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Knicks Notes: Referees finding consistency, Mikal Bridges keeps on shooting
The refs in the Knicks-Pistons series have been getting as much attention as the players.
Maybe it started after Game 2, when head coach Tom Thibodeau said Cade Cunningham was getting some calls that Jalen Brunson wasn’t.
“And look, I don’t give a crap how they call a game, as long as it’s consistent on both sides,” Thibodeau said that night.
There were two controversial calls at the end of Game 3: a non-call on a potential backcourt violation and a possession ruling after a clock malfunction. (Both calls were deemed correct and followed the current NBA rulebook (see Rule 4, section XIV for the dead-ball determination.)
You know how Game 4 ended: a non-call on contact from Josh Hart on Tim Hardaway Jr.’s three-point attempt that referees later admitted they missed.
If you’re a Pistons fan, you’re obviously upset about the non-call on the final possession. But if you look at the entirety of Game 4, the non-call at the end of the game was consistent with the previous 47-plus minutes.
The refs set the tone early by letting a lot of contact go, and they stuck with that approach throughout the game.
In Game 4, Cunningham shot four free throws on 23 field goal attempts. Brunson and Karl-Anthony Towns each shot two free throws on a combined 49 attempts.
Total free-throw attempts were roughly even, with New York getting an 18-17 edge.
Maybe you don’t agree with some individual calls. But if you’re looking for consistency, you got it from the Game 4 crew.
If the refs started calling the game tighter in the final minute, they might have whistled Tobias Harris for a foul with about six seconds to play. Harris clearly hit Hart while trying to rebound Cunningham’s miss on his potential go-ahead basket. It’s also worth noting that the refs missed a potential game-changing call in Game 2 when Hart was fouled on a layup late in the fourth quarter. If Hart had made a free throw, it would have given the Knicks a one-point lead with 1:15 to play.
Cunning defense
Cunningham went 10-for-25 in the Knicks' Game 3 win, and he didn’t fare much better in Game 4. He went 11-for-23 and scored 25 points. Cunningham had 10 rebounds and 10 assists, but he also turned it over seven times. He missed five of his seven attempts in the fourth quarter.
After the game, players and Thibodeau lauded Mikal Bridges and OG Anunoby.
“They’ve been great. They’ve been great all year. Regardless of what people say,” Brunson said. “It’s tough to guard people in this league. This league is clearly offensively driven. It’s tough to stop players one-on-one, but when you have two guys like that who just go out there, just play hard every possession, I like their chances.
"They’ve been doing that since I’ve known them, since I’ve been seeing them play, and I’m just glad they’re on my team.”
Building Bridges
Bridges was 1-for-10 from the field entering the fourth quarter. He’d missed all four of his three-point attempts. But he kept shooting. And Bridges hit two threes to start the fourth quarter, which spearheaded the Knicks.
Cam Payne gets an unofficial assist on the play. He was in Bridges’ ear throughout the game.
“He’s big on voicing, helping me out. Sometimes, him calling me some not good names helps, as well,” Bridges said with a laugh. “It just feeds off that. But it’s everybody, man. Like, Ty, I swear it’s everybody. Even Josh, JB, when we’re on the court, they just tell me to stick with it.
"I know I’m ready. I know I’m ready. It’s not fun missing, and you wait for that next opportunity to shoot again and I appreciate those guys, always.”
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Rob Manfred says he discussed Pete Rose's status with Donald Trump and will rule on reinstatement
NEW YORK — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he discussed Pete Rose with President Donald Trump at a meeting two weeks ago and he plans to rule on a request to end the sport's permanent ban of the career hits leader, who died in September.
Speaking Monday at a meeting of the Associated Press Sports Editors, Manfred said he and Trump have discussed several issues, including Manfred's concerns over how Trump's immigration policies could impact players from Cuba, Venezuela and other foreign countries.
Manfred is considering a petition to have Rose posthumously removed from MLB's permanently ineligible list. The petition was filed in January by Jeffrey Lenkov, a Southern California lawyer who represented Rose prior to the 17-time All-Star's death at age 83.
“I met with President Trump two weeks ago, I guess now, and one of the topics was Pete Rose, but I’m not going beyond that," Manfred said. "He’s said what he said publicly, I’m not going beyond that in terms of what the back and forth was.”
