MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings agreed to terms Saturday on a contract with Seattle Seahawks assistant Nolan Teasley to be their general manager, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal had not yet been finalized with Teasley, who has spent his entire 13-year NFL career with Seattle. During that span, the Seahawks made the playoffs nine times, reached three Super Bowls, and won two of them including the most recent one in February.

Teasley was promoted in 2023 to assistant GM by president of football operations and general manager John Schneider, who was the architect of both of those championship teams. After the Vikings decided not to re-sign quarterback Sam Darnold last year, he joined the Seahawks and helped them become champions.

Teasley will replace Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, who was fired in January after four years in the role. Adofo-Mensah was an outside-of-the-box hire, bringing economics degrees and Wall Street experience to the world of pro football. Vikings owners Mark Wilf and Zygi Wilf were first seeking more of a collaborator with this hire, a leader who could better bridge between the personnel department and the coaching staff, but all of their external candidates had traditional scouting backgrounds.

Watching Darnold lead the Seahawks to the Super Bowl, after he won 14 games in 2024 in his lone season with the Vikings, also undoubtedly played some part for the Wilf family in the dismissal of Adofo-Mensah.

Teasley was among five finalists who met in person this week with Vikings leadership during the second round of interviews, beating out current Vikings executive vice president of football operations Rob Brzezinski, Denver Broncos assistant general manager Reed Burckhardt, Buffalo Bills assistant general manager Terrance Gray, and Los Angeles Rams assistant general manager John McKay.

Brzezinski, who directed the draft last month while serving as interim general manager, has been with the Vikings since 1999 and rose to the top through his expertise in salary cap management and player contract negotiation. Brzezinski, who is widely respected in the organization and throughout the league, will remain in his role alongside Teasley and coach Kevin O’Connell, a trio the Wilfs will entrust to bring the Vikings their first championship.

Teasley was the only finalist without ties to the Vikings. Burckhardt and Gray both previously worked as scouts for the Vikings. O’Connell previously worked for the Rams. Gray, McKay and Teasley took part in the NFL’s accelerator program that was revamped with a rollout at the league meetings earlier this month.

Teasley is a Washington native who graduated from Central Washington University in 2007 with a degree in public relations, working in marketing before making the jump to the NFL and joining the Seahawks as an intern in the scouting department in 2013. He became director of pro personnel in 2018.

Adofo-Mensah and Ryan Poles were the only two finalists who had in-person interviews for the vacancy in 2022 after the firing of Rick Spielman. Poles was hired by the Chicago Bears instead and remains in that job for the defending NFC North champions.

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By Philip O’Connor

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, May 30 (Reuters) – Finland came back from a goal down to win 4-2 over top seeds Canada and book their spot in the final of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship where they will face host nation Switzerland, who hammered Norway 6-0 earlier in the day. 

Finland took the lead at the 3:30 mark of the first period, turning over the Canadians and feeding the puck to Patrik Puistola, who whipped it into the top-right corner of the net to cap a perfect breakaway.

Canada, who suffered an overtime loss to the U.S. in February’s Winter Olympic gold medal match, levelled less than five minutes later through Robert Thomas, who pounced on a deflected shot to score.

They took the lead when Dylan Holloway took down a lofted pass and fired home to leave them 2-1 up after the first frame.

Undeterred, the Finns came roaring out of the traps and broke the game open in a stellar second period, Aleksander Barkov scoring after 49 seconds and Konsta Helenius and Aatu Raty adding two more goals to send them into a 4-2 lead. 

Standing on the brink of elimination, the Canadians stormed forward in the final period, but Finnish goalie Justus Annunen was in superb form as the Finnish rearguard held firm to see them safely through to the gold medal game. 

Four-time winners Finland go into Sunday’s final hoping for their first victory since 2022, while Switzerland will be playing in their third straight final and looking for their first gold medal.

(Reporting by Philip O’ConnorEditing by Christian Radnedge)

Texas Rangers outfielder Wyatt Langford is set to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday.

The 24-year-old landed on the injured list in late April with a forearm flexor strain. Since then, the Rangers have recorded an underwhelming 14-20 record.

Last season, Langford posted 22 home runs, 62 RBIs and 22 steals in 134 games, while providing quality defense in the outfield.

In 20 games this season, he had one home run, four RBIs, three steals and a .238 batting average.

