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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was fined $50,000 for offensive language toward a game official, the NBA said on Thursday. The incident came near halftime of the Warriors’ 125-105 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday. Green had taken an elbow to the face from Oklahoma City’s Jerami Grant that left him bloodied and complaining to referee Lauren Holtkamp over the lack of a call. He was […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Isaiah Thomas joined the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday in a deadline trade which could pave the way for a possible bid to lure LeBron James to California. The Lakers confirmed Thomas and Cavs forward Channing Frye were joining from Cleveland in exchange for guard Jordan Clarkson and forward Larry Nance Jr. The Lakers will also get the Cavaliers’ protected first-round draft pick in 2018 […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers still top the list of most valuable NBA clubs, according to a survey released Wednesday by Forbes — which for the first time says every franchise is worth $1 billion. According to its latest annual assessment, the average value of an NBA club is $1.65 billion. The Knicks remain atop that list, worth $3.6 billion (2.94 billion euros) and another […]
by Jed Court Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Nabil Fekir’s penalty helped Lyon beat Montpelier 2-1 on Wednesday to reach the French Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 2012. Maxwel Cornet caught home goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte by surprise to give the visitors an early lead, only for Jonathan Ikone to quickly lash in an equalizer. But Fekir grabbed his 20th goal of the season with a 27th-minute spot-kick which proved to be the winner, leaving […]
HONGKONG, China (AFP) — The round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race will resume without Vestas 11th Hour Racing when the sixth leg from Hong Kong to Auckland begins Wednesday. The American-Danish entry is being transported to New Zealand for repairs after a collision with a fishing boat in waters just outside Hong Kong last month that left one fisherman dead. “We have all offered our sincere condolences to all those affected by the incident,” Vestas 11th Hour […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Knicks star Kristaps Porzingis hobbled out of his team’s 103-89 defeat to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his left leg. Porzingis appeared to sustain the knock when he landed after a dunk in the second quarter. He slumped to the court clutching his left leg before limping off the court and playing no further part in the game. Reports later said Porzingis […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Facing lower ad revenue and lagging membership, ESPN will launch in the coming months a paying streaming service, Disney CEO Bob Iger said Tuesday. ESPN Plus will be available as part of a revamped ESPN mobile app, Iger said, without providing a precise launch date. With a single app, users will be able to bypass their television provider to view some 10,000 sport events a year whose rights were […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers have been fined $50,000 after team president Earvin “Magic” Johnson showered praise on Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo, the NBA said Tuesday. The league said in a statement Johnson had breached the NBA’s anti-tampering rule in remarks about Antetokounmpo made in an interview with ESPN last week. In the interview, Johnson spoke glowingly about Antetokounmpo, saying he saw parallels between the 23-year-old and his own […]
By: Anthony Sevilla EBC Sports International Canada Bureau (Eagle News) The Edmonton Oilers defeated the NHL’s top team, the Tampa Bay Lightning, through a spectacular performance from Connor McDavid. A career night for the Oilers’ captain who finished the game with 4 goals, 1 assist, 9 shots, and 9 scoring chances who is now tied for 3rd in the NHL scoring race and just 5 points shy of Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov. Cam Talbot also […]
by with Nova SAFO in Chicago / Rena LAVERTY Agence France-Presse CHARLOTTE, United States – Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor who sexually abused girls and young women for decades under the guise of medical treatment, was sentenced Monday to an additional 40 to 125 years in prison. Nassar already faced a lifetime behind bars for two prior sentences after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting women and girls in his role as a high-profile sports medicine […]
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) — Plaudits poured out for the Philadelphia Eagles on social media on Sunday after they vanquished the mighty New England Patriots 41-33 to win a first Super Bowl title. US President Donald Trump — who has had his differences with the NFL during the season — was quick off the mark after the Eagles, led by upstart backup quarterback Nick Foles after a late-season injury to Carson Wentz, defied the odds to […]
By: Adrian Manguit, EBC Sports International, Florida Bureau (Eagle News) The best word to describe New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara? Versatility. Kamara’s versatility won him the NFL’s Rookie of the Year award on Saturday, beating dynamic rookies like Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette, Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey, and Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt. At the beginning of the season, it was a mystery what Kamara would do this […]
