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At this point, it feels fairly certain that LeBron James won't actually be retiring this offseason, no matter how shocking and surprising his comments were in the moment.The debates about what he actually meant by those comments can rage on, whether they were a leverage play or a diversionary tactic.

Morning Sports Update "The average Red Sox fan would not want to sit there and watch two more months of what they've been watching."The Red Sox begin a three-game series at Fenway Park against the Yankees tonight.First pitch is set for 7:10 p.m.This Saturday, the Revolution begin the second half of the MLS regular season with a matchup against Orlando City at Gillette Stadium at 7:30 p.m.
Also on Saturday, the Free Jacks close out the regular season at home ( Veterans Memorial Stadium in Quincy) against the Houston SaberCats at 1:30 p.m.
Potential Red Sox moves before the trade deadline: Though a 34-35 record doesn't appear to be disastrous on the surface, the Red Sox are firmly rooted in last place in the American League East.

The Miami Heat were teetering on making the wrong kind of history but, in the end, they completed their unlikely run to the NBA Finals, where they'll play the No. 1 seed Denver Nuggets.On Monday, the Heat blew out the Celtics, 103-84, in Game 7 to become the first No. 8 seed in a full-length season to reach the NBA Finals (the 1999 Knicks made it in a lockout-shortened season).

Boulogne-Levallois' Victor Wembanyama looks on during the Elite basketball match Boulogne-Levallois against JDA Dijon at the Palais de Sports Jean-Michel Geoffroy in Dijon, central France, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023.On Sunday, May 7, 2023, he played before a crowd of about 15,000 fans in Paris as part of his farewell tour before coming to the NBA.

The mystery man was tall and lean and he was smiling, perpetually smiling.His life had dramatically changed when he left Cuba in a fishing boat, and it was about to change again.Every day featured more changes, more smiles and more glimpses of the pitcher known as El Duque.That was the scene on a sunny spring training day when Orlando Hernandez first pitched in front of the Yankees.

Michael Jordan, the owner of the Charlotte Hornets and one of the most storied athletes in sports history, has agreed to sell his majority share in the team to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall, two private equity investors.The team as a whole was valued at $3 billion, according to a person familiar with the details of the agreement but not authorized to discuss them publicly.

HEERENVEEN, the Netherlands On the breathtaking final curve of his 500-meter race at speedskating's world championships Friday night, Jordan Stolz well and truly arrived as the future of speedskating.The 18-year-old from Kewaskum, Wis., whipped around the south end of Thialf, the national oval in the Netherlands, to become the youngest skater ever to win a title at the single-distance championships.

A studio founded by the actors Matt Damon and Ben Affleck denounced former President Donald J. Trump's use of audio from its movie Air in a campaign video posted online over the weekend.The video, shared on Truth Social early Saturday, featured a nearly two-and-a-half-minute monologue from the movie that played alongside photos and videos depicting Mr. Trump throughout his life.

Morning Sports Update "He used to tell me all the time, 'You've got to speak up.'"The Red Sox were defeated by the Rays on Sunday, 6-2.Boston concludes the series with Tampa Bay this afternoon at Fenway Park at 4:05 p.m.In national news, the Heat evened up the NBA Finals at 1-1 by defeating the Nuggets 111-108 in Sunday's Game 2.
Jeff Green recalls the influence of Kevin Garnett: One of the more vocal members of the Western Conference champion Nuggets this season is none other than 36-year-old former Celtic Jeff Green.

Doyle Brunson, a champion poker player who, in a long, lucrative and colorful career with a deck of cards, won 10 World Series of Poker events, including two back-to-back titles, and influenced countless players with his definitive guide to Texas hold 'em and other games, has died at 89.His death was announced in a family statement posted on Twitter on Sunday night by his agent.

The Panthers are bringing Michael Jordan back to Carolina.This is Michael Jordan the offensive lineman, not the Basketball Hall of Famer.Earlier this year, the Carolina professional sports scene received word that Michael Jordan was looking to sell his majority ownership stake in the Hornets basketball team to minority owner Gabe Plotkin and Atlanta Hawks minority owner Rick Schnall.

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LeBron James was 16 years old when he first met Michael Jordan, an NBA legend he would spend his basketball career chasing.The following excerpt from the book "LeBron" chronicles their first conversation in 2001.Over the summer, word leaked out that Michael Jordan, at age thirty-eight, might come out of retirement for the second time.

He was screaming.He was grimacing.This was bad.Patrick Mahomes lay sprawled across the grass for a few agonizing moments, then picked himself up and limped to the sideline.He dropped on the bench.He closed his eyes.He lowered his head between his knees in frustration before resting it on a trainer's shoulder in resignation.

