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LeBron James scored 33 points, Brandon Ingram added 23 and the Los Angeles Lakers weathered strong performances by Anthony Davis and Julius Randle for a 125-119 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night. Davis had 22 points and eight rebounds in the first three quarters after getting a warm pregame reception from Lakers fans who eagerly followed Los Angeles’ fruitless pursuit of a trade for the superstar forward earlier this season. Randle scored 35 points against his former team, but couldn’t finish a comeback against James and the Lakers’ new core during New Orleans’ fifth loss in seven […]

The Baltimore Ravens released Michael Crabtree on Monday after the veteran receiver saw his role diminish significantly when the team turned to Lamar Jackson as its starting quarterback. Crabtree caught 54 passes for 607 yards and three touchdowns in 16 games this year with the Ravens, his first season in Baltimore. But in the season’s final seven games – all of which Jackson started – the Ravens transformed their offense to become a run-first, ball-possession outfit. Over that span, Crabtree caught just 13 passes for 135 yards and one touchdown. Crabtree, 31, just completed his 10th season in the NFL, with previous stops at […]

Devin McCourty surprised many people on Super Bowl Opening Night when he didn’t dismiss the possibility of retiring after Super Bowl LIII, but the New England Patriots safety has no plans to step away from the NFL just yet.  McCourty, who turns 32 in August, backtracked his previous comments when he told NFL Network’s Deion Sanders in January, “I don’t know what else I could do that could top” a Super Bowl win, clarifying that he doesn’t play just to win championships. “It was media night when Deion said that to me, and it’s like, ‘Yeah man, if we win a Super Bowl, I don’t know what […]

Former NFL head coach Dom Capers has joined Jacksonville’s coaching staff as senior defensive assistant, returning to the Jaguars two decades after his first stint with the team. The team says Capers will work closely with defensive coordinator Todd Wash and the other assistants on that side of the ball. Capers served as Jacksonville’s defensive coordinator from 1999-2000 under current executive Tom Coughlin. Capers spent two seasons as the Jaguars’ defensive coordinator (1999-2000) under then-head coach Tom Coughlin, who is now the Jaguars’ executive vice president of football operations. Capers also was a head coach with Carolina (1995-98) and Houston […]

Yankees star Aaron Judge is “as healthy as he’s been” since entering the big leagues, manager Aaron Boone revealed Sunday.  The 26-year-old slugger has dealt with a variety of injuries throughout his career, including shoulder and wrist issues that caused him to miss some time. He had arthroscopic shoulder surgery after the 2017 season and wasn’t fully recovered entering last year’s spring training. But that won’t be the case this year. “He’s so much further ahead of the game from where he was last year,” Boone said, per ESPN. “A lot of his winter [last year] was poured into the rehab of the shoulder. “This year, it’s been about […]