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The Columbus Blue Jackets are on the road to take on the Colorado Avalanche today at 4 PM Eastern.
Colorado Avalanche - 32-4-7 - 71 Points - 8-2-0 in the last 10 - 1st in the Central
Columbus Blue Jackets - 18-18-7 - 43 Points - 4-5-1 in the last 10 - 8th in the Metro
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TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 105
How to Watch & Listen: Tonight's game will be on FANDUEL SPORTS NETWORK. Steve Mears will be on the play-by-play. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan, with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.
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Giants, veteran catcher Eric Haase reportedly agree to minor league contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
The Giants reportedly are bringing in some more catching depth for the 2026 MLB season.
San Francisco has agreed to a minor-league contract with veteran catcher Eric Haase, MLB Network’s Jon Morosi reported Friday, citing a source.
The contract is worth $1.6 million if he makes the Giants roster and includes an invitation to spring training next month with an opt-out afterward, per Morosi’s report.
Haase, 33, is an eight-year MLB veteran who has spent time with the Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers. Across 383 career games, he has incurred .228/.278/.396 splits with 48 home runs. His best season came with his hometown Detroit in 2022, when he slashed .254/.305/.443 with 14 home runs over 110 games.
The former seventh-round pick in the 2011 MLB Draft also offers some defensive versatility for San Francisco, as Haase has made 57 career appearances in the outfield. At catcher, Haase ranked third in MLB in caught stealing percentage in both 2021 and 2022, throwing out nearly a third of would-be base stealers.
Haase is set to compete with three catchers on the Giants’ current 40-man roster — Patrick Bailey, Jesús Rodríguez and Daniel Susac — for a spot on the Opening Day squad.
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Kevin Durant moved past the great Wilt Chamberlain on the NBA all-time scoring list but his 30 points could not guide the Houston Rockets to a win against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Durant, 37, has 31,435 points in his career and is now seventh on the all-time list. LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers leads the way with 42,601.
The Trail Blazers triumphed 111-105 at Moda Center in Portland.
Chamberlain, who died in 1999, is the only player to score 100 points in an NBA game and was a two-time champion with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Lakers.
In 1962 he averaged a record 50.4 points a game, and was the leading NBA scorer when he retired in 1973.
"You see the numbers. You just can't comprehend somebody putting up 50 a game with 25 rebounds," Durant said before Friday's game.
"You want to compete with that and try to match that as much as you can.
"It's amazing just being in the top 10 with him, but to have the opportunity to pass him up, it's pretty sweet."
Giannis Antetokounmpo blocked a shot by James and stole the ball from him on consecutive possessions in the final minute as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Lakers 105-101 in LA to claim a fifth win in seven games.
Stephen Curry finished with 27 points and a season-high 10 assists as the Golden State Warriors triumphed 137-103 at home against the Sacramento Kings.
The Oklahoma City Thunder overcame a 21-point deficit in the second half to win 117-116 at the Memphis Grizzlies.
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Brainless moments, moral victories and tough lessons were abundant during a series that still provided plenty of drama
Player of the series Travis Head was the boxing kangaroo at the top of the Australia order. But this one goes to the other animal on the baggy green crest, Mitchell Starc bounding in like an emu, slicing through England during the live bit, and playing all five to finish with 31 wickets at 19 apiece. Elite.
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The Lakers have two of the best clutch players in the NBA in LeBron James and Luka Doncic. They have been the best clutch team in the NBA this season because of them and because they have led the way for the Lakers. They have won an NBA-best 13 games in the clutch this season.
But when the game hung in the balance Friday night, when the Lakers needed James and Doncic to be clutch, neither was able to deliver, their inability to do so a direct result in L.A. dropping a 105-101 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks at Crypto.com Arena.
For as much as James did in keeping the Lakers in the game by scoring 13 of his 26 points in the final quarter and by nearly collecting a triple-double with 10 assists and nine rebounds, it was his last-second turnover that doomed them.
