Chicago Bulls forward Patrick Williams will return Monday night against the Toronto Raptors to play in his first game since having wrist surgery in October, the team said Sunday.

Williams, the No. 4 pick in the 2020 NBA draft, has not played since Oct. 28, when he tore ligaments in his left wrist during the fifth game of the season.

Although he began the season in the starting lineup, Williams is expected to return in a reserve role with a minutes restriction.

"He's anxious to get back," Bulls coach Billy Donovan said Friday. "Physically, he feels good. He knows the timing part is going to take a little bit of time. But I think just how he feels and where he's at mentally, he wants to come back and play."

Williams, 20, had a promising rookie season as one of the youngest players in his draft class, but his second season didn't get off to much of a start. He averaged 6.6 points on 56.5% shooting and 2.2 rebounds in five games before he tore his wrist ligaments falling on a flagrant foul by the New York Knicks' Mitchell Robinson.

While the Bulls were on a three-game West Coast road trip this past week, Williams remained in Chicago to practice with the Windy City Bulls, the team's G League affiliate. Donovan said reports have been encouraging about Williams' conditioning but that his timing was off after being sidelined for five months.

The Bulls are on a back-to-back Monday and Tuesday, and Donovan said it was possible that Williams could play in both games.

Williams' return comes as the Bulls are on a three-game losing streak and have dropped eight of their past 10 games. They began Sunday fifth in the Eastern Conference.

"He makes our team better," Donovan told reporters. "There'll probably be some growing pains of him finding a rhythm. With Patrick, the biggest thing is going to be how he fits into a rotation and what a realistic number of minutes look like for him."

NEW YORK -- As the Brooklyn Nets prepare for the final 11 games of the regular season, center Andre Drummond offered an interesting perspective on how he hopes the team approaches the stretch run.

"Got to treat this s--- like pickup," Drummond said, laughing, after Sunday's practice. "Just take the best five and try to make it work. And try to build chemistry while we're out there.

"But I think the best thing about our team is we have guys that are experienced, guys that have been in the league for five- to seven-plus years. So I think with that, we'll be able to figure it out."

The Nets have been shuffling their lineup ever since a COVID-19 outbreak in December and welcomed Kyrie Irving, who is not vaccinated against COVID-19, back as a part-time player in early January. The team also dealt with an MCL injury for star forward Kevin Durant that kept him out for more than a month and a half and made a trade-deadline deal with the Philadelphia 76ers that brought in Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Drummond and two future first-round picks in exchange for All-Star guard James Harden and Paul Millsap.

"I wouldn't go that far," Nets coach Steve Nash said about Drummond's comment. "Hopefully we are more purposeful than just a pickup game. But I get what he's saying. And I've talked to the team about this. We don't have time to give away days. ... We've talked to the group a lot about 11 games."

As confident as the Nets, who sit in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 37-34 record, remain that they can turn things around, Nash acknowledged that they are playing against teams that have the benefit of being together a lot longer than the Nets.

"We're playing against teams with four or five, six years of corporate knowledge," Nash said. "A lot of that end-of-game execution stuff is rote for them. They've been through it before. We don't have that. So I think that's what Andre's getting at is we got to really work hard and be conscientious of what are the little details that are going to help us win games."

As the Nets try to get things in order, they must do so with Irving still unable to play in home games because of New York City's vaccination mandate and waiting and hoping that Simmons' back will improve to a point that he can play. Simmons still isn't able to do anything at practice after getting an epidural in his back this past week.

Despite the setbacks, Nash is still hopeful that Simmons plays at some point this season.

"I'm fully expecting to have him this year," Nash said. "So that's where my head's at."

The Nets declined to make Irving available for comment Sunday.

Trevor Story and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a six-year, $140 million contract, sources confirmed to ESPN.

The deal includes an opt-out after the fourth season, sources said.

Story hit a crowded free-agent field -- alongside fellow shortstops Carlos Correa, Marcus Semien, Javier Baez and Corey Seager -- with a résumé featuring two All-Star Games, two Silver Slugger awards and MVP votes during the 2018, 2019 and 2020 seasons.

