The Charlotte Bobcats have lost 12 in a row and all but clinched the league’s worst record with Monday’s loss to the Washington Wizards. The Cleveland Cavaliers, ravaged by injuries, are stuck in their own free fall and have lost 13 of their last 15 to begin Tuesday tied for the fifth-worst record in...
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The 66-game schedule is a test of teams’ conditioning, so it’s a surprise that the Miami Heat, and not the veteran-laden Boston Celtics, are hitting the wall with three weeks to go. Miami Heat, which led the NBA in scoring for most of the season, is averaging less than 90 points in its last...
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The Orlando Magic look to continue their mastery over the host Washington Wizards on Tuesday. Orlando tries for the season series sweep and a 10th consecutive victory over Washington. The Magic are coming off a 119-89 rout of the Detroit Pistons and the Wizards snapped a five-game losing skid with a convincing 113-85 victory...
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PREVIEW: Yu Darvish makes his highly anticipated regular-season debut as the Rangers begin a four-game series against a Seattle club that opened with three wins in four games against Oakland. The Seattle Mariners split a pair against the A’s in Japan at the end of March before scoring 15 runs en route to two...
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PREVIEW: The New York Mets are 3-0 for the first time since 2007 and will try to continue their red-hot start against the visiting Nationals, who opened well by taking two of three from the Cubs. New York has a 1.67 ERA and a team batting average of .320 after outscoring the Braves 12-7...
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PREVIEW: Boston Red Sox is off to another slow start, with the pitching emerging as the biggest issue. Toronto fought for two wins over 28 total innings in their first two games before running out of gas and narrowly missing a sweep in its opening series in Cleveland. The American League East rivals played...
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PREVIEW: One of baseball’s heated rivalries renews on the banks of the Ohio River as defending World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals visits Cincinnati. The last two NL Central champions have exchanged plenty of words – and a few punches – in the past three seasons. The Reds enter after taking two out of...
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PREVIEW: It took Miami Marlins a couple of games to get its offense in gear, but the Marlins zoomed out of a mini-slump in Saturday’s 8-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Miami scored one run on seven hits in its first two games, but pounded out 12 hits against Cincinnati pitching. The Reds did not get...
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PREVIEW: Memories of last season’s 0-6 start are swirling in Boston after the Red Sox dropped to 0-2 to start the year following a 10-0 beating at the hands of the Tigers’ big bats Saturday. Detroit sluggers Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder each hit two home runs. Boston Red Sox’s lineup did little with...
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PREVIEW: It’s a tiny sample to be sure, but the off-season decision by New York Mets management to bring in the fences at Citi Field is shaping up as a masterful stroke. The Mets launched three home runs Saturday – two by Lucas Duda – to stay perfect on the young season and will...
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