Q: The challenge for next year will be to find more offensive production from the starting backcourt. You can’t keep asking Jimmy Butler to play out of his skull. – Ray, Deerfield Beach. A: A reasonable point, at least when it comes to going against elite, playoff-level defenses like the Celtics. Particularly if Kyle Lowry’s…
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In a better world, a humor magazine wouldn’t be smarter about a society than the people who run that society are. Oh, damn, right, Charlie Hebdo. The staff of that French humor magazine were smarter than French society at large about the importance of free speech, even when it takes the form of cartoons insulting…
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The Boston Celtics players raise the Eastern Conference trophy after defeating the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals playoff series, Sunday, May 29, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Boston Celtics forwards Jayson Tatum (0) and Grant Williams (12) defend Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) during the second…
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The consensus box of Santa Anita picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for races on Monday May 30, 2022. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus picks Enjoy the consensus horse racing picks online? Subscribe Sign up for Ponies Express newsletter and get the…
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Nick Plummer will remember exactly one moment from his first big-league start. The Mets’ hero of the night—who was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday—hadn’t recorded his first major-league hit before the ninth inning of the Mets’ eventual 5-4 win over the Phillies in extra innings on Sunday. And he sent Phillies reliever Corey Knebel’s…
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Former Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles, who now plays for the Indianapolis Colts, on May 23 placed his seven-bedroom, 7,664-square-foot mansion in Glencoe on the market for $3.29 million. A onetime Super Bowl MVP, Foles, 33, only played in one game for the Bears last year — a victory, no less — and was released…
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Francisco Lindor has increasingly come through in the clutch for the Mets this season. In six straight games, since May 22, the Mets shortstop has logged at least one RBI, the longest such streak of his career. In that span, he’s knocked in 14 runs, six of which came against the Giants in San Francisco…
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Chris Bassitt’s early career as a Mets starter has not gone unnoticed. It’s had its highs, like the four wins and one no decision he picked up in which he did not allow more than one run to score on his watch in those games. It’s had some tough lows, like the two losses plus…
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CARSON — In need of a big response, the Galaxy replied with the loudest. Trailing Austin FC in the second half of Sunday’s game at Dignity Health Sports Park, the Galaxy (7-5-2, 23 points) scored four goals, with two from Dejan Joveljic, for a 4-1 win in front of 20,433. Joveljić, who last month said…
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LOS ANGELES — Four of Angel City FC’s first five matches in its inaugural season have been at home, but the fans at Banc of California Stadium haven’t had many goals to cheer for. On Sunday, a crowd of 18,704 watched Angel City get shut out by NJ/NY Gotham FC in a 1-0 defeat despite…
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