The concern with any player who built his career with the Colorado Rockies is that career numbers are skewed by playing half of his games at Coors Field. Story's batting average and on-base percentage are 60 points lower on the road, his slugging percentage 160 points lower, and his wRC+ 27 points lower. In recent history, Nolan Arenado, DJ LeMahieu and Troy Tulowitzki all became markedly better road hitters with worse home splits after leaving Colorado, though three players is hardly a definitive sample size.

Story, 29, could be moved to second base alongside Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts. At the major league level, Story has never played a position other than shortstop, where he ranked among the majors' best in 2019 with plus-18 outs above average and was an NL Gold Glove finalist.

Story has shown big power in the past, hitting 37 homers in 2018, 35 in 2019, 11 during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, and 24 in 2021. In 2019, Story reached 100 career homers in 448 games, becoming the fastest shortstop to ever do so. In his six-year tenure with Colorado, he solidified himself as one of the best players in franchise history, ranking in the top 10 in homers, doubles, triples and stolen bases. He also tied for 14th in the majors in steals last season with 20.

USA Today first reported on the Red Sox's agreement with Story.

ESPN's Joon Lee contributed to this report.

BOSTON -- A Dominican drug trafficker who was jealous of David Ortiz and felt disrespected by him had him shot at a Dominican nightclub in 2019, according to the private investigators the former Red Sox slugger hired to look into the attack that nearly killed him.

The findings by former Boston police commissioner Edward Davis contradict the theory of the crime developed by Dominican prosecutors.

Davis told The Boston Globe that he identified drug trafficker César Peralta as having orchestrated the shooting by placing a bounty on Ortiz and sanctioning the hit squad that tried to kill him. Dominican authorities did not cooperate with the private investigation.

Peralta is being held without bail in Puerto Rico on unrelated charges of conspiracy to import cocaine and heroin. The U.S. Treasury designated Peralta a drug kingpin in 2019, and he was extradited to the U.S. territory in December.

Ortiz's spokesperson, Joe Baerlein, told the Globe that Davis' findings were withheld for Ortiz's safety until Peralta was in U.S. custody.

Peralta has not been charged in relation to Ortiz's shooting. Peralta's lawyer, Joaquin Perez, said his client had nothing to do with the attempt on Ortiz's life.

"As bad as César Peralta is, it's not even close to being in the ballpark to say he had something to do with this," Perez said.

Perez described Ortiz and Peralta as "close friends." Ortiz told the Globe he knew Peralta only casually and that he was "sad, confused, angry, all kinds of emotions" when he received the news from Davis and Ric Prado, a former high-ranking CIA official who participated in the inquiry.

Dominican authorities have said the target was meant to be Sixto David Fernandez, who was sharing a table with Ortiz when he was shot. Authorities said the hit men confused Fernandez with Ortiz, one of the most popular Dominican ballplayers ever.

Thirteen people have been charged in relation to Ortiz's shooting and are awaiting trial in the Dominican Republic.

Baerlein said Ortiz, 46, was waiting further legal action in the Dominican and U.S. courts to bring clarity about why this happened to him.

A 10-time All-Star, Ortiz helped the Red Sox end their 86-year championship drought in 2004 and batted .688 against the St. Louis Cardinals in 2013 to win World Series MVP.

Ortiz retired after the 2016 season with 541 home runs, and the team retired his No. 34. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first appearance on the ballot in January.

He maintained a home in the Boston area and had been living part of the year in the Dominican Republic. He was seriously wounded in the June 9, 2019, shooting. Doctors in the Dominican Republic removed Ortiz's gallbladder and part of his intestines after the shooting, and he underwent further surgery in the U.S.

Ortiz told the Globe he wants to know why anyone might want him dead, but "the most important thing is, thank God, I'm alive."

