Inter Miami CF traded forward Leonardo Campana to the New England Revolution for $2.5 million in General Allocation Money split between 2025 and 2026, a 2025 international roster slot and a 2026 international roster slot.

The deal, which was announced on Thursday, breaks the Major League Soccer record for the most expensive domestic trade set in January 2022 after FC Dallas acquired Paul Arriola from D.C. United for $2 million in guaranteed GAM plus $300,000 in conditional GAM.

As part of the move, Inter Miami will retain percentage of any future moves for Campana and receive up to $750,000 in GAM if the player meets certain performance-based incentives.

"Leo has been an important player for Inter Miami over the past three years. His contributions in attack were key throughout a historic period in which we clinched our first two titles. We are thankful for his contributions in a crucial time of growth for our Club and wish him the best in the future," said president of football operations Raúl Sanllehí. "The General Allocation Money will allow us to continue to strengthen our roster for the 2025 Season."

Campana departs from Inter Miami with 32 goals and 10 assists in 100 appearances across all competitions. In two years, he managed to become the second all-time leading scorer for the team and one of three players in Inter Miami history to reach the 100 appearance milestone.

Sources add the deal to trade Campana was motivated by the strict MLS roster rules. The forward was an integral player for Inter Miami, but his current contract with the club made it complicated for the Herons to be compliant with league regulations.

Campana helped Inter Miami win the 2023 inaugural Leagues Cup title and the 2024 Supporters' Shield, while playing a role in the team's league record for most points recorded in a single season in 2024.

Prior to the deal, the league announced Inter Miami had $3,300,159 in General Allocation Money.

Inter Miami kicks off the 2025 MLS season with a match against New York City FC on Feb. 22 at Chase Stadium. The team will also participate in preseason friendlies against Orlando City FC and Liga MX giants America, and play a Concacaf Champions Cup match against Sporting Kansas City before the regular season begins.

Tottenham Hotspur survived a furious Manchester United comeback to reach the League Cup semi-finals with a 4-3 home victory in a gripping tie on Thursday.

Ange Postecoglou's side were cruising against a lacklustre United with Dominic Solanke's double and a goal for Dejan Kulusevski putting them 3-0 up after 54 minutes.

But the home crowd were left chewing their fingernails as two terrible mistakes by their keeper Fraser Forster allowed substitutes Joshua Zirkzee and Amad Diallo to give United hope.

There were still 20 minutes left when Diallo made it 3-2 and United were close to equalising on several occasions before Son Heung-Min sealed it in spectacular fashion, deceiving United keeper Altay Bayindir directly from a corner.

There was still time for Jonny Evans to head a third for United in stoppage time but a relieved Tottenham hung on.

Tottenham are seeking a first trophy since 2008 when they won the League Cup for the fourth time.

United States forward Trinity Rodman says her relationship with her father, Dennis Rodman, remains strained and that he is still largely absent from her life.

"He's not a dad. Maybe by blood, but nothing else," Trinity Rodman told host Alex Cooper on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast.

The podcast comments echo what Trinity Rodman told ESPN's Charlotte Gibson in June 2022.

Rodman said that growing up, her mother tried to shield her two children from the chaotic lifestyle of the former NBA star. Rodman's mother, Michelle Moyer, divorced Dennis Rodman in 2012.

Trinity Rodman, who won a gold medal with the United States this summer at the Paris Olympics, has a brother, DJ Rodman, who plays in the NBA's G League.

Dennis Rodman responded to his daughter on Instagram, saying he is sorry he "wasn't the dad you wanted me to be" and said he tried to be a father and will keep trying.

"I will try even when it's difficult and if it takes a long time. I'm always here And tell you all the time rather it's your voice or voicemail how proud I am. I always had one wish and it was I wish my kids would call me and come see me. Hopefully one day I can get that," he wrote in the post.

Trinity Rodman, who also plays for the Washington Spirit in the National Women's Soccer League, recalled how her father showed up unannounced at a Spirit playoff game in 2021.

She hadn't spoken to her father in months and was emotional during the game, then was photographed crying in his arms afterward.