Guess what?The Arizona Complex League and Dominican Summer League begin their seasons today!No off days in the Minors now!But we'll have to wait until tomorrow to cover those young teams ... for now we have the four San Francisco Giants Minor League Baseball A-ball teams to get to.Let's dive into the action.

Sure, sure, we could follow a month gallivanting around Europe, far from the weary woeful world of the White Sox, by joining the crowd jumping on the incompetence of the Sox organization, the terrible level of play, the abominably awful division they play in, and all that stuff, which will undoubtedly happen in due course.

Ryiin, Dante Jones, Chrystal O'Keefe and Brett Ballantini looked straight into the eyes of great fortune (wins in five of seven games) and tried to imagine whether it could last.Pluse, what's the deal with that home run celebration?Chrystal, fresh from a mini-trip to Cincinnati for the one loss of the weekend that ended in her not even scoring a Funko Pop for her aunt, gives us the skinny on the Great American Ballpark.

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Pete Rose makes his career Spring Training debut in a game vs. the White Sox at Al Lopez Field in Tampa.Rose went 2-for-2 with a double in Cincinnati's 1-0, 14-inning (!!) win.The second baseman entered the game in the ninth inning, doubled twice, and scored the only run of the game.He would end up the NL Rookie of the Year that season.

Do you approach immediately and ask for a selfie?(Also, does anyone ask for autographs any more?)Or, do you play it cool and keep some distance?That was the decision facing my 8-year-old son and me during the Super Bowl.We were staying in the Phoenix area but didn't attend the big game.We chose instead to visit the spring training homes of our favorite baseball teams - the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs.

Whether it was the towering Walt Bellamy in the early 1960s for the Chicago Packers/Chicago Zephyrs, the "Big E" Elvin Hayes in the 1970s for the Washington Bullets, or modern era elite scorers like Gilbert Arenas and Bradley Beal ( who could be on the trading block soon), the Washington Wizards have enlisted the talents of some premier hoopers throughout their history.

Today is Feb. 17.To many of us, it's a random Friday and we're counting down the minutes until the three-day President's Day Weekend.But for one famous NBA player, he is now hitting the big 60.Michael Jordan, a/k/a the Greatest Player of All Time!Today, Jordan is the owner of the Charlotte Hornets.But we know him better as a superstar guard mostly for the Chicago Bulls where he won six NBA championships.

Bradley Beal has made his mark in the Washington Wizards' history books by becoming the second Wizard to score 15,000 points.He has scored 15,077 points which sits behind Elvin Hayes' 15,551 career points.Now that Beal has solidified himself as an all-time Wizards great, it's time we talk about the greatest Wizards/Bullets players of all-time.

Celtics White's buzzer-beater saved the Celtics' season.He made NBA history in the process.Derrick White had a putback for the ages on Saturday.It was also a historically rare feat.You likely know the story by now.But in case you need a refresher, White crashed the boards after his inbounds pass to Marcus Smart with three seconds left.

Celtics "'So what?Do it.'Dennis Rodman went to Vegas."There was a point in Doc Rivers' coaching career when he would have overreacted to the phone call he got from James Harden about a trip to Las Vegas in between the Sixers' playoff matchups with Brooklyn and Boston.But, not this version of Rivers.

Last summer, during free agency, Kevin Durant requested a trade from the Nets - and one team that was rumored to be interested was the Boston Celtics.It was reported that the Celtics offered Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, and a draft pick for Kevin Durant.The Nets rejected the offer because they wanted to add Marcus Smart, another rotational player, and additional draft picks to the package.

The Athletic's Boston Celtics reporter, Jay King, wasn't a fan of FOX Sports host Nick Wright's reaction to the Luka Doncic-Devin Booker scuffle during a 130-126 victory for the Suns over the Mavericks on March 5.
Doncic and Booker went face to face and reportedly exchange unpleasantries after the latter mocked the former for missing a layup attempt in the closing seconds of Phoenix's down-to-the-wire win in Dallas.

These days, it seems Scottie Pippen can't seem to stay out of the news for all the wrong reasons.After winning six championships with the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, a once beloved local legend seems hellbent on tarnishing his legacy with the team.This time, he's making headlines for his harsh comments directed at none other than Michael Jordan himself.

"In Arabic," Borges writes, " Zahir means visible, evident; in that sense, it is one of the ninety-nine names of God; in Muslim countries, the masses use the word for beings or things which have the terrible power to be unforgettable, and whose image eventually drives people mad."

