabres have gone through six different coaches since Ruff was fired.

"I want to be clear though that this hire was not made with nostalgia in mind. Lindy is the right person for the job now, and any history with our organization and community is simply an added bonus. I believe wholeheartedly that Lindy can help our team reach their goals and am excited to get to work with him," Adams said.

Ruff led the Sabres to the playoffs eight times during his tenure in Buffalo, including the Eastern Conference final in his first two seasons and the Stanley Cup Final in 1999.

He's the winningest coach in Sabres history, having set franchise records in regular-season games coached (1,165), regular-season wins (571), playoff games coached (101), and playoff wins (57) during his first stint with the organization from 1997-98 to 2012-13.

"I think I've probably watched Lindy coach about as many games as I've actually played (in the NHL), and more than I've played for the Sabres," Buffalo forward Alex Tuch, who was a Sabres fan as a youth in Syracuse, New York, told reporters last week. "He was my favorite coach. That was the team that I watched, that I sat on the couch with my dad. ... Lindy's a great coach, a really smart guy. I've always been a huge fan of his."

Ruff won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL's coach of the year in 2005-06. He was a finalist for the award three other times.

The Sabres have gone 13 seasons without a playoff appearance since Ruff last took them there in 2010-11, which is the longest current drought in the NHL. That included a disappointing 2023-24 campaign in which Buffalo appeared poised to reach a new level of success with a roster of solid young players but finished with a lower points percentage (.512) than they did in the previous season (.555).

Ruff was credited with helping a young team in New Jersey take a leap to the postseason in 2022-23 with a 49-point improvement year over year. But the Devils regressed by 48 points this season, leading to his dismissal.

"This is a team ready to take the next step," said Ruff on the Sabres. "I am both humbled and honored to be trusted to help this team win now. It is not a job that I take lightly. It is my goal to ensure that players believe in each other, play for each other and love being a Buffalo Sabre. There is no doubt that we all need to embrace the challenge ahead of us. The work starts today, and I could not be more excited."

Ruff will be formally introduced in a news conference on Tuesday.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Coach Andy Reid, general manager Brett Veach and president Mark Donovan have had oversight of the Kansas City Chiefs for the most successful run in franchise history. The trio will remain in place for awhile longer.

The three agreed to contract extensions that will keep them with the Chiefs.

"Mark, Brett and Andy have achieved historic success together, and we are thrilled that they will continue in their roles for many years to come," Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt said in a statement. "Individually, Mark, Brett and Andy each represent the best in the National Football League at their respective positions, and together, they make up one of the finest leadership teams in all of professional sports. They have been tremendous leaders for this organization on and off the field, and we look forward to their continued success in the years ahead."

Reid, 66, joined the Chiefs in 2013 and they made the playoffs every season since except 2014. The Chiefs won the Super Bowl in three of the last five seasons and in February became the first team to win them in back to back seasons in 20 years. They have played in five straight AFC Championship Games and won eight straight AFC West championships.

"I'm incredibly grateful to Clark and the entire Hunt family for giving me the opportunity to lead this historic franchise," Reid said. "Over the last 11 years, Tammy and I have enjoyed calling Kansas City our home. The community has embraced us, we've watched our family grow, including having all 12 grandkids during our time here. On the field, there have been so many people that have contributed to our success and Super Bowls, and I'm grateful to the players, coaches and staff that have all invested their time into this process. I'd also like to thank my agent, Bob LaMonte. Chiefs Kingdom is a special place and I'm blessed to have the opportunity to be here."

Veach, 46, became the Chiefs general manager in 2017 after four years in the team's personnel department.

"I'd like to thank Clark and the entire Hunt family for the support I've received these past seven seasons," Veach said. "I am blessed to work alongside very talented people and am proud of the work we've done to bring three Super Bowls to Kansas City. I am excited to continue my career in a city that's embraced me and my family the way it has and look forward to more opportunities to bring more championships to Chiefs Kingdom."

Donovan, 58, became Chiefs' president in 2011. He leads the Chiefs' business operations.

