Rockets center Clint Capela -- who has missed 15 games because of ligament damage in his right thumb -- practiced Tuesday, and he is expected to play Thursday against the Lakers.
Rory McIlroy said Wednesday that he feared he had broken his left ankle when he went to the ground with a ligament injury while playing soccer, but he won't give up the activity in the future.
Rory McIlroy suffered a ruptured ligament in his left ankle while playing soccer less than two weeks before the start of his Open Championship title defense.
Lineman Ondre Pipkins told ESPN that coach Jim Harbaugh, trainer Paul Schmidt and associate AD Jim Minick have repeatedly asked him to end his Michigan career before he wanted to.
Missouri defensive lineman Harold Brantley has improved to good condition after undergoing surgery for a fractured left leg following a car accident on Sunday.
Rockets perimeter defensive ace Patrick Beverley, out since March with a torn ligament in his left wrist, is unlikely to play in the Western Conference finals.