Trump posted on social media Feb. 28 that he plans to issue “a complete PARDON of Pete Rose.” Trump posted on Truth Social that Rose “shouldn’t have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on HIS TEAM WINNING.” It's unclear what a presidential pardon might include - Trump did not specifically mention a tax case in which Rose pleaded guilty in 1990 to two counts of filing false tax returns and served a five-month prison sentence.
The president said he would sign a pardon for Rose “over the next few weeks" but has not addressed the matter since.
Rose had 4,256 hits and also holds records for games (3,562) and plate appearances (15,890). He was the 1973 National League MVP and played on three World Series winners.
An investigation for MLB by lawyer John M. Dowd found Rose placed numerous bets on the Cincinnati Reds to win from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. Rose agreed with MLB on a permanent ban in 1989.
Lenkov is seeking Rose's reinstatement so that he can be considered for the Hall of Fame. Under a rule adopted by the Hall’s board of directors in 1991, anyone on the permanently ineligible list can’t be considered for election to the Hall. Rose applied for reinstatement in 1997 and met with Commissioner Bud Selig in November 2002, but Selig never ruled on Rose’s request. Manfred in 2015 denied Rose’s application for reinstatement.
Manfred said reinstating Rose now was “a little more complicated than it might appear on the outside" and did not commit to a timeline except that “I want to get it done promptly as soon as we get the work done.”
“I’m not going to give this the pocket veto," he said. "I will in fact issue a ruling.”
Rose's reinstatement doesn't mean he would automatically appear on a Hall of Fame ballot. He would first have to be nominated by the Hall's Historical Overview Committee, which is picked by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and approved by the Hall's board. Manfred is an ex-officio member of that board and says he has been in regular contact with chairman Jane Forbes Clark.
“I mean, believe me, a lot of Hall of Fame dialogue on this one," Manfred said.
If reinstated, Rose potentially would be eligible for consideration to be placed on a ballot to be considered by the 16-member Classic Baseball Era committee in December 2027.
Manfred added he doesn't think baseball's current ties to legal sports betting should color views on Rose's case.
“There is and always has been a clear demarcation between what Rob Manfred, ordinary citizen, can do on the one hand, and what someone who has the privilege to play or work in Major League Baseball can do on the other in respect to gambling," he said. "The fact that the law changed, and we sell data and/or sponsorships, which is essentially all we do, to sports betting enterprises, I don’t think changes that. It’s a privilege to play Major League Baseball. As with every privilege, there comes responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is that they not bet on the game.”
Manfred did not go into details on his discussion with Trump over foreign-born players other than to say he expressed worry.
"Given the number of foreign-born players we have, we're always concerned about ingress and egress," Manfred said. "We have had dialogue with the administration about this topic. And, you know, they're very interested in sports. They understand the unique need to be able to go back and forth, and I'm going to leave it at that.”
Cassidy Hoping Line Changes Spark Golden Knights In Time For Game 5
LAS VEGAS -- As the second-seeded Golden Knights saw their opening round series with the Minnesota Wild slipping away, and on the brink of becoming out of hand, coach Bruce Cassidy did what he has done countless times: put his forward lines in a blender.
With his team trailing in the series 2-1, and home ice now in Minnesota's hands, the Golden Knights made one lineup change, swapping Victor Olofsson out for Tanner Pearson. But when the Golden Knights trailed heading into the third period, Cassidy pulled out his biggest change yet, and the blending paid off.
Cassidy got the goals he was searching for, with Nic Roy scoring an equalizer on the power play, and even-strength goal from Tomas Hertl to put the Golden Knights ahead momentarily. The Wild quickly tied the game, but Ivan Barbashev scored the overtime winner, playing alongside Roy and Reilly Smith.
"Well, the overtime goal is a big goal for Nic Roy's line. I thought he was really had good jump. He played with Smitty when we first reacquired him. I liked what they brought. Barby's played with Nic and probably Kolesar more than Smith, so he's been there."
And while one of Cassidy's most significant changes didn't score, and came away with a -1, the most dangerous Golden Knights line returning home for Game 5 could arguably be William Karlsson, Jack Eichel and Pavel Dorofeyev forging together a potent trio.
