Gregg Popovich stepped down as coach of the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, ending a three-decade run that saw him lead the team to five NBA championships, become the league’s all-time wins leader and earn induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

“While my love and passion for the game remain, I’ve decided it’s time to step away as head coach,” Popovich said.

He will remain as team president. Mitch Johnson, a Spurs assistant who filled in for Popovich for the season’s final 77 games, becomes the team’s head coach.

Popovich, 76, missed all but five games this season after having a stroke at the team’s arena on Nov. 2. He has not spoken publicly since, though had addressed his team at least once and released a statement in late March saying that he hoped to return to coaching.

That won’t be happening.

“I’m forever grateful to the wonderful players, coaches, staff and fans who allowed me to serve them as the Spurs head coach and am excited for the opportunity to continue to support the organization, community and city that are so meaningful to me,” Popovich said.

Popovich’s career ends with a record of 1,422-869, which does include the 77 games — 32 wins and 45 losses — that were coached by Johnson this season. He also won 170 playoff games with the Spurs, the most by any coach with any one team and the third-most overall behind only Phil Jackson’s 229 and Pat Riley’s 171.

“The best there ever was,” Spurs great Manu Ginobili said last year of Popovich.

Popovich was a three-time coach of the year, led the U.S. to a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics and coached six Hall of Famers in San Antonio — Ginobili, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Dominique Wilkins and Pau Gasol. He went up against 170 different coaches during his time in the NBA and there have been 303 coaching changes made in the league, including interim moves, during the Popovich era.

SOCCER

Angel City beat the Spirit 4–3 in Washington, D.C. with goals by defender Gisele Thompson, midfielder Katie Zelem, and a brace by forward Riley Tiernan.

Forward Gift Monday and defender Esme Morgan scored for the Spirit.

ACFC blew leads of 2-0 and 3-2 but wasn’t ready to call it quits. And and in the eighth minute of stoppage time, Tiernan scored a second goal of the match to secure the win. Forward Christen Press headed a kick by Emslie down toward the mouth of goal, where Tiernan was lurking and nailed a one-touch shot into the top netting.

Defender Gisele Thompson scored her first career NWSL regular-season goal in the 22nd minute and her third career NWSL regular-season assist. Her goal was assisted by her sister, forward Alyssa Thompson, making it the first sister-to-sister goal in NWSL history.

GOLF

Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth share a strong desire to win their hometown event, the CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

The top-ranked player has a great chance to do it first.

Playing with his good friend who is also a fellow Dallas resident and Texas alum, Scheffler padded his lead, shooting an 8-under 63 to reach 18 under through 36 holes as one of the early finishers in a weather-delayed second round.

About half the field didn’t get to complete the round after a six-hour delay, the last of the players not teeing off until about 15 minutes before sunset at soggy TPC Craig Ranch in the Dallas suburb of McKinney.

They all figure to be chasing Scheffler on the weekend, with Spieth probably too far back to be among the contenders.

Play was suspended for darkness with Scheffler leading Sam Stevens by six shots. Stevens shot 65 on Friday.

“This tournament definitely means a lot to me,” said Scheffler, who made his PGA Tour debut at the Byron Nelson in 2014 — four years after Spieth made himself an instant hometown favorite by contending on Sunday as a 16-year-old high school junior. “It’s going to be a lot of fun to play here and have a chance to win.”

TPC Craig Ranch, which yields low scores even without pillow-soft conditions, was no match for Scheffler. He opened with a 61 on Thursday, and his total of 124 beat the previous 36-hole best at the Nelson by two shots. The two-time Masters champion missed Justin Thomas’ 36-hole PGA Tour record from 2017 by one stroke.

Spieth couldn’t keep up, although he figures to be safely inside the cut line following a 67 that put him at 6 under.

Jhonattan Vegas, a Venezuelan who also played for the Longhorns, finished his 69 and was eight shots behind Scheffler after starting the day two back.

Haeran Ryu tried to keep her eyes on the fairways instead of the black lava rock framing them and it worked in her favor again for a 5-under 67 that gave her a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Black Desert Championship in Ivins, Utah.

Ryu has missed only two fairways and three greens over 36 holes at the Tom Weiskopf design, where ample fairways can look narrow because of rocks.

Coming off a nine-birdie start, Ryu was 1 over through four holes when a birdie on the fifth sent her on her way. Her round included a chip-in birdie and the highlight of her day, a hybrid on the par-5 ninth that rolled out to 5 feet for an eagle.

