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Two teams that continue to be plagued by the injury bug meet when the visiting Los Angeles Clippers face the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA Cup game on Friday night.Los Angeles is looking to snap a six-game losing streak, while Dallas is 3-9 and off to its worst start through 12 games since going 2-10 to begin the 2017-18 campaign.The Clippers are heading out for a seven-game trip without two key contributors. The team announced on Wednesday that guard Bradley Beal will miss the remainder of the season with a left hip fracture.Los Angeles forward Kawhi Leonard is traveling with the team, but the six-time All-Star will miss his sixth straight game due to a sprained ankle and foot.With both players sidelined, the Clippers struggled to contain Nikola Jokic (55 points and 12 rebounds) in a 130-116...

After successful first leg outings, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur will each hope to clinch a spot in the final of the UEFA Europa League when they return to play on Thursday against Athletic Bilbao and Bodo/Glimt, respectively.The English sides boast a two-plus goal lead after dominant first legs, with United traveling to Bilbao and coming out with a 3-0 win and Spurs collecting a 3-1 win at home against Bodo/Glimt. It means both are the heavy favorites to advance to the final, but the situation could also force big performances out of Athletic Bilbao and Bodo/Glimt, who may need to be at their best to keep their Europa League hopes alive.For the teams that eventually advance, a meeting at Bilbao's San Mames Stadium on May 21 awaits, as does a spot in next season's edition of the...

Getty General Manager Nico Harrison of the Dallas Mavericks looks on against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Dallas Mavericks made headlines across the sports world by firing general manager Nico Harrison and admitting that trading Luka Doncic was a mistake. Harrison became the most hated man in Dallas sports for going out of his way to move a franchise player in his prime.Fans worried about Harrison joining their team next can rest easy knowing it is unlikely. NBA insider Chris Haynes shared that Harrison is not looking to do anything basketball-related in the foreseeable future.“He’s in good spirits, man. He’s going to take some time to be with himself and his family and just get away from everything,” Haynes said in an NBA ...

May 15 (Reuters) - Manchester United's starting lineup for Friday's Premier League match at Chelsea will not be influenced by the upcoming Europa League final, but players susceptible to injuries will not be risked, manager Ruben Amorim said.United play Tottenham Hotspur in the Europa League final next Wednesday in Bilbao with both clubs knowing that winning the trophy is their only hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League after dismal domestic campaigns left them 16th and 17th, respectively, in the league standings. Sign up here."If there is a player that can get an injury (and is) not recovered for this game, so (playing on Friday) will put him in risk for the final, he will not play," Amorim told reporters."But if it's not that situation, we will have a lot of time to reco...

After receiving a heavy dose of reality, the Los Angeles Lakers move on to a road matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans Friday, which also serves as an NBA Cup West Group B contest.The Lakers were walloped 121-92 by the champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, dropping to 1-2 on a five-game road trip that started when they were on a five-game winning streak.Luka Doncic was held to a season-low 19 points in the loss, while Austin Reaves also scored a season-low 13. The typically high-scoring duo were a combined 11-for-32 (34.4%) from the floor.Los Angeles shot a season-low 40.3% from the floor while committing 20 turnovers that the Thunder turned into 26 points. It was the team's fourth game with at least 20 turnovers this season.Despite their 8-4 start to the season, the Lakers stil...

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Kings head coach Doug Christie went scorched earth on his team following a blowout loss Wednesday. Christie, in his first full season in Sacramento after taking over as interim head coach last year, slammed his players for their “shameful compete level” during a 133-100 loss to the Hawks. “You’re professionals,” Christie said during his postgame press conference. “You signed up for this. This league is hard. With that being said, this is only game 12. There’s a lot of basketball to be played. You’ve demonstrated that you can do this.” Sacramento head coach Doug Christie has an exasperate expression on the sideline during the fourth quarter of the Kings’ ugly 133-100 home loss to the Hawks on Nov. 12, 2025. Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images Sacramento shot a rough 39.1 percent from ...

It should have been an own goal.Brennan Johnson’s scuffed, mis-timed, bobbly, ricocheted two-yarder deserved to have ‘OG’ splattered all over it.Sometimes, a wonderful goal will be described by a commentator as “good enough to win any football match”, or perhaps even “a strike fit to grace a World Cup final”.In this particular case, Johnson’s ugly goal was utterly befitting of the 2024-25 Europa League final.This is not an article for fans of Tottenham Hotspur.Hey, look, it is utterly irrelevant to you how you won it. You just won it. You don’t need The Athletic to tell you that winning is all that matters. It is your turn to laugh now — you’re fourth-bottom of the Premier League but will play in next season’s Champions League.This is also not an article for supporters of Manchester United...

The Golden State Warriors aim for a mini road sweep of the San Antonio Spurs -- and seek their first win in NBA Cup play when the two teams square off on Friday.The Warriors won 125-120 behind 46 points from Stephen Curry when the teams played on Wednesday in San Antonio.The Spurs are 1-0 in West Group C of the league's in-season tournament, while the Warriors are 0-1. The Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets are also in the group.Curry poured in his season high in points on Wednesday to help Golden State improve to 2-6 on the road and win for the second time in its past three games."Give the ball to Steph and get out of the way," the Warriors' Jimmy Butler III said about the team's strategy in the latest victory. "That's the focus. It's a real art. I call it 'the art...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv will not accept any away fan tickets for their Europa League match at Aston Villa next month, even if local authorities reverse the decision to ban their supporters, they said on Monday.The ban followed safety concerns raised by British Police, who cited potential protests outside Villa Park, following demonstrations at Israel’s recent World Cup qualifiers in Oslo and Udine. Sign up here."From hard lessons learned we have taken the decision to decline any allocation offered on behalf of away fans and our decision should be understood in that context," Maccabi said in a statement."We hope that circumstances will change and look forward to being able to play in Birmingham in a sporting environment in the near future."Aston Villa announced the...