EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — As LeBron James and Stephen Curry prepare to renew a longstanding rivalry, Lakers coach Darvin Ham emphasized Wednesday just how special that rivalry is.
“It’s the best rivalry of this generation,” Ham said. “LeBron, what he was able to do, [going] to [eight] straight Finals and obviously Steph and those guys, what they were able to do with those four championships. That’s the rivalry. Rivalry of the generations, particularly those two players.
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The 76ers officially ruled center Joel Embiid for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals vs. the Celtics Monday night, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. The team is still optimistic that Embiid can play during Game 2 of the series on Wednesday.
Embiid suffered a knee injury during Philadelphia’s first-round series vs. the Nets more than a week ago. The center didn’t play in the team’s series-clinching Game 4 win vs. Brooklyn, and last played in a game during Game 3 on April 20.
This year, Embiid led the league in scoring for the second straight season, totaling 33.
Just last month, the NFL suspended five players for gambling, three of which indefinitely.
But how did the league find out about their violations? What about Calvin Ridley?
None of the players informed the NFL that they were violating league policy. They didn’t tell on themselves, obviously. Their teammates probably didn’t turn them in.
So who did?
Although there is no way of knowing exactly how NFL athletes get busted for breaking the rules — something that they shouldn’t be doing in the first place — the NFLPA has an idea.
It can credibly be said that they acquired four starter-level players with their first four picks.
The Big 12 has been exploring playing football and men’s and women’s basketball games in Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico, with a preferred top 10 men’s hoops matchup between Kansas and Houston, multiple sources tell Sports Illustrated.
The conference has had tentative plans to hold regular-season league games south of the border for months, with first-year commissioner Brett Yormark even visiting Mexico City last week. He met with officials and toured potential sites, including at 22,300-seat Arena CDMX in Mexico City for basketball.
Arguably the league’s biggest superstars clash again in the playoffs, but there’s much more to the series than Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James.
Arguably the league’s biggest superstars clash again in the playoffs, but there’s much more to the series than Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James.
Here are three teams with surprisingly sunny outlooks and three that, through the season’s first month, have holes to climb out of.
Bryce Young is not a big guy. He knows that. Everybody knows that.
There is nothing that Young can do to change his height at this stage of life and can only control what he can control. His height doesn’t bother him, because he has found success on every level to this point.
I’m confident in my abilities. I don’t know how to play the game another way. I’ve been this size relative to the people around me my entire life. I focus on what I control, and I can’t grow. That doesn’t fall into that category, I can’t get any taller. I focus on myself.
Bryce Harper has been cleared to play and is expected to be back in the Phillies’ lineup on Tuesday, 160 days after undergoing Tommy John surgery.