"Jack and Karly, that was one that matchup dictated," Cassidy said. "Two of our best centers against their top line, and they were okay with it. So we just made a move, shuffled some people around."
The line didn't play together during the regular season, but Dorofeyev has spent time with both Eichel and Karlsson separately, showing chemistry with each by raising his caliber of play to the level of his veteran teammates. Surprisingly, Eichel and Karlsson have little to no experience together.
The three were the first line on display at Monday's practice.
Understandably, Eichel and Karlsson haven't seen time alongside one another because both are exceptional centermen, but the combination could trigger their offensive games Tuesday night in Game 5, where Vegas will look to seize momentum on home ice, and take a 3-2 series lead back to St. Paul.
"Karl's such a great player, he's super easy to play with," Eichel said. "And obviously we know what Pav brings and his ability to score and shoot the puck and make plays. So, yeah, I thought we did a good job of just getting some looks off the cycle and creating some offense. And, obviously, trying to keep them off the score sheet as well."
In Game 4, the trio played 6:52 together at 5-on-5, holding the advantage in Corsi (12-3), shots on goal (4-2) and Fenwick (8-2). Although they allowed a goal and gave up a high-danger chance, the process was visible and obviously to everyone's liking.
"I think it's important," Eichel said of the line changes. "I think we have all smart players on this team, and guys are easy to play with. I think you can shuffle lines up when need be, and you get a good result.
"Sometimes that's what happens, you need to shuffle things up, and all of a sudden you catch a spark. ... We rely on all of our forwards and all our defensemen to contribute. And I don't think it really matters who you're playing with. I think it's just trying to bring whatever you have to the team and help the team win."
Each player in the trio certainly has the skill set to complement one another.
Dorofeyev doesn’t need the puck to be dangerous, always lurking in high-danger areas to showcase his quick release. Eichel, the team's point leader in the regular season, naturally loves the puck and always looks for it in transition or during the cycle. With the puck, he can be a facilitator or use his deadly accurate release to beat goaltenders. Karlsson, meanwhile, is the perfect balance at both ends, as he can make plays with the puck but sees the ice well enough to get himself open without it.
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Inside the Numbers: Mike Sullivan's Decade As Penguins Head Coach
On April 28, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced that they mutually parted ways with head coach Mike Sullivan. As the winningest coach in franchise history, it's a monumental day for the organization, which will begin its search for a new leader for the first time since 2015.
Considering how long Sullivan has guided the Penguins, his decade-long run behind the bench is one of the more successful tenures in NHL history. Today, we will reflect on Sullivan's tenure and compare these numbers to those of other coaching legends.
Before being hired by Pittsburgh in 2015-16, Sullivan was the head coach of his hometown Boston Bruins, compiling a record of 70-56-15-23 in 164 games, with a 3-4 playoff record.
After taking over the Penguins, Sullivan helped the club achieve a 33-16-5 record in 54 games, culminating in a Stanley Cup victory in June 2016. During his first full season, the team repeated as champions, winning in June 2017.
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From 2016 to 2022, Sullivan and the Penguins qualified for the playoffs, but missed the postseason in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh did not have a losing season until the 2024-25 season, when they finished with a record of 34-36-12.
During his time in Pittsburgh, Sullivan achieved the following milestones:
- He is the only head coach to guide the Penguins to two Stanley Cup titles, one more championship than Bob Johnson (1991), Scotty Bowman (1992), and Dan Bylsma (2009).
- Sullivan is the only head coach to win more than 300 and 400 games (429) with the franchise, breaking Bylsma's record of 252.
- He overtook the Penguins' record for most losses (255) in 2024-25, breaking Eddie Johnston's record of 224.
- Sullivan compiled 907 points in the regular season, almost doubling Bylsma's 536, who formerly held the record.
- His .602 PTS% ranks third behind Bylsma (.668) and Bowman (.628).
- Sullivan (82) broke Bylsman's playoff games coached record (78) in 2022, and with a win on May 9, 2022, became the all-time leader in postseason wins with 44. Following a Game 7 loss to the New York Rangers that same playoff year, he overtook the loss record with 38.
- He ranks second all-time in playoff win percentage at .537, trailing Bylsma's .551 record.
