Posts

An MRI on Durant’s left knee revealed a sprained medial collateral ligament (MCL), the team announced on Jan. 16. Durant suffered the injury midway through the second quarter of a game against the Pelicans when Bruce Brown fell back into his left knee trying to defend a fast break situation. The Nets announced shortly after that he would not return to the game. Durant has been playing at an MVP level for Brooklyn this season, who have had to counter the initial loss and then part-time availability of point guard Kyrie Irving....

Durant was sensational in leading the Thunder to a 128-122 overtime victory over the Knicks on Tuesday at Madison Square Garden. He scored a season-high 44 points and grabbed 14 rebounds two nights after OKC’s disappointing loss to the Nets in Brooklyn. MORE: Hideous NBA uniforms | Blake Griffin apologizes Durant also forced overtime with a game-tying jumper with 16 seconds remaining in regulation. Two of his points came on a nasty crossover and drive against rookie Kristaps Porzingis, whom Durant affectionately called a “unicorn” because of the Latvian’s athletic ability....

Not surprisingly, Nike Basketball used this as a jumping off point for a special colorway of Durant’s latest line of signature sneakers, the KD 8. MORE: Who has lead in Durant free agency race? | Classic photos of Durant “I just wanted to share my story and make a statement with what I said along with what I wore,” Durant said, via the official release. The folks at Nike Basketball do a great job of telling the story behind each of their signature athletes, and Durant and his MVP speech are no exception....

Here’s your first look at all of the details.

“After five years in Russia I am highly motivated to prove myself again in the Bundesliga. Germany is a big challenge for me which I will face with enthusiasm,” Kuranyi said. “TSG are a club with a great structure and huge prospects and I want to help us meet them.” Kuranyi is a familiar face in the Bundesliga as he has already played for VfB Stuttgart (2001-2004) scoring 40 goals and later with FC Schalke (2005-2010) scoring 71 goals....

During the Cavaliers’ 112-96 loss to the Raptors on the road, Love — who went to inbound the ball — slapped a pass from an official onto the court, where it became live. Toronto’s Stanley Johnson grabbed the gifted turnover and passed the ball to Malachi Flynn, who easily sank an uncontested 3. The sequence occurred with 29.4 seconds remaining in the third quarter, part of a 7-0 Raptors run that helped them to an 81-70 lead heading into the fourth....

McCarthy, who stayed mum on the issue for days as other Republicans criticized Cawthorn for the remark, told reporters Friday that he’s spoken to freshman congressman from North Carolina. “Madison is wrong,” McCarthy said. “If there’s any thug in this world it’s [Vladimir] Putin.” On March 10, WRAL reported the video in which Cawthorn told his supporters to “remember that Zelensky is a thug” and “that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies....

Team Ciampa had been completely dominated and fans were led to believe that there wasn’t a fourth member of the team since Kevin Owens was slightly late to the show. Keith Lee, Dominik Dijakovic and Tommaso Ciampa were all already in the ring when Owens made his way through the curtain and it appeared that the former Universal Champion took on board the words that Triple H uttered to him this past Monday on Raw....

Following the match, the former Universal Champion took to Twitter to say it was “an absolute honor” to share the ring with the legendary Mysterio, describing the moment as a high point of his career. Has Kevin Owens ever faced Rey Mysterio? According to wrestling stats database Cagematch.net, Kevin Owens’ only previous match with or against Rey Mysterio came in April 2018 at the Greatest Royal Rumble, where both men competed in a 50-man Royal Rumble....

MORE: Ranking the top college football posters | A&M names Kyle Allen starting QB The “Sark after Dark” comment was probably meant as a direct message to someone, although 71,000 of his followers got to see it on the Internet. He deleted it after a few minutes, but once it got there, everyone jumped on it. Glad to see coaches have a little humor in their lives, but maybe leave those kinds of comments to texting, Coach....