Rangers All-Star shortstop Corey Seager (back) is taking ground balls and had a live BP session scheduled for Saturday. Seager has been out since May 14.

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Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving gave an update on his recovery from a torn ACL via Twitch, saying he is now close to full strength.

“I am definitely close to being over at 100% in terms on my ACL recovery,” Irving said. “It’s been a while now. … I’m just so grateful that I’ve had the time to heal and just experiment with my body more on the court.”

The nine-time All-Star has been sidelined since his injury March 3, 2025. During the 2024-25 campaign, he averaged 24.7 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists over 50 games (all starts), while shooting 40.1% from 3-point range.

Last season, the Mavericks struggled without the 34-year-old veteran, limping to a 26-56 record.

A return means Irving will be able to pair NBA Rookie of the Year Cooper Flagg next season.

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Right-hander Austin Voth was designated for assignment by the Toronto Blue Jays for the second time as the club purchased the contract of right-hander Hayden Juenger on Saturday.

Voth, 33, was signed by the Blue Jays as a free agent on March 25 and called up for a single appearance of 2 2/3 innings on April 9 before he was designated for assignment. He was re-signed on April 11 and called up for a 3 1/3-inning outing Friday before another DFA.

In eight major league seasons, Voth is 17-19 with a 4.77 ERA in 209 appearances (39 starts) with four clubs, including his first five seasons with the Washington Nationals. He pitched for Chiba Lotte in Japan last season.

Juenger, 25, is set to make his major league debut after he went 1-2 with a 3.15 ERA in 17 appearances (two starts) at Triple-A Buffalo.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The on-ice celebration was underway for the Carolina Hurricanes after securing their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in two decades. Rod Brind’Amour hugged and congratulated his players, all while reminding them there was another series ahead.

Then came veteran forward Jordan Martinook.

“All right, Marty, you got us here,” Brind’Amour told him.

“One more,” Martinook replied, on cue. “Yep, one more.”

It took eight seasons under Brind’Amour — the captain on Carolina’s Cup winner in 2006 — to punch through an Eastern Conference Final roadblock by closing out the Montreal Canadiens in five games Friday night. So this moment was one to savor particularly for five players — Martinook, captain Jordan Staal, forwards Sebastian Aho and Andrei Svechnikov, and defenseman Jaccob Slavin — who have been here through the pain of three previous exits in this round going back to 2019 in Brind’Amour’s debut as head coach.

“It’s hard to really describe,” Staal said as he sat at his locker. “It’s been a lot of grinding, a lot of ups and downs. … I’m just so happy to be where we’re at and just excited for the opportunity ahead.”

Carolina’s rise began with Brind’Amour being elevated to head coach in 2018 after seven seasons as an assistant. At the time, the Hurricanes were mired in a nine-year playoff drought.

They haven’t missed the postseason since. And the quintet has been there throughout that Brind’Amour-led climb:

— The Hurricanes acquired Staal from Pittsburgh during the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. He won the Cup with the Penguins in 2009 — which included a sweep of the Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final when Brind’Amour was still a player — but had toiled through six of Carolina’s postseason-less seasons.

— Slavin was a 2012 fourth-round pick who had played three seasons with Carolina before becoming one of the NHL’s best defense-first blue liners.

— Aho was a 2015 second-round pick and had played two seasons with Carolina on his way to developing into the Hurricanes’ top-line center.

— The Hurricanes acquired Martinook from Arizona days after Brind’Amour took over, adding a player who would join Staal on a strong checking line.

— And the Hurricanes drafted Svechnikov with the No. 2 overall pick a month after Brind’Amour’s promotion, with Svechnikov now a physical fixture on Aho’s wing.

Results were immediate. Carolina took out the reigning Cup champion Washington Capitals in a seven-game first-round series, then went on to make an unexpected trip to the Eastern Conference Final before being swept by Boston.

It was a start, both of sustained success and recurring frustration.

The Hurricanes returned to the Eastern Conference Final again in 2023, this time with home-ice advantage against the Florida Panthers. But they were swept again by four one-goal margins, including a four-overtime epic in Game 1.

Then last year, the Hurricanes returned for a rematch that quickly went awry. They lost Games 1 and 2 in a performance that frustrated a normally rowdy and exuberant home crowd, fell into an 0-3 series hole and exited in five games.

