Basketball

George suffers serious leg injury in U.S. exhibition — Indiana Pacers All-Star Paul George suffered a gruesome right leg injury late in the U.S. national team’s intrasquad scrimmage Friday night in Las Vegas. George leaped to contest a fast-break layup by James Harden with 9:33 left in the fourth quarter and his leg smashed against the bottom of the backboard stanchion. Trainers immediately ran onto the floor and after roughly 10 minutes of stoppage, George was taken out of the arena on a stretcher. With players looking visibly upset, coach Mike Krzyzewski then announced to the crowd that the scrimmage would not be finished. The White team led George’s Blue team 81-71. George was considered a lock to make the final 12-man roster for the World Cup of Basketball that starts later this month in Spain. The Americans planned to reduce the 20-play pool to 14 or 15 players today, but put off those plans after George’s injury.

Spurs sign Parker to extension — The San Antonio Spurs have signed point guard Tony Parker to a multi-year contract extension. The Spurs made the announcement on Friday. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. Parker averaged 16.7 points and 5.7 assists in 29 minutes per game last season to help the Spurs to the franchise’s fifth NBA title. Parker has spent all 13 seasons of his career in San Antonio and was due to make $12.5 million next season in the final year of his existing contract. But the Spurs made sure he will stick around longer than that, locking up the 32-year-old Parker.

Motor sports

Larson wins first career pole at Pocono — Kyle Larson set a track record of 183.438 mph to win his first career Sprint Cup pole Friday at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Denny Hamlin had set the record of 181.415 in June. Joey Logano joins Larson on the front row. Brad Keselowski, Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon completed the top five. Gordon followed his fifth Brickyard 400 win with another strong qualifying run. Keselowski is pulling double duty this weekend and will also drive in the Nationwide Series race at Iowa Speedway. Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, Jamie McMurray, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Danica Patrick completed the top 10.

Baseball

Reds-Marlins call right, took too long — Major League Baseball says it got the replay call right in ruling that the Miami Marlins catcher blocked the plate, but it took too long. The disputed play happened Thursday night in the Cincinnati Reds’ 3-1 victory over Miami. The score was 1-1 in the top of the eighth. Initially, the plate umpire called Cincinnati’s Zack Cozart out. The 6-minute, 10-second review using the instant replay system overruled the call and extended the inning. Ryan Ludwick delivered a two-run single to help the Reds win. MLB said the catcher “did not provide a lane to the runner and hindered his path to the plate without possession of the ball.” The statement added that the “exorbitant length” of the review was more than three times the season average and “must be avoided in the future.”

— From wire reports