"It is a privilege to help lead this organization's business operations, and I want to thank Clark and the entire Hunt family for their continued support and trust in the work that we're doing off-the-field and in the community," Donovan said. "I'm thankful to have an incredibly talented staff across numerous departments that are all key pieces to the organization. I'm proud to be a part of a team that has had unprecedented success and look forward to creating and experiencing more historic moments with the Kingdom."

The NBA broke six ties among 15 teams Monday to determine the order of selection for the 2024 NBA Draft, which will be held June 26 and 27.

The Charlotte Hornets won a tiebreaker with the Portland Trail Blazers after both teams finished 21-61, tentatively slotting them third and fourth respectively in the NBA Draft order. Charlotte can now finish no lower than seventh and Portland could pick as low as eighth depending on the results of the NBA Draft lottery on May 12.

Charlotte has a 13.3% chance of winning the draft lottery, while Portland is now at 13.2%.

The Sacramento Kings won a tiebreaker over the Golden State Warriors and will have the No. 13 pick if it does not move up in the draft lottery. The Warriors receive the No. 14 pick -- the last selection in the lottery -- and their pick will be conveyed to the Portland Trail Blazers unless the Warriors move into the top four, of which they have just a 3.4% chance.

Other tiebreaker results include:

* The Philadelphia 76ers will pick 16th, with the Los Angeles Lakers at No. 17. The Lakers' pick could be conveyed to the New Orleans Pelicans at the Pelicans' discretion, something they must decide by June 1. Should New Orleans elect to defer the pick, it will instead receive the Lakers' 2025 first-round pick.

* The Orlando Magic will have the No. 18 pick, while the Indiana Pacers will have the No. 19 pick. Indiana's pick will be conveyed to the Toronto Raptors as part of the Pascal Siakam trade.

* The Milwaukee Bucks will have the No. 21 pick, while the Phoenix Suns will have the No. 22 pick. The Pelicans will have the No. 23 pick, and Nos. 21 and 23 are a swap between Milwaukee and New Orleans, as part of the Jrue Holiday trade in 2020.

* The Dallas Mavericks won a tiebreaker with the New York Knicks after both teams finished with a 50-32 record, giving the Mavericks the right to the 24th pick. Dallas' pick will be conveyed to the Knicks as part of the Kristaps Porzingis trade in 2019.

* The Denver Nuggets will receive the No. 28 pick after winning a tiebreaker with the Oklahoma City Thunder, who will pick No. 29. This Oklahoma City pick will be conveyed to the Utah Jazz as part of a series of trades.

Jonathan Givony is an NBA draft expert and the founder and co-owner of DraftExpress.com, a private scouting and analytics service used by NBA, NCAA and international teams.

CLEVELAND -- Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs was able to return to Monday night's Game 2 at Cleveland after being carried off the court in the first quarter with a left knee strain.

Suggs was injured with 4:02 remaining in the opening period, when his left knee made contact with Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell's left leg as Suggs attempted to steal the ball.

Suggs immediately fell to the ground, and the Magic called timeout to check on him.

As his teammates stood around him, Suggs continuously shook his head. After being checked by team trainers, Suggs needed help getting off the court, unable to put any weight on his left leg and walk off on his own power.

The Magic initially said Suggs' return was questionable, but he was back on the floor to start the second half with a sleeve on his leg.

Suggs is Orlando's third-leading scorer, averaging 12.6 points on 47.1% field goal shooting during the regular season. He's also the team's best 3-point shooter and top defensive guard.

In Game 1, he finished with 13 points on 4-of-16 shooting and was 1-of-7 from 3. He also had 4 assists in the 97-83 loss.

Markelle Fultz replaced Suggs, who was the No. 5 overall pick in 2021 after starring at Gonzaga.

PLAYA VISTA, CALIF. -- Clippers star Kawhi Leonard remains questionable for Game 2 of Los Angeles' first-round playoff series with the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.

Leonard participated in practice Monday, but coach Ty Lue said there would be no contact during what he described as a walkthrough practice session designed to clean up things the team needed to work on.

"He's going to go through practice today and we'll see," Lue said when asked if Leonard will play Tuesday.

Leonard has missed nine straight games with inflammation in his right knee, which has undergone surgeries in the past for ACL and meniscus injuries.

Leonard hasn't played since March 31, and Lue said he did not go through any contact prior to being listed as questionable on the injury report and missing Sunday's Game 1.

