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NHL

Takeaways from Ducks’ 4-1 loss to Golden Knights

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The Anaheim Ducks hosted the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night hoping to eclipse the .500 mark for the first time since October 22.Game #24: Ducks vs. Golden Knights Game PreviewIt was Vegas’ second straight game after posting a 1-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday.Cam Fowler returned to the lineup in this game after missing the team’s previous 11 games with an upper body injury.He took Pavel Mintyukov’s place in Radko Gudas’ left-side lineup.Trevor Zegras left this game on his first shift of the second period after a difficult recovery from accidental contact with William Karlsson. His status…

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NBA

Nets dominate Pacers, 99-90, ending three losses

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NEW YORK (AP) — Cam Johnson scored 26 points, Nicholas Claxton I was 16 and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Indiana Pacers 99-90 on Wednesday night to end a three-game losing streak.Shake Milton had 15 points off the bench for the Nets.TJ McConnell had 14 points for Indiana, and Tyrese Haliburton had 13. The Pacers have lost four in a row and seven of 10.After Indiana Pascal Siakam scored four straight points to tie it at 80 with 8:08 left, the Nets responded with a 10-0 run, making the score 90-80. Jaylen Wilsonfrom the basket with 5:57 to play.TakeawaysPacers: Indiana…

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Tennis

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepts one-month suspension for doping

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Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday.Swiatek failed an out-of-competition doping test in August, and the ITIA accepted his explanation that the result was unintentional and caused by contamination of an over-the-counter drug, melatonin, which Swiatek was taking for jet lag problems and sleep.His level of fault was determined to be “at the lower end of the range of no significant fault or negligence”, the ITIA said.“This experience, the most difficult of my life so…

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MLB

Skenes elected to leadership of MLB players’ union as trio that opposed Meyer abandoned

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MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. New York YankeesPHOENIX — National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes was elected Wednesday to the eight-member executive subcommittee of the Major League Baseball Players’ Association, just six months after his big league debut. league.American League Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, Padres infielder Jake Cronenworth, Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt, Rays pitcher Pete Fairbanks and Orioles outfielder Cedric Mullins. Rangers infielder Marcus Semien and Reds pitcher Brent Suter both remain on the committee.The MLBPA confirmed that all eight were elected to two-year terms. Representatives from each of MLB’s 30 teams vote for management positions.Lance…

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NBA

LeBron’s Olympics hangover, the NBA Cup round of 16 and the WNBA expansion draft | Good word with good will

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Subscribe to Good Word with GoodwillIn this episode of Good Word with Goodwill, Yahoo Sports Senior NBA Reporter Vincent Goodwill is first joined by Yahoo Sports Fantasy Basketball Analyst Dan Titus to discuss last night’s NBA Cup games .The guys talk about the Mavericks’ impressive comeback against the Grizzlies, the Oklahoma City Thunder looking like the best team in the NBA, and the Golden State Warriors probably having to trade for another scorer besides Steph Curry.Later, the guys try to understand why LeBron James may have had his worst stretch of games over the past two weeks. We wonder if…

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