- Sullivan is the only head coach in Pittsburgh history to coach more than seven seasons, surpassing Johnston (seven) and Bylsma (six).
- He is one of only four coaches never to record a tie with the Penguins, joining Bylsma, Michel Therrien, and Mike Johnston.
- Sullivan is one of three Pittsburgh coaches to secure a 50-win campaign, following Bowman (56 - 1993) and Bylsma (51 - 2012, 2014).
- The Penguins never lost more than 36 games in a single season under Sullivan's guidance.
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- Despite owning the franchise's playoff wins record, Sullivan helped the Penguins win just nine postseason series, with four in 2016 and 2017 and just one in 2018.
- Sullivan ranks 15th in NHL history for most wins with a single franchise (409). Additionally, he is one of just 15 head coaches to have recorded 400 wins with a single team.
- He ranks 17th overall, with 753 games behind the bench for one club, the last person to join the 750-game club.
- Captain Sidney Crosby scored 321 goals, 504 assists, and 825 points with Sullivan behind the bench, which ranks sixth in the NHL during this time.
- According to statistics available at NHL.com, 144 skaters dressed with the Penguins from Nov. 19, 2015, to Apr. 17, 2025.
- During Sullivan's tenure, 13 goalies dressed for Pittsburgh, led by Tristan Jarry, who went 152-97-31 in 293 games.
At just 57 and coming off a Silver Medal finish at the 4 Nations Face-off, Sullivan shouldn't be unemployed for long, with several teams potentially interested in hiring a multi-time Stanley Cup winner.
Leeds close in on title after Tanaka and Ramazani’s double crushes Bristol City
As, partway though the first half, the home supporters launched into a chorus of “Daniel, Daniel Farke,” a little smile played across the face of the Leeds manager as he offered a polite wave in return.
Up in the directors’ box, Paraag Marathe looked on inscrutably. If, and it remains quite a big if, he really is considering sacking Farke, the club’s chairman – who, perhaps significantly pulled out of a planned pre-match television interview at the last minute – must surely be having second thoughts after this.
Continue reading...Top Nashville Predators Prospect Joins AHL Affiliate as Postseason Looms
The Nashville Predators assigned forward prospect David Edstrom to the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals on Monday ahead of the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs.
The 20-year-old, whose season with Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League came to an end on April 14, has joined the team in Milwaukee for the start of his North American pro hockey career.
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Edstrom joined the Predators' organization as a centerpiece of the San Jose Sharks' trade package for top goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov last fall. Internationally, he has earned silver with Sweden at the 2024 World Junior Championship and 2023 U-18 World Championship.
Edstrom was originally selected by the Vegas Golden Knights in the first round (No. 32 overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft. The Golden Knights flipped him to San Jose less than a year later as part of a trade package for Tomáš Hertl.
Edstrom joins an Admirals team that won the AHL's Central Division for the second straight season with a record of 40-21-5-6 (91 points) and will play in the Calder Cup Playoffs for a fifth straight campaign.
Milwaukee will open the Central Division Semifinals Thursday at 7 p.m. CT against the winner of the best-of-three Central Division First Round series between the Chicago Wolves and Rockford IceHogs.
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'We just gotta still believe.' Lakers focus on snapping fourth-quarter skids
Luka Doncic had more color in his skin Sunday, his body warmer than when he slowly hobbled out of Target Center Friday night in sweats Friday night. He’d felt miserable during Game 3.
“Virus,” he said. “Still have it.”
At least he was feeling better — even if things were looking worse for his team.
The Lakers played two games in Minnesota, one with a diminished Doncic and one without making a substitution in the second half, and had the same result. Both losses have put the team in an improbable spot, needing three-straight wins to keep their season alive.
There are reasons, credible ones even, to explain away why they left Minnesota empty-handed. Doncic’s Game 3 illness obviously meant it would be tough for the Lakers to win. And despite fumbling a lead in Game 4, the Lakers think Doncic should’ve been shooting free throws with a chance to take a lead with 30 seconds left after being tripped instead of turning the ball over on the inbounds pass that followed.
“I mean it was just, you know, big play after big play,” LeBron James said. “And, they made a couple more plays than we did obviously.”
But the real reasons the Lakers might now be in the final moments of their season is because, in this series, they’ve been awful in the final 12 minutes of the game.
