Anthony Davis, the star forward who landed in Dallas in the shock trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, will miss at least two more weeks with an adductor muscle strain, the Mavericks said Thursday.The Mavericks said in a statement that Davis is “making good progress” in his recovery.”Davis will be reevaluated …
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Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis Jr. has been suspended for 25 games for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy, the league said Thursday.In a statement, the NBA said Portis tested positive for tramadol, a prescription pain medication that his representative told ESPN the player took by mistake.”I am devastated for Bobby right now because he made …
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LaMelo Ball sparked a second-half fightback as the struggling Charlotte Hornets upset the Los Angeles Lakers 100-97 on Wednesday.Point guard Ball finished with 27 points, including five three-pointers, to help the Hornets complete only their fifth road win of the season. Miles Bridges led Charlotte’s scoring with 29 points.The Lakers, with LeBron James and Luka …
Lionel Messi shrugged off sub-zero temperatures to score the only goal as Inter Miami defeated Sporting Kansas City 1-0 in their weather-delayed CONCACAF Champions Cup first-leg clash on Wednesday.Messi struck in the 56th minute at Children’s Mercy Park, showing superb individual skill before rifling a low angled shot past Sporting goalkeeper John Pulskamp.The victory gives …
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Americans and Canadians are punching and booing each other in the wake of President Donald Trump’s taunts about making Canada a US state — at least on the ice hockey rink.Canadians have a long history of taking their national team hockey seriously. But with Trump goading their country and questioning its sovereignty, the temperature ahead …
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NFL team salary caps for the 2025 season have been projected by the league at $277.5 million to $281.5 million, a huge hike for each club according to multiple reports on Wednesday.A league memo to each team said no exact figure has been established but the range outlined in a memo to all clubs and …
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Grand Slam champions Venus Williams and Petra Kvitova were among four wildcard entrants announced Wednesday for next month’s ATP and WTA Indian Wells tennis tournament.Teen ATP stars Joao Fonseca and Learner Tien, who will make their main draw debuts at the venue, were also named to the event, set for March 5-16.Williams is a seven-time Grand …
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Major League Baseball will begin pre-season testing of an automated system to allow challenges of ball-strike calls on Thursday with the technology backstopping home plate umpires in about 60% of exhibition games.The Automated Ball-Strike System (ABS) will receive its first test at Glendale, Arizona, between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs.Umpires have been declaring …
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The NFL will return to Brazil for a regular-season game in the first week of the 2025 campaign with the Los Angeles Chargers set to appear, the league announced on Wednesday.The Chargers will face a team yet to be announced on September 5, the Friday of the opening week of the season, at Sao Paulo’s …
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World number one Aryna Sabalenka slumped to a 6-3, 6-2 loss against Denmark’s Clara Tauson in the last 16 of the Dubai Championships on Wednesday, as Jasmine Paolini’s title defence came to a painful end.Sabalenka, who beat the 38th-ranked Tauson on her way to last month’s Australian Open final, suffered a second straight premature exit …
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