DENVER – Philadelphia star Joel Embiid missed the 76ers’ game at Denver for a fourth consecutive season Saturday after the team’s medical staff determined he shouldn’t play. The Sixers scratched Embiid minutes before tipoff after he had discomfort in his balky left knee during warmups. It denied basketball fans another marquee matchup with Nikola Jokic…
NEW YORK – Jalen Brunson had 32 points and eight assist and the New York Knicks beat Miami 125-109 on Saturday, winning their sixth straight and sending the Heat to a sixth consecutive loss. Julius Randle added 19 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks, but left with 4:27 remaining after appearing to land hard…
NORMAN, Okla. – Chance McMillian scored 27 points to help No. 20 Texas Tech beat No. 11 Oklahoma 85-84 on Saturday and solidify the Red Raiders’ hold on first place in the Big 12. Pop Isaacs had 18 points, including 13 in the second half when the Red Raiders (16-3, 5-1) overcame a nine-point deficit….
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO – CORTINA D’Mikaela Shiffrin, Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Petra Vlhova, Alexis Pinturault, Corinne Suter. All five former overall World Cup ski champions or Olympic gold medalists have been involved in severe crashes during races over the past 15 days. And they’re not the only ones. Marco Schwarz, a former world champion who was leading…
AMES, Iowa – Tre King had 21 points and nine rebounds, and No. 23 Iowa State knocked off No. 7 Kansas 79-75 on Saturday. Iowa State (16-4, 5-2) improved to 13-0 at home this season while enhancing its status as a Big 12 contender. Keshon Gilbert scored 16 points for the Cyclones, and reserve Curtis…
MILWAUKEE – Doc Rivers and the Milwaukee Bucks each have endured plenty of recent playoff disappointment. Now they’re joining forces as the Bucks attempt to meet sky-high expectations by winning their second title in four years. Rivers will make his debut on Monday when Milwaukee opens a five-game road trip against the reigning champion Denver…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – His parents put a plastic golf club in his hands when he was a toddler and Tyler Mahwinney never looked back. The Fleming Island sophomore and All-News4JAX boys golfer of the year is the state’s best high school golfer, an individual state champion, Florida’s Mr. Golf and the headliner on the team…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan is giving Sherrone Moore a shot, hoping he can sustain at least some of the success coach Jim Harbaugh had toward the end of his nine-season run with college football’s winningest program. “Jim talked effusively about Sherrone before the season, after the season and in our conversation on Wednesday and…
Jim Harbaugh is the new head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, and to understand what this means and why it happened, you have to understand where the organization has been. Owner Dean Spanos announced the relocation from San Diego to L.A. in an open letter to fans on Jan. 11, 2017. In the seven…
Jannik Sinner speaks in a soft monotone, whether in his native Italian or his thoughtful, halting English. A clenched fist by his belly is about all the emotion he lets anyone see on the court. Nobody would describe anything about him as flashy; not his tennis game, not his wardrobe — which includes a lot…
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