Seems as if everybody in baseball was working through the weekend. Starting late Friday night, the last few big dominoes in this year's free-agent market fell in a final sprint, with Nick Castellanos landing with the Phillies, Carlos Correa stunningly signing with the Twins and, finally, the last shortstop standing, Trevor Story agreeing to a deal with the Boston Red Sox.

Story and his representatives seemed to draw inspiration from a few of the other major shortstop deals from the prolonged offseason. The basic terms of the deal -- six years, $140 million, ESPN's Jeff Passan confirms -- are identical to the contract fellow free-agent shortstop Javier Baez signed with the Tigers, but the structure is different. While Baez can opt out after the second year of his deal, Story reportedly can't do so until after his fourth. However, the Red Sox can nullify the opt-out by tacking on a seventh year to the contract, which would bring its total value up to $160 million, unless Boston decides to buy out that seventh year for $5 million. Got that?

On Saturday, in the aftermath of Correa's deal with the Twins, the rumor mill had the Astros as the leader in the Story sweepstakes. That notion didn't fully make sense, as it would have left Houston answering the uncomfortable question of "Why didn't you just give that contract to Correa?" Now, the Jeremy Pena era has begun in the lineage of Houston shortstops.

There are no such questions for the Red Sox, who significantly upgrade their depth chart for the short term and cover themselves against the possible departure of long-time shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who can opt out after the 2022 season and has widely been expected to do so. Meanwhile, for now, ESPN's Marly Rivera reports that the plan is for Story to play second base in Boston while Bogaerts will remain the regular at shortstop.

Ethiopian sprints to 3000m World Indoor title, while Briton lands the first major honour of his career

The final morning of competition in Belgrade saw Selemon Barega upgrade his World Indoor 3000m silver from four years ago to gold as the Ethiopian won a last-lap shootout with compatriot Lamecha Girma while Marc Scott came through to take bronze – the first global honour of his career and Britain’s first medal of these championships.

In a hugely tactical race which ebbed and flowed as the Ethiopian team plan paid off, the 10,000m Olympic champion hit the line in 7:41.38 ahead of Girma’s 7:41.63, while Scott slashed his previous indoor best with 7:42.02 for third – having positioned himself well in the penultimate lap before a composed closing circuit took him past the Kenyan duo of Daniel Ebenyo and Jacob Krop and on to the podium.

Having broken the European indoor record for the 5000m earlier this year and also holding the British mark for the 5km on the roads, Scott now has a major medal to go with his progressively improving times.

The US-based athlete is confident it could be the first of many and certainly didn’t flinch when asked if he could now be the natural successor to four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah.

“I am trying to fill those shoes, inch by inch, it’s going very well,” said Scott, his leg bleeding from the spike marks of battle. “I have the times behind me, one medal now, and we will look for more this summer.”

Scott will now go for the three major championships which lie in wait later this year – the outdoor World Championships, Commonwealth Games and European Championships. Expectations around him will now grow, but the 28-year-old has received a major boost from mixing it with the world’s finest.

“The worlds are the hardest,” said the first British world indoor 3000m medallist since Rob Denmark in 1991. “But obviously the big names were out there today. The two ahead of me are very talented guys, arguably the best in the world, so to be only a stride away from them shows what I can do. With another good few months of training under me, there is no reason why I can’t get some medals this summer.”

The 28-year-old was also more than happy to have ensured his country will not leave Belgrade empty-handed, with the major medal hopes of Keely Hodgkinson and Elliot Giles having had to withdraw through injury during the first two days of competition.

“There’s a little bit of gloom around the team, just obviously our two big names – Keely and Elliot – didn’t start, which was a big shame,” he added. “We needed to get a medal and I’m glad to do that.”

For his part, Barega was more than happy with his morning’s work, winning the race very much on his own terms. The 2019 World 10,000m silver medallist went to the front in the early stages to push the pace before being happy to take a step back and strike right when he wanted to.

“I decided to lead the race from the beginning because too many runners in the final were 1500m specialists,” he said, as the first 1000m was covered in 2:35.45 and 2000m reached in 5:15.14. “I just wanted to make the pace fast and comfortable. Then I have to slow down to keep more power for the finish kick. It was a very good plan and another great experience for me.”

