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Dwyane Wade Publicly Apologized For The Bulls' Poor Play
It appears Wade's homecoming to Chicago may be brief. "We had a good preparation day (Friday) and had two good days of practice and hopefully that will carry over to the game". In the first half, the Hawks built a 30-point lead and shot 67.6 percent. Three players reached double figures off the bench for the Bulls, with Jerian Grant scoring 12 points.
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Pliskova breezes into Open third round
She hasn't lost this year, lifting the trophy in this month's Brisbane International, and her confidence is running high. It was a very entertaining evening in Melbourne, as the crowd could enjoy two very good women's matches on the show courts .
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Mel Kiper mock draft: Jaguars pick Jamal Adams
SB Nation's latest mock draft that was released on January 9 also has six Bama players going in the first round, but with linebacker Ryan Anderson to the Patriots with the 31st pick instead of Howard. "You already drafted Hackenberg in the second round [last year]", Kiper Jr. said in a conference call with reporters. The Buckeyes also set the record for the most players selected through three rounds with 10, and had a player from every position group taken with three rounds left.
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West Ham could report Marseille to UEFA over Payet approaches
Tensions are also felt within the team, the staff of West Ham reproaching him for having openly expressed his desire to leave the club. Payet is now refusing to train or play in a bid to force a £30 million return to Marseille . Andy Carroll's stunning bicycle kick against Crystal Palace may have led to the West Ham striker suffering a freak injury. But what Payet's shenanigans have ultimately done is avert critical eyes away from the team's performances on the pitch, not to mention ...
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Swansea City - Premier League Football - 21 January 2017
Clyne and Jordan Henderson were not in team training until now but should be back today. "Clyney could make two running sessions, only to feel if he can cope with the pain". "[He's] very important for us and I'm happy about this fact. He played 60 minutes and it was the ideal intensity, so it's good for him and good for us".
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Hales out of India tour with broken hand
Hales was scheduled to consult a surgeon upon returning home on Saturday. While Jonny Bairstow is yet to feature in the ODI series, he kept wickets for all five Test matches that preceded the limited overs series. Injured England opener Alex Hales has been replaced by wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow for the three Twenty20 Internationals to be played in and against India from January 26.
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How to watch Manchester United vs. Stoke City
Manchester United star Michael Carrick has insisted that the Red Devils can finish in the top four in the Premier League and added his side are hopeful of starting another winning run. It is just for us to keep the best. Only Ruud van Nistelrooy and Dwight Yorke (15 each) scored more goals in their first 20 Premier League games for United than Ibrahimovic has managed (14).
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Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard returns to Anfield as academy coach
Gerrard, who retired from football past year after a post-Anfield spell with LA Galaxy, said: "It feels like completing the circle; returning to the place where professionally it all began". "For everything in your life you need room and space to jump in and learn something new". "I'm only at the beginning of it but Pep Guardiola is a world-class manager and it looks as if he will soon be coming to the Premier League which is great for us".
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Chip Kelly meets with Bill Belichick
Kelly, a New Hampshire native who coached at UNH from 1994-2006, was recently fired by the 49ers after just one season. After being rebuffed by the Jaguars for their offensive coordinator job this week, Chip Kelly made a decision to get over it by scheduling a meeting with an old friend.
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Australia Open 2017: Rafael Nadal defeats Marcos Baghdatis, moves into third round
With Novak Djokovic having already been dumped out of the tournament early, Nadal was looking to avoid another shock in Melbourne and made a strong start to the match by winning five of the opening six games. In his 10th meeting with Baghdatis, Nadal dominated proceedings against the 2006 finalist, cracking 16 forehand winners and only dropping his serve once.
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Rampant Durant helps Warriors silence Thunder
It's unclear if Westbrook was referring to Durant or another Warriors player, but either way, he clearly isn't a fan of KD's new team. They might not be on speaking terms, yet the two did have a couple of exchanges during the game. It was more evidence for the theory that the Warriors are at their best when they're the free and loose aggressors, but also for the theory that they're bored stiff about 75% of the game against most of their opponents.