“We had opportunities to win,” James said of the fourth on Sunday, “We just didn't close.”
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He might as well have been talking about the whole series, though.
The Lakers having actually scored eight more points that Minnesota in the first three quarters of this series only to be outscored by 36 in the last.
It will undoubtedly be a point of emphasis as the Lakers hold practice Tuesday ahead of Game 5 on Wednesday.
They’ve made only 29.1% of their shots during fourth quarters throughout the series. James is 7-for-20. Austin Reaves is 4-for-13. Doncic is 5-for-17. Dorian Finney-Smith and Rui Hachimura are a combined 2-for-14.
Sunday, those misses included layups and wide-open threes.
“It's definitely disappointing. But nothing is won,” Doncic said. “ We haven't lost nothing yet. It's the first to four wins and we just gotta still believe.”
And the Timberwolves have been capitalizing late all season, Minnesota outscoring teams by the second most points in the fourth quarter, behind only the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Lakers still have chances to course correct, even if the problems might be bigger than two games in Minneapolis. Postgame, Finney-Smith referenced James leading the Cavaliers to a title after being down 3-1 to Golden State.
But only 13 teams in league history have ever pulled it off.
“Obviously you don't think about winning three,” James said. “You think about just getting the next one. You know, that's the only thing that matters because if not, obviously, the offseason begins. So, you know, it's all about Wednesday. That's what's important.”
And to fight off elimination, they’ll have to fight the fourth-quarter struggles.
“Anytime you have an opportunity to go lace them up and play again, you're not out of it. A lot of these games, besides Game 1…. could have easily went our way if we made a couple more plays down the stretch,” Reaves said. “But we didn’t and dug ourselves in a hole.
"The sun will come up tomorrow and we still got another day to fight.”
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Spirited Mikel Arteta urges Arsenal fans to ‘bring their boots’ against PSG
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Mikel Arteta has told the Arsenal support to “bring your boots” and a can-do attitude for the Champions League semi-final first-leg at home against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night, as he radiated conviction that the club was primed to make history.
The manager described the game as the biggest of his career and one of the most significant hosted by the Emirates Stadium, which opened for the 2006-07 season. It is Arsenal’s third appearance in the last four of Europe’s elite competition, after the victory against Villarreal in 2005-06 and the defeat by Manchester United in 2008-09.
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- Manager says side is more complete since October meeting
- ‘We are full of confidence and looking forward to playing’
Luis Enrique believes that Paris Saint-Germain’s record against English clubs in the Champions League this season should give them confidence as they prepare to face Arsenal in the semi-final, and he hinted that he does not view the Premier League as the best in the world.
The French champions face Mikel Arteta’s side at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg on Tuesday having already knocked out Liverpool and Aston Villa to reach the last four after finishing 15th in the league stage. Enrique suggested that their experience of playing against English clubs could be an advantage as they attempt to reach the final for only the second time in their history.
Continue reading...Ex-Laker Stan Love, dad of Kevin Love and brother of Beach Boys front man Mike Love, dies at 76
Raised in a supremely creative Southern California family immersed in pop music, Stan Love took a different path to fame, playing four years in the NBA — including two with the Lakers — after starring at Inglewood Morningside High and the University of Oregon.
When his playing career ended, the 6-foot-9, 215-pound Love remained close to his family. His brother, Mike Love, was a founding member of the Beach Boys, and Stan Love eventually became an essential adjunct to the band, serving as a human shield for his cousin, Brian Wilson, throughout the turbulent late 1970s and early '80s.
"Those were chaotic years," Love told the Portland Tribune in 2019. "It was 24 hours a day of worrying, trying to keep the creeps away. Fame and money in rock-and-roll — it's all a very dangerous area to live in."
Love eventually settled in Lake Oswego, Ore., after marrying Karen Love in 1986. They had a daughter, Emily, and two sons, Collin and Kevin, who followed his father into the NBA.
Kevin Love, a five-time All-Star in his 17th season, announced his father’s death Sunday on social media. Stan Love was 76. His cause of death was not mentioned.
“Dad, you fought for a long time,” Love wrote on Instagram. “The hardest stretch being these past 6 months. The most painful to witness being these last few weeks. And even at the end as you continued to deteriorate — I still saw you as a Giant. My Protector. My first Hero.
