Durant was injured Dec. 18 against the Golden State Warriors, and his ankle has not improved much. “I can’t play basketball. I can’t run. I can’t cut. I can’t jump. I’m not just sitting out just because. If I could play, I would play. But I can’t play,” Durant told The Oklahoman . Coach Scott Brooks said before Thursday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs that Durant couldn’t play even if he wanted to....
The Braves pitcher received a five-game suspension and was fined by the league for throwing behind Marlins pitcher Jose Urena last Friday, according to a report from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Gausman, who was ejected after throwing the pitch, plans on appealing the ruling. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN The 28-year-old pitcher likely threw the pitch as a form of retaliation, as Urena drilled Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr....
Now it’s Kevin Harvick’s turn. Harvick won the Coca-Cola 600 in May and returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway with a chance to make it two in a row at the track and in the Chase. MORE: NASCAR’s most beloved drivers | Kvapil arrest, future | Where’s Junior in latest rankings? If he can, he could shake up the playoffs even more, closing the gap on Kenseth and Jimmie Johnson in the Chase for the Sprint Cup....
MORE: Ranking the 12 Chase drivers in Round 2 Stewart-Haas Racing currently fields the entries of Tony Stewart, Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch and Danica Patrick. Stewart has announced that he will not drive full time in the series after this season, turning the car over to Clint Bowyer for next season. The corporation will appear as a primary sponsor on each of these entries at some point, as well as being an associate sponsor for the new Xfinity entry with driver Cole Custer....
It has been a while since Kevin Owens started using the Stunner as his finishing move. It was reported that WWE was trying to turn Owens into this generation’s Stone Cold Steve Austin. Owens still uses the move and recently hit it on former Universal Champion Seth Rollins on the latest edition of Monday Night RAW. Also read: Rhea Ripley motivates WWE Superstar in the gym with a hard slap [Video]...
Outside linebacker Thomas Davis and strong safety Roman Harper, both forces early against Arizona’s running and passing games, suffered injuries in the first half of the game. Davis suffered a right arm injury midway through the second quarter, while Harper’s right eye was hurt in a collision with his own teammate. Both players have been ruled out for the remainder of the game. MORE: Best NFL announcers | Cam Newton’s pre-game pic with Future...
The 57-year-old wrestling genius and his other family members were infected with the coronavirus in April. Post emergency heart surgery in the middle of June, he appeared to have taken a good turn in his recovery. Khabib is devoutly close with his family and where his father’s death leaves him professionally is anyone’s guess at the moment. He’s never been someone to fight for the fame or the money but considers MMA his art....
The 20-year-old, ranked 101st in the world, is expected to soar nearly 50 places in the ATP standings after humbling fifth seed Ramos-Vinolas. Playing in his third ATP final, Ramos-Vinolas converted his only break point early in the match and looked poised to clinch the first set easily but Khachanov forced a tiebreak before surrendering it 7-4. However, Khachanov levelled the match against the Spaniard when he bagged a tightly-contested second set 7-3 in the tiebreak....
Djokovic, a record four-time champion at the indoor event, looked out of energy after an epic three-hour semifinal win against Roger Federer on Saturday. After also being taken to three sets by Marin Cilic in Friday’s quarterfinals, Djokovic’s semifinal finished at around 8 p.m. local time and he felt he was unable to recover sufficiently from that draining encounter. “I didn’t unfortunately. But I don’t want to talk about that,” Djokovic said....
BY ZULHILMI ZAINAL Follow on Twitter Selangor custodian Khairul Azhan Khalid wants his teammates to be careful of the possibility that Klang Valley derby rivals Kuala Lumpur (KL) will be out for revenge in their quarter-final FA Cup tie. The two rivals met in the first round of this season’s league campaign; the first time they played each other in the Malaysia Super League (MSL) since 2012, with the match ending in a 2-0 win for the Red Giants....
