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BROOKLYN, NY – The Houston Rockets took advantage of the Brooklyn Nets’ non-existent defense behind Eric Gordon’s 24 points off the bench and James Harden’s 12th triple-double of the season as the Rockets rout the Nets 137-112 Sunday evening snapping their two-game losing streak. A sold out crowd of 17,732 were in attendance at the Barclay’s Center to watch the Nets lose their tenth straight game on Taiwanese Heritage Night, where the first 10,000 fans […]
By Kenneth Cruz, Eagle News Sports, Los Angeles Bureau Assisted by: Jaina Pallasigui LOS ANGELES, USA — (Eagle News) — There’s cold and then there’s ice cold. The Lakers (15-27) could not find a way to score in the second half, which resulted in a blowout by the visiting Portland Trailblazers (17-23) and a final score of 108-87. The Lakers led throughout the entire first half but returned in the third quarter not able to buy a […]
Once again, the US West Coast’s largest fitness event, Bodybuilding.com’s “The Fit Expo Los Angeles”, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center in California for its 14th epic year. This January 7-8, the Fit Expo, presented by Subway Restaurants and produced by the National Fitness Productions (NFP), plans to be a weekend of fitness that will offer attendees over 20 free competitions, events, workshops and appearances by the top fitness celebrities in the industry. Plus […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) — Taiwanese baseball player Yang Dai-kang has agreed to a five-year deal with Japanese baseball team Yomiuri Giants after a 10-season stint with the Hokkaido Nippon-ham Fighters. The amount the contract is worth is a secret, Tatsuyoshi Tsutsumi, the team’s general manager, said on Wednesday. The 29-year-old baseball star said during a news conference in Taipei that he had finally found a team in need of his help. “I have decided to […]
(REUTERS) – The total budget for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games was revealed on Wednesday (December 21) as 15-16.8 billion U.S. dollars, but with further savings probably to come. Organisers announced the figure at an open meeting that included the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Tokyo city and Japanese national governments and other municipal authorities forming a fourth group. The estimated overall cost of 1.6 to 1.8 trillion yen ($15-$16.8 billion) is the first official […]
(REUTERS) – Germany’s Heidi Zacher came first in a photofinish in Innichen to win the women’s ski cross world cup race on Wednesday (December 21). The 28-year-old was fastest in the race to the finish line, overtaking Canada’s Georgia Simmerling, who had been leading the race in the final meters. The photograph of the finish showed Zacher an arm’s length ahead at the finish but Canada’s Marielle Thompson took second place by the length of […]
(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 […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Nike reported higher second-quarter earnings Tuesday behind increased sales in key markets, including China, and said it was making progress in cutting inventory in North America. Executives gave an upbeat outlook on China, where sales jumped 12 percent to $1.1 billion. Net income for the quarter ending November 30 rose seven percent to $842 million. Sales rose six percent to $8.2 billion. Participation in the Shanghai marathon was 38,000 […]
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 […]
Thousands of soccer fans in the Brazilian city of Chapeco filled the Chapecoense stadium on Thursday (November 30) in a moving vigil to the victims of the deadly Colombia plane crash which virtually wiped out the entire soccer team. With the stadium bathed in the club’s green and white colours, some 10,000 fans were joined by friends and family of the soccer players killed in the tragedy. In union, the stadium sang out the names […]
