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All-Star guard Kemba Walker was out for Wednesday night’s game at Toronto because of a bruised left shoulder. Michael Carter-Williams started in Walker’s place against the Raptors. Walker was injured in a third-quarter collision with San Antonio’s LaMarcus Aldridge in Saturday’s home loss to the Spurs. He went down in pain after colliding with Aldridge and headed to the locker room before returning to the court later in the quarter. Walker scored 115 points in four meetings with Toronto last season, his highest total against any opponent. Looking for the best online betting site? Visit Heritage Sports! Hornets coach Steve Clifford […]

Blake Griffin has a sprained left knee and could miss up to eight weeks, sidelining another key player for the injury-riddled Los Angeles Clippers. The team said Tuesday that an MRI revealed a medial collateral ligament sprain, but there is no other structural damage to the knee. Griffin got hurt late in Monday night’s 120-115 win over the Lakers. He had 26 points and 11 rebounds in the Clippers’ third straight victory. He was going for a loose ball in the paint with teammate Austin Rivers and Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball. It appeared Rivers fell on Griffin, whose knee got twisted as he landed on […]

Lionel Messi insisted he was getting better with age after receiving the European Golden Shoe award for the fourth time on Friday. The 30-year-old Argentine won the prize for being the top scorer in Europe’s leading leagues last season after netting 37 times for Barcelona. Looking for the best online betting site? Visit Heritage Sports! “I have always said that I don’t consider myself to be a striker, but I have been lucky enough to always score goals and win individual prizes,” the five-time Ballon d’Or winner said after being handed the trophy at a ceremony in Barcelona. “As I have […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have lost guard Patrick Beverley for the rest of the NBA season, in an injury that could change the trajectory of the entire team. Beverley has undergone right knee surgery to repair a microfracture and a torn meniscus, reported ESPN. Dr. Walt Lowe at the Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center performed the surgery. Looking for the best online betting site? Visit Heritage Sports! It leaves the Clippers without both of their starting guards from the opening game of the 2017-18 season. Milos Teodosic has missed most of the year with a left plantar fasciitis. This is another injury […]

Italian FA president Carlo Tavecchio has resigned a week after Italy’s World Cup qualifying fiasco, an FIGC official confirmed on Monday. The 74-year-old handed in his resignation during a crisis meeting of the Italian Football Federation in Rome. “He informed us of his resignation,” Damiano Tommasi, the head of the Italian Players’ Union, told journalists outside the federation headquarters. Looking for the best online betting site? Visit Heritage Sports! “Tavecchio took note of a change of scenario and the fact that some elements that in the past had supported him had some difficulties renewing this confidence,” added former FIGC president Giancarlo Abete, […]