Month: February 2023

7:51 PM ET Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving missed Wednesday’s 118-109 loss to the Denver Nuggets because of low back tightness. Irving had played in four games since the Mavericks acquired him in a blockbuster trade from the Brooklyn Nets, averaging 28.3 points and 7.0 assists in 38.5 minutes. Dallas was 2-2 in those games,
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3:05 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Lakers‘ first impression of their revamped roster Wednesday was also the last look they would get as a team before the All-Star break. And it was a good one. “I think we’re going to continue to build off tonight,” LeBron James said after scoring 21 points in the
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12:03 AM ET Tim BontempsESPN PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid said after Wednesday night’s 118-112 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers at Wells Fargo Center that he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to play in Sunday’s All-Star Game. “I’m not sure,” the Philadelphia 76ers star said after collecting 29 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals
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10:26 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bowman admired yet another Daytona 500 pole trophy that he won from mastering the superspeedway over one fast lap ahead of NASCAR’s marquee race. The Hendrick Motorsports driver still wants to add to his Daytona collection. There’s a championship trophy missing. “It may not be
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8:20 PM ET PHOENIX, Ariz. — The impending bankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group, the company that owns Bally’s 19 regional sports networks, will not impact fans’ ability to watch their favorite teams play, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said Wednesday, adding that the sport would pick up streaming in a worst-case scenario. Diamond Sports
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11:53 PM ET Former NFL coach Ken Whisenhunt has joined Alabama‘s football staff as the special assistant to head coach Nick Saban. Whisenhunt’s name appeared in Alabama’s staff directory Wednesday night. He spent the past two seasons as an offensive analyst at Penn State. The former Arizona Cardinals and Tennessee Titans head coach last held
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11:05 PM ET Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz won his first match of the year on Wednesday, beating Laslo Djere 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the Argentina Open. The 19-year-old US Open champion missed the Australian Open with a leg injury and ceded the No. 1 ranking to Novak Djokovic, who won
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