Joel Embiid is yet to play for the Philadelphia 76ers this season [Getty Images] Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid has been suspended for three games for pushing a journalist. The 2023 NBA Most Valuable Player shoved a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist after the reporter wrote a critical article that referred to his son and late brother, as well as criticising his …
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MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team officially opens its 2024-25 season against Oral Roberts Wednesday night, but the debut for Frank Mitchell will have to wait. Gophers’ coach Ben Johnson said Tuesday Mitcheill will not play in the opener due to a shoulder injury. Mitchell got hurt early in the first half of Minnesota’s exhibition win over …
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Aaron Gordon took the court Monday night against Toronto despite being listed on the injury report as having right calf inflammation and a right knee contusion. That lasted all of 4:16 before Gordon left the game not to return. Now comes news the power forward will be out “multiple weeks” with a strained right calf, a story broken by Shams …
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Michigan State’s Jase Richardson celebrates his 3-pointer against Ferris State during the first half on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in East Lansing. Michigan State basketball opened up the regular season with a convincing victory over Monmouth on Monday. The Spartans led the entire way in route to the 81-57 victory over the Hawks. Monmouth cut the Spartans’ lead to six …
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Brown remains out for Warriors-Celtics game with hip injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors face a tough opponent in the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, but the defending champions will be without one of their best players for the 2022 NBA Finals rematch at TD Garden. Celtics shooting guard Jaylen Brown will miss his third consecutive game …
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EAST LANSING – Tom Izzo revealed he plans to redshirt Michigan State basketball freshman Jesse McCullouch. With a caveat or two. And plenty of hype and hope for the future. “If somebody got hurt or if I don’t like the way someone’s playing,” Izzo said after Monday’s season-opening 81-57 win over Monmouth. “This kid is redshirting because he’s good enough. …
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San Antonio Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan will be out indefinitely after he broke his left thumb, the team announced on Tuesday afternoon. Sochan sustained a fracture in the proximal phalanx of his left thumb in their 113-104 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night in Southern California. It’s unclear how long Sochan will be sidelined, but he is …
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