Tiger Woods has been transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following the single-vehicle crash Tuesday that left him with serious leg injuries, according to a statement released Thursday.

Dr. Anish Mahajan said Woods, 45, was moved from Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, which is located about 18 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, "for continuing orthopedic care and recovery."

Woods was transferred on Wednesday night, two sources told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. Cedars-Sinai is approximately 21 miles north of Harbor-UCLA.

On Tuesday, Mahajan said Woods sustained multiple "open fractures" to his lower right leg and had a rod placed in his tibia and screws and pins inserted in his foot and ankle during emergency surgery.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said on Wednesday that his department would not file charges against Woods pertaining to the crash near the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes, about 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.

Villanueva said the department is considering it an accident, which could lead to a misdemeanor at most.

"He was not drunk," Villanueva said. "We can throw that one out."

Woods' fellow golfers continued to react to the crash on Thursday, including Phil Mickelson, who said that players "understand and appreciate what he has meant to the game of golf and for us and the PGA Tour."

"We all are hoping and praying for a full and speedy recovery, but we're also thankful, because that looked awful, and we're thankful he's still with us," Mickelson said from the Cologuard Classic, a Champions Tour event in Tucson, Arizona.

ESPN's Bob Harig and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Malik Beasley has been suspended for 12 games without pay in the wake of pleading guilty to a felony count of threats of violence as a result of an incident in September, the NBA said Thursday.

"As an organization, we fully support today's decision by the NBA," Timberwolves president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas said in a statement issued shortly after the suspension was announced. "As we work together with Malik to advance his development as a player and a person, we look forward to seeing his growth."

Beasley's suspension will begin Saturday, when the Timberwolves are in Washington to play the Wizards. He will be eligible to return to the court on March 27, when Minnesota hosts the Houston Rockets.

The suspension will cost the guard $1.1 million.

Beasley agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors earlier this month that saw felony drug charges against him get dropped in exchange for the guilty plea. As a result, Beasley was sentenced to 120 days in jail, which could be served either in the county workhouse or in home confinement, after the NBA season is over in mid-May.

"We are very pleased with this outcome that will allow Malik to continue working on becoming a better person and making better choices," Beasley's attorney, Steven Haney, said in a statement obtained by ESPN's Mark Schlabach after the plea was agreed upon earlier this month.

In a statement obtained by Schlabach last September, the Plymouth Police Department said officers were called to Beasley's residence on a reported weapons offense. The reporting individuals told officers they had stopped their car in front of the house, and a "suspect walked up to their vehicle, tapped on the vehicle window, pointed a gun at them and advised them to get off of the property."

"As the victims drove away, the suspect was observed holding the gun up to his shoulder, pointing it at their vehicle," the police statement said.

Officers set up a perimeter to locate the individual and detected a strong odor of marijuana, according to the statement. A vehicle attempted to leave the property and was stopped by police. Three people in the car were detained and later released. A man, who identified himself as the homeowner, was outside and yelling at officers.

Officers obtained a search warrant for the property and located narcotics and numerous guns, one of which was confirmed as stolen, police said.

Beasley was traded to Minnesota last February, and signed a four-year, $60 million contract with the Timberwolves in the offseason. He has been one of the few bright spots of an otherwise awful season for Minnesota, averaging 20.5 points per game and shooting 40% from 3-point range.

The Timberwolves are a league-worst 7-26, and have lost six games in a row, as well as 10 of their past 11 games. They haven't won two games in a row since the opening two games of the season. The team fired coach Ryan Saunders after Sunday night's loss to the New York Knicks, and hired Chris Finch -- who had been working for the Toronto Raptors as an assistant coach -- as Saunders' permanent replacement the next day.

Information from ESPN's Bobby Marks was used in this report.

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. – Last summer, when Christopher Bell was mired in one of the worst slumps of his racing career, he admitted that he wondered if he’d find his way back to the top of the mountain.

