Day: February 20, 2022

CLEVELAND (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver didn't like the circumstances that led to the blockbuster Ben Simmons-James Harden trade. He just doesn't see a way to fix them. Silver noted that players being unhappy with their teams and asking for trades is nothing new. But the commissioner said Saturday that a player taking the stance Simmons did with the Philadelphia 76ers, refusing to play knowing he would be fined, is more complicated. “I don’t have something specific in mind that can prevent a situation like this,” Silver said. “But I think we and the players have a collective common interest Hey Dude Women's Shoes in ensuring that contracts are honored.” Silver started his annual All-Star news conference with an upbeat tone, saying people around the league were ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Charley Taylor, the Hall of Fame receiver who ended his 13-season career with Washington as the NFL's career receptions leader, died Saturday. He was 80. The Commanders said Taylor died at an assisted-living facility in Virginia. The cause of death wasn't announced. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1984, Taylor finished with 649 catches for 9,110 yards in 165 regular-season games. Jerry Rice now holds the catches mark at 1,549, with Taylor down to 67th on the list. “He represented the organization with excellence and class over Hoka Shoes three decades as a player and coach,” Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder said in a statement. “Charley was a great man and will be sorely missed by all.” Washington selected Taylor th...

The committee that will select the NCAA Tournament sees little gap between Gonzaga and Auburn as the top team. For now, the Zags are the pick. Gonzaga was the top overall seed in initial rankings released Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, sitting ahead of Auburn, Arizona and Kansas as the other teams holding No. 1 regional seeds. Gonzaga, which held the No. 1 seed in last year's early reveal, and Auburn have held the No. 1 ranking in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll for the past five weeks, with the Mark Few's Bulldogs (22-2) currently in their third stint at the top. “I would tell you Gonzaga and Auburn, in the committee room: Favnikeoutlet very close, razor thin I would even offer in the discussion - an extended disc...

BEIJING (AP) — There was a moment during practice for figure skating's Olympic gala on Sunday when American gold medalist Nathan Chen and his good friend, Canada's Keegan Messing, skated across the ice and popped a backflip in unison. Now, backflips aren't allowed in competition. They're considered too dangerous. But they are allowed in exhibitions that are done purely for fun, and who didn't need a little figure skating fun by the end of the Beijing Games? After all, they are certain to be remembered for things decidedly un-fun. There was Kamila Valieva, the overwhelming favorite to Nike Air Force 1 Shadow win women's gold, tumbling to the ice during her free skate. If the hopes harbored by 15-year-old Russian, who spent her Olympics at the center of the latest dopi...

Minnesota's 7-footer became the first center to win the 3-Point Shooting Contest, defeating seven guards during the NBA's All-Star Saturday and providing a memorable moment on a night the dunk contest barely got off the ground. Towns, who has spent his entire career proving doubters wrong about his range, posted a 29 — the highest total in the competition — during the final round to defeat Atlanta's Trae Young and Luke Kennard of the Los Angeles Clippers, who tied for second with 26 each. New York's Obi Toppin won the four-person dunk contest, scoring a 47 out of 50 in the final round by putting the ball between his legs in the air, touching it off the backboard and re-directing it through the rim. Golden State's Juan Toscano-Anderson was second as the dunk conte...