The Philadelphia 76ers are finding it increasingly difficult to put points on the scoreboard with star Joel Embiid on the injury report. Philadelphia (38-32) looks to address its ongoing shooting slump when it visits the Los Angeles Clippers (44-25) on Sunday. Los Angeles completed a two-game sweep of the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday and […]
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Team Liquid eliminated 100 Thieves 3-1 on Friday in their lower-bracket semifinal of the League Championship Series Spring Split playoffs. Liquid advances to the lower-bracket final on March 30. They will meet the loser of Saturday’s upper-bracket final between FlyQuest and Cloud9. The winner of the Saturday match goes to the grand final to oppose
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Lakers Gaming completed a perfect run through group play for the NBA 2K League’s 3v3 Switch Open, winning twice on Friday. The Lakers, who earned the championship of the season-opening Slam Open last week, sit atop the Switch Open group standings at 4-0. Heat Check Gaming (3-0) could tie for first with a victory over
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After a typical NCAA Tournament first-round entertainment extravaganza, we’re left to analyze which teams are legitimate and which might be a one-win-and-done pretender. As Round 2 begins Saturday, here are best-guess predictions and best bets for which teams will move to the Sweet 16 in each region. WEST North Carolina and Arizona fulfilled their duties
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MEMPHIS — It might have been a late-morning start Friday, but third-seeded Baylor was wide-awake and ready to go for its NCAA Tournament West Region first round game. Four players scored in double figures and the Bears canned 16 of 30 3-pointers to dispatch 14th-seeded Colgate 92-67 at FedEx Forum. “Hopefully, we saved a couple
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Even without two starters in its NCAA Tournament opener, No. 1 South Carolina looked like the undefeated, top-ranked team that it is. Led by a career-high-tying 21 points and 13 rebounds from Chloe Kitts, the top-seeded Gamecocks never eased up in a 91-39 win over 16th-seeded Presbyterian on Friday. “We were happy
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The Colorado Rapids will look for their first home win this season when they face the Houston Dynamo on Saturday in a Western Conference match in Commerce City, Colo. The Rapids (1-1-2, 5 points) return home after a 1-1 draw in Seattle on March 16, with Kevin Cabral sending home the rebound of a Djordje
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Angel Reese had 10 points, 19 rebounds and three steals and LSU began the defense of its national championship by shaking off Rice 70-60 in the first round of the Women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday in Baton Rouge, La. Aneesah Morrow scored 15 points and Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams had 14 apiece for the
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Jamie Benn scored the go-ahead goal and an insurance goal in a short span of the second period Friday for the Dallas Stars in a 4-2 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. Joe Pavelski and Sam Steel also scored, and Jason Robertson had two assists for the Stars (43-19-9, 95 points), who have won three
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