TORONTO (AP) — Scottie Barnes scored 25 points, Brandon Ingram finished with 23 and the Toronto Raptors beat Miami 121-95 on Tuesday night, an outcome that locked the Heat into the play-in tournament for a fourth consecutive season.
Jakob Poeltl scored 17 points for the Raptors (44-35), who moved within a game of idle Atlanta for the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference playoff chase. Toronto is aiming for its first playoff trip since 2022 and leads Philadelphia (43-36) by one game in the race for the sixth and final guaranteed berth in the East.
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One day after clowning the Toronto Blue Jays in a rematch of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers again defeated the Jays, though this game was much closer at 4-1.
Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, Alex Freeland and Kyle Tucker drove in runs, two of which were scored by the recently called-up Hyeseong Kim and two by Freeland.
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw six-plus innings to get the win, striking out six batters against five hits, one walk and one earned run.
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The Mavericks disputed Lakers coach JJ Redick’s claim that their medical team examined the wrong part of Austin Reaves’ body when the Lakers guard received an MRI by the Mavs’ staff.
North Carolina is set to pay new head coach Michael Malone more than $50 million across six years.
Colorado quarterback Dominiq Ponder had a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit for driving under the influence when he died in a single-car crash near Boulder on March 1.
Bulls CEO and president Michael Reinsdorf, who is looking for a new head of basketball operations after firing Arturas Karnisovas earlier this week, said Tuesday that retaining Billy Donovan as head coach would be a major requirement.
Michigan’s men’s basketball team returned to campus as national champions Tuesday, and coach Dusty May told dozens of fans who greeted them at the Crisler Center that “this trophy is yours.
Bucks coach Doc Rivers sounds fed up with the grind in Milwaukee.
What was supposed to be a contending season has instead devolved into frustration, so much so that Rivers sounds like a man with one foot out the door.
The Bucks sit at 31-47 and are still searching for answers. At 64, Rivers now seems to be weighing whether the job is worth the toll.
Asked directly about his future Tuesday ahead of a matchup with the equally struggling Brooklyn Nets, Rivers didn’t dismiss the idea of stepping away.
“I won’t answer that, but I have grandkids that I want to see.
Poolside hugs and hand-holding between a married NFL head coach and a national reporter at a luxury resort tend to get people talking in a hurry. On Tuesday, Page Six dropped exclusive photos showing New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel and The Athletic NFL reporter Dianna Russini at the Ambiente resort, where the two were seen lounging side by side in the pool, embracing, and appearing to hold hands.
Real steamy stuff…
Both Vrabel and Russini are married, and the images quickly made the rounds on social media, sparking plenty of flirty speculation.