If Leonard does not return Tuesday, he will have another three days before Friday's Game 3 in Dallas.

The Clippers lead the best-of-seven series 1-0.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Baltimore Orioles placed outfielder Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list Monday with a strained left calf.

Baltimore selected the contract of catcher David Bañuelos and designated outfielder Peyton Burdick for assignment before the club opened a three-game series against the Angels.

Hays left last Saturday's game in Kansas City early with the injury, but it isn't expected to sideline him beyond his 10-day stint, manager Brandon Hyde said.

Hays is batting .111 in 19 games for Baltimore this season, including 11 starts.

Burdick was batting .182 for Triple-A Norfolk this season.

First baseman and designated hitter Ryan Mountcastle also didn't start Monday's game due to left knee soreness, Hyde said.

PITTSBURGH -- Jakob Junis of the Milwaukee Brewers was taken away in an ambulance after being hit in the neck by a line drive during batting practice at PNC Park on Monday.

The right-hander was standing in the outfield when he was struck by the hard-hit ball off the bat of Pirates infielder Alika Williams. Junis remained down for about 20 minutes while being treated by medical teams. The team said he was conscious, alert and responsive and sent to a hospital for further evaluation.

Junis, 31, went on the 15-day injured list on April 6 because of a shoulder impingement. He has made one start this season, allowing one run and three hits in four innings against the Minnesota Twins on April 2.

Since debuting in the majors with Kansas City on April 12, 2017, Junis is 38-45 with a 4.63 ERA in eight seasons with the Kansas City Royals, San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee.

Earlier Monday, the Brewers placed left-handed starter Wade Miley on the 15-day IL with left elbow inflammation. He joined left-hander DL Hall, who went on the IL because of a left knee sprain on Sunday.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Mikel Arteta has backed Chelsea to come good under Mauricio Pochettino because big spending is still the key route to Premier League success.

Arsenal host their London rivals at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday aiming to move four points clear of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.

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Chelsea will end Pochettino's first season at the helm without silverware and face a late scramble to qualify for Europe given they lie in ninth place having suffered 10 league defeats this season.

Chelsea have spent more than 1 billion ($1.23bn) since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital completed their takeover in May 2022 and when asked on Monday if he felt Chelsea would eventually thrive, Arteta said: "I am convinced they will. With that squad, yes, and with the manager they have.

"If you look at the history of the Premier League in the last 20 years at the ones that have spent the most and what has happened there is a big relation, depending on how you look at it.

"They deserve to be in a much higher position in the league when you look at what they have done and what they produce in games. They have a reached a [Carabao Cup] final, they have reached [an FA Cup] semifinal, they could have gone through [against Manchester City].

"I think what Mauricio is doing is really impressive and I'm sure that he is going to get them there."

Meanwhile, Jurrien Timber is expected to feature for Arsenal's under-23s against Blackburn on Monday evening as he steps up his recovery from a knee injury. The defender underwent surgery on an anterior cruciate ligament injury sustained on his league debut against Nottingham Forest last August.

Inter Milan beat city rivals AC Milan 2-1 on Monday to clinch the Serie A title, the 20th time the club has lifted the trophy in its history.

Goals either side of half-time by Francesco Acerbi and Marcus Thuram set Inter on their way, but Fikayo Tomori pulled one back for AC Milan in the 80th minute and each side had a player sent off shortly before the end of the game as tempers flared.

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Inter were able to see out the result, though, and when the whistle blew to end the game they sat on an insurmountable 86 points, 17 clear of Milan with five games to play in the season.

Inter last won the league in the 2020-21 season but failed to replicate that form in the subsequent two years, watching on as Milan and Napoli triumphed in 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively.

This time around, it has been a dominant campaign for Simone Inzaghi's men, with the Scudetto winners having scored the most goals in Serie A while also boasting the stingiest defence.

Lautaro Martínez's impressive return powered the Nerazzurri's attack, scoring 23 (before kickoff) goals to be the front-runner for the Capocannoniere, with Marcus Thuram and Hakan Calhanoglu both reaching double figures.

