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DRS key as India seek to level ODI series
However Sharma, who scored a brilliant 133 off 129 balls, rejected criticism of Dhoni's strike-rate of 53.1, suggesting the former skipper was worthy of a promotion up the order. India had a disrupted build-up to the match with Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul being sent home following their comments on Indian TV, and opted for an attack that included Ravindra Jadeja as the allrounder and Khaleel A... [Full Article...]
Chelsea boss Sarri: Willian and Hudson-Odoi must stay
Fourth-placed Chelsea have won five of their last seven league matches and sit six points clear of fifth-placed Arsenal , who lost at West Ham earlier on Saturday. [Against Newcastle] we had only to manage a positive situation. We scored after nine minutes, so we did not have to face difficulty. The former Barcelona man collected David Luiz's exquisite through ball and kept his composure to... [Full Article...]
Catcher Yasmani Grandal, Brewers reportedly agree to one-year deal
Grandal , 30, was an All-Star in 2015 and hit 24 home runs last season. Grandal turned down a $17.9 million qualifying offer from the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in November. Grandal joins the Brewers after passing on longer-term options earlier in the offseason. He will enter free agency again at the end of the upcoming campaign without a qualifying offer and that could earn him a lu... [Full Article...]
Detroit Pistons star Blake Griffin gets standing ovation in return to LA
And when the Detroit power forward called it quits and slowly started walking over to the sideline, he picked up the pace as he got closer to Ballmer, who was left with an empty had extended while Griffin jogged off the court. The Clippers traded him in January 2018 to Detroit for Avery Bradley , Tobias Harris , Boban Marjanovic , the No. 12 pick in the 2018 National Basketball Association dr... [Full Article...]
NASCAR Downsizes With Unspecified Layoffs After Year of Leadership Switch-Ups
The Daytona Beach, Fla. -based auto racing organization has offices in Charlotte, N.C., where it employs 300 workers, as well as Los Angeles and New York City, the Charlotte Observer reported . The comments came on the heels of multiple national media reports, including by the Associated Press , ESPN and Yahoo, that NASCAR was issuing "dozens of pink slips" on Friday. [Full Article...]
Wade scores 19, helps Heat hold off Celtics
Miami shot 53.1 percent from the floor, and the Celtics were 19-for-49 (38.8 percent) from the field after two quarters. Josh Richardson scored 18 points for Miami, which set season highs with 18 3-pointers and 33 assists. In most instances, an altercation between teammates wouldn't necessarily be major news, but in the wake of the dust up between the Golden State Warriors' Draymond Green and ... [Full Article...]
Cousins will start for Warriors in possible season debut next week
Cousins is expected to return to action on January 18 when the Warriors travel to Los Angeles to take on the Clippers. "I'll start him", Kerr said. As for Cousins, he tried to downplay expectations for his first game back since January 2018. Kerr said Cousins had made "big steps" in his rehabilitation of late. [Full Article...]
Jets hire Adam Gase as next head coach
Well, now we have a little more clarity to the situation and why the Jets and McCarthy didn't mesh. Gase began his coaching career as an assistant at LSU, before taking positions in the National Football League with Detroit, San Francisco and Denver - where he was promoted to offensive coordinator and drew rave reviews from Peyton Manning . [Full Article...]