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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...]
Kyle Hendricks, Cubs Settle To Avoid Arbitration
Russell can also be cut from the team for one-sixth of the $3.4 million base salary. The incentives are based off how long Russell is on the active roster. He's expected to be at full strength for the start of spring training next month. Outfielder Kyle Schwarber agreed to a 3.39-million deal for 2019. [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...]
Smith leaves BPL with elbow injury
He sent the report to the Australian physicians, who had advice him to go back home immediately, ' he said. Smith's franchise, the Comilla Victorians , are upbeat the gifted batsman will return later in the Twenty20 tournament. David Warner, who like Smith is serving a 12-month ban, is also taking part in Bangladesh's domestic T20 competition. South African big hitter AB de Villiers, West Ind... [Full Article...]
Alexis Sanchez absent from Man United squad ahead of Tottenham game
To see him every day is massive. "And he is like an encyclopaedia of football". Roy Keane recalled: "Ferguson came in and said: "Lads, it's Tottenham", and that was it. Maybe our performance wasn't the best but we competed very well. "And then, when Solskjaer scored, we were shouting, celebrating, I don't know why, because in that moment we were neutral". [Full Article...]