Bell did just that last weekend on the 3.61-mile Daytona Int’l Speedway road course, where the Norman, Okla., native used fresher tires to chase down and pass Joey Logano for the win coming to the white flag. It marked his first NASCAR Cup Series victory in 38 series starts.

Other than preliminary night wins at the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals in 2020 and ’21, it was Bell’s first win of any kind since the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoff race at Texas Motor Speedway on Nov. 2, 2019.

It also made Bell the 35th driver in NASCAR history to win in all three of the sanctioning body’s national touring series – the Cup Series, the Xfinity Series and the Camping World Truck Series.
In short, Sunday’s triumph was “a big deal” and something Bell told reporters on Thursday he didn’t take lightly.

“This whole week has been a ton of fun,” Bell said. “It’s been really fun to be relevant again. I felt like I’ve fallen off the face of the earth the last 12 months or so, but it’s really nice to be able to get back (on top) and win and talk to all the media like I remember doing. It’s been really enjoyable.

“Last year was very different. Obviously the COVID pandemic changed everything. It made it different for everybody,” Bell noted. “For me, I never got to talk to (the media), really, aside from maybe during preseason, but aside from that … I hadn’t talked to a lot of people in a while. It’s nice to be able to talk to the media again and just be relevant. I said I wanted to be a factor from the beginning of this year, and it’s nice to be able to click off a win this early in the season.”

Though Bell was all smiles Wednesday, he admitted that his mood wasn’t always upbeat last season.

“It was pretty hard to mitigate it,” said Bell of the frustration of his winless skid. “It was a low point in my career, for sure. I know I’ve said that time and time again, but you just start doubting yourself and, in this sport, you are kind of labeled as only being as good as your last race. Fortunately, right now I’m a winner, so I’m on top of the world. But last year, it wasn’t looking good for me and a lot of people had probably written me off.

“I’m glad to prove those guys wrong and I’m so excited to be where I’m at,” Bell added. “I think we have the opportunity to run well at all of these (upcoming) tracks and I don’t think we are done winning yet.”

Unlike when he was running dirt cars on a full-time basis, Bell won’t have had any races in between his win last Sunday and this coming weekend, when he straps back in the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

That will mean he’s had a whole week to relish sitting on top of the competition, and it’s a feeling Bell enjoys, even though it’s a bit unfamiliar.

“It’s something that I’ve really struggled with throughout my NASCAR career, only getting one race a week. Growing up dirt track racing, I was accustomed to running 80 to 100 races a year … so if you had a bad night, typically you are racing the next night or a couple nights later and could shake that off,” Bell explained. “On the NASCAR side, you get one opportunity and then you have to wait seven days at best, and then if you have an off week, you’ve got to wait even longer than that. That’s been a huge change from dirt racing to NASCAR … which makes it amazing when you win because you get more time and you are a winner longer, but on the flip side if you have bad days you just can’t wait for the next opportunity to come and race.

“As far as learning from the bad days and dropping them behind you, I’m not very good at that, but definitely by the time you get into the race car the following week, that has to be behind you and you have to be moving forward,” Bell continued. “On the flip side, when you win, you hope to carry this momentum for a while, because winning always helps your confidence and confidence makes you a better race car driver. Whenever I strap into the race car on Sunday at Homestead, I’m going to know I was the winner the last time I got in the car, and that’s a big deal.”

As for the Dixie Vodka 400, Homestead-Miami is a track where speed can be made by running right next to the outside wall, a tactic that often paid dividends for Bell in his dirt-track days.

With his Daytona win locking him into the playoffs, Bell can afford to race harder if it means potentially returning to victory lane for a second straight week.

“I think I’ve found the edge a little bit. I have crossed over the edge a few times as you know, and I’m sure I will sometime in the future again too. Hopefully, it’s not this weekend in Homestead,” said Bell. “Homestead is definitely a place where that is apparent. There’s a lot of speed to be found right up against the wall, but it’s very risky as well. Fortunately, I’m one of the guys who can kind of throw caution to the wind. It’s going to be fun to see how the strategy plays out for us, if we are very aggressive or how we play it, but we will just have to see.

