The Minnesota Wild will be without their best player for the seventh game in a row when they face off against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night in Saint Paul, Minn. The Wild know they cannot replace Kirill Kaprizov with one single player. It takes a team effort, and so far they have been providing […]
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Life without star guard Luka Doncic likely would be a lot harder for the Dallas Mavericks if it weren’t for Quentin Grimes. Grimes has stepped up over the past seven games with Doncic sidelined by a left calf strain. Grimes will look to continue making his presence felt on Thursday night when Dallas collides with
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The Golden State Warriors are playing like a lottery team, and it’s taking a toll on their best player. Following a 12-3 start, the Warriors have dropped to .500 as they head to Detroit to face the Pistons on Thursday night. The Warriors are coming off two home losses in which they failed to reach
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The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to extend their league-high winning streak to 12 games on Thursday night when they host the Toronto Raptors. The Cavaliers took possession of the league’s longest winning streak from Oklahoma City on Wednesday, ending the Thunder’s 15-game string with a 129-122 victory in Cleveland. Jarrett Allen led the Cavaliers with
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Lamar Jackson has won the same number of playoff games as NFL MVP trophies: two. The dearth of postseason victories have been an issue and the Ravens star quarterback looks to change the narrative when third-seeded Baltimore hosts the sixth-seeded Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC wild-card round on Saturday night. Jackson owns a 2-4 record
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Three wins in the final six regular-season games led the Houston Texans to a home playoff game nonetheless. As they prepare to face the Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC wild-card round on Saturday, the fourth-seeded Texans realize the urgency ramps up in January and beyond. That especially rings true against a fifth-seeded Chargers team
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The Columbus Blue Jackets begin the second half of their season in position to make the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time in five seasons. The Blue Jackets their enter Thursday game against the visiting Seattle Kraken with 42 points and occupying the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference thanks to a 14-11
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Jarrett Allen collected 25 points and 11 rebounds to lift the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 129-122 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday in a battle of the NBA’s top two teams. Evan Mobley contributed 21 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Cavaliers, who have won 11 in a row overall
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Eric Dixon scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half to propel host Villanova to a 68-66 upset of No. 9 UConn on Wednesday night. In a raucous atmosphere in Villanova’s on-campus gym, Wooga Poplar added 18 points as the Wildcats (11-5, 4-1 Big East) snapped the Huskies’ eight-game winning streak. UConn (12-4,
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