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Pep Guardiola preparing to unleash £27m Manchester City signing against Tottenham
Even if City's title charge has run aground, they are in the last 16 of the Champions League, where they face AS Monaco next month, and visit Crystal Palace in the FA Cup fourth round. We just have to win a couple of games and everything will come back again. The ankle injury sustained by Jan Vertonghen during Tottenham Hotspur's 4-0 win over West Bromwich Albion is not as serious as initially feared, manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Thursday.
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Australian Open 2017: Johanna Konta reaches third round
Konta then returned to her home town of Sydney, knocking out Aussies Arina Rodionova and Daria Gavrilova in straight sets in her opening two matches before taking out Russian Daria Kasatkina in the quarterfinals and Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in the semifinals.
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Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur preview
Pep Guardiola deflects blame from goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and says that it will take a team effort to prevent goals. "He is a young player, 19 years old". "I have respect for the guys, so why would I say the guys are not good?I don't understand the lack of respect for the professionals when they are unbelievable players and [the question suggests] they are not good enough for me".
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Canada's Eugenie Bouchard falls to Vandeweghe in third round of Australian Open
Kerber advances to face unseeded American Coco Vandeweghe in the fourth round. She played good today. "Overall, I'm feeling better with each passing day", said Bouchard. Coco Vandeweghe moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time in her career, outlasting former semifinalist Eugenie Bouchard 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 on Friday.
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Covington's game-winner seals deal for Sixers in comeback vs. Blazers
According to the Sixers, Embiid hyper-extended his left knee in an earlier, third-quarter play, when he hit the floor after dunking. Official word from the 76ers said that Embiid suffered a left knee contusion but was available to return in the game.
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Gus Bradley hired as Chargers defensive coordinator
After multiple reports that the 49ers were involved a heavy courtship with Gus Bradley, Adam Schefter has reported that the defensive coach will head to Los Angeles to be the next defensive coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers. He partnered with general manager Dave Caldwell and the two went to work building this team from the ground up - releasing every single player from before they were hired with the exception of tight end Marcedes Lewis, linebacker Paul Posluszny, quarterback Chad ...
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Russell Westbrook Has Responded to Not Starting in The All-Star Game
Westbrook was first in the media vote and player vote but third among the fans . So who did get voted in and why? Westbrook's 44-game, super usage, one-man wrecking ball show wasn't always going to guarantee his team wins, but the Thunder hold a 25-19 record exclusively because of him and quite frankly watching a dude in the modern NBA AVERAGE A TRIPLE-DOUBLE deserves his props.
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Eddie Jones urges England players to step up and show more leadership
If he comes through and develops, then he could be a candidate. They don't like calling other people out, it's not how people are educated now. "Dylan is very unusual in that respect". While Jones insists Underhill's forthcoming move to Bath means he can be picked by England - Twickenham allows the selection of players based outside of the Aviva Premiership only in exceptional circumstances - he believes this RBS 6 Nations has arrived too early in his career.
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Alex Hales is ruled out of England's tour of India
When Yuvraj departed for an ODI-best 150, he and Dhoni had combined for the second-highest fourth-wicket partnership in 50-over history and the superstar former captain continued the fight before holing out for 134. After the dismissals of the two, Kedar Jadhav (22), Hardik Pandya (19 not out) and Ravindra Jadeja (16 not out) chipped in to take India to a massive total.
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Zidane: Real Madrid are in "a bad moment"
Sevilla's title credentials have been talked up following the win over Real and they visit bottom side Osasuna on Sunday in search of a fifth straight victory, although any complacency will be countered by memories of last month's loss at struggling Granada.
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Plymouth Argyle 0 Liverpool 1: Rare Lucas goal sees Klopp's men through
It was the veteran, Lucas, who provided the goal for Liverpool , but Klopp will certainly be pleased with the performances from his youngsters. "So I don't do it and we will see who lines up on Saturday". "Only you [the media] judge it as stronger or weaker, I don't do this". It was always about Steven Gerrard for me as a kid, I could remember those Cup finals.
