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NBA reschedules postponed Heat-Bulls game to Jan. 29
The game between the Miami Heat and host Chicago Bulls that was postponed last Thursday due to a wet court has been rescheduled for Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. ET.,In addition, the game between the Bulls and host Heat originally scheduled for Jan. 30 has been moved to Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET.,The original Jan. 8...
LeBron James cleared to resume basketball activities
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has progressed to contact basketball activity and will be re-evaluated by team physicians in approximately one to two weeks, the team announced Thursday.,James was diagnosed with sciatica on his right side last month. Sciatica is pain in the sciatic nerve th...
USC recruit Alijah Arenas has ‘no major injuries’ after crash
Southern California basketball recruit Alijah Arenas did not suffer major injuries in a fiery single-car crash last week and is set to be released from the hospital soon, according to his father's podcast.,Arenas is the son of three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas, and one of his podcast co-hosts o...
NCAA championship game: Houston leads Florida 31-28 at half
Houston and 69-year-old head coach Kelvin Sampson are 20 minutes from their first NCAA championship.,Despite white-hot shooting from Florida senior Will Richard, the Cougars built a 31-28 halftime lead over the Gators in the national title game Monday night in San Antonio behind seven points from ba...
Bruins D Charlie McAvoy has 'significant' shoulder injury, still in hospital
Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy is being treated for an infection and a "significant injury" to his right shoulder and remained in a Boston hospital Wednesday morning.,McAvoy suffered the injury in Team USA's first game in the 4 Nations Face-Off against Finland last Thursday and initially wa...
NBA makes wildfire-related schedule updates
The NBA announced nine changes to the regular season schedule on Wednesday.,Two games were postponed last week because of the Los Angeles wildfires, while Saturday's game in Atlanta was postponed due to icy weather. Six other scheduling changes were made to accommodate the rescheduling.,--Charlotte ...
Sam Darnold Spleen Update: Spleen Ready For Hot NFL Action
Today brings us what will hopefully be the final update about the state of Jets quarterback Sam Darnold’s spleen, which was thrust into a precarious position by the mononucleosis virus that has kept him out of action since Week 2. We are pleased to pass along the following announcement: Spleen stron...
Markelle Fultz Shooting Form Update: At Least The Dunks Look Cool?
Markelle Fultz played basketball in an NBA uniform for the first time since last November on Saturday, in a preseason game between his Orlando Magic and the San Antonio Spurs. Fultz was inefficient, as you’d expect from a guy who hasn’t played in so long and is on a new team, but he flashed some too...
Sam Darnold Spleen Update: I Want To Live
Bad news, Jets fans: Sam Darnold is officially out for Sunday’s game against the Eagles. The team gave Darnold reps in practice this week, but in the end that pesky, mononucleosis-bloated spleen of his just would not cooperate. The initial prognosis warned it might be as long as six weeks before Dar...
Sam Darnold On State Of His Spleen: "Going To Do What It's Going To Do"
Everyone in the NFL has one question on their minds: What’s up with Sam Darnold’s least cool organ? Thankfully, there’s an update....
Markelle Fultz Shooting Form Update: Tempting Fate In A Hype Video
Nobody’s heard much from Markelle Fultz since he was traded to the Orlando Magic last February, which is probably for the best. Aside from getting healthy and rebuilding his shoddily rebuilt jump shot from the ground up, what Fultz needed most was some time out of the spotlight. That time appears to...
Markelle Fultz Shooting Form Update: Indefinite Hiatus, But His Body-Fat Percentage Is "Very Good"
Markelle Fultz, the former No. 1 pick banished from Philadelphia in favor of sunny and commercialized Central Florida, has had a quiet few months of rehabilitation. After Fultz finished up some shoulder work in California and crashed his new teammates’ party on the way to the playoffs, it seemed li...
Markelle Fultz Shooting Form Update: Rehabbing With Donald And Goofy
In his introductory press conference after being traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Orlando Magic, way back on February 7, Markelle Fultz announced that his rehabilitation from chronic shoulder crabmeatitis would continue indefinitely in sunny California. The Magic were cool with this plan, e...
Markelle Fultz Shooting Form Update: Disappearing Into The California Sunshine
Going from a No. 1 overall pick on a team with legitimate NBA Finals aspirations to one scrapping for the chance to get swept in the first round felt like just the right amount of pressure that Markelle Fultz’s flimsy shoulder could bear to hold. Unfortunately, a month after the trade that sent him ...
Markelle Fultz Shooting Form Update: In Peace
Honestly, yes, let this poor soul go figure out his whole deal someplace warm, somewhere nobody’s watching the basketball, where there are no point guards and no Jimmy Butlers....
Markelle Fultz Shooting Form Update: Shoulder Investigation Continues
One week ago, Markelle Fultz’s agent and attorney Raymond Brothers announced that the struggling Sixers guard would sit out a week of action to see a bunch of specialists in New York, who could presumably help with his interminable right shoulder injury. A sad update on the prognosis: The work conti...
Markelle Fultz Shooting Form Update: Legally Barred?
The last thing the sad and strange Markelle Fultz saga needed was whatever the hell this is, per David Aldridge:...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Read A Book Called <em>Chess Tactics For Champions</em> While At Bonnaroo
Add another three-week-old update on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's unheralded appearance at the Bonnaroo music festival earlier this month: he was reading a book called Chess Tactics for Champions while waiting for his panel....
Orel Hershiser Goes To Coachella: The Lost Tweets
You may not be aware of this, but late-'80s Los Angeles Dodgers pitching legend Orel Hershiser has been missing for almost a week now. He was last heard from on Friday, April 17th, somewhere inside the Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California....
Texans Make Some Nosie
The Patriots deliver an epic F-U to the Steelers by choking their game away, but karma hits them back. A surprisingly compelling early slate, with some huge injuries and even a snow game....