4:30 PM ET DALLAS — Dallas Mavericks superstar guard Luka Doncic will miss Wednesday’s road game against the Phoenix Suns due to left knee and left ankle sprains, the team announced. The injuries are “not too serious,” a source told ESPN. The Mavs are optimistic that Doncic will not be sidelined for an extended stretch,
            
          5:17 PM ET Andrew LopezESPN New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson has been cleared to participate in contact drills, the team announced, the latest step toward his eventual return to the court. Williamson, who is in his third year, has missed every game this season because of a right foot fracture suffered in the summer.
            
          6:43 PM ET Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Garbine Muguruza dominated Paula Badosa in a 6-3, 6-3 victory on Tuesday and will play for the WTA Finals title for the first time in her career. The sixth-seeded Muguruza, who lost in the semifinals in 2015, is the first Spaniard to reach the singles final since
            
          News Michael Neser and Jhye Richardson are the back-up quicks; Mitchell Marsh named in Australia A group Travis Head and Usman Khawaja are set to battle it out for the final middle-order spot in Australia’s Test side having been included in a 15-player squad for the first two matches of the men’s Ashes next month.
            
          7:24 PM ET Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte urged Texas fans on Tuesday not to “splinter or pull apart” but rather support first-year football coach Steve Sarkisian and the players during the program’s worst losing streak in 65 years. “I know we’re all really disappointed, and there’s a lot
            
          7:30 PM ET With just two weeks left in the regular season, there was very little change, at least at the top, in the third edition of the College Football Playoff selection committee’s rankings, which were released on Tuesday. The top seven teams — Georgia, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Michigan and Michigan State —
            
          6:42 PM ET Walk-on fullback Jared Casey, whose dramatic 2-point conversion catch last Saturday lifted Kansas to its first-ever win in football over Texas in Austin, is cashing in on his newfound fame. Casey has agreed to name, image and likeness (NIL) deals with Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar restaurants in Kansas as well as
            
          5:58 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley downplayed speculation Tuesday about whether he had interest in LSU’s coaching position, saying his feelings about the Oklahoma job haven’t changed. Riley is 54-9 at Oklahoma, which promoted him to replace longtime coach Bob Stoops after the 2016 season. His name has been connected to NFL coaching vacancies,
            
          6:39 PM ET Jarvis Landry admitted Tuesday that it “stung” to see his close friend and fellow wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. leave Cleveland earlier this month — and that he’s still unsure why it didn’t work out between the Browns and OBJ. “Definitely was something that hurt,” Landry said from his Thanksgiving food drive
            
          3:10 PM ET Davis Love III would be more than happy to have Tiger Woods serve as one of his assistants at next year’s Presidents Cup. He’d rather have him at Quail Hollow in Charlotte playing. Love is the 2022 U.S. Presidents Cup captain after twice serving as a U.S. Ryder Cup captain and as