Author: Michael

After sharing the NBA’s opening night doubleheader earlier in the day, The Athletic’s Shams Charania revealed the league’s 2023–24 Christmas Day slate in a report late Thursday evening.
The Christmas Day games will feature the Bucks heading to MSG to take on Jalen Brunson and the improving young Knicks. Following that matchup, Joel Embiid and the 76ers will travel to Miami to take on last season’s Eastern Conference champion Heat.

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After 18 seasons as an NBA player, two seasons as the Knicks coach and four seasons as the coach of the WNBA’s Sparks, Derek Fisher will be taking on a new role: high school boys basketball coach.
Fisher will take the coaching position at Crespi Carmelite High School in Los Angeles, KABC reported this week. The all-boys private school basketball team has won two state championships.
“Coaching and teaching is a true passion and I look forward to continuing this focus on the next generation of young student-athletes. Go Crespi!!” Fisher said, via a statement from the school.

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The U.S. Women’s National Team’s disastrous performance in the Women’s World Cup has Carli Lloyd frustrated.
Many who viewed the U.S. as clear favorites to win the World Cup again have been searching for answers ever since the loss to Sweden. Lloyd, a former USWNT star herself, believes she has an explanation for the disappointing finish.
Lloyd appeared on Alexi Lalas’ podcast, State of the Union, to discuss the issues she has with the team’s culture. According to her, a number of “little things” she noticed added up over time, making the loss a bit less surprising.

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By the time the 49ers advanced to last season’s NFC championship game, their quarterback depth chart had already taken some serious damage. Jimmy Garoppolo and Trey Lance had already been lost for the season, but the offense maintained a high level of performance with rookie Brock Purdy at the helm.
When Purdy suffered a serious elbow injury in the game’s first quarter, though, and backup Josh Johnson was removed after being diagnosed with a concussion, the burden proved too much to overcome.

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Fantasy football managers are always looking for late round gems during NFL preseason games.
On Thursday night, they may have just found one.
Texans rookie wideout Tank Dell shined in the first half of the club’s first preseason matchup against the Patriots, hauling in a game-high five receptions for 65 yards in the first half.
Among the catches was a sensational six-yard touchdown, where Dell displayed immense concentration hooking up with quarterback Davis Mills with only 0:18 to go in the second quarter.

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C.J. Stroud began his professional football career against the Patriots on a night when their defense wasn’t exactly taking it easy. Seventh-year veteran safety Jalen Mills was flying into dogpiles and stuffing runs. First-round pick Christian Gonzalez was also grinding out reps on the punt team. There were plenty of regular Patriots starters who received a night off, but the stalwarts and rotational players who remained in the lineup showcased the depth and skill of one of the league’s best defenses.

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