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Here’s a refresher on how the scoring rules work in the NBA All-Star Game, where teams play to a target score, not a running clock.
The NBA All-Star Game adopted its own version of the “Elam Ending” starting in 2020, and has stuck with the format ever since. With the 2023 NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah featuring Team LeBron vs. Team Giannis, the winner will again be decided by a target score and not a running clock during the fourth quarter.

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LeBron James and the Lakers are looking to sneak into the playoffs after a slow first half during the 2022-23 NBA season. With Los Angeles currently 2.5 games out of a play-in spot in the Western Conference, LeBron didn’t shy away from the importance of a strong second half during his All-Star Weekend media address.
At the All-Star Break, L.A. is the 13th seed in the Western Conference, sitting five games below .500 at 27-32.

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Tiger Woods made headlines Thursday for a prank played on fellow PGA tour player Justin Thomas. Woods, 47, outdrove Thomas, 29, on the ninth hole at The Genesis Invitational during the first round.
Tiger sneakily handed something to Thomas while the pair walked off the tee box. Because it’s Tiger Woods, cameras caught the item in question. It was a tampon.
Of course, many people lost their minds over the harmless prank.
Tiger Woods jokingly hands Justin Thomas a tampon after outdriving him on the 9th hole during the first round of the The Genesis Invitational.

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It was an eventful Saturday for John Schneider.

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It was an eventful Saturday afternoon for Blue Jays manager John Schneider.
Schneider and his wife were out at lunch near the team’s spring training facility in Dunedin, Fla. when a woman at another table was choking on a piece of shrimp and couldn’t breathe. Schneider reportedly rushed to the woman’s aid, performed the Heimlich Maneuver and saved her life, according to a report from sportscaster Hazel Mae.

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We’ll keep you updated on every pick of the 2023 NBA All-Star draft.
The NBA All-Star Game moved to a draft format in 2018 with the leading vote-getters in each conference serving as captains. For the first time in 2023, the draft will take place immediately before the All-Star Game with LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo making the picks.
James gets the first pick in the draft because he earned the most votes of any player this year.

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Trailing 2-1 entering the ninth inning, the #22 Miami Hurricanes found themselves in danger of losing a the first series of the season against Penn State.
The Nittany Lions won the opener, 9-5, on Friday. Miami came back with a 10-2 win on Saturday to set up a Sunday rubber match.
Penn State pitching shut down the Hurricanes offense for nearly the entire afternoon. Trailing 2-0, Miami got one back in the sixth to make it 2-1.
The score remained unchanged heading to the bottom of the ninth inning. The inning started strong for Miami, as Dominic Pitelli singled to start the frame.

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The veteran reporter explained that his remark was taken out of context.
Shaquille O’Neal Gives High Praise To Mac McClung After Slam Dunk Contest (TV-PG; 0:40)
Live television leaves a lot of room for miscommunication, especially in sensitive situations.
Take, for instance, a Big Ten basketball highlights package aired on ESPN Sunday morning. Veteran anchor Randy Scott anchored the show, and left some viewers confused with an awkwardly phrased transition from women’s to men’s highlights.
“66-61 winners.

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