Things couldn't get much worse for the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night. Not only did the Los Angeles Lakers absolutely blow them out of the water in Game 2 of their first-round series, but star point guard Damian Lillard suffered a dislocated left index finger, the team revealed. The X-rays came back negative in what might be the only good…
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Tiger commits to play in BMW Championship
Tiger Woods has entered next week's BMW Championship, the second of three FedEx Cup playoff events, potentially meaning that he would play four events in five weeks, including the U.S. Open. Woods first needs to qualify for the PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship in two weeks. "The plan is to play four out of five; that's…
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Lowe leads Rays past Yankees 6-3 in series opener
Brandon Lowe homered for the fifth time in six matches, Austin Meadows also connected and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the AL East-leading New York Yankees 6-3 Tuesday night. The second-place Rays cut their deficit to 1 1/2 games in the opener of this three-game set. Tampa Bay has won four of five in the season series. "Overall just really encouraged by…
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Yankees win 10th straight vs Red Sox, best streak since 1953
Ted Williams was piloting fighter jets in Korea the last time the New York Yankees dominated the Boston Red Sox like this. Luke Voit homered twice, Aroldis Chapman returned from the COVID-19 injured list to pitch the ninth inning and the Yankees defeat the Red Sox 6-3 Monday night for their 10th consecutive victory in…
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Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard wins bubble MVP
Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard was unanimously selected the MVP of the seeding games portion of the NBA's attempt to restart its season inside the bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort. Leading all players in the bubble by averaging 37.6 points over the eight seeding games, Lillard carried Portland to a 6-2 record and the eighth…
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Blake Griffin prepared for any role with rebuilding Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are in the midst of a rebuild but Blake Griffin isn’t worried about where he fits in the plan. When the team shifted its focus, questions were raised about where the 10-year veteran would fit into Detroit’s blueprint for the future. In a video conference call Thursday, Griffin stated he told the…
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