The wing-back system employed by Inzaghi, with stability from Benjamin Pavard, Alessandro Bastoni and Stefan de Vrij allowing Federico Dimarco and Denzel Dumfries to push forward, proved more than effective in nullifying opponents.

With this triumph, Inter move ahead of Milan in Italian league titles, having been tied at 19 ahead of this season. Juventus lead the way with 36 championship wins.

A star is awarded for every 10 Serie A titles. Only Juventus has won more, with a record 36 and thus three stars.

It had long been a matter of when and not if Inter would win Serie A and they knew that doing so in the Derby della Madonnina at San Siro -- the stadium they share with Milan -- would be extra special, even if they were technically the away team and only one end of the stadium was reserved for their black-and-blue-clad support.

Moreover, Inter had won the past five derby matches, including both legs of the Champions League semifinal last year and a 5-1 humiliation of Milan this season in Serie A.

Inter took the lead in the 18th minute when Benjamin Pavard nodded on Federico Dimarco's corner for an unmarked Acerbi to head in from close range.

Lautaro Martínez should have doubled Inter's lead seven minutes later when he was also left woefully unmarked, but the league's top goal-scorer inexplicably fired over the bar from point-blank range.

Milan seemed to draw confidence from that miss and Rafael Leão had a great chance to level following a rapid run on the counter-attack from Tomori, but he fired straight at Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer.

Thuram came close to doubling Inter's lead, but his effort brushed the outside of the far post.

It was end-to-end action and Milan captain Davide Calabria also forced a great save from Sommer at the end of the first half.

But clinching the crown seemed inevitable less than four minutes after the restart when Thuram ran onto a long Alessandro Bastoni ball over the top and feinted around his marker to cut in from the left along the edge of the area and drill into the near bottom corner.

There was a tense finale after Milan pulled one back 10 minutes from time. Sommer did brilliantly to parry Mattia Gabbia's header onto his post, but Tomori nodded in the rebound before grabbing the ball and gesturing frantically to his teammates as he raced back to the center circle, desperate to get the equaliser that would prevent Inter from securing the title.

As tempers flared, a scuffle broke out in stoppage time and Milan's Théo Hernandez and Inter defender Denzel Dumfries were sent off. Calabria was also shown a red card moments later following another scuffle.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Tallahassee judge has ordered Florida State and the Atlantic Coast Conference to enter mediation in hopes of settling a high-profile lawsuit that could dramatically impact the future of the league.

Judge John C. Cooper technically approved the ACC's motion to dismiss Monday but gave FSU seven days to amend its complaint because the university needs more specificity regarding key facts in a case he said "is worth up to half a billion dollars." The conference would have 20 days to respond afterward, and another hearing would be set.

"The case is not over," Cooper said. "The case will continue."

Cooper ordered the sides to begin mediation within 120 days. But a mediator cannot force an agreement, so the case could end up back in court.

"I send every case to mediation except mortgage foreclosures," Cooper said. "This is not being done any differently."

The Seminoles are pushing to exit the ACC and explore a more lucrative landing spot, potentially the Big Ten Conference.

The hearing Monday was the latest in dueling lawsuits lodged in December. They include back-and-forth arguments pertaining to jurisdiction, a highly guarded grant-of-rights agreement between member schools and the league, and a confidential TV deal between the ACC and ESPN.

The ACC wants the case heard in Charlotte, where the league is headquartered, and doesn't want the broadcasting contract made public. Florida State wants to move the venue to Tallahassee and prefers the documents be unsealed for financial transparency.

FSU had been signaling discontent for a year about the ACC falling further behind the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference in payouts even while raking in record revenues.

The ACC's revenue increased to nearly $617 million during the 2021-22 season, with an average distribution of nearly $39.5 million per school for full members. Still, that leaves ACC schools receiving about $10 million a year less than SEC schools even though ESPN is partnered with both leagues in broadcast deals.

Clemson, another ACC school, has joined FSU in challenging the ACC's right to charge hundreds of millions of dollars to leave the conference.

Clemson's complaint filed in South Carolina said the ACC's "exorbitant $140 million" exit penalty and the grant of rights used to bind schools to a conference through their media rights should be struck down.

Neither Clemson nor Florida State has filed formal notice to withdraw from the ACC.