That dropped Carolina to 1-12 in that round under Brind’Amour, unable to turn years of consistent regular-season success into a breakthrough playoff moment. It’s all part of “scar tissue” Martinook mentioned Friday night, shared by the quintet with Brind’Amour as well as holdovers like assistant coach Jeff Daniels and longtime video coach Chris Huffine.

“They’ve really grinded out and did it the right way,” Brind’Amour said, “and took a lot of, I think, flack for getting this far and not getting past it. Unduly. I don’t think that was right, because they played as hard as they could. … They gave it everything they had, and that’s all you can ask.

“We got better this year, we added some pieces that made us better to get us to this point. But as a coach, you watch these guys every day, there’s nobody luckier than me to have these guys, the way they approach their business on a daily basis, not just now.”

That was never more on display than against Montreal.

The Hurricanes swept Ottawa and Philadelphia in the first two rounds, securing an 11-day between-rounds break — the longest in the playoffs in more than a century. They emerged with a horrid start against the Canadiens, who pounced for four first-period goals in a 6-2 win that harkened back to past conference-final troubles.

Instead of stumbling, the playoff-tested Hurricanes ascended.

Nikolaj Ehlers gave them a 3-2 overtime win in Game 2. They won Game 3 by the same OT score on Svechnikov’s road winner, with Aho screening Jakub Dobes at the top of the crease. And they got to their smothering game Staal likened to a “machine” from there, winning 4-0 on the road before Friday’s 6-1 home win.

That made Carolina the first team to reach the Stanley Cup Final with only one loss since 1983, according to SportRadar, and first to do so since the league went to best-of-seven series in all four postseason rounds in 1987.

Now comes a date with Vegas for the Cup, a rare new experience for Carolina’s holdovers in this long run.

“I feel like it was more maybe you guys talking about, ‘Oh, this is the Eastern Conference Final, can’t go past it,’” Aho told reporters in the locker room afterward. “I thought the room was definitely very confident in what we can do. But yeah, it feels good to play for the Cup now.”

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The Minnesota Vikings are set to hire Nolan Teasley as general manager, bringing aboard one of the architects of the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl title from last season, NFL Network reported Saturday.

Teasley spent the past 14 years in the Seahawks’ front office.

Teasley, 42, has advanced from Seahawks scouting department intern in 2013 to assistant GM in 2023 under John Schneider. In between, he was a pro personnel scout for three seasons, assistant director of pro personnel in 2017 and director of pro personnel from 2018-22.

After helping Seattle win the Super Bowl last season, Teasley will be tasked with turning around the Vikings who missed the playoffs last season. Minnesota has not won a playoff game in the past six seasons, advancing into the wild-card round in 2024 and 2022.

Minnesota vice president of football operations Rob Brzezinski has served as the interim GM since the team fired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on Jan. 30 after four years on the job.

The Seahawks’ success last season came at the expense of the Vikings. Quarterback Sam Darnold revived his career with Minnesota in 2024 but faded down the stretch. Adofo-Mensah elected not to re-sign Darnold, who was a free agent.

The Seahawks signed Darnold to replace Geno Smith and opened last season 7-2. Seattle closed the regular season with seven consecutive victories, including a crucial 38-37 overtime victory in Week 16 against the Los Angeles Rams that all but secured the NFC West title.

Darnold thrived in Seattle, throwing eight touchdown passes over his final six games of the regular season with four interceptions. In the playoffs, he completed 61.5% of his passes for five touchdowns and no interceptions.

The Vikings will head into the 2026 season after signing former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray in March to a one-year contract. Minnesota’s quarterback options include Murray, J.J. McCarthy, Carson Wentz and Max Brosmer.

–Field Level Media

PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) – Highlights of the seventh day at the French Open on Saturday (times GMT):

1817 CERUNDOLO BEATS LANDALUCE

Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who beat world number one Jannik Sinner in his previous match, overcame Martin Landaluce 6-4 6-7(7) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-6(10-8) to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time. He will face Matteo Berrettini in the last 16.

1810 POTAPOVA OUSTS CHAMPION GAUFF

Austrian 28th seed Anastasia Potapova knocked out defending champion Coco Gauff, beating the American fourth seed 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4 in the third round.

