Author: Michael

The Lakers coach discussed the prospect of ever shutting James down for an extended period of rest.
Lakers coach Darvin Ham was asked whether the idea of shutting star forward LeBron James for rest until after the all-star break had been discussed internally.
Ham gave a pretty honest response, rooted in the nature of James’s work ethic that has made him one of the best players of all-time.
“No, I don’t think he’d allow us to do that,” Ham said.
James has been nursing a sore foot that will keep him out of Saturday night’s tilt with the Warriors in primetime.

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Buried on the depth chart, the Boston guard was hoping for a deal that never came.
Celtics guard Payton Pritchard remained with the team as Thursday’s trade deadline passed, but as his playing time continues to be sporadic, he admitted that he was hoping to be moved to a situation where he could play more regularly.
“I definitely was expecting and hoping [for a trade],” Pritchard told Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe. “But you know, I [have to] look at the good things.

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As Fox awaits the arrival of Tom Brady to the booth in 2024, the network has put full support behind Olsen ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast.
Fox signed Tom Brady to a 10-year, $375 million television contract last offseason to call games for the network upon his retirement.
Brady retired from football for the second time in his career on Feb. 1, but this time, he said it was “for good.”
Brady will take a year off and then plans to enter the booth in 2024, where he has long been expected to join the No.

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Portland State basketball hit the most insane buzzer-beater of the year thus far on Saturday. Northern Arizona was absolutely stunned after hitting a buzzer-beater of its own.
The game was seemingly in hand for Portland State after it went up 86-78 with 1:21 remaining in regulation. And then the Vikings went ice cold.
They did not score over the course of the next 80.6 seconds.
Meanwhile, the Lumberjacks pushed back with three quick buckets and cut the deficit to two with about seven seconds remaining. To try and keep the game alive, they fouled.

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Portland State pulled off the unthinkable as time expired on Saturday.

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While many college basketball fans were locked into a bevy of top power conference matchups on Saturday, a back-and-forth affair was taking place between two of the worst teams in the Big Sky.
Northern Arizona, who entered play at 7–19 overall and a conference-worst 3–10 in league play, hosted 10–15 (4–8) Portland State in Flagstaff.

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