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Patriots release Spikes after his car found abandoned (Yahoo Sports)
The New England Patriots released linebacker Brandon Spikes on Monday as authorities investigated whether a Mercedes he owned was involved in an accident after the car was found abandoned in a highway median near where three people were hurt in a car that was rear-ended. While it’s not clear who had been driving, the driver of Spikes’ 2011 Mercedes Maybach reported hitting a deer about 3:30 a.m. through the car’s
IOC approves new events for 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang (Yahoo Sports)
The IOC approved new events Monday in snowboarding, Alpine skiing, speedskating and curling for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Big Air in snowboarding, mass start in speedskating, mixed doubles in curling, and a team skiing event were the additions ratified Monday by the International Olympic Committee executive board. The snowboard parallel slalom event, meanwhile, was dropped from the Olympic program to make room for Big Air.
French champ Wawrinka: Federer 'always really happy' for him (Yahoo Sports)
So here’s how far Stan Wawrinka has come: Now that he is a two-time major champion, the guy ignores congratulatory phone calls from none other than Roger Federer. Wawrinka did read a text message from Federer. It’s true happiness,” Wawrinka said.
Cards rally with 3 runs in 8th to beat Dodgers 4-2 (Yahoo Sports)
If the St. Louis Cardinals end up meeting the Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason for the third straight year, the seven games they played in June will only add to their confidence against them. Peralta homered and singled home the go-ahead run during a three-run eighth inning Sunday night, leading the Cardinals to a 4-2 victory. Matt Carpenter drew a leadoff walk from reliever Adam Liberatore, and scored the
James carries Cavs to OT win over Warriors, evens NBA Finals (Yahoo Sports)
The final buzzer sounded, and LeBron James wasn’t done. As fans filed out of the quieting arena, James grabbed the ball and spiked it with all his might. James turned in a triple-double to remember, Matthew Dellavedova made the go-ahead free throws in overtime, and the Cavaliers overcame a fourth-quarter collapse to outlast the Golden State Warriors 95-93 on Sunday night to even the NBA Finals at a game apiece.
Cavs pushed to OT but beat Warriors in Game Two
The Cleveland Cavaliers let an 11-point lead slip in the fourth quarter but dug deep in overtime to beat Golden State 95-93 on Sunday and square the NBA Finals series at 1-1. Matthew Dellavedova made a pair of free throws to put Cleveland ahead with 10 seconds to go in overtime and the injury-hit Cavs held on for the Game Two triumph. James had scored 44 points in his team’s
Aussie Dellavedova shuts down Curry, hits big shots
It turns out that Cleveland backup guard Matthew Dellavedova might be more dangerous to Golden State’s chances of winning the NBA Finals than injured star guard Kyrie Irving was. The 24-year-old Australian played the game of his life Sunday, silencing NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry defensively and sinking two clutch over-time free throws with the game on the line to give the Cavaliers a 95-93 victory that evened the