His first rally since the FBI’s search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump spent a good chunk of his speech attacking the bureau, the Department of Justice and President Joe Biden. Speaking to supporters in Wilkes-Barre, Trump called Biden “an enemy of the state” and dubbed the DOJ “vicious monsters.” He also launched a fierce attack against John Fetterman, the Democrat running against Oz for U.S. Senate, branding him “a socialist loser....

New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) Set to make their debut at next month’s Commonwealth Games, teenagers Manu Bhaker and Srihari Nataraj are two prodigious talents who emerged as champions from the Khelo India School Games, government’s ambitious flagship programme. While Manu shot her way to a gold in women’s 10m Air Pistol with a score of 241.1 in the finals to rewrite her own final national record of 240.5 set at the National Shooting Championship in December, Srihari broke his own 100-meter backstroke national record while winning six gold and a silver medal at the Khelo India School Games....

However, the tables turned after Day 5 of the multidisciplinary sporting extravaganza with Maharashtra regaining the lead at the top. Karnataka won three gold medals on the day and finished on 12th place at the end of the day’s action. Uttar Pradesh athletes also put in impressive performances on Tuesday morning to help the state rise to fourth on the points table while the multiple cycling events also concluded on Day 5 of KIYG 2020....

Kardashian has addressed speculation and questions regarding this on her Instagram stories, revealing she had to undergo a procedure to have a tumor removed from her face. Kardashian also said she wanted to speak out about her health scare in the hope of raising awareness for people to check their bodies. Sharing an image of a bump on her face before it was removed, Kardashian wrote: “I have seen numerous stories going around about the ever-evolving bandage on my face with some of you wondering why I’ve been wearing one for the past few weeks....

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement had not yet been announced. Kershaw receives the most lucrative deal for a pitcher, breaking the mark of $180 million set by Justin Verlander last March for his seven-year contract with Detroit. Kershaw would have been eligible for free agency after the upcoming season if the new deal hadn't been reached. He was eligible for salary arbitration, and those figures were set to be exchanged on Friday....

Since then, the two-time NBA champion has been a regular feature on the league’s marquee holiday games having played in 10 of a possible 11 games through 13 seasons. He’s represented the Oklahoma City Thunder in six games (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015), including his rookie year as a Seattle SuperSonic. Of the remaining four, he has represented the Golden State Warriors in three (2016, 2017, 2018) games while in his most recent Christmas Day game, in 2020, he suited for the Brooklyn Nets....

On Monday, NBA insider Marc Stein sent out an updated report on Durant, which caused a stir on social media. “During summer league in Las Vegas, one of the most well-connected team executives I speak to regularly insisted to me that, based on what he was hearing, Kevin Durant was more apt to retire than play again for the Brooklyn Nets,” Stein wrote in his Substack. Stein quickly rebutted his own report, saying, “I told the tipster that I simply couldn’t believe that....

No matter how difficult the situation, Harvick finds a way to deliver. Needing to win to advance in the Chase, he won at Dover. And he did it again at Kansas. MORE: Chase drivers face daunting Talladega task | Austin Dillon’s excellent adventure Harvick did it with a critical decision, staying out rather than pitting on the final caution. He risked running on older tires while pursuer Kyle Busch ran on fresh rubber....

At the time of this agreement, the team knew Love could opt out of his deal after the 2014-15 season. These facts were not mentioned when Sam Smith of Bulls.com wrote that Love will seriously consider a move to Los Angeles, where he attended college and played at UCLA. MORE: Cavs read nice tweets | Pressure on Love, Irving | LBJ then and now Fact is, it is in Love’s best interest to opt out of his current deal, even if he has no intention of leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers....

McCarthy, who has been calling for the physical return of the House of Representatives, after the Senate came back into session with social distancing measures in place earlier this month. He pointed to social media posts from Reps Charlie Crist (D-FL) and Darren Soto (D-FL), who both said they were attending Wednesday’s launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida—which was postponed due to storms. McCarthy retweeted their messages about the launch event, alongside letters expressing their intentions to cast votes by proxy....