Author: JamesMcGhee

3 observations after Embiid leaves following face hit, Sixers lose to Pacers originally appeared on NBC Sports PhiladelphiaJoel Embiid only played one half and the Sixers failed to add an eighth victory Friday night.They fell to 7-16 on the season with a 121-107 loss to the Pacers at the Wells Fargo Center.Embiid suffered a sinus fracture after receiving an unintentional blow to the face from Indiana’s Bennedict Mathurin, a Sixers official said Friday night. It will be evaluated in more detail this weekend.The Sixers opened the game without Caleb Martin (right shoulder impingement) and Adem Bona (left knee tendinopathy). Both…

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US Open semi-finalist Jack Draper is ranked 15th in the world (Getty Images)Jack Draper has canceled his planned week of training with Carlos Alcaraz due to a “little problem” with his hip.The British number one was due to travel to Spain to train with the Wimbledon champion next week, but is limiting himself to gym work for the moment.Draper is part of the Great Britain squad that will contest the United Cup from December 27, but he is not yet sure if he will be fit to play.The Australian Open begins in Melbourne on January 12.“I’ve worked incredibly hard the…

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Perhaps the best news for Prime Video Thursday Night Football The notes are that the numbers have gotten so good that one bad night stands out.This week’s Rams-49ers game drew just 12.29 million viewers. Below the annual average of 13.51 million – and well below last week’s 18.48 million for the Packers-Lions – it was still a 54 percent jump from the game comparable to last year.Two TNF there are competitions left (Broncos-Chargers and Seahawks-Bears), followed by a Prime Video playoff game.Last night’s game was interesting on paper, but the game itself was boring; it was the first game of…

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On Sunday, December 15, the green flag for the NBA trading season will truly drop. That’s when 85 players who signed new contracts (or extended old ones) become eligible to be traded, making many more deals possible and starting the NBA trade season in earnest.With that, trade rumors start to simmer around the NBA – there’s usually a trade between December 15th and January 15th, it takes the pressure of the February 6th trade deadline to get the NBA trade market boiling. NBA. However, rumors are starting to swirl, here are the latest big names and rumors around the league.Jimmy…

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Australian Open wildcards: Stan Wawrinka and Ajla Tomljanovic headline Melbourne awards2014 Australian Open men’s champion Stan Wawrinka and local favorite Ajla Tomljanovic lead the wildcards for the first Grand Slam tournament of 2025, which begins on January 12 in Melbourne.Wawrinka beat Rafael Nadal to win the first of three Grand Slam titles in 2014. He is joined on the men’s side by three Australians. World No. 175 Li Tu, who took Carlos Alcaraz to four sets at this year’s US Open, and world No. 168 Tristan Schoolkate, who was one tiebreaker away from reaching the third round at New York,…

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The post-Juan Soto pivot for the Yankees continued in spectacular fashion on Friday, as New York reportedly acquires two-time All-Star Devin Williams from Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr. and outfield prospect Caleb Durbin. As questions about Soto’s exit from the Bronx persist After the New York Mets superstar outfielder’s introductory press conference Thursday in Queens, Brian Cashman and Co. moved forward in a crucial winter for the storied franchise and managed to land one of the biggest names on the trade market in Williams.Cortes and Williams share the unfortunate distinction of allowing two of the most…

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