GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – Micah Parsons is embracing the expectations that come from joining the Green Bay Packers with a record-setting contract.

LONDON (AP) – Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka’s latest hamstring injury will keep him out for “a few weeks,” manager Mikel Arteta said Friday ahead of the Premier League game at Liverpool.

ROME (AP) – The 18-year-old Liverpool center back Giovanni Leoni was one of three players given their first national team call-up by new Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso on Friday.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) – Retired NFL star and current coach Eddie George has some competition when it comes to being the most popular figure on Bowling Green’s football team.

CHICAGO (AP) – Pete Crow-Armstrong is ready to go. Same goes for Bryce Harper and Nick Castellanos. Ceddanne Rafaela, too.

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) – Sacramento Kings guard Dennis Schroder scored a game-high 23 points and made seven assists to lead world champion Germany to a 105-83 win over Sweden at EuroBasket on Friday.

LONDON (AP) – Chelsea star Cole Palmer will remain sidelined until after the international break because of a groin injury that has also kept him out of England’s squad.

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) – Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen scored 29 of his 43 points in the first half in a dazzling performance that highlighted Finland’s 109-79 rout of Great Britain at EuroBasket on Friday.