Holloway in a class of his own

Grant Holloway looked to be in a different class to his opposition as he breezed through the opening heats of the 60m hurdles.

The world record-holder was fastest by some distance, looking completely at ease he won heat five in 7.40, with defending champion Andy Pozzi also progressing to the semi-finals from that race after finishing second in 7.60.

Pozzi’s fellow Briton, David King, joined them in the next stage after winning heat one in 7.65.

Spain and USA lead the way for 4x400m finals

In the qualifying heats for the 4x400m finals, Spain were quickest in the men’s event after clocking 3:06.98 to win heat two, with Czech Republic second-fastest in a time of 3:07.25.

Belgium were heat one winners in 3:07.43, while the Netherlands took heat three in 3:07.64 from defending champions Poland (3:07.90). Great Britain were third in that race and took the final qualifying spot with 3:08.30 while the USA line-up, which featured world 800m champion Donavan Brazier, failed to go through after Isaiah Harris seemingly pulled his quad on the anchor leg and had to run the last 150m through the pain barrier. The USA finished eighth-fastest overall in 3:09.11.

The Americans had no such problems in the women’s event as the defending champions qualified fastest from heat one in 3:28.82 ahead of the Netherlands’ 3:29.36. Heat two winners Poland went through in 3:30.51, as did second-placed Jamaica (3:30.91). Belgium produced a national indoor record 3:30.58 to finish as fourth-fastest qualifiers, just ahead of Great Britain’s 3:30.69 – a time which also saw them through.

Olympic champion leaps to an astonishing 15.74m at World Indoor Champs as Woo wins high jump battle

While there had been much to admire and enjoy about these World Indoor Championships, the final day of competition dawned with the Belgrade crowd yet to have witnessed a moment of true individual brilliance.

All of that changed towards the end of a morning session on Sunday (March 20) which took the breath away.

Yulimar Rojas stunned Tokyo with a world record of 15.67m on her way to Olympic gold last summer and expectations had been high that she could at the very least surpass her world indoor mark of 15.43m, given that she leapt 15.41m in what was her first triple jump competition of the year last month.

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How about that!? Yulimar Rojas takes apart her triple jump world record with an astonishing 15.74m ?

Her WIR stood at 15.43m and her WOR was 15.67m ??#WorldIndoorChamps ?? pic.twitter.com/QJ75ZFIoux

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) March 20, 2022

It says much about the standards she has set for herself that a championships record-equalling jump of 15.36m in the fifth round almost felt like it wasn’t enough from the Venezuelan. That leap had secured Rojas her third successive World Indoor title but still there was business to attend to.

Preparing for her final attempt, she silenced the crowd and then urged them to clap her towards something special. She got her wish.

It was immediately clear that the distance covered had been huge but there was an audible gasp before the celebratory roar which greeted the news Rojas had reached an incredible 15.74m. To underline the progress she has made, 14.63m was enough to give her World Indoor gold in Birmingham four years ago.

“I cannot be more thankful,” said Rojas. “I knew it was the right time to achieve this and I took the chance. I did not want to miss this opportunity. Looking back to 2018, I am the same person but I have improved a lot technically and I also have the mental strength.

The triple jump indoor all-time list has just changed dramatically ?

1⃣ Yulimar Rojas ?? (15.74m – 2022)
2⃣ Yulimar Rojas ?? (15.43m – 2020)
3⃣ Yulimar Rojas ?? (15.41m – 2022) #WorldIndoorChamps ?? pic.twitter.com/ZFP5sLmNVu

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) March 20, 2022

“Now, I want to focus on the World Championships in Oregon and I think there is a big chance of going for the double – long jump and triple jump. The 16-metre mark [for the triple jump] is my big goal.”

It took another remarkable performance to land the silver, too. Ukraine’s Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk – in the first senior international triple jump competition of her career – leapt a huge personal best of 14.74m to go from eighth to second in the sixth round.