1657 BERRETTINI OUTLASTS COMESANA

Former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini prevailed in a gruelling five-hour battle with Argentinian Francisco Comesana, winning 7-6(3) 5-7 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(15-13) to reach the fourth round.

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Sonmez trips over advertisement sign, tumbles out of French Open

Vallejo fined for sexist remarks about female referee at French Open

1507 PARRY STUNS ANISIMOVA

Local favourite Diane Parry shocked American sixth seed Amanda Anisimova 6-3 4-6 7-6(3) to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time. The 23-year-old, ranked 92nd in the world, will face Poland’s Maja Chwalinska in the last 16.

1350 SABALENKA SETS UP OSAKA CLASH

World number one Aryna Sabalenka brushed aside Daria Kasatkina 6-0 7-5 to set up a last-16 clash with fellow four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka.

1208 OSAKA REACHES MAIDEN FRENCH OPEN FOURTH ROUND

Four-time Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka reached the French Open’s last 16 for the first time, beating American 17th seed Iva Jovic 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-4.

1156 COBOLLI BREEZES PAST TIEN

Italian 10th seed Flavio Cobolli, who reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon last year, beat American 18th seed Learner Tien 6-2 6-2 6-3 to reach the French Open’s fourth round for the first time.

Cobolli will play Zachary Svajda in the last 16.

0908 PLAY UNDERWAY

Play began in warm conditions at Roland Garros, with temperatures around 28 degrees Celsius in Paris and expected to peak at about 33 degrees. A high-temperature warning has been issued by public weather service Meteo France for the city.

Women’s defending champion Coco Gauff is in action against Anastasia Potapova, while world number one Aryna Sabalenka takes on Daria Kasatkina.

FRENCH OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON SATURDAY (prefix number denotes seeding):

COURT PHILIPPE CHATRIER

10-Flavio Cobolli (Italy) v 18-Learner Tien (U.S.)

Diane Parry (France) v 6-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.)

4-Coco Gauff (U.S.) v 28-Anastasia Potapova (Austria)

4-Felix Auger-Aliassime (Canada) v 31-Brandon Nakashima (U.S.)

COURT SUZANNE LENGLEN

17-Iva Jovic (U.S.) v 16-Naomi Osaka (Japan)

1-Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus) v Daria Kasatkina (Australia)

Moise Kouame (France) v Alejandro Tabilo (Chile)

Jaime Faria (Portugal) v 19-Frances Tiafoe (U.S.)

COURT SIMONNE MATHIEU

Maria Sakkari (Greece) v Maja Chwalinska (Poland)

Matteo Berrettini (Italy) v Francisco Comesana (Argentina)

9-Victoria Mboko (Canada) v 19-Madison Keys (U.S.)

(Compiled by Aadi Nair and Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru)

By Shrivathsa Sridhar

PARIS, May 30 (Reuters) – Defending champion Coco Gauff was dramatically dethroned at the French Open by Anastasia Potapova, while world number one Aryna Sabalenka cut through the chaos to dismiss Daria Kasatkina and reach the Roland Garros fourth round on Saturday.

After a brutal two days for fancied players at the claycourt Grand Slam during which Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic crashed out, Gauff was unable to find her best level and lost 4-6 7-6(1) 6-4 to fall by the wayside.

“I don’t know, I had chances,” Gauff said.

“Just trying to capitalise more on these good points that I was hitting and not quite finishing … that was the difference, she was able to finish points and I wasn’t.

“It’s one thing to lose, but today I competed, I fought my hardest, but I don’t think I played the way I wanted to in the crucial moments.”

Gauff’s premature exit leaves four-times champion Iga Swiatek and Sabalenka as the top contenders to win the Suzanne Lenglen Cup, while Potapova will be viewed as the dark horse having dished out a massive upset.

“I’m cramping a little bit, but it’s OK, it’s all good. I don’t have any words now, I’m extremely happy,” Potapova said in her on-court interview as she clutched her right arm after two hours and 37 minutes of big hitting.

“The fight we could show … Coco’s such a champion and I respect her so much. I’m unbelievably proud of myself, that I stayed there, and that I was fighting until the last point.”

Sabalenka earlier beat Kasatkina 6-0 7-5 on a sun-drenched Court Suzanne Lenglen for her 100th win as the top-ranked woman, making her only the ninth player to achieve the feat since the inception of the WTA rankings.