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"The words we continuously heard from you in your last chapter were how blessed you’ve been to have such a loving family. And in return how much you’ve loved your wife and kids. Your only wish was to be at home surrounded by your family when you took your dying breath.
"That breath came. And now it’s time to rest."
Stan Love was drafted ninth overall in the 1971 NBA draft by the Baltimore Bullets and averaged 6.8 points and four rebounds in 226 games in four seasons with the Bullets and Lakers. He also played 12 games for San Antonio in the American Basketball Assn.
As a three-year starter at Oregon, Love was a twice named first-team All-Pac-8 Conference and posted career averages of 21.1 points and 10.4 rebounds. He scored 30 or more points in a game 12 times, the most in program history. He was inducted into the Oregon Hall of Fame in 1994.
Love shifted gears after his NBA career, in 1977 becoming a full-time protector and caretaker of Wilson, the creative genius behind the Beach Boys music but whose prodigious talent had been compromised by mental illness and substance abuse. Love toured with the band for five years.
Love told the Portland Tribune that during that time, Brian's brother and Beach Boys drummer, Dennis Wilson, was supplying Brian with cocaine. At one point, Love decided to put an end to it. He and former Oregon football player Rocky Pamplin posed as police officers, broke into Dennis' Bel Air home and beat him up.
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Love was fined $750, placed on six months probation and a mutual restraining order was issued.
"Do you think [Dennis] got the message?" Love said in 2019. "Brian is a very fragile individual with a lot of mental challenges. For someone to give him access to cocaine — that pissed me off. People get what they deserve."
Brian Wilson, 82, was put under a conservatorship in May, 2024, three months after the death of wife Melinda Wilson, who was his primary caregiver. Mike Love, 84, remains the band's front man.
"Mike has been unbelievable to hold down that brand and keep them on tour for all these years," Love said. "The demographics are anybody from teenagers to 80-year-olds. They've put together a great body of work."
The Loves grew up in Baldwin Hills, and Stan was the fourth of six children to Milt and Glee Love. Milt was a union sheet metal worker and Glee enjoyed playing piano and singing. Their cousins, the Wilsons, lived in nearby Hawthorne, and founded the Beach Boys in 1961. Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, and rhythm guitar player Al Jardine were teenagers, and Mike Love was in his early 20s.
"In our living room when I was growing up were a cello, a harp, a Steinway piano and other instruments," Stan said. "We'd get together and sing. My mother pushed the arts. I watched opera at Hollywood Bowl at age 12. I like music, and I can carry a tune, but I don't play any instruments."
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Love certainly could play basketball, and he passed along that skill to Kevin, a former UCLA star who remained close to his father throughout his life.
“Dad, I’m so proud to be your son,” Kevin Love posted Sunday on Instagram. “My only hope is that you’re proud of me. It was all I ever wanted. Thank you for everything.”
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
‘What were you doing at 14?!’: Indian prodigy smashes record-breaking IPL century
Indian batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi on Monday became the youngest to hit a senior T20 century at 14 years and 32 days as he powered Rajasthan Royals’ successful chase against Gujarat Titans in the IPL.
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Steph Curry, Dillon Brooks go face-to-face in Warriors-Rockets Game 4 incident
Steph Curry, Dillon Brooks go face-to-face in Warriors-Rockets Game 4 incident originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Steph Curry, the self-proclaimed “Petty King,” made sure Dillon Brooks knew how many fouls he had drawn on the Houston Rockets wing.
And Curry’s gesture started a kerfuffle between the Warriors and Rockets.
Midway through the second quarter of Game 4 at Chase Center, Curry drew the second personal foul on Brooks and as the Warriors superstar lay on the ground, he held up two fingers.
That didn’t sit well with Brooks, who tried to grab the ball from Curry.
Draymond Green and Quinten Post came to Curry’s defense, getting in between him and Brooks.
After things settled down, Curry and Brooks hashed things out face-to-face.
The referees reviewed the altercation and assessed technical fouls to Curry, Brooks and Green.
The Warriors and Rockets have been headed toward a blow-up all series long, and while this wasn’t a full-on fight, the teams are getting closer to scrapping.
Stay tuned…