DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Eighteen-year-old Sean Dylan Kelly earned the pole for the Daytona 200 motorcycle race on Friday at Daytona Int’l Speedway.

Dylan Kelly’s fast lap of 116.037 mph around the Daytona Int’l Speedway road course earned him a visit to Daytona’s victory lane, where he received a one-of-a-kind Arai helmet for his efforts.

When the 69-rider field launches off pit road at 1 p.m. ET on Saturday, tradition will be renewed on the 3.51-mile DIS road course for the 57-lap/200-mile event that will wrap up the 80th Annual Bike Week At Daytona.

Leading the front row will be Dylan Kelly, followed by the second-fastest qualifier and 2019 Daytona 200 Champion Kyle Wyman on a Yamaha (115.621 mph). The third-fastest was rider Michael Barnes on a Yamaha (114.697 mph) with fourth-place qualifier Tyler O’Hara on a Kawasaki (114.520 mph).

Sanctioned by the American Sportbike Racing Ass’n, the Daytona 200 is an integral part of Daytona Beach’s rich racing history, dating to 1937 when it was held on the Daytona Beach road course that utilized both the Atlantic Ocean shoreline and State Road A1A. It quickly became a companion to the course’s stock-car races that were first held in 1936. The Daytona 200 moved from the beach-road course to the speedway in 1961, the facility’s third year of existence.

Dylan Kelly unseated defending champion Wyman in the final of three Friday qualifying sessions. At 16, Dylan Kelly took the pole for the 2019 Daytona 200 in his first attempt, and then backed it up again this year. The Daytona 200 wasn’t held in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.

“We did a great job today,” said Dylan Kelly. “This makes it two times I have been here for the DAYTONA 200 and we have two poles. The important thing, however, is tomorrow with the race. We have really been focusing on our race pace. I am happy with the work we did and am super thankful for this position.

“We all want that Rolex (Cosmograph for Daytona 200 champion). We had second place in 2019, and it definitely left something inside of us to come back and win.  We are here to work, and here to win.”

Four-time Daytona 200 winner Danny Eslick will start seventh in the field. The Tulsa, Okla., rider qualified on a Suzuki and is attempting to become the third five-time Daytona 200 champion. Scott Russell and Miguel Duhamel share the all-time record for Daytona 200 victories.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to trade guard Hamidou Diallo to the Detroit Pistons for guard Svi Mykhailiuk and a 2027 second-round draft pick, sources told ESPN on Friday.

The emergence of second-year guard Lu Dort made Diallo expendable, especially considering he will be a restricted free agent this summer. The Pistons consider Diallo as a core future player and plan to work to sign him to a new deal in the offseason, sources said.

Pistons general manager Troy Weaver was an executive with the Thunder when Diallo was selected 45th overall in the 2018 NBA draft.

Diallo, 22, has averaged career highs in scoring (11.9), rebounding (5.2), assists (4.2) and minutes (23.8) this season.

The 2027 second-round pick headed to Oklahoma City will be via the Houston Rockets, sources said.

Mykhailiuk, 23, is considered a better positional fit along the Thunder's perimeter, and he'll get a chance to make an impression with Oklahoma City prior to becoming a restricted free agent this summer.

He was the 47th overall pick by the Lakers in the 2018 draft, arriving in Detroit midway through his rookie season in a trade. He's averaging 6.9 points a game this season -- and 6.6 for his career.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Even with two new crew chiefs, Ron Capps started his NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season on a high note Friday.

Capps powered to the provisional No. 1 spot in qualifying in Funny Car at the season-opening 52nd annual AMALIE Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals at Gainesville Raceway.

Steve Torrence (Top Fuel), Erica Enders (Pro Stock) and Angelle Sampey (Pro Stock Motorcycle) are also provisional No. 1 qualifiers in their respective categories at the first race of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series season.

Capps put together a pass of 3.895-seconds at 329.02 mph in his 11,000-horsepower NAPA Auto Parts Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat. It would be the former world champ’s 26th career No. 1 qualifier if it holds, and a noteworthy one after longtime crew chief Rahn Tobler retired in the off-season.

