Bianca Smith was the director of baseball operations as a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University when she ran into one of her first moments of being doubted. A high school coach was working with the team and was asking Smith what her responsibilities were. She was explaining what she did — as she…
New Red Sox coach Bianca Smith has aspirations to be MLB manager — Boston Herald
Joel Embiid scored 38 points, and the NBA-leading Philadelphia 76ers won, 141-136.
Bradley Beal scores 60 in Wizards’ loss to 76ers (video) — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
Bradley Beal sank his free throw in the final seconds to reach a milestone, a Washington record-tying 60 points.
Dominant again, Joel Embiid had already made it a moot point.
Embiid scored 38 points, and the NBA-leading Philadelphia 76ers overcame Beal’s first career 60-point game in a 141-136 win over the Wizards on Wednesday night.
The Sixers are an NBA-best 7-1 in coach Doc Rivers’ first season in Philadelphia.
“They pay me to take over the game, and they pay me to dominate,” Embiid said.
Beal scored 57 points through three quarters and seemed poised to not only smash the 60-point mark, but complete Washington’s rally from 21 points down.
Kawhi Leonard and Paul George score 21 points apiece, and Patrick Beverley and Nicolas Batum combine for a trio of late 3-pointers as the Clippers top Golden State and a cold-shooting Steph Curry, 108-101.
Clippers outlast Warriors in ragged game after day of turmoil — Orange County Register
uddy Hield converted a four-point play with 38 seconds left to make up for a horrible shooting night, and the Sacramento Kings held off the Chicago Bulls 128-124 on Wednesday.
Buddy Hield’s 4-Point Play Helps Kings Hold Off Bulls, 128-124 — CBS Sacramento
The 19-year-old forward, among several gold medal-winning Americans with ties to the Ducks, Kings and Southern California, now can shift his focus to competing for a roster spot in Anaheim.
Ducks prospect Trevor Zegras set gold standard at World Juniors — Orange County Register
Cleveland’s point guard corps has been decimated by injuries.
Cavaliers’ point guard Darius Garland sprains shoulder, out at least a week — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
The former MLB pitcher, whose name is widely known for the elbow surgery he was first to receive, has been hospitalized multiple times due to COVID, but his son still says the disease is fake according to the Daily Beast.
Report: Former Dodgers Pitcher Tommy John Hospitalized With COVID-19, His Son Says Virus Doesn’t Exist — CBS Los Angeles
For new coaches, first impressions matter. Lionel Hollins made sure he left one by bringing a metaphor to life. Taking over a miserable 11-32 Memphis team midseason in 2009, Hollins told his new roster that after losses and disappointments, they had to look at themselves before casting blame around the room. Then he told the…
Lakers reunion has been gratifying for Marc Gasol and Lionel Hollins — San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The league told teams they should establish “education and awareness materials focused on managing mental health during times of uncertainty and coping strategies for addressing the emotional toll of the pandemic.”
NBA updates mental health policies amid ongoing pandemic — WGNO
If Tuukka Rask is to continue playing after this season, he wants it to be in Boston. The Bruins netminder is entering the final season of his eight-year deal, at which point he’ll be an unrestricted free agent. He’s 33-years-old, has won a Vezina Trophy, his name is on the Stanley Cup, and he has […]
Tuukka Rask Sheds Light On Looming Free Agency, Only Wants To Play For Bruins — NESN.com
He will have to decide if surgery, keeping him out for the season, is the next step.
Pistons’ rookie Killian Hayes suffers labral tear in hip, out at least 4-6 weeks — ProBasketballTalk | NBC Sports
Basketball is a game, an industry, a cultural brand, a means to an end. The longer you stayed within that first parameter, the closer you were to Paul Westphal. Westphal coached in the 1993 NBA Finals for the Phoenix Suns. He also coached Southwestern Baptist Bible College in Scottsdale, Ariz. Other than the fact that…
Paul Westphal created his own lanes, but they always came back to basketball — Pasadena Star News
The view from left field 