"The whistle blew and I was so mad, like, 'You took this happy moment from me. You f---ed with my head again,'" she said on the podcast.

"I think after that was when I lost hope of ever getting him back. It was just like, he's popping in whenever he's going to be on a camera," Trinity Rodman said. "Even at that game, I don't think it was for me, I think he wanted to have a good conscience and then be like, 'Headline, Dennis Rodman showed up to his daughter's game.'"

Trinity Rodman went on to win a title with the Spirit that year and was named NWSL Rookie of the Year. She said that after that game she didn't speak to her father again until after the 2023 Women's World Cup.

Trinity Rodman and the Spirit lost to the Orlando Pride in the 2024 NWSL Championship game.

Dennis Rodman won five NBA championships over a 14-year career. He was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011.

Information from ESPN's Charlotte Gibson and The Associated Press was used in this story.

PITTSBURGH -- Steelers premier pass rusher T.J. Watt, who injured his ankle late against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, was removed from the injury report Thursday and will play in Saturday's game at the Baltimore Ravens.

He has no game designation, signaling that he's good to go for the game.

Earlier Thursday, Watt had said he felt "pretty good" this week but was noncommittal on his status.

"We'll see Sunday -- or Saturday, I guess I should say -- but I felt pretty good this week," Watt said Thursday. "Obviously it's a short week, but felt pretty good."

Although the Steelers will have Watt, they'll be without wide receiver George Pickens (hamstring) for the third consecutive game and without quarterback Justin Fields, who injured his abdomen against the Eagles. Cornerback Donte Jackson (back) and defensive end Larry Ogunjobi (groin) were both listed as questionable, while safety DeShon Elliott (hamstring) is considered doubtful.

Watt exited the Week 15 loss to the Eagles with five minutes to play after rolling his ankle. He didn't participate in Tuesday's walk-through, but he was upgraded to a limited participant Wednesday and appeared to do even more work Thursday.

"There's not a lot of things you do on practice in a short week like this to push it, so I want to see how it feels on Saturday," Watt said earlier Thursday. "But I feel pretty good right now."

Though it wouldn't be ideal, Watt said he was open to playing on a snap count, if necessary.

"I'm trying to be out there as much as I possibly can, so obviously I wouldn't want to do that, but if that's the only thing that I can do ... I'm going to take what I can get," he said.

Watt recorded a sack, two tackles for loss and two quarterback hits in the Week 11 meeting with the Ravens. So far this season, the Defensive Player of the Year contender has forced a league-leading six fumbles along with 11.5 sacks.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Quarterback Patrick Mahomes will start for the Kansas City Chiefs in Saturday's game against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium despite sustaining a high ankle injury last Sunday.

Mahomes has no injury status for the game.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said earlier Thursday that Mahomes took a full practice workload Thursday, the Chiefs' final session of the week. He also was a full practice participant in the Tuesday and Wednesday practices.

"He did look good out there,'' Reid said. "He moved around pretty good. So, you're always looking to make sure they can get out the way, not to further any harm to them. So that's what I look at.

"I've been through it with him before, and he amazed me every time he does it. The guy, he's been so mentally tough and just puts it into a mindset that he has going into it [from] where he was a few days ago.''

Wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, asked how Mahomes looked in practice this week, said, "Like he always does.''

Mahomes suffered a high ankle sprain in the fourth quarter of last Sunday's 21-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns. He came out of the game and was replaced by Carson Wentz.

The Chiefs also ruled left tackle D.J. Humphries out of Saturday's game. Humphries did not practice all week because of a hamstring injury that knocked him out of a Week 14 game against the Los Angeles Chargers. He did not play in last week's win over the Cleveland Browns.

The Chiefs used Joe Thuney, usually their starting left guard, at left tackle against the Browns. Before recently signing Humphries, the Chiefs had Wanya Morris or rookie Kingsley Suamataia as their left tackle, but both players were benched during games at various points.

CLEVELAND -- The Cavaliers will be without forward Isaac Okoro for several weeks after he suffered a sprained right shoulder.

The Cavaliers, who have the NBA's best record at 23-4, said Thursday that Okoro sustained a sprain to his right AC joint during the third quarter of Cleveland's Dec. 16 win at Brooklyn.

