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(REUTERS) – World Champion John John Florence wrapped up his first ever title on the Championship Tour with a 5th place finish at the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons on Monday (December 19). The 24-year-old North Shore native claimed the top honors of the World Surf League with victory at the tenth stop of the tour at the MEO Rip Curl Pro in Portugal in October before returning to his stomping ground […]
Britain Football Soccer – Everton v Liverpool – Premier League – Goodison Park – 19/12/16 Liverpool’s Sadio Mane celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates.
ARE, Sweden (Reuters) — Olympic ski cross bronze medallist Anna Holmlund of Sweden was put in a medically-induced coma after sustaining a head injury in a training accident in Italy, Scandinavian media reported on Monday (December 19). According to the Expressen newspaper, the 29-year-old crashed while training in Bolzano ahead of Tuesday’s FIS World Cup competition in Innichen in northern Italy. “It has been established she has some small bleeding on the brain and she […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — The president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Monday (December 19) that he believed problems with doping in professional sports goes beyond athletics. Speaking in front of the UK’s Culture, Media and Sport select committee, Craig Reedie said, “When I found out what had happened on the retesting done by the IOC I was pretty furious. I still think the Games were great Games but it’s a huge blow that […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Clippers player Blake Griffin will undergo surgery on his right knee this week and is expected to be sidelined until at least January. The Clippers announced Monday that the arthroscopic procedure would remove loose material from his knee and added the 27-year-old Griffin is expected to miss three to six weeks. Griffin has struggled recently with left calf and knee soreness. He played 38 minutes in the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The San Antonio Spurs’ 113-100 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans was just the curtain-raiser Sunday to the team’s heart-tugging ceremony honoring retired superstar Tim Duncan. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 22 points in 26 minutes on the floor, and Manu Ginobili added a season-high 17 points for the Spurs, who notched their fourth win on the trot. But the big number of the night was 21 — Duncan’s jersey number […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Rookie center Joel Embiid scored a career-high 33 points to lead Philadelphia to a 108-107 NBA victory over the Brooklyn Nets that snapped the 76ers’ eight-game home losing streak on Sunday. Embiid connected on 12-of-17 from the floor, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 2:43 remaining. He also pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked three shots. There was a slight scare for the 76ers faithful, however, as Embiid was seen rubbing […]
Australian three-time surfing world champion Mick Fanning rides waves under the Northern Lights off Norway’s remote Lofoten archipelago. https://youtu.be/fd8JWAcqCkY
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Unbeaten super lightweight world champion Terence Crawford, five days removed from his latest title defense, was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Thursday over a disturbance at a Nebraska car repair shop. Judge Marcena Hendrix, telling Crawford that he was not above the law, also ordered the 29-year-old champion to serve two years’ probation and 120 hours of community service. He must undergo random drug and alcohol tests […]
By: Carlo Valdez What an exciting game to watch as the Lakers who are trying to win after a 7-game lose-streak continue their streak to 8 losses in a row to the Brooklyn Nets. The young team of the Lakers, who consist of 2nd year Jordan Clarkson, who is part Filipino, was not able to capitalize on their momentum in the third quarter when they outscored the Nets 33-23. The Nets rallied from behind with […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton has been fined $15,000 (14,280 euros) for verbally abusing a game official and failing to leave the court promptly when he was tossed from Monday’s loss to the Sacramento Kings. The NBA announced the fine on Wednesday, two days after Walton was slapped with a double technical foul in the first quarter of the 116-92 defeat in Sacramento. Seven technical fouls called […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 30 points to win his duel with Anthony Davis as the Golden State Warriors dug deep to defeat the New Orleans Pelicans while the Cleveland Cavaliers demolished the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday. Reigning NBA MVP Curry’s haul in a 113-109 victory included five three-pointers as well as four rebounds and seven assists to boost the Warriors to 22-4 for the season. Davis, second only to Russell […]
