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4:40 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Golden State Warriors big man DeMarcus Cousins has strong feelings regarding college basketball and the NCAA’s system in the wake of the knee injury suffered by Duke freshman star Zion Williamson during Wednesday night’s game against North Carolina. “Well, knowing what I know now, college is bulls—,” Cousins said
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1:59 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis will appear on HBO’s “The Shop with LeBron James,” the cable channel announced Thursday. The show will air on March 1 and will also include Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown. James’ team, the Los Angeles Lakers, attempted to acquire Davis before the NBA trade deadline without
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1:54 PM ET Fresh off an appearance on one of the NBA’s biggest stages, Sacramento guard Buddy Hield was quick with the assurance the Kings will have a place on the league’s most meaningful stage. The Kings, mired in the NBA’s longest postseason drought at 12 years, won’t miss the playoffs this season, Hield says.
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11:18 PM ET Shortly after the game started between No. 1 Duke and No. 8 North Carolina on Wednesday, Duke freshman Zion Williamson left the court after ripping through his left shoe when trying to reverse his dribble. The potential No. 1 overall pick of the 2019 NBA draft, Williamson did not return to the
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8:12 AM ET Father and son remember the stops at Fuddruckers in Columbia, S.C., more than halfway through the five-hour drive back to Charleston from Atlanta, where the son, only 12, had started practicing that summer with a high-level AAU team. The son realized he was in over his head during warm-ups. The Atlanta players
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6:42 PM ET EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — With a 28-29 record, the Lakers are three games out of the playoff picture with 25 regular-season games left. Even tougher: they have the fourth-toughest remaining schedule in the NBA, according to ESPN Stats & Information projections. So for LeBron James, it’s time to turn on the afterburners,
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6:06 PM ET Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward sprained his ankle during a workout Tuesday, coach Brad Stevens said, and is listed as questionable for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Stevens, speaking Wednesday on 98.5 The Sports Hub, said the injury was “not a long-term thing.” Stevens said the injury was to Hayward’s right
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5:52 PM ET Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward twisted his ankle during a workout Tuesday and is expected to be questionable for Thursday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks, coach Brad Stevens said. Stevens, speaking Wednesday on 98.5 The Sports Hub, said the injury was “not a long-term thing.” Stevens said the injury was to Hayward’s
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4:21 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Goran Dragic and Derrick Jones Jr. are on their way back to the Miami Heat rotation. Both practiced Wednesday and are available for Miami’s game at Philadelphia on Thursday. Dragic has played in only two of Miami’s last 41 games, and underwent surgery to clean out his right
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