“I know that the stage points are important to us and we want to get a good finish, but at the same time, we really want to win too.”

WASHINGTON -- Henrik Lundqvist said Thursday he's months away from making a decision about his hockey-playing future after returning to the ice less than two months since undergoing open-heart surgery.

The 38-year-old goaltender posted videos to social media earlier this week of himself in goaltending gear taking shots in net. That generated plenty of buzz and smiles around the NHL.

"Nothing could warm your heart more than seeing that," longtime New York Rangers teammate Chris Kreider said. "That's some of the best news that I've heard in along time, and we're thrilled for him. Hopefully he's got a lot of hockey left in him and hopefully just keeps on progressing and leaves this in his rearview mirror."

Lundqvist pumped the brakes on an imminent return in a Twitter post Thursday afternoon.

"Going to the rink this week has been very rewarding," Lundqvist tweeted. "My health is obviously my No. 1 priority. It will be months before I can make any decisions regarding my future after more tests (and conversations) with doctors. The one thing I do know with 100% certainty is that I still love the game."

A message for Lundqvist's agent was not immediately returned. Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said in December he "would make that assumption" Lundqvist would not play this season, which is scheduled to run until mid-May before the playoffs begin.

Lundqvist announced in December a heart condition would prevent him from playing this NHL season and that he'd be having aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aortic replacement. He signed a one-year deal with Washington last fall after playing 15 seasons with the Rangers.

According to his social media posts, Lundqvist had surgery in early January at the Cleveland Clinic.

"Obviously those videos made it look like he's progressing well," said Capitals winger Carl Hagelin, a fellow Swede who was also a teammate of Lundqvist's with the Rangers. "He seemed excited, and I think that's a great step for him."

Lundqvist's videos indicated it was his first time driving and taking shots in goal since the operation 47 days earlier.

"Open-heart surgery how long ago and he's already feeling better, he's already active," Kreider said. "You'd expect nothing less from him. He's not the kind of guy who's going to sit on his hands. He's got to recover actively. He's a guy who always needs to move."

Neither Lundqvist nor the Capitals described his absence as a retirement. The team placed him on long-term injured reserve at the start of the season.

Lundqvist turns 39 on March 2, but it would be premature to say his career is over after the latest step forward -- even if it's a long road back.

"He's getting to do what he loves to do," Hagelin said. "I knew his goal was always to get back. I didn't know how long it was going to take before he skated for the first time. What's it been, 50 days or something? That's obviously pretty quick. We're all happy for him and hopefully he keeps doing better and better."

Phil Mickelson made history 30 years ago in Tucson, becoming one of seven amateurs to win a PGA Tour event since 1940.

Lefty is back in Arizona this weekend and he has a chance to stand alone in the record book.

A winner in his first two PGA Tour Champions starts, Mickelson could become the first player to win his first three starts on a PGA Tour-sanctioned tour this weekend in the Cologuard Classic at Tucson National.

“I think it’s going to be a tough challenge for me here because the course allows you to play it a lot of different ways,” Mickelson said Thursday. “Although I’m going to play it pretty aggressively, I’m going to bring in a lot of trouble, too. If I can kind of eliminate some of the big misses, I think I’m going to make a lot of birdies.”

Mickelson had no trouble at Tucson National and TPC Starr Pass in 1991, overcoming a triple bogey in the final round to win the Northern Telecom Open as a 20-year-old amateur. The former Arizona State player is still the last amateur to win a PGA Tour event.

Mickelson returns to the desert with a chance to make it 3 for 3 on the senior tour. He won at Ozarks National in Missouri last August in his first start after turning 50 and followed that up with a win at the Country Club of Virginia in October.

Should he win in Tucson, the quest to make more history might have to wait a while. The five-time major champion still believes he can compete on the PGA Tour and his upcoming schedule includes The Players Championship, Honda Classic, Masters and possibly the Valero Texas Open.

