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ASK IRA: Is Kevin Love in starting lineup in Heat’s best interests?

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Q: Move Kevin Love to the bench. While Kevin Love said he did not make starting a prerequisite of joining the Heat, there assuredly were commitments made about playing time. So if Kevin doesn’ t start, and if Caleb Martin remains in the second unit, then the only viable role for Keven would be as backup center, which is basically a role that maxes out at about 14 to 16...

‘Those precious seconds’: Orioles’ hitters having more trouble than pitchers adjusting to new pitch clock

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Over time, Cedric Mullins has donned more and more equipment when he bats. At some point, he started wearing an arm guard. Mullins will get to enjoy a break from the system while playing for the United States in the World Baseball Classic, but spring training has been an adjustment throughout the sport, with the league introducing the pitch clock amid a collection of...

Bridge: March 8, 2023

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Cy the Cynic says that if you want to kill time, you might try working it to death. But some players are lazy; they are content to let contracts play themselves. Today’s North-South might have stolen nine tricks at 3NT. Against five clubs, West led the jack of hearts, and South took the ace, drew […]

Word Game: March 8, 2023

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TODAY’S WORD — CAMELLIA (CAMELLIA: kam-MEEL-yuh: An ornamental shrub with glossy leaves and roselike flowers.) Average mark 23 words Time limit 30 minutes Can you find 29 or more words in CAMELLIA? The list will be published tomorrow. YESTERDAY’S WORD — PARSED padre pare parse pear aped aper apse rasp read reap sard sear spade […]



Nerlens Noel plays extended minutes in Nets debut: ‘Tonight was the night’

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Cam Thomas minutes and Nerlens Noel minutes are not mutually exclusive. Thomas— the lightning rod scorer who has been Vaughn’ s first player off the bench in the games that followed the Feb. 9 NBA trade deadline— sat on the bench while Noel played an extended role as backup big man one day after signing a 10- day contract in Brooklyn. Noel, the veteran rim protector and...

Nets beat Rockets for third straight win, tie No. 5 Knicks in loss column

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It started slow, but once Brooklyn found some rhythm, the Nets pulled away for a 118-96 victory, good for their third straight victory after a rocky start in the aftermath of the blockbuster Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving trades. Rockets star Jalen Green put Claxton on a poster not once, but twice on Tuesday night, including a vicious one-handed slam, followed by a...

Knicks get 9-game winning streak snapped by lowly Hornets, falling apart on offense in final eight minutes

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Playing as if hungover from their double-OT thriller two nights earlier, the Knicks collapsed Tuesday night against the lowly Hornets, malfunctioning as an offense down the stretch of a 112-105 loss at MSG. The Hornets had lost three straight and were missing their best player, the injured LaMelo Ball, but the Knicks just went through the motions while blowing a...

Tylor Megill could get chance at Mets’ starting rotation with Jose Quintana dealing with injury

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Tylor Megill followed up a solid spring debut with another promising outing in the Mets’ 5-5 tie against the Houston Astros. Megill’ s outing comes a day after the Mets learned starter Jose Quintana suffered a stress fracture in his rib and would be sent to New York for more imaging. Megill wouldn’ t get the start on Opening Day like last season— as long as Justin...

Magic, needing to go on a winning streak, drop home game to Bucks

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The Orlando Magic’ s month-long“ win one, lose one” pattern finally ended Tuesday night at Amway Center— but not in the way they wanted. The Magic’ s 134-123 home loss to the league-best Milwaukee Bucks marked the first time they suffered consecutive defeats since late January and had the same result in back-to-back games since early February.

Oklahoma voters reject recreational marijuana

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The plan faced opposition from leaders of several faith groups, along with law enforcement and prosecutors, led by former Republican Gov. Frank Keating, an ex-FBI agent, and Terri White, the former head of the state's Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Lawyer criticizes Alameda County D.A. for plea deal benefiting his own client

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At a sentencing hearing on Tuesday morning, Judge Barbara Dickinson accepted a plea deal for a man accused of firing a gun at San Leandro police officers in the spring of 2020. The deal, which will put Luracious Wilkerson behind bars for 16 years, was strongly opposed by the San Leandro Police Department, and raised […]

Should Nikola Jokić win a 3rd straight MVP? ‘It’s not even a question,’ the Chicago Bulls’ Nikola Vučević says.

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Nikola Vučević knows there isn’ t anything new to say about Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić. Their childhood hometowns— Bar, Montenegro, for Vučević and Sombor, Serbia, for Jokić— are nine hours apart by car. Although they came up at different times, Vučević was aware of Jokić's rising star during the latter’ s final years playing in Serbia before the...





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