Capps is working with Dean Antonelli and John Medlen in 2021, a pair of proven crew chiefs in the Don Schumacher Racing camp who helped send Capps to the top on Friday.

“I talked about testing last week and how it went that first time with this team, and it just feels great,” Capps said. “We ran two 3.89s at testing last week, so it’s almost like we can dial-in a bracket car here so far. I’m honestly tickled. I just want to make the whole team proud. We already knew this was a great car. This is a team that battled for a championship the past few seasons and won a lot of races.

“There’s not a lot I can do other than be myself and drive the car the best I can. I just wanted the car to prove itself, and let Guido and John Medlen do their thing. There are so many things that are different to adjust to, but I’m getting more comfortable in the car. Unloading with a provisional No. 1 qualifier is great. What a perfect time to go up and show up.”

Alexis DeJoria is currently second in Funny Car with a 3.914-second pass at 324.28 mph and Tim Wilkerson sits third after his pass of 3.917 seconds at 324.28 mph.

Torrence, who has won the last three Top Fuel world titles, wasted little time asserting control in a class he has dominated in recent seasons thanks to his blast of 3.699 seconds at 324.90 mph in his 11,000-horsepower Capco Contractors dragster. If it holds, it would give Torrence, who also won in Gainesville last season, his 28th career No. 1 qualifier.

Torrence was the only driver to reach the 3.60s on Friday, as veteran Doug Kalitta took the second with a run of 3.746 seconds at 307.37 mph. Brittany Force, making her first appearance in the class in more than a year, currently sits third after a solid run of 3.747 seconds at 330.47 mph.

Erica Enders picked up right where she left off a year ago, as the back-to-back Pro Stock champion made a strong run on Friday in her Melling Performance/Elite Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro, going to the top with a run of 6.528 seconds at 210.77 mph. Enders picked up her fourth title a year ago and started her season impressively as the 29-time event winner looks for her first win in Gainesville. If it holds, it would also give Enders her 23rd career No. 1 qualifier.

Greg Anderson is currently in the second spot after going 6.536 seconds at a Friday-best 211.30 mph and Deric Kramer took the third spot with a 6.540-second pass at 210.08 mph.

Debuting a new four-valve Vance & Hines/Mission Foods Suzuki, Angelle Sampey impressed immediately in Pro Stock Motorcycle, jumping to the top spot with a stellar run of 6.746 seconds at 196.67 mph. If it holds, it would be the 52nd career top spot for the three-time champ, who is also among the first in the class to ride the new four-valve Suzuki.

Defending champion and event winner Matt Smith wasn’t far off Sampey’s pace, checking in at No. 2 thanks to a 6.768-second pass at a class-best 199.82 mph. Hector Arana Jr. is currently third with his run of 6.817 seconds at 198.32 mph.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Lee Westwood isn't interested in comparing himself with the player who rose to No. 1 in the world a decade ago. All he knows is he's playing some of his best golf, and he gets another chance to see if it can hold up against the best field.

Westwood had all the shots Friday in a bogey-free round at The Players Championship, with two birdies at the start and a nifty pitch to a troublesome pin on the par-5 ninth to close with another birdie and a 6-under 66.

That gave him a one-shot lead over Matt Fitzpatrick (68) going into the weekend on the Stadium Course at the TPC Sawgrass, with U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau not too far behind.

Westwood, who turns 48 next month, played well enough to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational last week at Bay Hill except that DeChambeau was one shot better in a fascinating duel of generations on a course that favors power.

Sawgrass favors no particular style, and it produced an eclectic mix of contenders at the halfway point.

“I think to compete in any of these tournaments against the best players in the world, you can’t have any weaknesses in your game,” Westwood said. "I wouldn’t be able to say I’m doing this better or that better. There’s not a shot out there I’m afraid of. There’s not a shot out there I’ll walk up to and think, ‘I haven’t got this one.’

