Month: April 2017

Rising star Shoma Uno sits in second place behind two-time defending champion Javier Fernandez of Spain after the short program at the world championships onThursday. Yuzuru Hanyu, looking to reclaim the world crown he won in 2014, got off to a slow start, getting a 1-point reduction for not taking his start position on time […]

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LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers just might be at their lowest point since the King came home three years ago. Either way, they’ll have to do better than this if they’re going to be crowned again. Nikola Mirotic tied season highs with 28 points and six 3-pointers, Jimmy Butler scored 25, and the Chicago […]

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Roger Federer’s run at the Miami Open was one point from ending. Down 6-4 in a third-set tiebreaker to Tomas Berdych, the situation was officially dire. Yet even in that moment, Federer still felt some hope. “I had belief I could turn it around, even then,” he said. Somehow, he was right, and his stellar […]

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Even though they’re out of the playoff picture, Mark Scheifele and the Winnipeg Jets are still fighting hard to play spoiler. Dustin Byfuglien tied the score with 12 seconds left in regulation and assisted on Scheifele’s 30th goal this season at 3:34 of overtime, rallying the Jets to a 4-3 victory over the playoff-bound Anaheim […]

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Which is worse — being sworn at or being hit? Being called an obscenity or off work for a few weeks as a result of an injury sustained? Silly question on the face of it and the law in most countries would consider violence of the fist, elbow or foot more serious than violence of […]

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The Indiana Pacers are bringing back Lance Stephenson. More than two years after the brash 195-cm guard left in free agency, the Pacers re-signed Stephenson on Thursday — just in time to fill a gaping hole as they try to make a final playoff push. Stephenson is scheduled to appear at a news conference in […]

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