Playing without star freshman Zion Williamson, the Duke Blue Devils held on to beat Wake Forest 71-70 on Tuesday after Chaundee Brown’s jumper rimmed out at the buzzer. It was Duke’s 10th straight win in the in-state series.
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Sluggish Blue Devils barely hold off Wake Forest
Playing without star freshman Zion Williamson, the Duke Blue Devils held on to beat Wake Forest 71-70 on Tuesday after Chaundee Brown’s jumper rimmed out at the buzzer. It was Duke’s 10th straight win in the in-state series. Click here to read the full article…
Padres see $3M ticket boost thanks to Machado
The San Diego Padres have generated nearly $3 million of additional ticket revenue in the two weeks since Manny Machado agreed to a 10-year, $300 million contract, according to the team’s president of business operations Erik Greupner. Click here to read the full article…
Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool 3
The third Future Wager pool for this year’s Kentucky Derby opens on Friday along with the only pool for the Kentucky Oaks. As usual, the mutuel field is the favorite at 4-1 with juvenile Champion Game Winner second choice at 5-1. For the Oaks, Bellafina is the morning line favorite at 5-1. Click here to…
NFL notebook: Six players get franchise tag
Six players received the franchise designation before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline: San Francisco 49ers kicker Robbie Gould and five pass rushers from around the NFL — DeMarcus Lawrence, Jadeveon Clowney, Grady Jarrett, Frank Clark and Dee Ford. Dallas Cowboys edge rusher Lawrence, Houston Texans Click here to read the full article…
Follow live: Slumping Celtics visit defending champs
Boston, which has lost five of its past six, looks to get back on track at West-leading Golden State. Click here to read the full article…
Follow live: Raptors host red-hot Rockets
James Harden and Houston come to Toronto riding a five-game win streak. Click here to read the full article…
Dougherty: Waves of fresh pass rushers one way to get pressure without star-power sackers
These are the free-agent pass rushers that make most sense for the Packers to go after in free agency. Here’s a free-agent strategy that could serve Brian Gutekunst and his Green Bay Packers well: Use his modest salary-cap space on a couple mid-tier pass rushers, draft a couple more and try to pressure Click here to…
Lakers’ Kuzma (ankle) could miss up to a week
Kyle Kuzma could miss up to one week after an MRI revealed a minor ankle sprain. Click here to read the full article…
Horses dying at an alarming rate at Santa Anita
There is clearly something very wrong at the Santa Anita racetrack in California, where 21 horses have died since Dec. 26. Click here to read the full article…
21 horses have died at California track since late December
A filly that suffered a catastrophic injury during training Tuesday and was euthanized was the 21st horse to die this winter at a storied Southern California racetrack that will host the Breeders’ Cup world championships for a record 10th time this fall. Seven deaths have occurred during races on Click here to read the full…
Super Bowl-winning GM: Comments received on Kyler Murray ‘worst’ ever for top QB prospect
SportsPulse: Kyler Murray and Dwayne Haskins faced the media at the NFL combine and weren’t shy about how they’d view themselves on different teams. Charley Casserly, the man with the best hindsight in the NFL – Bill Polian excluded – has heard no-good, bad and terrible things about Kyler Murray Click here to read the full…
Red-hot Fleury leads Knights against Flames
The 34-year-old Vegas goaltender leads all NHL goalies in games played (56), shutouts (eight) and is tied with Toronto’s Frederik Andersen for most wins (32) heading into Wednesday night’s home game with the Pacific Division-leading Calgary Flames. Fleury, named the league’s No. 1 star of Click here to read the full article…