“I'm comfortable out there with everything.”

He was at 9-under 135 and will be part of the All-England final pairing Saturday.

Sergio Garcia was another shot back after a 72 that looked like it was a lot worse with so many putts the Spaniard missed, including a 23-inch par putt on the 15th hole that followed a 5-foot par putt he missed on the 14th.

Still, the 2008 champion showed plenty of game – and enough par putts that went in – to stay in the hunt. He drilled his approach to inches away on the par-5 11th for his third eagle of the week, which already ties the tournament record.

And he finished in style with an approach that danced around the flag and settled 5 feet away for birdie on the 18th.

“It was a beautiful roller coaster,” Garcia said. “There were a lot of good things. Unfortunately, a lot of bad things. But more than anything there was a lot of fighting, and that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of because when things are not really happening and you miss a couple putts here and there, it’s easy to kind of let the round get away from you.”

When the second round was suspended by darkness, 16 players were within five shots of the lead.

DeChambeau was in the group three shots behind after a 69 that began with a double bogey from the trees and a muffed chip out of the rough from behind the green. He was bogey-free the rest of the way on a course that doesn't let him swing for the fences because of water and cross bunkers and other brands of trouble.

“I’m happy with the fact that I’ve still been able to keep myself in it and score well,” DeChambeau said. “I’ve been pretty lucky, for the most part. I don’t think that’ll happen this weekend. I’ve got to make sure that my game is good off the tee, so I don’t have those issues occurring and I don’t have to rely on luck for the most part. I have to get it in the fairway.”

Kirk holed out from the first fairway for eagle and closed with back-to-back birdies for a 65. Starting with a chip-in for birdie on the 15th, he played six straight holes in 6 under.

Sungjae Im tied the tournament record with six straight birdies, a streak that ended when he missed the green to the left on the par-3 third, and even then he nearly chipped in. He had to settle for a 66 and was three shots behind.

Dustin Johnson wasted a good start and shot 70, leaving him eight shots behind. Jordan Spieth made his first double bogey in 411 holes – the longest streak of his career – and shot 74 to make the cut on the number.

The weekend is as much about who's missing.

Rory McIlroy, who opened with a 79, wasn't much better Friday. He made another double bogey on the 10th hole and shot 75. His 36-hole total of 154 was his highest ever in his 11 appearance at The Players Championship. He is the first defending champion to miss the cut since Rickie Fowler in 2016.

Four players from the top 10 in the world missed the cut – Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Tyrrell Hatton and Webb Simpson, whose hopes ended with one of 13 balls in the water at the island-green 17th.

Jordan Spieth will advance to play the weekend at TPC Sawgrass – but just barely.

Spieth entered his final hole of Friday’s second round, the par-5 ninth, a shot clear of the projected cut line, but after hitting his second shot into the right rough, about 25 yards from the hole, Spieth needed four more shots to get the ball in the hole.

His closing bogey left him with a 2-over 74, and at even par, Spieth was one of 21 players on the cut line at The Players Championship. Eight players will have to finish their second rounds at 7 a.m. Saturday, though the line can’t move. Harry Higgs and Victor Perez are even par with one and three holes left, respectively, while Sam Ryder and Adam Schenk are each 2 over with at least two to play.

Other players, including several big names, are already on their way home. Hideki Matsuyama, who a year ago fired an opening 63 before the tournament was canceled, joined Scottie Scheffler, Tyrrell Hatton and Marc Leishman in missing the cut by one.

Among those missing the cut by two shots was Viktor Hovland, who called a two-shot penalty on himself on Thursday. Gary Woodland shot 76 after an opening 70 to also fall two shots short along with Tommy Fleetwood, Webb Simpson, Max Homa and Bubba Watson.

Steve Stricker backed up mightily with a 77 and was part of a group at 3 over that also included Tony Finau and Francesco Molinari.

Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay were both pre-tournament favorites, but finished 36 holes at 4 over and 5 over, respectively. Rickie Fowler’s struggles continued, as he finished at 6 over.