Her day’s work was not done, however, as the European Indoor champion then turned her attention to Sunday evening’s long jump – in which she was also competing.

Jamaican two-time Commonwealth champion Kimberly Williams took bronze with and indoor PB of 14.62m.

Woo creates Korean history in high jump

Sanghyeok Woo became South Korea’s first ever World Indoor gold medallist as he underlined his status as an emerging force with a hugely impressive high jump performance.

Last year’s Olympic fourth placer and the world leader confirmed gold after being the only athlete to clear 2.34m – at the first time of asking.

Swiss outdoor record-holder Loïc Gasch took silver on countback with a best of 2.31m. That was the height also reached by Gianmarco Tamberi and Hamish Kerr, but with each producing identical performances, the Italian who shared Olympic gold with Mutaz Essa Barshim last summer found himself being awarded a joint bronze with the New Zealander.

Woo had entered the competition at 2.20m and had gone clear first time on every height until he reached 2.31m. It was a barrier at which he failed twice, but produced the clearance he needed before producing his gold medal-winning leap.

“I felt like I had only one good jump today so I am happy that I ended up with the gold medal on my neck,” said Woo. “It is very important for me because this is my first indoor season. Every competition gave me more and more energy and power.”

American Taylor Fritz booked his place in the men's final at Indian Wells with a 7-5 6-4 win over Andrey Rublev.

The Russian sent a backhand just wide when he had break point at 4-4 in the second set and Fritz recovered to hold.

He then broke world number seven Rublev in the next game to take the match in California and will play Rafael Nadal or Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday's final.

"It sounds like a dream come true. I can't even believe it's real," world number 20 Fritz told Amazon Prime.

"[It was] definitely the best I've played this week. I was finally putting it together, being way more aggressive than I've been all week."

Fritz, 24, also revealed he suffered an ankle injury in the final stages of the match.

"I pinched the back of my right ankle," he said. "I think it was on one of those points where I was trying to grind out balls on my serve.

"It didn't feel too bad but the first point when I took a really explosive push-off step to return the serve, it hurt a lot.

"Hopefully, it's just a little tweak and we'll get it sorted out. I was looking for the trainer."

Fritz will be aiming to become the first American men's winner at Indian Wells since Andre Agassi in 2001.

Watch highlights as France sweep to a first Six Nations Grand Slam for 12 years with a 25-13 victory over England at the Stade de France in Paris.

REPORT: Superb France beat England to complete Grand Slam

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France strutted to a first Grand Slam in 12 years as they ran in three tries to comfortably see off England in front of a jubilant Stade de France.

England's Freddie Steward, deployed on the wing, stepped and swooped to score after Joe Marchant's break after the interval.

But it was a rare moment of danger from England, who were kept at arm's length.

France captain Antoine Dupont darted under the sticks soon after and the hosts played out the final 10 minutes in comfort as their fans started the party.

La Marseillaise reverberated round the stands and tricolores fluttered from every seat as the final scrum was set with the clock in the red.

Gregory Alldritt's kick to the stands moments later was the signal for his team to drop to their knees and savour a clean sweep that has been brewing for the last couple of campaigns.

England finish third in the Six Nations, but this contest revealed the chasm that separates them from the champions.

France were superior in every area. Stronger up front, more accurate in the backs, tighter in defence, more clinical in attack.

For England, defeat is a sobering reality check. There are still 18 months until the start of the Rugby World Cup, but to close the gap on France in that timeframe requires swift, steep improvement.

There was little sign of it at the Stade de France. A campaign that started with Eddie Jones' side stifled by Scotland, ended with them overwhelmed in Paris, and there have been precious few positives in between.

France shoot for the stars at the Stade

England had creaked long before the opening score. Fickou knocked on as an intricate pre-planned move prised open a hole for him before Jonathan Danty's offload went to ground on a dangerous broken-field counter.

