Griffin leads Clippers past Knicks after Oakley ejection (Yahoo Sports)
NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Griffin scored a season-high 32 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the New York Knicks 119-115 on Wednesday night after former Knicks star Charles Oakley was ejected and arrested in the first quarter. Yahoo Sports – NBA News
After LBJ fouls out, Irving lifts Cavs past Wiz 140-135, OT (Yahoo Sports)
Kyrie Irving scored 11 of his 23 points in overtime, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 35 seconds left, and the Cleveland Cavaliers edged the Washington Wizards 140-135 in a playoff-type atmosphere Monday night. The loud, sellout crowd was standing, and so were the players on both benches, when LeBron James somehow missed a gimme layup […]
Celtics say goodbye to Pierce, beat Clippers 107-102 (Yahoo Sports)
Isaiah Thomas bumped into Paul Pierce tooling around Boston on Saturday night and then stole the spotlight from the former Celtics captain on Sunday. With the crowd uncertain whether to cheer loudest for the Celtics or for Pierce – or for the Patriots in the Super Bowl – Thomas scored 28 points to lead Boston […]
All-Star Kevin Love doesn’t expect Cavaliers to trade him (Yahoo Sports)
Kevin Love’s back spasms have vanished. Cleveland’s All-Star forward expects to play Saturday night in New York after missing the past two games with a lower back issue he said is now ”under control.” The 28-year-old practiced Friday and said afterward that he’s confident he won’t miss any more time. For weeks, Love has been […]
Halep withdraws from St. Petersburg event with knee injury (Yahoo Sports)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Simona Halep withdrew from the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Friday because of a knee injury, the same issue she blamed for her opening-round loss at the Australian Open. Yahoo Sports – Tennis News
Thomas has another big 4th quarter, Celtics beat Raptors (Yahoo Sports)
Isaiah Thomas has started a new trend that’s growing with each fantastic fourth quarter. Thomas scored 19 of his 44 points in the final quarter to lift the Boston Celtics over the Toronto Raptors 109-104 on Wednesday night in a showdown for first place in the Atlantic Division. When Thomas hits a shot in the […]
Rafael Nadal out of Davis Cup after grueling Australian Open (Yahoo Sports)
Rafael Nadal is taking some time off after his Australian Open final loss to Roger Federer. The Spanish tennis federation said Monday that Nadal has been dropped from Spain’s Davis Cup team because of fatigue following his five-set loss to Federer in Sunday’s final. The federation said the decision was made after a recommendation by […]
Federer beats Nadal in epic Aussie final to win 18th major (Yahoo Sports)
So here was Roger Federer, down a break in the fifth set in a Grand Slam final. Across the net was his nemesis, Rafael Nadal, the left-handed Spaniard he hadn’t been able to beat in a major final in almost a decade. Nadal was returning from injury, too, and somehow the pair had renewed the […]
Harden scores 51 to lead Rockets past Embiid, 76ers (Yahoo Sports)
James Harden scored 51 points and added 13 rebounds and 13 assists to lead the Houston Rockets to a 123-118 victory over Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night. Nene added 21 points for the Rockets, who snapped a two-game skid while winning for just the fourth time in 10 games. Embiid, who […]
Nadal holds off Baby Fed, sets up classic final vs. Federer (Yahoo Sports)
Rafael Nadal took five sets and almost five hours to fend off ”Baby Fed” and revive a classic Grand Slam final against the one-and-only Roger Federer. The Roger-Rafa final will be Sunday – their first meeting in an Australian Open title match since Nadal won in 2009. ”I feel that this rivalry is talked about […]