And then there was defending champion Rory McIlroy, who headed back home after a 10-over performance in which he beat just 10 players.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. -- Rory McIlroy missed the cut by 10 shots on Friday at the Players Championship, and that wasn't even the most surprising aspect to his day.

After shooting 79-75 at TPC Sawgrass, McIlroy lamented issues with his swing that he traced to chasing speed -- and Bryson DeChambeau's length -- last fall.

When asked what he was frustrated with, McIlroy paused for a long time before answering.

"Probably the swing issues and where it all stems from, probably like October last year, doing a little bit of speed training, started getting sucked into that stuff, swing got flat, long, and too rotational,'' he said. "Obviously I added some speed and am hitting the ball longer, but what that did to my swing as a whole probably wasn't a good thing, so I'm sort of fighting to get back out of that. That's what I'm frustrated with.''

When asked why he would do that given he remains among the longest drivers in the game -- McIlroy ranked first in the field in driving distance through two rounds at the Players -- he admitted DeChambeau's increased length was a factor.

"I'd be lying if I said it wasn't anything to do with what Bryson did at the U.S. Open,'' McIlroy said of DeChambeau, who won the U.S. Open in September at Winged Foot by 6 shots. "I think a lot of people saw that and were like, 'Whoa, if this is the way they're going to set golf courses up in the future, it helps. It really helps.'

"The one thing that people don't appreciate is how good Bryson is out of the rough. Not only because of how upright he is but because his short irons are longer than standard, so he can get a little more speed through the rough than us, than other guys.

"And I thought being able to get some more speed is a good thing, and I maybe just -- to the detriment a little bit of my swing, I got there, but I just need to maybe rein it back in a little bit.''

McIlroy hasn't won since the HSBC Champions in November 2019, and in 20 tournaments since the restart in June, he has just two top-five finishes with two missed cuts.

"It'll take a bit of time,'' said McIlroy, who has just one event scheduled prior to the Masters, the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in two weeks. "Like with anything, the slightest change in your swing is going to feel uncomfortable for a while.

"It's not like it's that far away. I go back to last September, October is where it looked and felt pretty good, so it's just a matter of sort of -- maybe not erasing the stuff, I'd still like to keep the speed and what I've been able to -- but just not make the swings that are sort of producing that speed.''

Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love will make his return to action on Friday night against the New Orleans Pelicans after missing all but two games this season.

"His role tonight is going to be limited," Cavs coach J. B. Bickerstaff said pregame. "We kind of have that number in mind. We want to put him in position where he can build upwards. We don't want to overdo anything tonight where he's impacted for Sunday and then impacted moving forward."

Love will be in the starting lineup, the team announced, alongside Larry Nance Jr. and Jarrett Allen in the frontcourt. The game marks Nance's return to the lineup as well. He's missed more than a month with a fractured finger in his left hand.

The versatile forward was a big part of Cleveland's surprise start to the season and his defense has been sorely missed during the team's swoon in recent weeks.

Love has not played since Dec. 27 due to a calf injury. Bickerstaff said the goal for Love is to play "as many games as possible" the rest of the season.

"If that means we have to monitor his minutes more than we would typically, I think that's where our focus is ... trying to get him in as many games as we can to finish out the season," Bickerstaff said.

Bickerstaff says he's not concerned about working Love back into the Cavs' lineup.

"I think all the guys understand how good Kevin is," Bickerstaff said. "They understand the impact he can have on a game. How he makes each and every player a better basketball player. My expectation is that it's going to take a little bit of time because he's been out for a while and there's going to be an adjustment period."

Glasgow Warriors staged a superb second-half comeback to keep their Champions Cup qualification hopes alive with a Pro14 victory over Ospreys.

Glasgow responded well with Lee Jones racing clear to edge them in front.

Gareth Evans crossed to restore Ospreys' lead, but Warriors hit back with tries from Rufus McLean and Aki Seiuli to secure victory.

It moves Danny Wilson's side to within seven points of third-placed Ospreys, who collected a losing bonus point and have played an extra game.