Mickelson, who has 44 career PGA Tour wins, has made four cuts in eight events this 2021 season.

“I haven’t really looked at Champions Tour schedule,” he said. “I want to start playing on the regular tour with a little bit less stress. I’ve been really hard on myself when I make some mistakes and I’ve got to kind of ease up and play a little bit more free and a little bit lighter. If I can do that, I think I can shoot some pretty good scores out there.”

Mickelson will have to put up some low numbers on Tucson National's Catalina Course with a deep field set to tee it up starting Friday.

Schwab Cup money leader Bernhard Langer is still going strong at 63 and is the defending champion after coming from four strokes back to win last year.

Four-time major champion Ernie Els is second in the points standings. Major champions Davis Love III and Mike Weir also are in the field, as is former University of Arizona player Jim Furyk, who won his first two senior starts last year.

“The guys are still competitive and they are still hungry, and that’s what we all enjoy,” Furyk said. "We enjoy the competition and maybe I don’t have to hit 320 yards anymore to do so. I’m enjoying it.”

They're all vying to win the unique Conquistador helmet awarded to the winner in Tucson. Mickelson first put the trophy on his head after winning as an amateur — he cut himself in the process — and did it twice more after consecutive wins in 1995-96.

“It looks cool. I’ve got three of them that are wanting a fourth, they want a nice even number,” he said. “They want a foursome. They don’t like to go out as three, they’re always looking for a fourth, so that would be a nice fit.”

So would doing something no other golfer has done.

RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico – Tommy Gainey birdied five of the last seven holes at breezy Grand Reserve for a 7-under 65 and the first-round lead Thursday in the PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Open.

Gainey, the 45-year-old from South Carolina who won his lone PGA Tour title in 2012, had a one-stroke lead over local favorite Rafael Campos, Robert Garrigus, Taylor Pendrith, Lee Hodges, Greg Chalmers, Fabian Gomez and Brandon Wu.

“It’s windy. It’s Puerto Rico,” Gainey said. “I’m just glad that it’s 80 degrees outside, because back in South Carolina, all it is, is 40 degrees and raining. So, I’m just glad to be in some hot weather. Wind, I can deal with. But I just hit it really good today.”

The tournament is being played opposite the World Golf Championship event in Florida. The winner will get into the PGA Championship in May but not the Masters in April.

Gainey rebounded from a three-putt bogey on the par-3 11th with birdies on the par-4 12th and 13th, par-5 15th, par-4 17th and par-5 18th.

“Hit it 12 feet on No. 11 and then three-whacked it,” Gainey said. “So I’m not happy about that, but really happy at bouncing back with a birdie on 12. Just showing a little resilience and confidence to come back from a bogey, because when you three-putt from 12 feet, come on, let’s be honest, that’s bad.”

He also started fast, birdieing the opening two holes and three of the first four.

Campos closed with a birdie on 18. The 32-year-old Puerto Rican player won a Korn Ferry Tour event in 2019,

“I hit the ball very well, gave myself a lot of great looks,” Campos said. “Wasn’t really aggressive today, which I think that was a key, just kind of tried to play my way around the course.”

The event is being played without spectators because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s weird not seeing the fans out here,” Campos said. “I miss them.”

European Ryder Cup captain Padraig Harrington shot 70. Ian Poulter, the top-ranked player in the field at 59th, opened with a 71.

MANCHESTER, England -- With a 4-0 lead from the first leg against Real Sociedad, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could have picked himself for the second leg and still been sure of progress in the Europa League. Instead, the Manchester United manager, who celebrates his 48th birthday on Friday, fielded his best player, Bruno Fernandes, and at least four others who will expect to start against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Even with a big game in the Premier League at the weekend, Solskjaer is not about to pass up the chance to win his first trophy. An uneventful 0-0 draw against La Real in the second leg means United are still in the hunt in the Europa League, as if it was ever in doubt after such a comprehensive victory in Turin a week ago.

