Mavs’ Davis may miss several weeks

Anthony Davis was ruled out of what would have been his second game with the Mavericks amid reports that a groin injury sustained in his debut for the team could sideline him for multiple weeks. Davis didn’t play against the Kings on Monday night after getting injured two days earlier in a 116-105 win over the Rockets, his first game since the seismic trade that sent fellow superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers. Multiple media outlets, citing anonymous sources, reported that Davis could miss several weeks with a left adductor strain. Any extended time without Davis will only intensify the criticism directed at Mavericks GM Nico Harrison over the controversial trade. Mavs fans angry with Harrison over losing their beloved Doncic also have complained about the team giving up a 25-year-old superstar in his prime for an older player with an extensive injury history. While the 31-year-old Davis played a career-high 76 games for the Lakers last season, he missed at least 20 games each of the previous five seasons. The 10-time All-Star said after Saturday’s game he was confident it wasn’t a serious injury.

Reds to honor Rose with jersey patch

Pete Rose may be on baseball’s permanently ineligible list, but the late hit king’s No. 14 will be on the Reds’ uniforms this year. The Reds posted a photo of the patch on X on Monday with the message “14 on our side all season” and a heart emoji. Rose, who died in September at the age of 83, played 19 of his 24 major league seasons with his hometown Reds. He finished his playing career in 1986 with a record 4,256 hits. The player known as Charlie Hustle was a 17-time All-Star and member of three World Series championship teams. He was NL MVP in 1973, and he won three batting titles and two Gold Gloves. A Major League Baseball investigation found he wagered on the Reds to win in games from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team, and Rose agreed in 1989 to go on the permanently ineligible list. Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1991 adopted a rule barring people on MLB’s permanently ineligible list from the Hall ballot. Rose’s application for reinstatement was denied by Commissioner Rob Manfred in 2015.

Shiffrin says she’s dealing with PTSD

Mikaela Shiffrin says she is dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder following a crash in November and will not defend her gold medal in giant slalom at the Alpine skiing world championships in Austria. The American holder of a record 99 World Cup wins suffered a deep puncture wound when she fell in a giant slalom race on Nov. 30 in Killington, Vermont, causing severe trauma to her oblique muscles. “I’m mentally blocked in being able to get to the next level of pace and speed and putting power into the turns,” Shiffrin said Monday. “And that kind of ... PTSD-esque struggle is more than I anticipated.” Shiffrin also had a high-speed crash in downhill in Italy last season that kept her out for six weeks. The 29-year-old has discussed her fears with a psychologist, said Megan Harrod, Shiffrin’s spokeswoman. Shiffrin said it was “soul crushing” not to be able to defend her title. She returned to action last month, placing 10th in a slalom in France, and is still planning to race the slalom — her best event — at worlds on Saturday. She also will enter team combined and pair with Breezy Johnson. —AP