Ross Thompson kicked 15 points for Glasgow, who still have to play Dragons and Benetton in Conference A as they try to overhaul Ospreys.

Toby Booth's Swansea-based outfit round off the regular season with a trip to Dublin to face reigning champions Leinster.

Bristol Bears went 11 points clear at the top of the Premiership with a 37-20 bonus-point win over Wasps.

Joe Joyce bulldozed over on the hour mark before Niyi Adeolokun crossed in the corner as Bristol pulled clear.

Josh Bassett broke through to give Wasps a consolation score but Chris Vui earned Bristol a last-gasp bonus point.

Leaders Bristol happy in the rain

Wasps had won their past 11 encounters with Bristol and Lee Blackett's side got off to an ideal start as Jimmy Gopperth kicked the visitors into the lead through an early penalty, reaching 1,000 points for the club in the process.

In wet and windy conditions, Bristol dominated the early territory but were hit on the break when Wasps number eight Vailanu, making his first start for six months, crossed after 16 minutes.

The league leaders were missing Kyle Sinckler, Ben Earl, Harry Randall and Max Malins to England Six Nations duty as well as Wales fly-half Callum Sheedy, but were soon on the scoresheet when former All Black Charles Piutau danced through before setting up O'Conor.

And after three Eden penalties, Wasps' Gopperth struck another long-range penalty before the break as Bristol led 16-13 at half-time.

Pat Lam's side continued to dominate the phases in the second half, with Joyce going over shortly after Eden had hit the upright from a penalty kick.

And Eden and Piutau were both involved as Adeolokun crossed in the corner with 11 minutes remaining, before Bassett broke through to give the visitors a last-minute try.

But it was the Bears who would have the final score as replacement forward Vui went under the posts with the clock in the red to bring up a deserved bonus point.

The result means Wasps stay in ninth while Bristol extend their lead at the top before second-placed Exeter take on Harlequins, in third, at 12:30 GMT on Saturday.

'We want Six Nations absences to feel normal' - what they said

Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam told BBC Radio Bristol:

"It's 15 years since we last beat Wasps, it's the first time I've beaten them as a coach. Certainly, with the amount of unavailability we have [this was a great result].

"But with our system, it doesn't matter who steps up, we have that culture.

"The boys worked their way back and ground things out and to get five points in these conditions was fantastic.

"I want us to be used to this Six Nations window. I'm preparing that we're going to have a lot of guys away every year. The whole squad is important, if you play for the Bristol Bears it doesn't matter who puts the jersey on, the job's the same."

Wasps head coach Lee Blackett told BBC CWR:

"I thought we were in the game, I thought we started the game really well.

"When things aren't going your way you have things like them hitting the woodwork and then scoring. I thought that was a vital game-changing moment.

"I felt there were certain aspects that we improved on but there are other things we must work on. There's a lot of boys very frustrated in the dressing room.

"This'll be a big test now for the players and me as a coach. There's only one way through it. You work hard."

Bristol Bears: C Piutau; Adeolokun, Purdy, O'Conor, Naulago; Eden, Uren; Thomas, Byrne, Lahiff, Attwood, Joyce, Luatua (capt), Thomas, Hughes.

Replacements: Capon, Woolmore, Afoa, Vui, Heenan, Kessell, Powell, Fricker.

Wasps: Miller; Kibirige, Fekitoa, Gopperth, Bassett; Umaga, Porter; West, Oghre, Toomaga-Allen, Rowlands, Gaskell, Shields (capt), Young, Vailanu.

Replacements: Taylor, Harris, Owlett, Douglas, T Willis, Vellacott, Le Bourgeois, Minozzi.

Referee: Karl Dickson.

Wales have been here before. A Six Nations starting with two scratchy wins, followed by a second-half surge to see off England, leaving them two victories away from a Grand Slam.

When Wales face Italy in Rome on Saturday, among the players remaining from their triumphant 2019 campaign will be fly-half Dan Biggar.

