Three quick observations from Sunday night’s 117-111 loss to the Denver Nuggets at Ball ArenaHEADING HOME – The last stop on a lengthy road trip is one that prompts anxiety for coaches, but the Pistons put up as much of a fight as Dwane Casey could have hoped to get – and it took an MVP-level performance from the league’s reigning MVP for Denver to pull out the win. Nikola Jokic finished with 34 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and hit four clutch free throws in the final minute. After Denver closed the third quarter on an 11-1 run…
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Tucson Speedway (Meg Oliphant/NASCAR) Saturday brought another action-packed day and evening of racing in the 2022 Chilly Willy at Arizona’s Tucson Speedway. Only Sunday’s finale remains on the schedule. Four classes of cars — Super Late Models, Pro Stocks, Legends and Legends / Pro & Masters — took to the 0.375-mile oval Saturday. RELATED: Watch the 2022 Chilly Willy live on FloRacing All Chilly Willy action, including Sunday’s main event, the Super Late Models Chilly Willy 150, can be viewed live on FloRacing. Below are the takeaways from Saturday’s racing. Brett Yackey of Greeley, Colorado, and Blaine Rocha of Oakdale, California,…
Incorrect balls and strikes calls have been a part of baseball since its invention, but now it might be closer to making that a problem of the past. MLB has been testing the Automated Ball and Strike system (ABS) since a 2019 agreement with the Atlantic League. They also have carried out experimenting with it in the Arizona Fall League and lower levels of Minor League Baseball. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has said the system, which is often referred to as robot umpires despite being a camera-based system, will end up being more accurate than human umpires and help remove…
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. – Fred Couples may need to send a few bottles of wine to the grounds crew at Broadmoor Golf Club. Couples’ course-record, 11-under 59 remains intact thanks to the Seattle-area course’s par-4 10th hole being under construction all winter. The maintenance work has shortened the layout into a par 66, and it kept Washington senior RJ Manke from making history last Friday. Manke fired a 54, though his potentially record round was negated because he was limited to just 17 playable holes. “I wish 10 was open,” Manke said, “but it was just a fun day.” The…
It’s a busy weekend of Premier League football and Jones Knows is here to provide the latest insight, predictions and betting angles on the action.Arsenal vs Burnley, Sunday 2pmIf Ben White, Gabriel and Aaron Ramsdale are fit to play, I’m backing Arsenal to win without conceding. It’s a simple strategy but one that has led to plenty of profit this season. Since that axis was formed, Arsenal have not conceded a goal before the 38th minute in 18 fixtures. It’s providing Mikel Arteta with a fantastic platform to work from and results are going their way. The home defeat to…
Ahmedabad: City police on Saturday held a 36-year-old man from the Sardarnagar area of the city who was taking bets on the Australian 20-20 cricket tournament named Big Bash League (BBL) on his cellphone. He was arrested from a public garden in Pragatinagar.According to a complaint filed with the Naranpura police station, cops got an input that a man was taking bets on an ongoing match between Sidney Sixers and Perth Scorchers on Saturday evening. Cops rushed to the spot and found the accused, identified as Haresh Thavrani, resident of Maharathi apartment in Sardarnagar.Thavrani told the cops that he was…
Sammy Nesmith was one of boxing’s great punchers. I mean world class level great. If you were going to take a Nesmith power shot, and stay upright, you’d better be sporting some strong whiskers. While the name Sammy Nesmith won’t jump out at present day boxing fans, those who followed the middleweight era in the Midwest in the 1970’s, and early 1980’s, will know of him, And, I can guarantee that every boxer he ever faced will remember him. Some very good boxers, with very good chins, have described Sammy as the hardest puncher they ever faced. Sammy…
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers All-Pro right tackle Tristan Wirfs, who’s been battling an ankle injury, is inactive for their Divisional Round showdown against the Los Angeles Rams. There was hope Wirfs could play Sunday after being ruled questionable. The second-year standout suffered an ankle injury in last week’s wild-card win over the Eagles, sitting out the entire second half. Wirfs then missed two days of practice and was limited Friday. In his absence, the Bucs might again turn to Josh Wells. The veteran filled in for Wirfs in the playoff opener, but sustained a quad injury that limited him in practice…