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NBA

Embiid, George and Sixers injury updates ahead of Pistons game

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Embiid, George and Sixers injury updates ahead of Pistons game originally appeared on NBC Sports PhiladelphiaCAMDEN, NJ — As they head to Detroit, the Sixers know they’ll stay away from at least two of the four players who missed the team’s overtime loss Wednesday to the Rockets.Joel Embiid (left knee injury management/personal reasons) will miss his fourth straight game. Kyle Lowry will miss his fifth straight game with a right hip strain.“The swelling has gone down a little bit,” Sixers head coach Nick Nurse said of Embiid’s troublesome knee after his team’s practice Friday. “Still pain there.” That’s about all…

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NFL

49ers likely to play Bills in heavy snow during Week 13 storm

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49ers likely to play Bills in heavy snow during Week 13 storm originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaThe 49ers (5-6) already face plenty of adversity ahead of their pivotal game Week 13 game against the Buffalo Bills (9-2), and the expected weather conditions at Highmark Stadium don’t make things easy.Heavy snow is expected in New York’s Erie County this weekend, including Sunday night when the AFC East-leading Bills host the 49ers for their “Sunday Night Football” game » during prime time.Sunday morning temperatures will rise above 30 degrees with snow changing to flurries during the afternoon, with snow accumulating…

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NBA

Thunder vs Lakers Prediction: Odds, Expert Picks, Projected Starting Lineups, Betting Trends and Stats

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The Thunder and Lakers meet on ESPN for the nightcap of a Western Conference showdown.The Thunder are 14-4 this season and are winners of the last three games against the Warriors, Kings and Blazers. The West Coast journey continues without Chet Holmgren, but that hasn’t slowed Oklahoma City down. The Thunder 6-2 without Holmgren as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander took on a heavier workload. The Thunder guard averages 33.7 points per game during these eight games and can be counted on against the Lakers whoLos Angeles is 11-7 this year, but 1-3 in the last four games. The Lakers beat the Spurs…

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Tennis

The case of Tara Moore and the inequalities at the heart of tennis’ anti-doping program

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Tara Moore was plunged into debt by the fight to clear her name (Zac Goodwin/PA)Perhaps the first thing to say about Iga Swiatek that’s because she didn’t take drugs deliberately. The report on his case clearly shows this. The bottle of melatonin tablets which his team identified as guilty was proven by independent laboratory testing to have come from a batch contaminated with the banned substance trimetazidine, small traces of which triggered its positive sample.But then Tara Moore didn’t do drugs on purpose either. Not according to an independent tribunal, which concluded that the British doubles player was likely contaminated…

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MLB

MLB 2024 time capsule: a look back at everything that happened in baseball this year | Baseball-B-Cast Bar

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Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-CastNow that we’ve had time to digest the end of what was a remarkable season in baseball, it’s time to look back and remember some of the many highlights that we will never forget. It’s time for the annual end-of-year MLB Time Capsule episode.In this episode of Baseball-B-Cast BarJake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman are joined by Foolish Bailey in chronological order, highlighting the most memorable moments from the 2024 MLB season, including some you may have forgotten. From the gambling scandal heard around the sports world involving Shohei Ohtani to Jorge López throwing his glove into the…

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