Month: October 2022

9:27 PM ET The New Orleans Pelicans ruled forward Zion Williamson out for the Friday game at Phoenix. Williamson had been listed as a game-time decision with a right posterior hip/lower back contusion suffered Sunday in the overtime loss to the Utah Jazz. After missing the Tuesday game against the Dallas Mavericks, Williamson went through
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11:05 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Tyrese Maxey scored a career-high 44 points, carrying the Philadelphia 76ers without Joel Embiid to a 112-90 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Embiid sat out because of a sore right knee. A five-time All Star and the reigning NBA scoring champion, Embiid is averaging 27.6
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10:11 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — A season ago, Iga Swiatek only qualified for the WTA Finals with a couple of weeks to spare. She was the fifth of eight players to get into the season-ending event for women’s tennis, a situation she found stressful. Swiatek was so dominant throughout 2022 that
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10:41 PM ET Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Miami Marlins opened their new academy in the Dominican Republic on Friday, where they hope to develop talents such as current ace Sandy Alcantara, a candidate for the National League Cy Young award. Sitting on 35 acres (14 hectares), the academy has three major
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7:24 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Players’ union head Tony Clark said years of inattention by Major League Baseball had contributed to the World Series being played without any U.S.-born Black players for the first time since 1950. “It is truly unfortunate that any young Black player may be watching these games tonight is
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9:04 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Grammy-nominated singer Eric Burton lost track of the lyrics during “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Friday night’s World Series opener between Houston and Philadelphia. With players and staff lined up on the field for the traditional pregame ceremony, and a giant American flag unfurled across the outfield, the Black
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8:36 PM ET Associated Press DORAL, Fla. — Phil Mickelson‘s long year that led him to being a central figure in Saudi-funded LIV Golf ended on Friday when British Open champion Cameron Smith holed a 7-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Mickelson and eliminate his team. The LIV Golf Team Championship-Miami at
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