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The Oklahoma City Thunder were able to win one do-or-die game on the road, but they were unable to accomplish that feat twice. The Minnesota Timberwolves took home Friday’s play-in tournament game, 120-95, to clinch the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference and eliminate OKC. Minnesota had another chance …

Peter Laviolette’s three-year run with the Washington Capitals has come to an end.  On Friday, the Capitals announced Laviolette’s contract will not be renewed. The deal expires June 30. Over the course of his three-year tenure, Laviolette compiled a 115-78-27 record. The Capitals qualified for the NHL postseason during Laviolette’s …

Olympic hurdler and bobsledder Lolo Jones issued a strong-worded rebuttal to legendary basketball player Shaquille O’Neal’s declaration that women’s basketball star Angel Reese was the “probably the greatest athlete ever to come out of LSU sports.” “Shaq knew what he was doing,” Jones told TMZ. “Shaq’s just bored.” O’Neal lauded …

The Dallas Mavericks have been fined $750,000 by the NBA after the organization sat out Kyrie Irving and four major contributors against the Chicago Bulls in the second-to-last game of the regular season.  The league announced an investigation into the Mavericks’ apparent tanking the day after the game.  Dallas Mavericks …

After over a decade of playing in the NFL, six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy is calling it a career.  The third overall pick of the 2010 NFL Draft announced his retirement from football on Friday, finishing his career with 59.5 sacks.  Gerald McCoy of the Buccaneers celebrates a …

New Jersey Devils youngster Luke Hughes scored the first goal of his career on Thursday night on a pass from his brother, Jack Hughes, and helped lock the team into a playoff spot. Hughes’ goal came with 26.4 seconds remaining in overtime against the Washington Capitals. He was initially denied …

Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert missed Tuesday’s play-in game after he threw a punch at teammate Kyle Anderson during a heated argument. The incident happened in the huddle during a timeout in the second quarter of Minnesota’s final regular-season game. The Timberwolves suspended Gobert for the game against the Lakers …

Former NBA guard J.R. Smith is finally sharing details about his infamous decision to throw soup on Cleveland Cavaliers assistant coach Damon Jones in 2018. During a recent appearance on “The Old Man and the Three” podcast with retired NBA player JJ Redick, Smith opened up about the incident and …

The New Orleans Pelicans’ season is over, and controversy over one of the team’s most polarizing players has begun.  Zion Williamson was not available for a must-win matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA play-in tournament. But he didn’t look like he was injured in his pregame workout. …

The New York Jets are at a standstill with the Green Bay Packers over a trade involving Aaron Rodgers, and while one report on Wednesday signaled that owner Woody Johnson wasn’t on board with the terms of a potential deal involving high draft picks, another report revealed that two sides …