Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. MLB notebook: Royals C Perez has season-ending surgery

Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez underwent Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow on Wednesday and will miss the entire 2019 season. The surgery was performed in Los Angeles by specialist Dr. Neal ElAttrache, known for his experience with Tommy John surgeries. Red Sox P Wright suspended 80 games for PED violation

Boston Red Sox right-hander Steven Wright has been suspended 80 games without pay after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday. Wright tested positive for Growth Hormone Releasing Peptide 2 (GHRP-2), according to the league, a violation of MLB's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Tennis: Former No. 4 Konta starts strong at Indian Wells

Former world No. 4 Johanna Konta of Great Britain started out strong at the BNP Paribas Open, winning her first-round match over Pauline Parmentier of France 6-2, 6-3 in the first round on Wednesday at Indian Wells, Calif. The 27-year-old Konta, who has fallen to No. 45 in the WTA rankings after an inconsistent 2018 campaign, dispatched her opponent with relative ease to advance to the second round in 89 minutes. Konta broke open a tight first set by winning 14 of the final 16 points to take control. NHL roundup: Price ties Habs' record for goalie wins

Carey Price tied the Montreal Canadiens' record for all-time wins by a goaltender Tuesday, and he did it in dominating fashion, making 26 saves in a 3-1 victory over the host Los Angeles Kings. Price's 314th victory in net for the Canadiens tied him with Jacques Plante, a Hall of Famer who played at Montreal from 1952-63. Price had a shutout midway through the third period before the Kings finally broke through. Kvitova says meeting with Seles was key after attack

Petra Kvitova says a meeting with former world number one Monica Seles at Wimbledon last year, where they discussed returning to the sport after a knife attack, had been one of the most important of her life. Kvitova suffered cuts to her left hand while defending herself during a home invasion in 2016, while Seles was stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg in 1993 which kept her off the court for more than two years. NBA: Aussie Bogut just happy to be along for the ride with Warriors

Andrew Bogut is under no illusions about the role he will fill in his second stint with the Golden State Warriors but the Australian said on Thursday that the chance to rejoin the reigning NBA champions was too good to pass up. Bogut sparked interest from a number of NBA teams after a standout season with the Sydney Kings of Australia's National Basketball League (NBL) but knew there was really only one team that could lure him away from his homeland. NBA roundup: Celtics stun Warriors in blowout

Gordon Hayward scored 19 of his 30 points in the first half Tuesday night as the Boston Celtics stunned the Golden State Warriors with 73 points in the first 24 minutes en route to a 128-95 shellacking in Oakland, Calif. Kyrie Irving recorded 19 points and 11 assists for the Celtics, who were opening a four-game western swing after having lost five of their past six games. NBA to offer content across all Alibaba platforms in expanded deal

The National Basketball Association will offer fans in China original programming and an easier way to buy league gear through e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the league announced on Wednesday. For the first time, NBA China will create content for Alibaba users. Game highlights, classic games and the new content - along with league merchandise - will be accessible to Alibaba's nearly 700 million consumers across all its platforms through a dedicated "NBA section," the NBA said. Family will remain priority post retirement, says Federer

Roger Federer is looking forward to having more freedom and more time with his family when he eventually leaves behind the sport he has dominated, the Swiss master said on Wednesday. The evergreen veteran won his landmark 100th career title in Dubai during the weekend but told reporters that while he is not yet ready to hang up the racquet, he can see himself enjoying his post-career life. NFL notebook: Agent, Riley refute criticism of Murray

Oklahoma football coach Lincoln Riley refuted comments that his former quarterback, potential top draft pick Kyler Murray, interviewed poorly at the recently completed NFL Scouting Combine. "I know Kyler met with a lot of different teams at the combine, and I have personally spoken with the majority of the teams he met with," Riley said Wednesday on "The Dan Patrick Show." "And every one of them were glowing in their reports about Kyler, basically the complete opposite of what Charley threw out there."