Day: April 24, 2017

NBA playoffs 2017 live scores: First-round series results, updates, bracket, schedule, matchupsNBA playoffs 2017 live scores: First-round series results, updates, bracket, schedule, matchups

The second weekend of the playoffs has not disappointed. The Spurs and Grizzlies turned in one of the best games of the playoffs, on Saturday night, and Sunday was highlighted by the Cavs-Pacers and Rockets-Thunder matchups that went down to the wire. Below is where every series stands before Monday&

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Cavaliers sweep Pacers, Rockets put Thunder on the brinkCavaliers sweep Pacers, Rockets put Thunder on the brink

LOS ANGELES LeBron James scored 33 points and made key plays late Sunday to give the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers a 106-102 victory at Indiana and a sweep of their playoff series. The Cavaliers defeated the Pacers 4-0 in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round matchup and will

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NBA Playoffs Takeaways: Cavaliers use their brooms; OKC fumbles big opportunityNBA Playoffs Takeaways: Cavaliers use their brooms; OKC fumbles big opportunity

This, my friends, is why your favorite team keeps that veteran on the bench.  Fans always want something shiny and new. They want the youngster to get time, they want the rookies to be on the floor, they want athleticism over experience. But Joe Johnson showed on Sunday night why you want guys like him

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MLB’s pathetic punishment for throwing at a player’s head needs to changeMLB’s pathetic punishment for throwing at a player’s head needs to change

Suspensions in baseball are based on precedent, and precedent, in the case of Red Sox pitcher Matt Barnes throwing a 90-mph fastball inches behind the head of Orioles star Manny Machado on Sunday, says he will face anywhere from a three- to six-game ban. This is ridiculous, and Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have good reason to work together, make an example of Barnes and end the farcical tradition that places the entire sport in peril every time a pitcher is foolish enough to engage in it. Imagine, for a moment, that Barnes’ pitch did hit Machado.

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