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Dončić scores 53 as Lakers hold off PortlandJames struggles against former team in ClevelandTatum pours in 34 as Celtics rout HornetsLuka Dončić scored 53 points and hit a key jumper in the lane with 28 seconds to play, carrying Los Angeles to a victory over Portland.Dončić produced his 11th career 50-point game and his fourth with Los Angeles while preserving a fourth straight win for the Lakers, whose late 12-point lead had dwindled to four before Dončić and Austin Reaves combined to score 10 points in the final seconds. Continue reading...

“They laid us out,” Philip Rivers admitted while talking to the media after St. Michael wrapped up the 2026 season with a 42-35 loss to Glenwood in the playoffs. While that is it for the season for the former QB, the rumors of him potentially taking the vacant head coaching job at NC State continue […] The post Linked to NC State Job, Philip Rivers Addresses ‘Next Step’ in Coaching Career After St. Michael’s Loss appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Ohio State has gone from a playoff contender to a team fighting to save its season. Two losses in eight games have pushed the Buckeyes to the brink, leaving little room for another setback. Saturday’s showdown against Oregon could determine whether their College Football Playoff hopes stay alive or take another major hit. The Buckeyes […] The post Ohio State Legend Makes Playoff Stakes Clear for Buckeyes Ahead of Oregon Test appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Teenage ultras are increasingly causing disorder and communities fear it will not be long before it becomes something more dangerousIt is five past three on Saturday afternoon and the teenage ultras of Hednesford Town are running late. They have arrived in Chester for their team’s National League North fixture and have hailed taxis, determined to make their presence felt at the ground. But word appears to have got out about their arrival. As one car turns away from the city’s charming half-timbered houses and into narrow residential streets, half a dozen local youths appear, haring round the corner in balaclavas. They try to attack the cab and chase after it as it pulls away. The smell of pyro is everywhere. As the taxi finally gets clear, the Chester gang stops in the middle of the road, shouting and gesticulating. One lad, no older than 16, pulls a long blade from inside his trousers and brandishes it.The incident ended there and no one was hurt, though a police investigation has been launched. The match went off without trouble too and the Hednesford gang – known at home as the “schooligans” – were escorted safely back to the station by Cheshire police. It was just another weekend in English non-league football, where a wave of antisocial behaviour is causing concern and leading the UK Football Policing Unit (UKFPU) to declare it its “most important” priority. As the disorder continues, a question remains: how long will it be before teenage trouble-making becomes something more dangerous? Continue reading...

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Former Test opener says object also used in Port ElizabethCricket Australia still ‘comfortable’ with bans only for trioUsman Khawaja has claimed “all” of the Australia touring party knew about the plot to tamper with the ball against South Africa in Cape Town in 2018 and the team also used sandpaper during the second Test at Port Elizabeth.The former Australia batter said the team used sandpaper to tamper with the ball before Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera while handling the object during the third Test, ahead of the release of Khawaja’s autobiography Sabr on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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Thierno Barry scored twice as Everton roared back impressively to win, though Coventry were unhappy with three separate VAR callsPre-match postbag: Evertonians Telling It As They See It edition. “Greetings from almost liberated California. The thrashing of a certain ‘orange’ gentleman has allowed me to have zero anxiety about today’s Everton tilt. I’m happy no matter what happens” – Mary Waltz“I admire the optimism of Everton potentially going into fourth with a five-goal margin of victory today. I watch almost every single game and I struggled to recall the last time they scored five in the league; turns out it was the famous 5-1 win at Brighton in May 2023 that helped them stay up that season. At home, we have to go back to September 2020 when they beat West Brom 5-2 behind closed doors at Goodison. The last time in front of home fans? Their 6-3 win over Bournemouth in February 2017 when Romelu Lukaku scored four. Let’s just say Everton aren’t generally banging in goals for fun” – Matt Burtz Continue reading...