The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder destroyed the Memphis Grizzlies 131-80 on Sunday, the 51 point margin representing the largest Game One win in NBA playoff history.The size of the win in the Western Conference First Round opener was even more remarkable given that Thunders star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his statistically worst performance of the season …
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The Minnesota Timberwolves, fueled by 25 points from Jaden McDaniels, cruised past LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers 117-95 on Saturday in game one of their NBA Western Conference playoff series.Luka Doncic, playing his first post-season game with the Lakers after arriving in a stunning February trade, scored 37 points, and James, chasing a …
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Inter Miami are the last remaining unbeaten team in Major League Soccer after they handed the Columbus Crew their first loss of the season with a 1-0 win in Cleveland on Saturday.A crowd of 60,614 turned out at Huntington Bank Field, the home of the NFL’s Cleveland Browns, for the visit of Lionel Messi and …
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Japan’s Akie Iwai and American Lauren Coughlin share the lead with Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad at the LPGA Tour’s LA Championship going into Sunday’s final round at El Caballero Country Club.Iwai revealed she had been in a rush to make her tee-time after her alarm clock failed to go off, but there was no sign of …
South Korean Kim Si-woo fired a five-under par 66 on Saturday to seize a one-shot lead over two-time major champion Justin Thomas and Andrew Novak after 54 holes at the US PGA Tour’s RBC Heritage in South Carolina.Kim, a four-time PGA Tour winner, had six birdies through the first 15 holes, pushing his lead to …
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The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani announced on Saturday that he and his wife, Mamiko, have welcomed their first child.”I am so grateful to my loving wife who gave birth to our healthy and beautiful daughter,” Ohtani wrote in an Instagram post. “To my daughter, thank you for making us very nervous yet super …
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The Indiana Pacers seized control early and powered to a convincing 117-98 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday as the NBA playoffs first round got underway.Pascal Siakam scored 25 points to lead six Pacers players to score in double figures as Indiana took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series.Milwaukee’s two-time NBA …
The NBA champion Boston Celtics launch their bid for a title repeat in a playoff landscape altered by the emergence of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Oklahoma City Thunder, and the intriguing threat of the new-look Los Angeles Lakers.The Celtics, virtually unchanged from the team that lifted the franchise’s record 18th title last season, completed the …
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Tyler Herro scored 30 points as the Miami Heat reached the NBA playoffs with a thrilling 123-114 overtime defeat of the Atlanta Hawks in their Eastern Conference play-in clash on Friday.The Heat, which recovered from a 10-game losing streak in March to reach the play-in, will now face top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the opening round …
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Sweden’s Ingrid Lindblad produced a blistering 9-under-par round of 63 to share the lead with South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s LA Championship on Friday.After reaching the turn at 6-under, Lindblad suffered her only setback of the round when she made bogey on the par-4 10th but she responded …
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