The visitors' luck could not hold. France duly got a grip of the ball and the match. Gabin Villiere's dart down the left dragged England's defence out of shape and Romain Ntamack's looping mispass found an unguarded Fickou, who dived over on the opposite wing.

England's kick-heavy tactics worked on occasion. Twice in the first half, Freddie Steward chased Marcus Smith's hoofs and managed to win the aerial battle.

But on both occasions, France were quicker into the breakdown to turn over possession and stem the momentum. The rest of the bombardment was eagerly gobbled up by full-back Melvyn Jaminet and his two wings.

France's threat was never far from the surface, but England dredged in vain for a way through the defence.

The visitors rarely looked like stringing together a series of profitable phases to build pressure and only clung within range thanks to a pair of Smith penalties as half-time loomed.

Cros ensured the difference between the sides was better represented on the scoreboard by the break though as he stretched over to make it 18-6 after a sky-hooked one-hand pass from Fickou had sent Villiere scampering clear.

England's toil suddenly, unexpectedly bore fruit early in the second half. Marchant barrelled through a hole, Smith and Henry Slade combined to get the ball wide and Steward stepped inside the covering Ntamack to score.

Smith converted from the touchline. The lead was trimmed to five points.

It could have been where the Stade de France got twitchy. It could have been there the pressure of ending a Grand Slam drought bore down on the players. This generation is different though. Just as when Ireland threatened a comeback in round two, they found another gear.

Number eight Alldritt picked and went round the fringe and slipped the ball inside to Dupont, with whom he has played on and off since the pair were boys at the small-town southern club of Auch.

World Player of the Year Dupont did the rest, shrugging off two tacklers on his way in.

They are both stars on the biggest stage now. Few would bet against them or their team for the biggest prize either when France hosts the Rugby World Cup next year.

Player of the match - Gael Fickou

'Two wins not acceptable for England' - best of the reaction

Former England wing Ugo Monye on Radio 5 Live: "Third place is a fair reflection of where England are. Will the fans be frustrated? Absolutely.

"This England team have been in a cycle of boom or bust. Last year was a clear bust but to back it up with the same number of wins, for the level of players we have, for the player pool we have, the financial backing we have and the coach we have, it's just not good enough.

"It's simply not acceptable.

"France are streets ahead of every other team in this competition. They have a brilliant style. They have flair with work rate and physicality, but they're also devoid of those big moments that have cost them down the years."

Former England scrum-half Matt Dawson on BBC Radio 5 Live: "Dupont is not even halfway in his career and goodness me, he's just going to get better and better.

"He's one of those, it doesn't matter what sport it is, the best players make it seem like they are playing in slow motion."

'We wanted to write our names in history'

France scrum-half and captain Antoine Dupont said: "This is our third tournament together as a team. We were very close twice so we know how difficult it is to win.

"We wanted to write our place in history.

"Of course we have next year's World Cup in mind, we discuss it between us, but for now we'll enjoy the Grand Slam and we'll start thinking about the World Cup later."

France team manager Raphael Ibanez, speaking to ITV: "Twelve years is a very, very long time and this was an intense final game but we have a fantastic group of players.

"We were thinking we needed to hold on and fair play to England, they tried to break us down."

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Line-ups

France: Jaminet; Penaud, Fickou, Danty, Villiere; Ntamack, Dupont; Baille, Marchand, Atonio, Woki, Willemse, Cros, Jelonch, Alldritt.Replacements: Ramos for Jaminet (76), Lucu for Dupont (76), Gros for Baille (49), Mauvaka for Marchand (49),Haouas for Atonio (54), Flament for Woki (71), Taofifenua for Willemse (49), Cretin for Cros (71).England: Furbank; Steward, Marchant, Slade, Nowell; Smith, Youngs; Genge, George, Stuart, Itoje, Isiekwe, Lawes,Underhill, Simmonds.

Replacements: Ford for Furbank (76), Daly for Nowell (25), Randall for Youngs (64), Marler for Genge (64),Sinckler for Stuart (49), Chessum for Isiekwe (61), Dombrandt for Underhill (64).