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Fake news, ‘Bird Box’: The Lakers are such a mess

The Lakers are barely being held together with a torn band aid. With the Lakers sitting in very public trade negotiations involving most of their roster for Pelicans star Anthony Davis, a quasi-team mutiny involving Michael Beasley and Luke Walton now apparently never happened. Beasley, who was reportedly involved in a postgame incident with his coach following Saturday’s loss to the […]

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MLB’s 100 Names You Need to Know for 2019

While we cut through the teeth of winter, let’s begin our march toward opening day with USA TODAY’s 100 Names You Need to Know, our annual look of emerging major league talent, topped by the son of a Hall of Famer by the same name. They’re not necessarily the top prospects but players you’ll get to know quite well this […]

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Setback for Starc in run to World Cup

Australia's World Cup plans have suffered another setback with concerns over the fitness of star paceman Mitchell Starc. Just days after returning among the wickets with a man-of-the-match performance in Canberra, Starc is expected to miss the upcoming white-ball tour of India. Injury blow: Mitchell Starc’s roller-coaster season has continued.Credit:AAP Starc joins Josh Hazlewood on the sidelines, leaving Pat Cummins […]

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Weir ban raises more questions than it answers

Quite true, I don’t get horse-racing in the first place. Beyond the tradition of the Melbourne Cup, I don’t get the fascination with horseys running circles, nor the glory of an industry which while it produces nothing runs on a lifeblood that is the gambling losses of mug-punters. I’ll say it again: if they were holding a group 1 horse […]

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