"We played against a very good team and the start of the game showed why it was important [to pick a strong team]," said Solskjaer afterwards. "You don't want to go into half-time one or two down. I felt the first 10 or 15 minutes were slow and then we played some very good stuff. I think it shows how good the performance was last week.

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"We want to go further [in the Europa League]. When you have failed in four semifinals you want to improve."

This time last year, Solskjaer was taking the Europa League seriously but for very different reasons. Heading into their last-32 tie with Club Brugge, United were seventh in the league and sweating on their place in this season's Champions League group stage.

Fast-forward 12 months and United, currently second in the Premier League, shouldn't need the Champions League place that comes with lifting the Europa League trophy -- but Solskjaer could do with the silverware. Having won 10 major honours as a player at Old Trafford, he knows his time in charge will be judged on trophies.

His ultimate aim is to win the Premier League title and the Champions League, but the Europa League is a good place to start. You can expect another strong team in the round of 16 and against Leicester City in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup next month, even if by then United have somehow managed to turn Manchester City's stroll towards the title something resembling a race.

Given the choice between the two, Solskjaer would rather finish fourth and win a trophy than finish second but end the season empty-handed.

Even with a strong team, United didn't have it all their own way. Real Sociedad captain Mikel Oyarzabal missed an early penalty and Modibo Sagnan hit the bar with a header shortly after half-time. But even if both of those had gone in, the Spanish side still wouldn't have gone through, and in the end it was a forgettable night and might only be remembered for £37 million Amad Diallo making his home debut and Shola Shoretire becoming the club's youngest player in European competition, beating a mark set by Norman Whiteside in 1982.

"Shola has some skills and an attitude that we think will make him a very good player," said Solskjaer. "It's a platform tonight, those 15 minutes. It is something for him to remember, something to build on, with the fans he would have enjoyed it more but these are strange and different times. I'm sure all the fans will see him later on. Anyone who signs here has a chance if they have the right attitude and listen to the coaches."

Fernandes was only needed for the first 45 minutes and the Portuguese midfielder was substituted at the break along with Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Fred, two others likely to be in the team at Chelsea. Axel Tuanzebe thought he had scored his first United goal with a thumping header from Alex Telles' corner in the second half only to see it ruled out by referee Lawrence Visser after a trip to the pitch-side monitor.

On the night it was job done. The aim for the rest of the season is to make sure they have something to show for the progress that has been made over the last 12 months, preferably in the form of something that can be housed in the trophy cabinet.

"From now until the international break we have seven or eight games and of course it's Chelsea, Leicester, Man City, West Ham, Crystal Palace away -- massive games," Solskjaer said. "They are all important games so these three weeks until the international break will be massive for us but we are a good team."

Bronny James suffered a torn meniscus in his knee at a practice earlier this month and had surgery to repair it, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.

James, the son of the Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, told followers on Twitch this week that he had suffered a knee injury. James is a sophomore at Sierra Canyon School, which hasn't played any official games this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic but has plans to play a spring basketball season.

James, who is listed at 6-foot-2 and plays guard, averaged 4.1 points in 15 minutes a game as a freshman for the national power. He played in all 34 games.

LeBron James and partner Maverick Carter are producing a docuseries on Sierra Canyon's 2019-20 season, "Top Class," featuring Bronny and his teammates. It premieres this week on Amazon.

The Los Angeles Daily News first reported that Bronny James required surgery for the injury.

The Utah Jazz are cooperating with an NBA investigation into former guard Elijah Millsap's allegation that executive vice president of basketball operations Dennis Lindsey made bigoted comments during a 2015 end-of-season meeting, sources told ESPN.

The probe will include the sharing of detailed notes taken in the April 2015 meeting that was attended by Millsap and three Jazz officials, sources said.

The Jazz have retained outside counsel to assist the league in its review of the matter, sources said. Utah officials, including Lindsey, encouraged the league office's opening of a review of Millsap's allegation, which was lodged on social media Wednesday night.

