CLEVELAND — A person familiar with the situation says the Cavaliers asked the Los Angeles Clippers for permission to interview assistant coach Alvin Gentry for their head coaching position.

Prince Fielder is expected to have neck surgery next week and miss the rest of the season.Fielder has been out with a herniated disk in his neck, and surgery was recommended after another scan and a follow-up exam with Dr. Drew Dossett.General manager Jon Daniels said the team would get second opinion about surgery, but were “expecting that to be confirmed.”

CONCORD, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson won the pole for the Coca-Cola 600.Johnson turned a lap at 194.911 mph at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the third round of NASCAR's knockout qualifying format for his first pole of the Sprint Cup season.Brad Keselowski will start alongside Johnson on the front row Sunday night in the longest Sprint Cup race of the year. It's the seventh time this season Keselowski will start on the front row.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Dustin Johnson shot a bogey-free 5-under to lead by one stroke after the first round of the Colonial.Hunter Mahan, playing in the group ahead of Johnson, led before a double-bogey 6 at the 433-yard 18th hole for a 66. He was tied for second with Harris English, Tim Wilkinson and Robert Streb.