For as much as Doncic did in producing a near triple-double with 24 points, nine assists and nine rebounds, his poor shooting and foul trouble was not helpful in the end.
“I’d love to go undefeated in clutch games for a season, but you know, you can’t get too high, can’t get too low on stats like that,” James said. “You just play the game. And they made some plays. Big three by [Myles] Turner by our bench; obviously the free throws down the stretch by KP [Kevin Porter Jr.]. So, we had our chances.”
The score was tied at 101-101 after Jake LaRavia (13 points) drilled a three-pointer off a pass from Doncic.
The Lakers never scored again. James missed a driving layup for the lead that was blocked by Giannis Antetokounmpo. Then Doncic fouled Porter on a three-pointer with 16.2 seconds left. It was Doncic’s sixth foul.
“I think we missed a couple of good shots down the stretch. Then I fouled (out). I had six fouls. First time in a long time,” Doncic said. “So, that’s on me. I can’t foul at that point.”
Porter made two of the three free throws for a 103-101 Bucks lead.
Doncic was asked about the foul.
“Yeah, I don’t think he shoots like that,” Doncic said of Porter's three-pointer. “The referee said it was a foul. So, I guess it’s a foul.”
Still, the Lakers were down only two points and they still had James on the court.
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But on his drive to the basket, James lost control of the ball for a turnover with 1.5 seconds left.
“For me? … I turned the ball over. You definitely can’t do that at that point and time,” James said. “So, Giannis, he made a great play by getting his arm and tipping it from behind, but can’t turn the ball over — obviously.”
Doncic lamented his shooting during the game.
He made his first two three-pointers to start the game, but it was all downhill from there. He was eight-for-25 shooting the field and had a rating of minus-14.
“Obviously my shot didn’t go well today,” Doncic said. “You know, could get better shots. So, wish I could have executed better than that.”
The Lakers played their fourth game this week, at times looking sluggish because of the workload.
It was the kind of night that saw Doncic pick up his fifth foul with 2.1 seconds left in the third quarter.
The Lakers trailed by as much as 12 in the second quarter, looking a bit slow.
So much — if not all — of the Lakers’ game plan was on trying to deal with the nearly unstoppable force that is Antetokounmpo.
And much of that job went to Lakers center Deandre Ayton, whom the LA felt was best equipped to handle the assignment because of his size (7-foot), length and strength.
But it also was going to take the Lakers as a group to slow down Antetokounmpo, who finished with 21 points, six rebounds and five assists.
Jarred Vanderbilt gave the Lakers a big effort with nine points and nine rebounds off the bench, and his usual tough defense.
Lakers forward Rui Hachimura missed his sixth consecutive game because of right calf soreness. Hachimura has been working out and there is some hope that he can play Monday night in Sacramento.
“He's made a lot of progress just in terms of regaining strength and mobility in his calf and had a good workout today,” coach JJ Redick said. “There's a lot of optimism that he'll be available Monday, but we'll see how the next few days go.”
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Former champion on his relationship with trainer Brendan Ingle, now portrayed on film, quitting at the right time and the importance of his faith
Naseem Hamed carries himself with a stately grandeur these days. Having settled his considerable bulk into a comfortable chair he pauses meaningfully. We look at each other intently and it’s hard to believe the incorrigible little “Naz fella”, the swaggering Prince Naseem who became a world champion 30 years ago and changed British boxing forever with his dazzling aptitude for fighting and showmanship, is 51 now.
“This is the one thing you need to understand,” Hamed says as he remembers Brendan Ingle’s famous old gym in Sheffield. “The minute I walked through the doors of that boxing club, that was it. I saw the ring, the bags, the lines on the floor, and I was immediately obsessed. This was going to be my life. I saw boxing as a game of tag. I’m going to hit you and you can’t hit me. It took speed and accuracy and I was really good at it.”
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