She was at 14-under 130, two shots clear of Somi Lee, who played bogey-free for a second straight round of 66. Lee has gone 26 holes without a bogey.

TENNIS

With the help of painkillers, Casper Ruud overcame a rib ailment to defeat Francisco Cerundolo in straight sets and reach the Madrid Open final.

Ruud will face Jack Draper, who beat Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the other semifinal to make his third final of the year.

Ruud received treatment on his rib three games into the match and went on to win 6-4, 7-5 on the Caja Magica center court.

The 15th-ranked Norwegian saved 15 of the 18 break points he faced against the 21st-ranked Argentine.

Ruud said he felt something in his rib during the warmup, just before going out on the court. He said he “felt it in nearly every shot, especially the serve.”

“I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to finish the match, honestly,” Ruud said. “I got a couple of painkillers, which is not the ideal thing, but at the same time in a situation like this, you have to do that now and then. It was easing and getting better as the match went on.”

A former world No. 2, Ruud will return to the top 10 thanks to his campaign in Madrid. He could reach No. 6 in the rankings with a win in the final.

Ruud — a 12-time tour champion — would also become the first Norwegian to lift an ATP 1000 trophy since the series was introduced in 1990, according to the ATP.

Ruud had lost two matches in a row against Cerundolo, who knocked out top-seeded Alexander Zverev earlier.

The sixth-ranked Draper improved his record against 11th-ranked Musetti to 4-0.

Draper won at Indian Wells in March. After his quarterfinal victory in Madrid, he secured a top-five debut in the rankings.

“I felt like both of us, our quality didn’t really drop from the first ball,” Draper said. “Credit to Lorenzo, he’s obviously playing so good on the clay. I played him on hard, and on grass when we were juniors, growing up with him. But on clay, he’s a different beast, so to get this win on this court in this stage, semifinals, it means so much to me.”

Coco Gauff and top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka will meet in the women’s final today.

MOTORSPORTS

Kimi Antonelli became the youngest pole-winner of any Formula 1 event in history when the 18-year-old Mercedes driver won the top starting spot for the sprint race ahead of the Miami Grand Prix.

Antonelli is in his first season in F1, where Mercedes hired him to replace seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes has great faith the Italian can deliver, and he did in qualifying for the second sprint race of the season.

“I am feeling over the moon; I did not expect this,” Antonelli said.

He will start today’s sprint race alongside current F1 points leader Oscar Piastri of McLaren, who lost the pole by .045 seconds to Antonelli. It’s the first time since 2009 an Italian driver has won any pole in F1.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Iowa men’s coach Ben McCollum agreed to a six-year, $22.75 million contract that runs through the 2030-31 season, according to the memorandum of understanding he signed last month.

McCollum will earn $3.35 million in his first year, with his compensation rising to $4.1 million in the sixth year.

McCollum would be in line for six-figure bonuses if the Hawkeyes reach the NCAA Sweet 16, topped by $400,000 for winning the national championship. A Big Ten regular-season title would earn him $75,000 and a conference tournament championship $50,000. Additional bonuses are tied to his players’ academic performance.

He will have a salary pool of about $2.1 million for assistant coaches.

McCollum, whose hiring was announced March 24, led Drake to the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season and tournament championships and a win in the NCAA Tournament in his only season with the Bulldogs.

Former Arizona State forward Adam Miller is transferring to Gonzaga. The university announced the move, saying Miller has signed a financial aid agreement.

Gonzaga will be the fourth school for Miller, an Illinois native who has scored 1,206 points in 117 games for Arizona State, LSU and Illinois. He has one year of eligibility left.

Miller started all 30 games for Arizona State last season, averaging 9.8 points and shooting 42.9% from 3-point range.

HORSE RACING

Unbeaten filly Good Cheer rallied on the outside through the slop to overtake Tenma by the final furlong and win the 151st Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs.

Louisville-born trainer Brad Cox watched the heavy 6-5 favorite cover 1 1/8 miles in 1:50.15 with Luis Saez aboard. Good Cheer paid $4.78, $3.62 and $3.02 for her seventh dominant victory.

The bay daughter of Megdalia d’Oro and Wedding Toast by Street entered the Oaks with a combined victory margin of more than 42 lengths, and on Friday, she added more distance to her resume with a stunning surge over a mushy track.

Cox earned his third Oaks win and Saez his second.