She joined Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Serena Williams, Martina Hingis, Monica Seles, Justine Henin and Swiatek in the honours list.

“I’ve got goosebumps,” said Sabalenka, who struggled with dips in form and crippling service issues a few years ago.

“It means the world to me and I’m just happy that in the tough moments I stayed tough. I was fighting and never gave up and that is what it has brought me.”

MARATHON BATTLES

Matteo Berrettini brought plenty of fight to his clash with Francisco Comesana, prevailing 7-6(3) 5-7 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(15-13) in five hours and 13 minutes, to book an encounter with Sinner-slayer Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

Cerundolo came through his own epic, with a 6-4 6-7(9) 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 7-6(10-8) win over Martin Landaluce in a match that was two minutes short of six hours. But his brother Francisco lost 6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3 to Zachary Svajda.

Alejandro Tabilo ended the run of French 17-year-old Moise Kouame 4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(11-9) in another long contest, but local fans had plenty of reason to celebrate as Diane Parry battled past sixth seed Amanda Anisimova 6-3 4-6 7-6(10-3).

Madison Keys showed far too much experience to see off 19-year-old Victoria Mboko 6-3 5-7 7-5.

Potapova rattled Keys’ compatriot Gauff with some powerful baseline hitting and broke to love in the opening game, before taking a 4-2 lead when the American slipped and dropped to the floor of Court Philippe Chatrier trying to reach the ball.

Gauff dusted herself off and won the next two games in front of a sparse centre court crowd, with the attention split between Paris St Germain’s Champions League soccer final with Arsenal in Budapest and Kouame in action.

The 22-year-old raised her game again to take the first set, but Russian-born Potapova immediately ramped up the pressure and targeted the American’s wobbly serve to grab a double break at the start of the second set.

Potapova was on the verge of levelling the match while ahead 5-2 but Gauff moved through the gears to surge ahead by claiming four games in a row, only to lose the next game and then the set in a tiebreak where her serve let her down.

The pair traded breaks in a breathless decider, but world number four Gauff lost her way as Potapova took control and won in style for a meeting with 22nd seed Anna Kalinskaya, who beat Camila Osorio 6-3 0-6 6-2.

Kalinskaya’s Russian compatriot Diana Shnaider went through with a 7-5 6-1 win over Ukraine’s Oleksandra Oliynykova, who criticised Russian players over their stance on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Former world number one Naomi Osaka earlier dazzled with an all-gold outfit but had to dig deep for a hard-fought 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-4 victory over American teenager Iva Jovic.

Flavio Cobolli then sent out another young American with a 6-2 6-2 6-3 win over Learner Tien before Matteo Arnaldi got past Raphael Collignon 6-4 6-7(5) 5-7 6-4 7-6(10-4), as Italian fans found new hope after Sinner’s defeat.

(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Paris; Editing by Nia Williams and Christian Radnedge)

Ethan Holliday, the top prospect of the Colorado Rockies, will undergo left foot surgery and be out for the season, MLB.com reported.

The 19-year-old shortstop, who was the No. 4 overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft, suffered a stress fracture and was put on the injured list by Single-A Fresno. He has not played since May 20.

It is unclear when and how the injury occurred, per the report. The Rockies have yet to announce the surgery.

Holliday, drafted out of Oklahoma’s Stillwater High School, signed with the Rockies for a $9 million bonus — the largest bonus ever for a high schooler. He started his pro career at Fresno after the draft and returned there this spring.

He will end this season with a .262 batting average with nine home runs and 32 RBIs in 33 games. Before the injury, he was enjoying a solid May, hitting .295 with six homers, four doubles and a triple in 15 games.

MLB Pipeline lists him as the No. 17 overall prospect with an estimated arrival in the major leagues in 2029. At 6-foot-2, 210 pounds, Holliday is expected to move to third base down the line.

His older brother, Jackson Holliday, was the No. 1 pick of the 2022 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles. Also an infielder, Jackson recently made his season debut, after being sidelined with a fractured hamate bone sustained in batting practice prior to the start of spring training in February.

In 10 games in 2026, he is hitting .259 with two homers and five RBIs.

Their father, Matt Holliday, was a seven-time All-Star who played for four teams but is best known for his long stays with the Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals.

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