Author: Michael

The San Antonio Spurs are down another starter.
Spurs guard Stephon Castle is dealing with a left hip flexor strain, an MRI confirmed on Tuesday. He will be evaluated again in one-to-two weeks, the team announced. He did not play in the team’s 111-101 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night as a result.
Castle went down in the first half of the team’s win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday, and he did not play in the second half of that contest. He wasn’t clear himself when the injury happened, but he said he was dealing with some soreness in his hip.

Castle has averaged 17.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Cotie McMahon had 19 points and 12 rebounds, Christeen Iwuala added 15 points and 14 rebounds and No. 13 Mississippi rallied from a 13-point deficit and beat Memphis 73-64 in overtime on Tuesday night.
Sira Thienou also scored 19 points for Ole Miss (4-0), six in a 10-1 run that made it 73-63 with 25 seconds left.
Chae Harris led Memphis (2-3) with 24 points and Daejah Richmond added a career-high 22.
Harris hit a 3-pointer 12 seconds into the third quarter to spark a 12-2 run that gave Memphis a 41-30 lead.

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Are the Pittsburgh Pirates actually going to act like a Major League Baseball team? That’s what credible rumors being reported ahead of the league’s Winter Meetings are suggesting. Seriously.
The Pirates, remember, have acted primarily as an investment vehicle for owner Bob Nutting. That’s not an exaggeration; estimates have suggested that the organization brought in roughly $100 million in revenue sharing in 2023. Their total payroll that year was roughly $75 million.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James is suiting up for the Los Angeles Lakers against Utah on Tuesday night to begin his unprecedented 23rd NBA season.
The 40-year-old James has been sidelined since the start of training camp by sciatica, keeping him out of the preseason and the Lakers’ first 14 games of the regular season. James, who had never before missed a season opener in his basketball life, returned to contact basketball activity last week before participating in his first Lakers practice of the new season Monday.

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Darkstate pose in the ring following Osiris Griffin and Dion Lennox successfully regaining their NXT Tag Team Championships at Halloween Havoc. – WWE
DarkState’s Dion Lennox and Osiris Griffin successfully defended their NXT Tag Team Championships during night one of “WWE NXT Gold Rush” on Tuesday, after regaining them in a Broken Rules match against the legendary Matt and Jeff Hardy at Halloween Havoc last month. Griffin and Lennox defeated the NXT-TNA pairing of Je’Von Evans and TNA X-Division Champion Je’Von Evans.

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Dancing with the Stars live results: Updated scores for Jordan Chiles and more from 2025 DWTS semifinals originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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The competition for the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy narrows dramatically tomorrow night as the six remaining couples enter the semifinals on “Prince Night.” Among the hopefuls is Olympic gold medalist Jordan Chiles, who has spent the last few weeks lingering near the bottom of the leaderboard despite strong performances.

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Is Miami’s Playoff Seeding a Complete Hoax? originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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Week 13 College Football Playoff rankings are out, and once again, Miami finds itself in the playoff picture. The Hurricanes are seeded 11th and set to play on the road against Ole Miss. But before fans get too excited, it’s important to understand why Miami holds such a high seed. The new playoff format gives automatic bids to the five highest-ranked conference champions.

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Oba Femi looks intensely on as he makes his entrance. – WWE
The recently returned Oba Femi is not wasting any time. On Tuesday’s episode of “NXT: Gold Rush,” “The Ruler” stepped to the microphone to stake his claim on Ricky Saints’ “NXT” Championship in one of Deadline’s first confirmed matches.
Femi did not mince his words in his one-on-one encounter with Saints, who, according to Femi, was “the same little man” that Femi hoped to beat.

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