MORE: Schedule favors Raiders | 16 must-see games in 2016 Denver is the reigining Super Bowl champion because it boasts the NFL’s current most dominant defense. Oakland’s best defender stirred it up this week by suggesting his team could be just as good very soon. “If you look at that Broncos defense, they’re one of the best defenses in NFL history last year. They did a lot to make the quarterback uncomfortable,” linebacker Khalil Mack told Yahoo!...
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has accepted the conditional slot while accepting CGF’s demand to send a report from a recognised medical professional demonstrating her mental well-being to compete in the multi-sport event. Khatun, who won a bronze in powerlifting in the women’s lightweight (up to 61kg) category in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, did not initially figure in the Indian para-sport team for the Gold Coast CWG (April 4-15) after which she had threatened to commit suicide if she was not allowed to take part in the Games....
This month, Kia America began production of its 2023 Sportage at Kia Georgia, the company’s American manufacturing base. Located near the Georgia-Alabama border in West Point, Georgia, the manufacturing facility also builds the Telluride SUV, Sorento SUV and K5 sedan. In an interview with Newsweek, Kia Georgia president and CEO Stuart Countess said that the move shows that Kia values the quality of work that takes place at the plant and supporting the local communities....
Astronomer’s first observed Tabby’s Star, otherwise known as KIC 8462852, in the 1890s. But in 2015, Tabetha Boyajian, an astrophysicist from Louisiana State University, discovered something unusual—the star’s brightness would dip irregularly over a period of days or weeks. Boyajian’s observations showed that at times the star’s brightness would reduce only slightly, but at other times, it fell by as much as 22 percent. Subsequent research by another team of scientists showed that the overall brightness of the star—which is located over 1,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus—was also decreasing over time....
Not Busch winning the STP 500 but making contact with Keselowski on pit road less than 50 laps into the race, damaging Keselowski's car and sending him to the garage. Keselowski finished 31 laps down in 38th, and after Keselowski banged doors with Busch in retaliation for the Lap-41 incident, Busch told his team: "Well, I guess we get to get in a fight afterwards because I’m going to go (expletive) that dude’s (expletive) face up....
That’s hard to believe from someone who has three gold medals and an MVP award on his shelf, but Durant seemed to be serious. And it makes sense that a team that has won 140 games in the last two seasons could teach anyone a thing or two. MORE: Eight players with the most to prove in 2016-17 Durant wanted it to be known, however, that it wasn’t a dig at is old team....
After a brutal 153-121 loss to the Kings on Tuesday night, the Brooklyn star presented a harsh reality about his team, which currently sits outside of the NBA Playoff and Play-In Tournament groups with a 6-9 record. “Look at our starting lineup. Edmond Sumner, Royce O’Neale, Joe Harris, [Nic] Claxton and me. It’s not disrespect, but what are you expecting from that group?” Durant told Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes. “You expect us to win because I’m out there....
Taylor is considering selling the team he has owned since 1994 and one of the conditions of the sale is the team must stay in Minnesota. Garnett, the greatest player in Timberwolves history, said he is part of a group that is a potential buyer. MORE: Full NBA schedule for 2020 restart “No two people love the city more than myself and Glen Taylor and I look forward to trying to work with him to achieve my dream,” Garnett wrote Tuesday on Twitter....
In the third quarter of Monday night’s game between the Clippers and Timberwolves, KG pulled out his 2003-04 MVP body to dunk on top of Blake Griffin. MORE: Best Timberwolves of all time | Allen Iverson talks Kobe’s retirement Garnett earned a technical foul on the play because it wouldn’t be a Garnett play without massive trash talk and a technical. Let this man play forever.
The Orioles beat the New York Yankees 2-0 Saturday on the strength of starting pitcher Kevin Gausman’s near-flawless display. Gausman tossed six scoreless innings, giving up just two hits and striking out eight to improve to 7-10 with a 3.58 ERA on the season. After falling to 3-10, Gausman has won his last four starts and has not allowed a run in his last three, extending his scoreless streak to 19 innings....
