Month: February 2023

7:00 AM ET The Boston Celtics grabbed hold of the Eastern Conference lead pretty early in the season, while the Philadelphia 76ers got off to an average start. But over the past few weeks, the 76ers have made up considerable ground, having won nine of their past 11 games. The Sixers will have a chance
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10:41 AM ET Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist Elina Svitolina pushed for a total ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Games in an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday. Svitolina, who won her bronze medal in singles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021,
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12:27 AM ET LeBron James has done it. With a contested fadeaway jumper in the third quarter of Tuesday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los Angeles Lakers forward became the all-time leading scorer in NBA history, passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for that singular honor. James managed the feat in 150 fewer games than
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8:50 AM ET William E. Ricks LeBron James can add NBA all-time scoring leader to his list of basketball accolades after passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for first on the career points list. Editor’s Picks 2 Related James wasn’t even born when Abdul-Jabbar became No. 1 in career points in April 1984. For those who don’t remember,
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James Harris, the Glamorgan allrounder, has been re-elected for a second term as chair of the Professional Cricketers’ Association. Harris, 32, took over from the previous incumbent Daryl Mitchell in 2021, and will remain in the post until February 2025 – the maximum four-year stint permitted by the PCA’s constitution. “Being re-elected is a huge
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7:47 AM ET After another impressive victory to become the undisputed featherweight champion, Amanda Serrano, who has won titles in seven different weight classes, solidified her No. 3 ranking behind Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor in ESPN’s latest pound-for-pound rankings. The victory also sets up the much-anticipated rematch between Serrano and Taylor that will take
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4:51 PM ET Wrexham‘s fairytale FA Cup run was finally ended by Sheffield United, thanks to two stoppage-time goals that gave the Championship side a 3-1 victory over their non-league opponents in Tuesday’s FA Cup fourth-round replay at Bramall Lane. After a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first match in Wrexham, the National League side
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12:58 AM ET Associated Press DALLAS — John Isner won a pair of tiebreakers in a match without any service breaks, advancing to the second round of his hometown Dallas Open with a straight-sets victory over Chun-Hsin Tseng on Tuesday night. The fifth-seeded American served 22 aces in a 7-6 (5), 7-6 (1) victory that
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12:08 AM ET Andre SnellingsESPN LeBron James became the NBA’s new all-time leading scorer on Tuesday night. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images LeBron James just passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most regular season points in NBA history. In the words of one of his first advertising campaigns, we are all witnesses to NBA history. So how does LeBron’s
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