JJ Redick interviews for Raptors' coaching job, sources say - ESPN
Fifteen-year NBA veteran and ESPN analyst JJ Redick interviewed for the Toronto Raptors' coaching job this week, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
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Embiid shines as Sixers sink Celtics, Nuggets rout Suns
LOS ANGELES: The Philadelphia 76ers moved to within one win of a series victory over the Boston Celtics in the NBA playoffs on Tuesday as the Denver Nuggets thrashed the Phoenix Suns to edge closer to a place in the conference finals.
Castellanos paces Phillies' offence to snap Blue Jays' 3-game winning streak
Nick Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the visiting Toronto Blue Jays 8-4 on Tuesday night.
NBA MVP: 76ers’ Embiid wins league’s top individual honor
Philadelphia 76ers center and league scoring champion Joel Embiid earned his first NBA MVP trophy Tuesday night, topping two-time winner Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. The 29-year-old from Yaoundé, Cameroon, averaged 33.1 points to win his second straight scoring title, averaged 10.2 rebounds and tied a career high with 4.2 assists per game. Embiid played in 66 games, the second-highest total of his career, but again has been hit with injuries in the playoffs.
Sources -- Bryce Harper to return to Phillies' lineup Tuesday - ESPN
Only 159 days after Tommy John surgery, two-time MVP Bryce Harper has been cleared to play by the Philadelphia Phillies, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Lions trade D'Andre Swift to Eagles, two days after drafting Jahmyr Gibbs
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Doc Rivers - Joel Embiid likely doubtful for G1 vs. Celtics - ESPN
CAMDEN, N.J. — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said Saturday afternoon that «if I was a betting man» superstar center Joel Embiid will be doubtful to play in «at least» Monday's Game 1 of the titanic Eastern Conference semifinal against the Boston Celtics.
Former Pirates great Dick Groat, a 2-sport star, dies at 92 - ESPN
PITTSBURGH — Dick Groat, a two-sport star who went from All-American guard in basketball to a brief stint in the NBA to ultimately an All-Star shortstop and the 1960 National League MVP while playing baseball for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates, has died. He was 92.