He will be reevaluated in two weeks, and the team said it will update his status and return "as appropriate."

Okoro is one of the team's best defensive players and has become much more dependable on offense. He is averaging 6.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 21 minutes through 23 games with 16 starts.

The No. 5 draft pick in 2020, Okoro has diligently worked on his outside shot the past two years and made great progress. He is making a career-best 49.2% of his 3-point attempts this season.

An unrestricted free agent last summer, Okoro signed a three-year, $38 million contract to stay with Cleveland in September.

While the Cavaliers could be without Okoro for the near future, small forward Max Strus is on the verge of making his season debut after being sidelined with a severe ankle injury sustained during a preseason workout.

Strus has been practicing the past two weeks and had been expected to play last week before his return was delayed.

On Wednesday, first-year Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said Strus was "awfully close" to playing. Last season, Strus averaged 12.2 points and 4.8 rebounds in 70 starts for the Cavaliers after spending the three previous seasons with the Miami Heat.

The Cavaliers host the Milwaukee Bucks, who won the second NBA Cup earlier this week, on Friday and the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was named to the 2024 NBA Cup all-tournament team, announced Thursday, after leading the Milwaukee Bucks to the championship.

Antetokounmpo was a unanimous selection by all 20 media members on the voting panel, as was Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Bucks defeated the Thunder 97-81 on Tuesday night in Las Vegas to win the in-season tournament title.

Antetokounmpo posted a triple-double Tuesday with 26 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists, earning NBA Cup MVP honors. Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 21 points.

They were joined on the all-tournament team by the Bucks' Damian Lillard (19 votes), the Atlanta Hawks' Trae Young (12) and the Houston Rockets' Alperen Sengun (six).

MINNEAPOLIS -- Karl-Anthony Towns said he got a "warm feeling" entering the Target Center again Thursday morning, but that still didn't mask how strange it was for him to be entering the arena he called home for nine seasons as a visiting player for the first time.

Towns will play his first game in Minnesota as a member of the New York Knicks on Thursday night, his first game against the Timberwolves since he was traded days before the start of training camp in September.

"I know it's going to be a lot," Towns said with a laugh as he considered the emotions of the game later that evening. "But just appreciate every second, every moment and appreciate being back here."

Towns, who was selected No. 1 overall by the Wolves in the 2015 NBA draft, said he still feels a strong connection to Minnesota, which includes keeping tabs on his former teammates from afar.

"I'm an avid Timberwolves fan, so I watch a lot of the games when I get a chance," Towns said. "They're still my brothers. They're still my guys. Just because a trade happened, doesn't mean I lost love for them. The brotherhood is always going to be there."

The Wolves and Knicks pulled off a blockbuster trade the weekend before the start of training camp, sending Towns to New York in exchange for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo. The trade was a shock for Towns, who had spent his entire career in Minnesota, and especially with the Wolves fresh off an appearance in the Western Conference finals.

"I'm not used to landing and going to a hotel in Minnesota," Towns said. "I don't know, that has never happened since the day I got drafted."

Towns said he did end up spending the night in his home in Minnesota before the game, and thought multiple times how strange it would be to come through the visiting tunnel before the game.

Towns rattled some of his most impactful memories in a Wolves jersey, getting to play with Kevin Garnett during his rookie season, watching Derrick Rose drop 50 points in 2018 and Minnesota's victory over the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the 2024 playoffs, which sent the Wolves to the conference finals for only the second time in franchise history.

And when Towns was asked whether he missed Minnesota, he didn't skip a beat.

"Of course," he said emphatically. "I was here nine years. That's a long time I had called this place home."

On the court, Towns has settled into a groove with his new squad, averaging 24.8 points and a league-leading 13.9 rebounds on 53% shooting, matching a career high, while shooting 44% from 3, which would set a new career-high shooting from deep.

The Knicks enter Thursday with the third-best record in the Eastern Conference, and the Wolves have found a groove after a slow start, winning six of their past seven games.

The two teams played a preseason game in New York against each other a few weeks after the trade, but Towns said that wouldn't make Thursday's game any easier emotionally. He repeated that he wanted to savor the moment Thursday and appreciate the memories he built in Minnesota.

