Basketball

MÉRIDA, Mexico — Canada will be shooting for a gold medal on Monday at the U16 Americas Women's Basketball Championship in Mexico, but they'll have to defeat the three-time defending champion U.S. to reach the top of the podium.

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) — Wilt Chamberlain's home uniform from his rookie season with the Philadelphia Warriors has sold at auction for $1.79 million.

SOMBOR, Serbia (AP) — Nikola Jokic made it back to Serbia in time to watch his beloved horses race in his hometown.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio businessman Roland Ramirez predicted the outcome of the NBA draft lottery months before Commissioner Adam Silver announced the Spurs had won the No. 1 pick.

MÉRIDA, Mexico — Cearah Parchment scored 16 points and teammate Deniya Prawl added 11 as Canada dunked host Mexico 71-44 on Saturday to advance to the women's U16 Americas basketball championship semifinals.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The timing of Michael Jordan’s decision to sell his majority ownership stake in the Charlotte Hornets has left the organization in flux, with several looming key personnel decisions. The Hornets have the No.

The Memphis Grizzlies put their future and title hopes in the hands of Ja Morant. With Morant suspended, so are the franchise's championship plans. The NBA has sidelined Morant for the first 25 games of the upcoming season.

PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama wasn't the only young French prospect turning heads overseas. Granted, fans would have had to look much farther to find Rayan Rupert, who played for the New Zealand Breakers.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are promoting within to replace general manager Bob Myers, naming Mike Dunleavy Jr. as their new GM on Friday ahead of next week's draft.

This is not a defense of Ja Morant, whose erratic behavior certainly seems worthy of a lengthy suspension.