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Coman ready for Bayern comeback, confirms Ancelotti
Temperatures are set to dip as low as minus nine degrees Celsius (15.8 Fahrenheit) for kick-off at Freiburg's Schwarzwald Stadium when the German league resumes after the four-week break. Their coach Christian Streich, who masterminded Freiburg's shock win almost two years ago, is plotting another surprise. "We've worked hard to be ready, I have a good feeling for tomorrow".
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New England Patriots vs Pittsburgh Steelers in National Football League playoffs
There are many legacies on the line for the Steelers on Sunday - Roethlisberger's is squarely among them. -Coach Mike Tomlin said receiver Antonio Brown will be punished for putting a video of his postgame speech on Facebook Live after the playoff game against the Chiefs.
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AFC Championship Preview: Steelers-Patriots
I mean, a Falcons - Patriots Super Bowl would be interesting for sure, but it's far from the other sexy games we'd be missing out on. When these two teams met in 2015 during the season opener Brown was covered the entire game by Patriots corner Malcolm Butler.
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Yuvraj meets kids afflicted with cancer, autism in Odisha capital
Only thing that hurts me is that we wasted a lot of time . Having made his comeback after winning over the risky cancer in 2012, Yuvraj scored his first One Day International hundred, since the world cup in 2011, against England yesterday.
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National Basketball Association backs up Knicks complaint but it's still another loss
And when Lee retreated to the locker room and watched the replay it became clear why he didn't pull the trigger. The league also ruled that Lee traveled after passing up the shot by moving his pivot foot. He and his family love it in NY, and his son is in school here. "I wasn't depending on you guys to vote me in to be honest, to be quite honest". On Thursday night against the New York Knicks - a game that was televised nationally on TNT - Washington had an opportunity to gain some needed ...
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Hillary among dignitaries at inauguration
Hillary Clinton nodded at the president and appeared to mouth "thank you". "I'd like you to stand up", he added. Donald Trump urged congressional lawmakers to stand and applaud Hillary and Bill Clinton at his post-inauguration lunch on Friday.
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Kiper Mocks Florida CB To Eagles
One thing is certain, both players are going to be taken in the first round of the draft. He has the 49ers taking North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky second, calling incoming head coach Kyle Shanahan and Trubisky "a flawless fit". Kiper said Lattimore stands out in a deep cornerback draft. Jeremiah has 12 pass rushers and 15 defensive backs (CB and safety) in his top 50 players.
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NBA All-Star Game starting lineups announced
Westbrook, Curry, and Harden all had the same weighted score after the votes from fans, players and media were tallied. His consistent dominance through the first 44 games of the Oklahoma City season have put him at the top of this year's MVP debate.
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Everton deny Deulofeu to Milan deal done!
AC Milan general manager Adriano Galliani has confirmed his club's interest in signing Gerard Deulofeu from Everton but said they are not willing to accept an obligation to make the deal permanent. Di Marzio's report claims that Deulofeu is expected in Milan on Sunday, and will then take his medical and well as sign his contract with the Rossoneri.
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NBA All-Star starters announced
Warriors forward Kevin Durant will be joined by his new point guard, but not his old point guard, in the All-Star Game starting lineup. The East and West All-Star reserves will be announced next Thursday and are chosen by National Basketball Association head coaches.
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Ben vs. Brady a rematch 12 years in the making
Hang on for a minute.we're trying to find some more stories you might like. . As for the Steelers, they come into this looking like a team who can do some damage. "They made me make some mistakes. The whole week has been based on the Steelers, but the things that we didn't do right, if we correct them, they can help us this week".
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Jan Vertonghen: Tottenham defender expected to be out for six weeks
Vertonghen was ruled out for up to six weeks with an ankle injury earlier this week, a spell which will see him miss numerous important Premier League and Europa League fixtures. "You don't have to be very smart to know that he's sad about it but I think he's put the switch on now (in his head) and said "okay, I have to be back as quickly as possible" so he's training hard to come back".
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Red Wings, Bruins meet for crucial Atlantic Division clash
That's worst in the Eastern Conference. "So I am sure he will play that way, and then I have to make sure I manage his minutes properly and get him the ice time he deserves". On the loss, Bruins Head Coach Claude Julien said to NHL.com after the game that: "It was a collapse". Patrice Bergeron scored for the Bruins late in the period.