Inside the Nets’ biggest variants: Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving

Register here To get Inside the Nets delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning. The NBA leans on its drama — and it’s hard to imagine a team surrounded by more drama and wild stories over the course of the proverbial second half of the season than the Nets. The Nets are in an almost unbelievable position with the best betting odds to win the championship and among the most question marks in the league entering the extended race: When can Kevin Durant return? Will you play Kyrie Irving at…

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How the Yankees are trying to get bowlers to shoot more forcefully

TAMPA – Pickway, a 22-year-old right-winger who finished last season with High-A Hudson Valley, casually mentioned this week while speaking to reporters at Steinbrenner Field that he hit 100 mph with a radar gun in 2021. About a year ago around this time, left-handed member Ken Waldichuk, who might find his way into the Yankees’ staff at some point this season, mentioned his notable speed increase. Throughout the Yankees’ minor league system, which is filled with triple-speed arms, there has been an increasing focus on a simple strategy: throwing harder.…

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MLB Lockdown could join these miserable chapters in sports history

The threat has been issued. The MLB has set a deadline for Monday to agree on a new collective bargaining agreement; A league spokesperson stated that opening day (March 31) will be postponed if no agreement is reached by then. Regular season matches will be canceled and will not be rescheduled. Although the MLB and the players’ union finally showed a slight sense of urgency to end the shutdown by meeting daily this week, the two sides are still far from agreeing on multiple fronts. I see no reason to…

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Ben Simmons, Kyrie Irving, NBA players to watch in the second half

Register here To get beyond the back page delivered to your inbox every morning of the week. The NBA slate resumes Thursday night for the Nets and after one night for the Knicks with both home teams among the intriguing storylines for Hoops fans to watch over the extended run of the regular season. Individually, many of the big-name players have a lot at stake over the coming months as well, whether it has to do with the success of their teams or in terms of their personal future. With…

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Global DH likely to end 50 years of debate

Register here To get beyond the back page delivered to your inbox every morning of the week. Rob Manfred has shrugged it off, ending decades of shouting at what counts as a shrug. During a February 10 news conference, the Major League Baseball commissioner went point by point in updating the league’s position and players in talks to end the shutdown. After a minute and a half of publicity meant to show how much MLB was being sacrificed — agreeing to a draft lottery to help curb decline, and higher…

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What NBA team can get LeBron James and Bronny James in 2024?

Register here To get beyond the back page delivered to your inbox every morning of the week. The family reunion is generally not planned more than two years ahead of schedule, but LeBron James made sure to send out “save the date” cards to all 30 NBA teams over the weekend. If four-time player of the year and four-time champion is really serious about his plan to team up with his son Bruni once young James becomes eligible to enlist in 2024 – and there’s no reason to believe he’s…

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Goodbye to the Olympic Games that caught everyone cold

Register here To get beyond the back page delivered to your inbox every morning of the week. Of course, Olympians will remember these games completely differently. There will be no star signs in Erin Jackson’s mind when the first-ever black woman to win the women’s 500m speed skating race looks at her gold medal. When 76-year-old Lindsey Jacobless and Nick Baumgartner look at the evidence that the oldest duo to compete in mixed team skiing is back home, they’ll have no stopping. .

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ESPN hopes stability will keep NFL studio performances going

Register here to get Andrew Marchand the mare athlete Delivered to your inbox every Monday morning. News: ESPN hopes to re-sign all free NFL TV studio agents, according to sources. Countdown chemistry: While the weekday show, “NFL Live” has overtaken “Sunday NFL Countdown” in several ways in terms of importance, ESPN has no plans to change the staff’s on-air arrangement for each show. The network hopes to re-sign the countdown Randy MossAnd the Matt Hasselbeck and the host Sam BonderAccording to the sources. Display 7 numbers: ESPN’s efforts may not…

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At least the Knicks are developing their kids this season. oh wait…

For many years, the Knicks have been fighting for Kevin Durant. Whether it was the Warriors star who hit free agency, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James or Kawhi Leonard, they’ve both tried and failed to get the biggest piece of the puzzle since Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire landed. There are only a few superstars who can lift teams to the next level, and every organization desperately needs it. The Knicks not selling themselves well enough or stumbling on a luck project may be frustrating for fans, but it’s understandable, too.…

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What does Gerson Rosas’ appointment to the Knicks front office mean?

Register here Get Inside the Knicks delivered to your inbox every Thursday morning. The Knicks’ decision to appoint former Minnesota Timberwolves president Gerson Rosas as a front-office counselor has raised some eyebrows throughout the NBA. Rosas, who became the first Latina to hold a senior executive role in the NBA when he was hired by the Wolves to lead their front office in 2019, was fired by Minnesota’s new management group — led in part by Alex Rodriguez — days before training camp in late September. Detailed report in The…

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