"I've been through a lot, especially in a T-Wolves jersey," Towns said. "I'm trying to appreciate these moments that don't come around ever or often. So I just want to be in place of life where I look at things from a glass half-full. I'm just grateful for the opportunity to be back home and have so many great memories at and to be able to play here against guys I've played with."

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- LeBron James is set to become the NBA's all-time leader in regular season minutes played Thursday back in the same city where he logged his first, when the Los Angeles Lakers play the Sacramento Kings.

It will be another accomplishment in a career teeming with them for the four-time MVP, four-time champion and 20-time All-Star who also happens to be the league's all-time leading scorer.

But the 39-year-old James was not in a celebratory mood after Lakers shootaround Thursday morning. Rather, when asked about the announced changes for the All-Star game format in February, James lamented the state of the league.

"It's not just the All-Star Game. It's our game in general," James said. "There's a lot of f---ing 3s being shot. So it's a bigger conversation than just the All-Star Game."

NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed criticism aimed at the increase in 3-point volume this week ahead of the NBA Cup championship on Tuesday.

"The answer is yes, [we are having] many discussions about the style of basketball [being played]," Silver said. "I would not reduce it to a so-called 3-point shooting issue. I think we look more holistically at the skill level on the floor, the diversity of the offense, the fan reception to the game, all of the above."

To offer some perspective as to just how much the 3-point shot has become a staple for NBA offenses, the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors averaged 31.6 3-point attempts per game - No. 1 in the league - en route to a 73-9 record. They would rank 29th this season, with only the Denver Nuggets attempting fewer per game (30.4). The defending champion Boston Celtics are first, averaging 51.1 3-point attempts per game, which would shatter the previous team records for 3-point attempts in a season.

As for the All-Star game, the league announced this week that rather than have the traditional East vs. West game, or even have the team's drafted by the top vote getters in each conference, there will be a round robin played instead.

The 24 All-Stars selected will be split up into teams of eight and a fourth team of eight will be comprised of players from the Rising Stars game on Friday night. Two teams will play in one semifinal and the other two teams will play in another semifinal, setting up a third championship game between the winners. Each of the games will untimed and will end when the first team reaches or surpasses 40 points to win.

While James' teammate, nine-time All-Star Anthony Davis said, "I don't really like it," when asked about the format change, James sounded more open to it.

"Something had to change," James said, alluding to last year's game that featured 397 combined, meaningless points by the two teams.

"We'll see, we'll see when we get there," he continued. "It's different. Obviously anytime you make some type of change it's going to be some buck back. I don't know. I mean, I have my ideas of what could possibly work. ... You got to do something. Obviously, the last couple of years have not been a great All-Star Game that Sunday night."

James comes into Thursday with 57,437 career regular season minutes played - nine behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-time mark of 57,446. However, if you count the 23 minutes James played in the NBA Cup championship in Las Vegas last year, he has already passed Abdul-Jabbar's mark. The league does not count the NBA Cup championship statistics towards regular season or playoff records.

Free agent pitcher Michael Soroka has signed a one-year, $9 million contract with the Washington Nationals, the team announced Thursday.

Soroka, a 27-year-old right-hander, pitched for the Chicago White Sox last season, compiling a 4.74 ERA in 25 games including nine starts. He was 0-10 for the White Sox, who set the modern-day record for most losses in a single season (121).

Despite those numbers, Soroka landed a starting job with the Nationals. Overall, he has a 3.67 career ERA over his five-year career, which began with the Atlanta Braves. He has mostly been a starter but can also pitch in relief.

Soroka's best season came in 2019, when he went 13-4 with a 2.68 ERA for the Braves and finished second in NL Cy Young voting. Injuries set him back, including twice tearing his right Achilles tendon. He missed all of 2021 and 2022 while appearing in just seven games in 2023. Hamstring and elbow issues plagued him as well.

Soroka joins a staff that includes Jake Irvin, MacKenzie Gore, Mitchell Parker and DJ Herz as the Nationals hope to take the next step in a rebuilding process that began several years ago.