Have the Knicks and Nets ever played an important game?There are only three I'd even call memorable.The first I didn't even see: April Fool's Day, 1987, when all I knew of the Knicks came from reading boxscores in Newsday.The Knicks and Nets were neck-and-neck for the second-worst record in the league.

While brushing his teeth during a recent bedtime routine, my five-year-old remarked, "You must be pretty wise."Flattered, I asked why he thought that."Because you're old," he said and resumed his brushwork.Beware of the backhanded compliment.The kid ain't lying, though.I have spent four and half decades on the planet, and while I may not have attained great wisdom, I have stockpiled plenty of memories.

Willis Reed, right, and Dave Debusschere of the New York Knicks surround Los Angeles Lakers player Rick Roberson as he comes down with a rebound during an NBA Finals game in Los Angeles on May 1, 1970.(HF/AP)Willis Reed, an NBA Hall of Famer who led the New York Knicks to two championships, including a thrilling seven-game series victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in 1970, died March 21.

The low roar fills the nearly empty arena, building in intensity as David Singleton's UCLA teammates gather around him in a loose circle.Yep! Yep! Yep!Those teammates push the fifth-year senior one way, then another, everyone clapping rhythmically, smiles all around.Hey! Hey! Hey! Steadying himself, Singleton gets everyone ready to go 43 minutes before tip-off.

Sorry to disagree with you, Bill Plaschke, but you are old enough to know better.Trying to name a basketball GOAT is like trying to name the best automobile ever made - you just can't.Each basketball era has its own "greatest" list, and you can't really compare the game as it was played, the rules as they were, the competition and makeup of teams as they stood, or the individual players from generation to generation, at least not without a whole lot of qualification to equalize the comparison.

The owners of the Bellevue, the new Gold Coast restaurant that premiered last week and replaced Tavern on Rush across from the triangle officially recognized as Mariano Park, say they've poured "several million dollars" in differentiating it from the former tenant.They brought in Knauer Incorporated to oversee the overhaul and to transport the space out of the '80s by lightening up the decor, adding, as a news release describes, "a mix of rich leathers, velvets, brass, and wood, along with lively patterned tile floors and a welcoming palette of clementine and hunter green."

In this country, we have innumerable choices for our purchases.You can choose from dozens of brands and dozens of flavors of ice cream, numerous scents for laundry detergent and any imaginable kind of alcoholic beverage.Why, then, can we choose only one mayoral candidate?Sure, we have almost 10 candidates this time, which is much better than the two choices we get for president.

Shaquille O'Neal is an NBA legend.He has been one of the most dominant players in basketball history, and his off-court endeavors have made him even more successful.But just how much money does Shaq have?This article will look in-depth at Shaquille O'Neal's net worth to understand his achievements since retiring from professional basketball.

Rumors are swirling about basketball legend Michael Jordan entering the Washington Commanders' ownership race, which would be terrible news.Michael Jordan is one of the top-two basketball players that ever lived.Whether you have him ahead or behind LeBron James is a debate for the ages, but his status among sporting icons is unquestioned.

It is a measure of the way Pep Guardiola's mind works that the Manchester City boss can start a post-match news conference talking about his star striker scoring five goals, take aim at the social media critics of his selections and end by lamenting a trip to Old Trafford more than six years ago by his "idol" Julia Roberts.

MLB History
1857 - The National Association of Base Ball players is formed in a meeting in New York City.Twenty two teams are represented and William Van Cott is elected president.1951 - J. Edgar Hoover announces that he has turned down an offer to become Commissioner of Baseball.1963 - Pete Rose records two hits in his first spring training game.

Sometimes I feel like he is me... and I can be like Mike! Sorry, you'll never be MJ.You can, however, be the GOAT of collectors with this insane Michael Jordan autograph.Are you a sports memorabilia collector looking for a rare and valuable addition to your collection?Look no further than this one-of-a-kind Michael Jordan autographed Chicago Bulls jersey.

Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti has said he agrees "100%" with Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo's viral claim there is "no failure in sports."The power forward's passionate answer in response to a news conference question on whether their season had been a failure went viral after his team's elimination from the NBA playoffs by the Miami Heat.

There are moments in sports which forever embed themselves in the minds of those who watched it, either live or through an endless video loop.There was Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant bringing their teams back with furious fourth-quarter rallies.Muhammad Ali standing over a fallen Sonny Liston.Brandi Chastain's celebration after winning the 1999 Women's World Cup.

Growing up in L.A., Alake Shilling was aquiet and shy kid obsessed with drawing.She doodled on whatever surface she could find - in notebooks, sketchbooks, on her desk.She immersed herself for hours, drawing comics or making dioramas from discarded 7-Eleven Slurpee cups, filled with fake bugs or aliens.