While making a series of posts to Twitter about how bigotry "is still very well present" and is a problem that needs to be addressed, Millsap alleged that Lindsey "made bigot remarks in my exit interview while conversing with Q. Snyder 'if you say one more word, I'll cut your Black ass and send you back to Louisiana.'"

In prepared words to the Salt Lake media, Lindsey said: "I categorically deny making that statement." Jazz coach Quin Snyder told reporters on Wednesday that he "can't fathom Dennis saying something like that."

Millsap had an exit meeting in April of 2015 that sources said included Lindsey, Snyder and general manager Justin Zanik, who was then an assistant general manager tasked with keeping detailed notes of the conversation.

Those notes were entered into a team database and league forensic investigators can determine whether they've been altered or updated in any way, sources said.

End-of-season meetings -- also commonly called exit meetings -- are staples of NBA organizations, typically wide-ranging conversations between front offices and players that review the past season and look to the future. The Jazz have kept detailed notes on every one of those meetings since Lindsey started as the franchise's GM in 2012, sources said.

Millsap played two seasons with the Jazz, including returning for the 2015-2016 season. His older brother, Paul, played his first seven years with the Jazz, leaving after the 2012-2013 season.

Lindsey was promoted to executive VP in 2019 and has presided over the rebuilding of an organization that currently has the best record in the NBA at 26-6.

England coach Eddie Jones has warned his players to be wary of experienced Wales captain Alun Wyn Jones when the teams meet in the Six Nations in Cardiff on Saturday.

"At times he [Jones] has targeted players in our team," said Eddie Jones.

"We've spoken about him and we understand what he'll be trying to do."

Wales are unbeaten with their narrow wins against Ireland and Scotland marked by red cards for respective forwards Peter O'Mahony and Zander Fagerson.

That leaves Wayne Pivac's side seeking a Triple Crown against England, whose coach urged his players to remain calm in the face of a team led by 35-year-old British and Irish Lion Jones.

"It's just about making sure we maintain our composure and our control," said Jones.

'Al really leads from the front' - Pivac

While the England coach is wary of the influence Jones could have on the encounter, counterpart Pivac is delighted at the impact his iconic captain continues to have on Wales.

"On the Tuesday afternoon (of a Test week) when we get a bit physical, Al really leads from the front," said Pivac.

"The conversations we have as a group get a little more intense; the smiles are few and far between as we get through the sessions.

"Al is definitely a barometer from a coaching point of view.

"You hear me say it a lot, but he is getting better with age. Honestly, if you saw him at training you would think his birth certificate has been altered.

"I know that Al's focus and leadership within the training sessions, in the classroom and when we are having discussions is all around how we can improve our performance, how individuals can prepare well.

"Everybody understands their roles. Nobody wants to be that guy that drops off two per cent and costs us a big moment in the game.

"These fixtures come down to one or two big moments."

England boss Jones hopes his side edge those crunch points in Cardiff, saying: "We are evolving into a more street-smart team, but the game is about pressure situations

"While we all like to think we can handle every pressure situation, we don't and that is the great thing about the game of rugby.

"I'm sure Alun Wyn Jones is going to be looking for those situations and we're going to have to deal with them."

In their last Six Nations meeting, a 33-30 defeat for Wales at Twickenham in March, 2020, England centre Manu Tuilagi was sent off and England finished with 13 men as the the visitors finished with a flourish.

A 24-13 win for England in the Autumn Nations Cup followed in Llanelli in November as Jones guided his men to victory in that tournament.

But England succumbed to Scotland at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years in the opening round of the 2021 Six Nations and Jones hopes his men can cope mentally with what awaits in the Welsh capital.

"We know that these games go down to the wire and it is about executing plays," said Jones.

"They're tight contests that go down to the last moment. We won one there in 2017, basically on the bell.

"And we had to win on the bell at Twickenham last year, so we're expecting a similar sort of game.

"These sorts of game you've got to win not once, but maybe two or three times. Wales will keep coming and keep coming. It will be a great contest."