Month: December 2018

11:55 PM ET Tim BontempsESPN BOSTON — Any discussion about the Boston Celtics over this holiday weekend was centered around the team meeting that took place after Friday’s dismal showing at home against the Milwaukee Bucks. There was plenty more talk about it after the Celtics came out and blew the doors off the Charlotte
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Gab Marcotti justifies his picks for this week’s Premier League best XI, which features Paul Pogba, Mohamed Salah and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. W2W4 previews the week’s Premier League action by highlighting its most compelling storylines … Just how vulnerable are Manchester City? Down is up, black is white, dogs and cats are living together: Manchester City
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7:25 PM ET Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — Minnesota Timberwolves guard Derrick Rose was ruled out Sunday against Oklahoma City with a sore left ankle. Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau made the announcement prior to the game. Rose left Friday’s game at San Antonio in the second quarter. Rose has started the previous three games. He
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6:42 PM ET In an unprecedented move, the UFC is relocating next weekend’s UFC 232 pay-per-view event from Las Vegas to Los Angeles because of a licensing issue involving Jon Jones in the state of Nevada. UFC president Dana White broke the news on SportsCenter on Sunday. UFC 232, originally scheduled to take place at
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6:01 PM GMT Bath moved into the top six in the Gallagher Premiership thanks to an inspired performance from Freddie Burns as they beat Wasps 24-14. Fly-half Burns scored 19 points including a fine first-half try and Will Chudley also crashed over for Todd Blackadder’s side. Wasps gave themselves hope through Thomas Young’s score but
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3:10 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson has been suspended two games for an illegal check to the head of Los Angeles Kings forward Austin Wagner. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the fine Sunday. San Jose’s Erik Karlsson has been suspended for two games for an
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A New Zealand columnist who should know better, but quite often does not, asked why the All Blacks should not be handed the World Cup now, just in time for first South Africa, then (without quite closing the deal) England and, conclusively, Ireland to show exactly why. Eddie Jones’s third season syndrome kicked in and
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