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After two-quarters of basketball at Staples Center, it looked like the tilt between the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers was all but over. Behind a red-hot Dennis Schroder, LeBron James and Montrezl Harrell, the Lakers jumped out to a 16 point lead over the Warriors at halftime. However, Golden State slowly started to […]

Stephen Curry bombed in Golden State‘s final points on a 3-pointer with 1:07 remaining and the Warriors forced LeBron James into an errant 3-pointer at the horn, completing a shocking, 115-113 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday. Curry finished with 26 points, the last three giving Golden State a 115-110 lead. James countered […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 26 points, Kelly Oubre Jr. added 23 and the Golden State Warriors rallied from a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 115-113 on Monday night. LeBron James‘ 3-pointer gave the Lakers a 97-83 advantage early in the fourth before the Warriors battled back. They trailed […]

WACO, Texas (AP) — Jared Butler hit a 3-pointer on the first shot of the game and No. 2 Baylor jumped out to a big lead. The standout guard kept scoring points – and making plays when No. 9 Kansas tried to get close late. Butler had a season-high 30 points and eight assists as […]

For the first time in the young season, the Golden State Warriors met with the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers at Staples Center for a primetime matchup. Although the Warriors quickly fell behind to LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers early in the first quarter, Steph Curry dialed up a pass worthy of a […]

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist, leading the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night. Mikael Backlund, Elias Lindholm, Mark Giordano and Rasmus Andersson also scored for the Flames. Calgary goalie Jacob Markstrom had 25 saves to beat his former team for the […]

UFC lost one of its pioneers to COVID-19. (Jasen Vinlove/Reuters) Paul Varelans, a prominent fighter from UFC’s early days in the mid 1990s, died on Saturday after a battle with COVID-19. He was 51 years old. His girlfriend Kim Watson confirmed the news to ESPN on Monday after social media reports of his death over […]

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Jake Allen made 25 saves in his first game with Montreal, Shea Weber got his first goal of the season and the Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 Monday night. Artturi Lehkonen and rookie Alexander Romanov also scored for Montreal, which beat Edmonton for the second time in three nights. The […]

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (AP) — Cam Mack had 15 points and six assists as Prairie View defeated Grambling State 59-50 on Monday night. Jawaun Daniels had 11 points and nine rebounds for Prairie View (3-4, 2-0 Southwestern Athletic Conference). DeWayne Cox added nine rebounds and Jerroda Briscoe had four blocks. Trevell Cunningham had 12 points […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 33 points, and the Chicago Bulls overcame a strong effort by Victor Oladipo in his Houston debut, beating the Rockets 125-120 on Monday night. LaVine led seven Bulls players in double figures and added seven assists. He scored nine points in the closing minutes of the third to help […]

Mets GM Jared Porter allegedly sent more than 60 unanswered texts to a female reporter in 2016, including photos of a crotch and penis. (Zoom/AP) Newly-hired Mets general manager Jared Porter admitted on Monday night to sending harassing, explicit texts to a female reporter in 2016 while he was the Chicago Cubs’ director of professional […]

Back in October, while previewing the upcoming showdown between the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, we here at Packers Wire keyed in on quarterback pressure as a potentially decisive factor in the matchup. The idea was simple: “The team who best pressures the opponent’s future Hall of Fame quarterback will likely win Sunday’s […]

Vincent Trocheck, Sebastian Aho and Nino Niederreiter scored third-period goals as the Carolina Hurricanes defeated host Nashville 4-2 on Monday, handing the Predators their first loss in three games this season. The Hurricanes scored two key short-handed goals to prevent momentum from turning against them. Goalie James Reimer made his first appearance of the season […]

NBC Sports What Tom Brady is teaching this young, talented Buccaneers team Last spring, when Bruce Arians knew he had Tom Brady in the fold as the new quarterback of the Buccaneers, he was thrilled for the franchise (WE GOT TOM BRADY, BABY!), thrilled for himself (Man, I get to coach Brady!) and just as […]

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Bad luck, a bad rule, a bad call and a bad first half for the Browns The Browns were dealt a terrible blow as the worst rule in football reared its ugly head late in the first half today in Kansas City. Just as it appeared that Cleveland might make […]

NBC Sports What Tom Brady is teaching this young, talented Buccaneers team Last spring, when Bruce Arians knew he had Tom Brady in the fold as the new quarterback of the Buccaneers, he was thrilled for the franchise (WE GOT TOM BRADY, BABY!), thrilled for himself (Man, I get to coach Brady!) and just as […]

NBC Sports What Tom Brady is teaching this young, talented Buccaneers team Last spring, when Bruce Arians knew he had Tom Brady in the fold as the new quarterback of the Buccaneers, he was thrilled for the franchise (WE GOT TOM BRADY, BABY!), thrilled for himself (Man, I get to coach Brady!) and just as […]

The list of strange ways that Missouri has found to lose a sporting event has grown long over the years. Monday, women’s basketball team’s 66-64 defeat to LSU marked a new addition. Down by as much as 16 points in the fourth quarter, Missouri (5-4) fought back and cut the deficit to a single point. […]

The Warriors showed their strategy very early on and it was an aggressive one: don’t let LeBron beat you. Using Kelly Oubre Jr. to press and deny LeBron James worked to keep the ball from LeBron’s hands but James didn’t force the issue. Instead, his teammates picked up the slack for him. Notably, Dennis Schroder […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Durant made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 36 seconds left, James Harden had 34 points and 12 assists, and the Brooklyn Nets edged the Milwaukee Bucks 125-123 on Monday night. Durant finished with 30 points, nine rebounds and six assists to give the Nets their fourth straight victory in a game […]

James Harden has put up some big numbers in his first two games as a Brooklyn Net, eclipsing the 30-point and 10-assist mark in the 122-115 win over the Orlando Magic on Saturday and in the 125-123 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday. With his 34 points against the Bucks, Harden became the first […]

Football fans have longed for a moment like this. Tom Brady on one sideline, Aaron Rodgers on the other, in a monumental game. It might not be in the Super Bowl, but those two venerable quarterbacks will clash this weekend with a Super Bowl berth at stake. Of course, lost in that storyline is the […]

The Canadian Press Browns, Mayfield expecting to build upon 2020 successes CLEVELAND — On their wild ride of an unforgettable, almost unimaginable 2020 season when Zoom calls, masks and contact tracing were daily fixtures, the Browns discovered two things that point to a bright future for an awakened franchise. They’ve got the right coach and […]

The Canadian Press Browns, Mayfield expecting to build upon 2020 successes CLEVELAND — On their wild ride of an unforgettable, almost unimaginable 2020 season when Zoom calls, masks and contact tracing were daily fixtures, the Browns discovered two things that point to a bright future for an awakened franchise. They’ve got the right coach and […]

Australia’s Nick Kyrgios dismissed world number one Novak Djokovic as a “tool” as a backlash grew against tennis players flown in for the Australian Open during a raging pandemic. Kyrgios joined a wave of criticism of the Serb for reportedly issuing a list of demands for quarantined players who have arrived in Melbourne and Adelaide […]

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Shubman Gill scored an unbeaten 64 to post the highest score of his brief test career, doing his bit to help India’s attempt to retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in the series decider against Australia. India lost only one wicket in the morning session Tuesday and reached lunch at 83-1. That left […]