Grand opening, grand closing, and in Brooklyn, it was neither. The Nets have ruled All-Star forward Ben Simmons out for their win-or-go-home Game 4 matchup against the Boston Celtics on Monday. The designation as unavailable to play marks the end of the drama saga that has been Simmons’ road to recovering from a back injury…
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The walks, at the onset and toward the end of Sunday’s series finale, were the kinds of issues that can bedevil inexperienced pitching staffs. They can detract from what was an otherwise impressive outing at the end of an impressive series. That’s what befell the Orioles, with three free passes in the first inning and…
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Hours after Buck Showalter delivered some muddled details regarding Jacob deGrom’s progression, Tylor Megill once again showed that—with him taking deGrom’s place in the rotation—the Mets can afford to bide their time with the two-time Cy Young winner. Megill allowed two earned runs across 6.2 innings, striking out seven, in the Mets’ 4-2 win over…
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Lucas Giolito returned to the mound but the Chicago White Sox couldn’t return to the win column. The Sox let two late leads slip away and completed a dismal trip with a 6-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins in 10 innings Sunday in front of 16,197 at Target Field. Byron Buxton hit a game-ending three-run…
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When looking back on Jalen Suggs’ 2021-22 season, one needs to break the year up into halves to properly evaluate the rookie campaign he had with the Orlando Magic. It was clear Suggs, like most rookies, was adjusting to the NBA’s pace. The playmaking and defensive skills were evident, but he struggled to find his…
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The 2022 editions of the twin Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festivals are nearly behind us and after a two-year absence due to the pandemic the festival came back with a lineup that included headliners Harry Styles, Billie Eilish and the Weekend with Swedish House Mafia. The festival, which happened April 15-17 and April 22-24…
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The Nets don’t believe they are too far off from being better than the Celtics in their first-round match up. The Nets entered Monday facing an 0-3 series deficit no team in NBA playoff history has ever overcome. They lost Game 1 on a broken-play, buzzer-beating layup, blew a 17-point lead to lose Game 2…
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Like so many people strive to do, the Yankees used their Sunday afternoon to get back on track. The Bombers’ 10-2 rout of the Cleveland Guardians completed their sweep of the series at the Stadium. But they didn’t quite look like the Yankees yet, as the team skittered through extended stretches of dormancy at the…
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Kevin Durant’s former teammate believed the Nets star was beaten down by the Celtics to the point of surrender during his Game 3 dud. “The Celtics have snatched the Nets soul,” Kendrick Perkins said on the Celtics postgame show for NBC Sports Boston on Sunday. “They’re punking them. They’re punking KD. They done made Kevin…
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After longtime Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said on WBAL Radio on Sunday that the club hasn’t invited him to any of its planned events for the 30-year anniversary of Camden Yards, an Orioles spokesperson said the team is still working to invite Jones and other notable alumni from the ballpark’s three-decade history. Jones, 36,…
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