Month: April 2021

7:15 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The San Antonio Spurs do not expect starting guard Derrick White back this season because of a sprained right ankle, coach Gregg Popovich said Wednesday. White was injured in the Spurs’ win Monday in Washington. The fourth-year guard is averaging a career-best 15.4 points this season for San
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5:47 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart was suspended by the league for one game Wednesday because of “threatening language” he directed at a referee a night earlier. The suspension forced him to miss Wednesday night’s home game against Charlotte. “I just found out about 15 minutes ago,” Boston coach
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5:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The NBA has fined Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. $50,000 for violating its COVID-19 health and safety protocols, the league said in a statement Wednesday. Porter violated the NBA’s rules against attending indoor social gatherings of 15 or more people and entering bars and similar establishments when he
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12:49 AM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Chris Paul scored 28 points, Devin Booker added 21 and the Phoenix Suns beat the LA Clippers 109-101 on Wednesday night to clinch a spot in the playoffs for the first time in 11 years. The Suns finally figured out a way to beat the Clippers, who won
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10:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor‘s contract negotiations with the Mets seemed pretty smooth. His swing certainly has not. The $341 million star shortstop entered Wednesday batting .212 with three RBIs through 18 games with his new team and started hearing boos Tuesday night at Citi Field after grounding out late
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6:25 PM ET Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell wasn’t pleased with a second-inning obstruction call on his pitcher, during the Brewers’ 6-2 loss to the Miami Marlins Wednesday. With one out and runners on first and third, Marlins second baseman Isan Diaz hit a soft ground ball between the pitcher’s mound and first base. Brewers starter
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9:30 PM ET Jacob deGrom tied Nolan Ryan’s record for most strikeouts through a pitcher’s first five starts of a season, finishing Tuesday’s start with nine strikeouts over six innings to run his five-game total to 59, matching Ryan’s achievement set in 1978. DeGrom departed with the Red Sox leading 1-0. It is his 33rd
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