Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

NHL roundup: Anton ​Lundell's first hat trick powers Panthers past Jets

Anton Lundell ​scored his first career hat trick ‌and ​Seth Jones added one goal and two assists to lead the Florida Panthers to a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday night in Sunrise, Fla. ‌The Jets took their eighth loss in a row (0-6-2). The franchise record is 10, which has happened three times (2000, 1994 and 1980).

NBA roundup: LeBron James delivers late as Sixers get by Knicks

LeBron James converted a key putback and ‌finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists as the Philadelphia 76ers edged the visiting New York ‌Knicks 98-93 on Friday. On a night when all NBA games were the teams' openers in NBA Cup play, Philadelphia was without Jaylen Brown (knee), giving Anfernee Simons an opportunity to shine in an expanded role. Simons scored 21 points on 7-of-11 shooting. Tyrese Maxey led the ⁠Sixers with ​27 points, while VJ ⁠Edgecombe hit a clutch 3-pointer and finished with 13 points. The Sixers have won five of their first six games.

US court reinstates 'Sunday Ticket' ⁠class action verdict against NFL

A US federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a jury's verdict against the National Football League in ​an antitrust lawsuit claiming it overcharged subscribers to its Sunday Ticket game telecasts for more than a decade, ⁠but said the league can have a new trial on damages. The ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals overturned ⁠a lower ​court judge in California who had thrown out a $4.7 billion verdict against the NFL after the trial in 2024.

Pope Leo tries to stay neutral as basketball rivals descend on Vatican

Popes have received heads of state, ⁠royalty and pilgrims by the busload in the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall. On Saturday, Pope Leo received his ⁠old college basketball team ⁠and, in a show of sportsmanship that went only so far, their opponents. Leo, the first American pope, greeted the men's and women's teams from his alma mater Villanova, ‌where he graduated ‌in 1977, and from their rival Notre Dame, before roughly ​7,000 players, guests and supporters.