Two years ago, Gareth Anscombe was the man entrusted to start in the fabled 10 shirt, with Biggar coming on to close games out.

As Anscombe is absent with a long-term injury, the 90-cap Biggar is now the starter with Callum Sheedy his second-half replacement.

The new dynamic has worked well so far, with the Northampton and Bristol fly-halves guiding Wales to wins over Ireland, Scotland and England.

Although Wales were unconvincing against Ireland and Scotland - both of whom had a man sent off - they were vastly improved in their victory over England.

Biggar created the opening try in the first half, before Sheedy excelled in the second as Wales motored from 24-24 at 65 minutes to a thumping 40-24 triumph.

"Callum has been very good. It does have similarities with 2019," says Biggar.

"If we're brutally honest we didn't play that well in the opening two games of this campaign.

"It was the same a couple of years ago when we didn't play well in the opening two games, but still got the results.

"In both years we've played well against England in the middle game and that set us up to do the job in 2019."

There were several echoes of the 2019 encounter a fortnight ago, not least in Wales' opening try.

Two years earlier, Biggar set Wales on their way to a pulsating win at the Principality Stadium with a pinpoint cross-field kick for Josh Adams to gather and touch down.

Biggar repeated the trick for Adams to score in this year's meeting, though England's players felt they had not been given enough time to get back into position after referee Pascal Gauzere had told their captain Owen Farrell to talk to his team about ill discipline.

"It's one of those where if you were wearing a white shirt or support them, you were probably annoyed," Biggar says.

"If you were wearing a red shirt, you'd probably not have seen anything wrong with it.

"The one thing I would say on it is when you look at the overhead image, England's left edge on Jonny May's side was all in position and ready to go.

"If I'd kicked it to Jonny's side, he'd marked it and kicked it back 90 metres, would England be asking 'Oh we're all set now, you can take the kick at goal now?' That's the issue I would have."

Regardless of England's complaints about Adams' try, Wales were ultimately comprehensive winners by 16 points.

That match was perhaps the best example yet of Biggar and Sheedy's burgeoning combination; the former, 31, providing the big-match nous and experience to lay a solid foundation for his 25-year-old colleague to come on and orchestrate the Welsh attack in the closing stages.

"From Sheeds' point of view he's been excellent coming on and doing a job when he's needed," Biggar says.

"The three goals he kicked against England were big kicks. He held his nerve and delivered really well.

"We seem to complement each other well at the moment and we have Jarrod Evans in the squad as well. He's an unbelievable player with ball in hand.

"We're in a good position as a squad with those two young guys who are fresh, energised and chomping at the bit. Then you've got an old stager like myself who is hanging on and trying to guide the team around from the start!

"For Sheeds in particular he's been excellent when he's come on. He's an excellent, grounded, level-headed kid who just wants to enjoy being in a team which is winning.

"When he came in in the autumn, we weren't on a particularly great run and it's nice for him to sample a taste of big matches."

Wales' winning start to this Six Nations has been in stark contrast to last year's campaign, their worst since 2007 as they mustered just one victory over Italy.

Having lost seven of their first 10 Tests under head coach Wayne Pivac, Wales are now brimming with confidence as they travel to Rome.

Their base at the Vale Resort near Cardiff has been quieter than usual, as the coronavirus pandemic means the squad have the hotel to themselves.

And while lockdown has deprived the players of many hobbies and freedoms, Biggar's wife has helped provide the team with some home comforts.

"My wife Alex was a primary school teacher before we had our little one. She gave that up to be a full-time mum but, in the meantime, she's started doing some baking with things like cookies and other bits and pieces," Biggar explains.

"Somehow they've managed to get into the team room for our days off!

"The 'Covid Cafe' is getting quite famous now. It's the highlight of the week where we sit down in the conservatory of the hotel and have a coffee and a cake.

"We sit there for two or three hours and pretty much put the world to rights. We moan about everything!

"The boys are loving the cakes and at the moment we're going all right off them, so hopefully we don't slip up on Saturday."