Author: Tim Runn

NBA

The NBA is celebrating players from the NBA 75 list almost daily from now until the end of the season. Today’s honoree is Karl Malone, who skipped his senior year at Louisiana Tech and was taken 13th overall in the 1985 draft. This story appeared in the Feb. 13, 1989, issue of The Sporting News, the week before Malone won his first NBA All-Star Game MVP award. SALT LAKE CITY — The jukebox is blasting. Karl Malone is looking for his stash of homemade beef jerky and talking non-stop to ball boys, teammates, Utah Jazz owner Larry Miller, General Manager…

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2021 is finally over and it is now January 2022. Naturally, everyone flocked to social media to convey their wishes and ring in the new year. This obviously included the NASCAR drivers and the rest of the community. A fair number of drivers posted messages or pictures of their celebrations or wished the fans. Now, they will be looking forward to seeing what 2022 brings to the table.ADVERTISEMENTArticle continues below this adADVERTISEMENTArticle continues below this adOf course, reigning Cup Series champion, Kyle Larson was one of the first to express his wishes for the new year. The #5 driver is…

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MLB

Braves broadcaster Joe Simpson celebrated his 70th birthday on Friday. In 1984, Simpson hung up his cleats after 11 seasons and began working for Turner Sports in 1992 as an analyst. He was inducted into the Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame on January 27, 2018. Simpson was notorious for his TV broadcasts, but has since transitioned to a radio broadcaster on Bally Sports South and Southeast. More Braves News: MLB News: This news is republished from another source. You can check the original article here

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CaptionA man practices putting at Community Golf Club, which is the city of Dayton’s only remaining golf course, after it closed Kittyhawk Golf Center and Madden Golf Course. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFFCaptionA man practices putting at Community Golf Club, which is the city of Dayton’s only remaining golf course, after it closed Kittyhawk Golf Center and Madden Golf Course. CORNELIUS FROLIK / STAFFAfter years of struggles to grow the game of golf, interest in the sport during COVID soared like a ball whacked by a PGA Tour pro.There have been 31,750 rounds of golf played this year at Beavercreek Golf…

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MARGAO: SC East Bengal on Saturday announced the appointment of Spaniard Mario Rivera as their head coach for the remainder of the Indian Super League season after Jose Manuel Diaz was sacked following a string of poor shows. Diaz was shown the door on Tuesday, midway into the season, after the club’s eight-match winless streak — four losses and four draws — and former India international Renedy Singh was given charge as interim coach. For Rivera, it is a homecoming of sort as he had guided East Bengal to a second-place finish in the I-League two seasons back. He was…

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The New Year’s Day clash scheduled between the Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Renegades at C.ex Coffs International Stadium in Coffs Harbour has been abandoned due to rain. Players were out on the field with officials for much of the pre-match, but spots of rain continued to add to an already difficult task of drying a pitch that had been hit with plenty throughout the day. A cutoff time of 9:35PM AEDT was in place, with a 10-over game to be played if play went ahead at that time, but it was ultimately called off just before 9PM.MATCH CENTRE: Sixers vs…

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Lauren Price will turn professional later this year. The 27-year-old won middleweight gold at the Olympics in Tokyo, becoming the first Welsh fighter to claim a boxing gold medal. Price has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours list and says that she will reveal her plans in terms of promotional and managerial agreements in due course. “I’ve achieved all I can as an amateur, I’ve won gold at every single major tournament,” Price said in an interview with BBC Sport Wales. “Winning Olympic gold changed my life.” Commonwealth Games gold medals, as well as number one…

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Alasdair Hooper, Sports Content EditorAustralian Open 2022 champion (ATP and WTA): Novak Djokovic (you just know he will after all this), Ash Barty French Open 2022 champion (ATP and WTA): Rafael Nadal, Simona HalepWimbledon 2022 champion (ATP and WTA): Novak Djokovic, Ash BartyUS Open 2022 champion (ATP and WTA): Novak Djokovic, Emma Raducanu (I BELIEVE)Breakout player of the year 2022 (ATP and WTA): Holger Rune, Amanda AnisimovaMost disappointing season 2022 (ATP and WTA): Cameron Norrie, Naomi OsakaYear-end No 1 2022 (ATP and WTA): Novak Djokovic, Ash BartyAny extra prediction not covered: Andy Murray will win one more ATP tour title – hopefully… This news is republished from…

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NHL

LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights got their 10th win in the past 12 games with a 3-1 victory against the Anaheim Ducks at T-Mobile Arena on Friday.Nicolas Roy, Adam Brooks and Mattias Janmark scored for the Golden Knights (22-12-0) in their first game without Max Pacioretty since he had wrist surgery Thursday; he is out indefinitely. The forward, who has scored 21 points (12 goals, nine assists) in 16 games, missed 17 games from Oct. 14-Nov. 24 with a broken foot.”I think the team’s been feeling good the last month or so,” Vegas goalie Laurent Brossoit said. “To…

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