An unfortunate accident in the weight room has forced infielder Jonathan Villar to the injured list. The exercise band Villar was using snapped back into his mouth, causing a freak injury that will require significant dental work. The Chicago Cubs placed him on the 10-day IL before Monday’s doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers, retroactive to…
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Things are pretty hunky dory in Mets land after a weekend sweep that put the Phillies even further in their rearview mirror. When workhorse reliever Drew Smith departed Sunday’s game with an injury to his throwing hand, though, the Mets were dealt another potentially debilitating card. The 28-year-old tried using his bare hand to snare…
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Don’t ask. No, really, don’t ask how the Miami Heat can get Game 6 on Friday night to extend the Eastern Conference finals. Denial isn’t a game plan. Hope isn’t a strategy. We just heard the Florida Panthers say on the way to their three-goals-in-four-games exit, “We’re getting our shots.” Now Heat coach Erik Spoelstra,…
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Hunter Long has mastered the Rubik’s Cube to the point he can solve the 3-D combination puzzle in less than a minute. Unfortunately, adulthood and the NFL was a more perplexing puzzle, one that took the Miami Dolphins tight end an entire season to figure out. “Year one on and off the field is a…
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Quarterback Lamar Jackson tweeted Friday that he plans to attend the Ravens’ organized team activities, lashing out at an NFL analyst who questioned why Jackson would miss the first week of the team’s voluntary practices. “This part of OTAs is Voluntary my Guy,” Jackson wrote, responding to a video in which NBC analyst and former…
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The most impactful officiating call of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals was made 1,300 miles from FTX Arena. And it had nothing to do with the reason it was reviewed by the NBA’s Replay Center in Secaucus, N.J. With 11:04 left in the third quarter of what turned into the Heat’s 100-96 season-ending…
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Sparks center Elizabeth Cambage denied allegations that she used a racial slur during a physical skirmish during a closed-door scrimmage between her Australian team and Nigeria before the Olympics last year, writing on Instagram on Sunday night: “I did not use the racial slur towards the Nigerian team that has been circulating.” Cambage, whose father…
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In coming days, weeks, months, there will be time for reflection. Fulfillment, however, can’t be immediate, even after advancing within one victory of the NBA Finals. So, instead, you wind up with Kyle Lowry in the same dark place where so many other Miami Heat players before him have finished, including LeBron James, Dwyane Wade,…
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Angels shortstop Andrew Velazquez fields a ball hit by the Baltimore Orioles’ Ramon Urias and throws him out at first during the sixth inning on Friday night at Angel Stadium. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) The presence of Angels shortstop Andrew Velazquez, shown making a play on a ground ball against the Oakland A’s on…
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If the core of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green are going to further etch their names into the NBA’s history books, they’ll have to top one of the league’s premier franchises. The Warriors will take on the Celtics in the 2022 NBA Finals after Boston clinched the Eastern Conference with a 100-96 win…
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