The early stages of Doc Rivers’s tenure as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks haven’t gone as planned, but he apparently nailed the assessment of James Harden’s fit with the Los Angeles Clippers.
Los Angeles reached out to Rivers before its blockbuster trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, and he was all for it.
“I was the one, obviously, they consulted,” Doc Rivers told Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints. “They made calls and I was one of the guys who said it would be a great deal for them because I thought he fit them better than he would fit the Sixers team.
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker reached out to the family of the deceased Chiefs fan who attended the Super Bowl parade. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a Kansas City radio D.J. and Harrison Butker fan, was fatally shot in the shooting, which left 22 fans at the rally injured.
Lopez-Galvan attended the Feb. 14 event with a Butker jersey. In the aftermath of her tragic passing, Lopez-Galvan’s family expressed their desire to lay the mother of two to rest in a Butker jersey. An initiative began to connect with Butker.
A fatal Jan. 21 crash in Chapel Hill resulted in 10 people being charged, three of whom are current football players at UNC. The high-speed crash resulted in the death of 20-year-old Molly Rotunda, a student at the University of North Carolina. As reported by ABC11, Alcohol Law Enforcement charged seven people responsible for selling alcohol to minors involved in the fatal crash.
The person behind the wheel, Flemeeja Brewer, appeared in court on Monday for a preliminary hearing. Brewer hit speeds of 124 mph in a reported 45 mph zone.
Golden State Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski isn’t your typical rookie.
That was on full display during a Warriors practice in October—just a few weeks into Podziemski’s professional basketball career—when he challenged outspoken veteran Draymond Green.
Green, who was working back from an ankle injury at the time, committed a turnover in practice that cost him and Podziemski’s unit the game in a team scrimmage.
Podziemski raised his voice at the veteran, criticizing him for the ill-timed turnover.
“I was like, ‘OK, cool, you got it.
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Colorado Avalanche fans were in for a surprise Tuesday night when Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokić and his 2-year-old daughter Ognjena showed up to Ball Arena to watch a game against the Vancouver Canucks.
During the second period, the in-arena cameras shown on the Jumbotron panned to Jokić, whose daughter was clapping along as the crowd chanted, “MVP!”
MVP chants for Nikola Jokic at the Avalanche game 🃏🗣️@nuggets | @Avalanche pic.twitter.com/Jsjwz1vnFW
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) February 21, 2024
Crowd chanting MVP as Jokic is shown on the Jumbotron.
No. 15 Creighton knocked off UConn 85-66 Tuesday night for the program’s first win over a No. 1-ranked team. In doing so, the Bluejays halted the longest active win streak in Division I at 14 games.
Creighton pulled off the stunningly dominant 85-66 upset, ending the Huskies’ 14-game winning streak. It was the Bluejays’ 1st ever victory over a top-ranked team.
For a brief moment, superstar Kevin Durant thought his Hall of Fame NBA career had come to an end.
In the second quarter of Game 5 of the 2019 NBA finals between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors, Durant suffered an Achilles tear. He opened up about that injury in a recent interview with business partner Rich Kleiman.
“It’s 20,000 people in there and I heard a pop,” Durant said. “So I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ and my whole basketball career flashed before my eyes. Everything, everything I did, everything that I thought about.
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Wondering when your favorite drivers will be on track? We have you covered
In a few short hours, the 2024 Formula 1 season will get underway, as all ten teams are set to participate in pre-season testing. Starting Wednesday morning at Bahrain International Circuit, the site of the first race of the season, every F1 team will put their 2024 challengers through the paces, gathering critical data for the season ahead.
Now, all ten teams have confirmed their driver lineups for the days to come.