Love scores 40, including 34 in 1st, James has triple-double (Yahoo Sports)
Kevin Love didn’t think anything unusual was going on Wednesday night. Love scored 40 points, including an NBA-record 34 in the first quarter, and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Portland Trail Blazers 137-125. Love fell three points shy of the league record for points in any quarter, set by Golden State’s Klay Thompson, who scored […]
Frazier, Jones lead Pelicans to blowout win over Hawks (Yahoo Sports)
New Orleans overpowered the Atlanta Hawks in the first quarter and kept piling on. ”We just came out hungry,” Tim Frazier said. Frazier had 21 points and 14 assists, Terrence Jones added 17 points and the New Orleans Pelicans won their third straight game with a 112-94 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday night. […]
Del Potro leads Argentina’s chase of 1st Davis Cup title (Yahoo Sports)
Led by Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina is bidding to end its long pursuit of the Davis Cup title when it faces Croatia in the final this weekend. Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion who returned to the tour successfully after two injury-hit years, believes Argentina is in a strong position after losing in […]
Roberta Vinci decides to play at least 1 more year (Yahoo Sports)
ROME (AP) — Roberta Vinci, the 2015 U.S. Open runner-up, has decided to play at least one more year of professional tennis. Yahoo Sports – Tennis News
Murray ends season as No. 1, beats Djokovic at ATP finals (Yahoo Sports)
Without a doubt, Andy Murray will be the No. 1 player in the world for the rest of the year. Murray beat Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to earn his first title at the ATP finals, and make sure he remained No. 1 until next season. It’s taken a huge effort the last five, six […]
Murray beats Wawrinka, advances to semifinals at ATP finals (Yahoo Sports)
LONDON (AP) — Andy Murray qualified for the semifinals of the ATP finals on Friday by beating Stan Wawrinka 6-4, 6-2. Yahoo Sports – Tennis News
Curry scores 35 points, Warriors top Raptors 127-121 (Yahoo Sports)
Stephen Curry had 35 points, Kevin Durant added 30 and the Golden State Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 127-121 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory. The Warriors also have won five in a row against the Raptors, three in Toronto. NBA scoring leader DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors with 34 points, and Kyle […]
Djokovic wins again, reaches semifinals at ATP finals (Yahoo Sports)
Novak Djokovic edged a bit closer to the year-end No. 1 ranking. The second-ranked Serb beat Milos Raonic 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5) Tuesday to qualify for the semifinals of the ATP finals and improve his record against the Canadian to 8-0. Djokovic is 2-0 at the season-ending tournament, and will retake the top ranking from […]
Murray wins in his debut as the world’s top-ranked player (Yahoo Sports)
Taking the court as the No. 1-ranked player for the first time, Andy Murray got the job done. The Wimbledon champion was tested for much of his opening match at the ATP finals but still came out on top, playing in his home country and beating Marin Cilic 6-3, 6-2 Monday at the O2 Arena. […]
Schroder, Bazemore send Cavaliers to first loss (Yahoo Sports)
The Cleveland Cavaliers were handed a surprise Tuesday night. Dennis Schroder scored a career-high 28 points and the Atlanta Hawks gave the reigning NBA champions their first loss of the season, 110-106. Cleveland (6-1) cut into two large second-half deficits, but Atlanta converted clutch shots down the stretch. Yahoo Sports – NBA News