Heat take advantage of cold Beal to beat Wizards
Washington’s Bradley Beal thought he had an open path to a layup in the opening minutes, unaware that Miami’s Bam Adebayo was going to swat his shot out of bounds with ease. Beal’s night didn’t get any better. Beal the NBA’s scoring leader, averaging 34.8 points entering Friday missed his first 13 shot attempts, reserve Kendrick Nunn had 25 points and Miami rolled to a 122-95 win over the Wizards.
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MIAMI Washington’s Bradley Beal thought he had an open path to a layup in the opening minutes, unaware that Miami’s Bam Adebayo was going to swat his shot out of bounds with ease.
Referee Sarah Thomas Will Make Super Bowl History - But She s Part of a Trend
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Sunday, the Super Bowl will offer up history when the Kansas City Chiefs play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa.
That alone is historic. It s the first time a team has played a Super Bowl in its home stadium.
Another groundbreaking moment happens when Sarah Thomas takes the field in her black and white striped jersey. She ll be the first female official to work the NFL s biggest game.
It s history, but also part of a trend with more women officiating at the top levels of men s sports.
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NFL official Sarah Thomas is set to become the first woman to officiate in a Super Bowl. When you start having more and more and more females, no one s doing it for the recognition. They are doing it because they love it.
Sunday, the Super Bowl will offer up history when the Kansas City Chiefs play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa.
That alone is historic. It s the first time a team has played a Super Bowl in its home stadium.
Another groundbreaking moment happens when Sarah Thomas takes the field in her black and white striped jersey. She ll be the first female official to work the NFL s biggest game.
ORLANDO, Fla. - A league review has resulted in a flagrant foul assessment against Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry from Sunday's 115-102 win over Orlando.L
Raptors hurt by frustratingly familiar defensive breakdowns in latest loss
The Sacramento Kings defeated the Toronto Raptors 126-124 as the Raptors were without O.G. Anunoby and Norm Powell. | January 29, 2021, 11:07 PM
January 29, 2021, 11:07 PM
As the Toronto Raptors try to turn their season into a place of calm and consistency, where the unconscious mind can take over basketball as a Zen Garden, basically they keep getting rudely interrupted by the record scratch of reality.
The NBA doesn’t work that way calmly, that is. While Toronto has been spared the roster and schedule tumult that some teams have had to deal with due to the pandemic, the Raptors have had to adjust to a last-minute relocation to Tampa, an early-season skid down the Eastern Conference standings and more lately a steady drumbeat of minor physical tweaks and nicks and knocks that has disturbed their line up just enough.