Height matters when it comes to Frank Reich and who the Carolina Panthers will take at No. 1.If Bryce Young were 6-foot-3, then Frank Reich would have not any issues making the former Alabama star quarterback the No. 1 pick by the Carolina Panthers.While Reich said he had a high grade on Russell Wilson coming out of Wisconsin, that was over a decade ago, and his team didn't draft even him!

To say the Chicago Bears already won their trade with the Carolina Panthers is incredibly dumb.So the Carolina Panthers and the Chicago Bears made a blockbuster trade on Friday evening...I walked back into my apartment after a run and saw the Adam Schefter tweet.We all did.While we all knew that the Bears were probably going to trade back from No. 1, never in my wildest dreams did I think their trade partner would be the Panthers.

The Toronto Raptors would not have been able to take down the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals way back in 2019 without the contributions of expert 3-point marksman Norman Powell.He's shown after leaving Toronto that he is still an elite shooter.After being traded to the Portland Trail Blazers for Gary Trent Jr. and eventually moving to the Los Angeles Clippers, Powell has made a nasty habit of poking his old team in the ribs ever so slightly.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Kim Kardashian made a surprise appearance at a football match in London, to watch Arsenal take on Sporting Lisbon in the Europa League.The world-famous reality star and influencer was in attendance at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday, as filming takes place on her new documentary.

Manchester City hammered RB Leipzig 7-0 on Tuesday night in a one-sided Champions League last-16 second-leg clash in which superstar striker Erling Haaland scored five times in total to seal an 8-1 aggregate victory and easily book a place in Friday's quarter-final draw.Such a devastating display both collectively as a team and individually from Haaland will greatly raise belief that City can finally end their long wait for glory in Europe's elite club competition - the one major trophy that has continued to elude them despite their unprecedented period of domestic success during a seven-year stint under Guardiola that has included four Premier League titles, the FA Cup and four League Cups.

SAN FRANCISCO Donte DiVincenzo was a Stephen Curry hater before this season.It was nothing personal, he assures.It was resentment born from respect.Curry's quickness and skill give even the league's most dogged defenders trouble.It's why teams often double- or triple-team him just to try to slow his roll.

Carlos Rodón still holds the White Sox' decision to non-tender him before the 2021 season close to heart."I don't want to come off as a [expletive] toward the White Sox, but I'll say this," Rodón said to the Chicago Sun-Times."When I got non-tendered, I wasn't hurt but I took it as a slap in the face.

Carlos Rodón still holds the White Sox' decision to non-tender him before the 2021 season close to heart."I don't want to come off as a [expletive] toward the White Sox, but I'll say this," Rodón said to the Chicago Sun-Times."When I got non-tendered, I wasn't hurt but I took it as a slap in the face.

Carlos Rodón still holds the White Sox' decision to non-tender him before the 2021 season close to heart."I don't want to come off as a [expletive] toward the White Sox, but I'll say this," Rodón said to the Chicago Sun-Times."When I got non-tendered, I wasn't hurt but I took it as a slap in the face.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Hollywood generally takes a breather in January and February.That pause gives awards contenders time to play out before the Oscars and gives audiences a chance to catch up with holiday attractions.But as Marvel superheroes Ant-Man and the Wasp are proving, moviegoers are also looking for something new.

SAN FRANCISCO There's a tired question popping up after every big performance by Klay Thompson this season.Is he back to being the player he was before injuries robbed him of two years of his prime?After dazzling Friday on a night when the Warriors needed him most, Thompson said he's done viewing himself from pre- and post-injury lenses.

Bruins "We had it, it was in our hands.We dropped the ball."Jim Montgomery kept things brief when posed a simple question about an insoluble undertaking.Because if there was a proper formula that teams could follow to keep Connor McDavid contained, it hasn't translated onto the scoresheet.

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What do Serena Williams, Dwayne Johnson and Michael Jordan have in common?They're all big fans of the same high-protein, zero sugar, keto-friendly, plant-based cereal, apparently.Surreal cereal has dropped a hilariously audacious billboard campaign featuring glowing endorsements from the above celebrities and more.

Since being traded to the Windy CIty in 2017, Zach LaVine has done everything in his power to establish his imprint on this era of Chicago Bulls history.Now that the team has given LaVine the help he needs in the form of DeMar DeRozan, he has now finally been capable of making winning a realistic goal for this team.

Michael Jordan (pictured in January 2020) is celebrating his 60th birthday on Friday by making a $10 million donation to Make-A-Wish America.Thibault Camus/AP NBA legend Michael Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday on Friday by making a $10 million donation to Make-A-Wish America.It's the largest individual contribution the organization has received in its 43-year history.