(SportsNetwork.com) – The Portland Trail Blazers return home to the Moda Center armed with a 2-0 lead Friday night when they’ll try to further deflate the Houston Rockets in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. The Blazers host a playoff game for the first time since 2011 and …
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Uncasville, CT (SportsNetwork.com) – Alex Bentley scored 22 points to lead the Connecticut Sun to a 96-95 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Thursday. Katie Douglas netted 16 and Chiney Ogwumike registered 13 points with 10 rebounds in the triumph. Candice Dupree paced the Mercury with 21 points to go …
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Frisco, TX (SportsNetwork.com) – Bradley Wright-Phillips scored in the 71st minute to earn Red Bull New York a 1-0 win over 10-man FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium on Sunday. Dallas was reduced to 10 men just 10 minutes into the game as Je-Vaughn Watson was sent off for a high …
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BALTIMORE – Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict has left Sunday’s game against the Ravens with a concussion. The play occurred late in the first half when Burfict hit his head while putting pressure on quarterback Joe Flacco. He left the field after a short delay and was declared out for …
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Atlanta, GA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Toronto Raptors acquired guard Lou Williams and the draft rights to center Lucas Nogueira from the Atlanta Hawks Monday night in exchange for guard/forward John Salmons and a 2015 second- round draft pick. Williams averaged 10.4 points in 60 games (seven starts) for the Hawks …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – The New York Mets will try to end what’s evolved into an eight-game losing streak against the Washington Nationals on Friday night when they visit the Nationals to begin a three-game series at Nationals Park. The Mets enter the series as the second-worst hitting team in the major …
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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The 2014 Buck Buchanan Award might be kept out of Montana State, but perhaps not the Big Sky Conference. The last two recipients of the FCS’ outstanding defensive player honor were defensive ends from Montana State. Although no Bobcats made the 20-player Watch List on Thursday, …
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Miami, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – Count Udonis Haslem among the players who will be returning to the Miami Heat next season. Haslem, Miami’s all-time leader in rebounds, will be back for a 12th season with the Heat after the team announced it has re-signed the veteran forward on Friday. Terms of …
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(SportsNetwork.com) – Byron Scott will reportedly be the next head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. The former Lakers star has agreed to a four-year, $17 million deal to replace Mike D’Antoni in Los Angeles, ESPN.com reported Saturday evening. Scott was fired in April 2013 at the end of his …
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St. Petersburg, FL (SportsNetwork.com) – New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi told reporters Tuesday that Masahiro Tanaka is tentatively slated to make his first major league start in more than two months Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays. Tanaka, sidelined since early July with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament …
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