NBA playoffs

The word history gets thrown around a lot in the context of sports. Sometimes it’s subjective, like calling someone the best player in history. Other times, it’s related to time or distance. Like someone who breaks a track or swimming world record. And yet other times, it’s about a statistical anomaly, something that has never happened before because it so mathematically implausible. Like a win streak or home run streak or pattern that just shouldn’t be.

Few NBA teams had a more disappointing end of the regular season than the Dallas Mavericks. Considered a rising property in the West on the back of scoring machine Luka Doncic, the Mavs made what they hoped would be a big move to the League’s upper echelon in February when they added controversial star Nets guard Kyrie Irving, who had become as well known for his overt antisemitism as his elite play. Since that time, Dallas played well below .500, to the point that with only two games remaining, they were on the edge of missing the Western Conference play-in tournament – the foothills to the playoffs. That’s when things got weird.

COLLEGE LACROSSEThe University at Albany has drawn the second-seed in NCAA men’s lacrosse tournament. The bid comes after a 14-4 victory over Vermont that…

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NBA:In the NBA playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs blew by the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-77 to take a 2-0 advantage in the Western Conference final. Tony…

NFL:A group of retired NFL players has filed a lawsuit that charges the league with supplying them with illegal and risky narcotics and other painkillers…

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NFL: Aaron Hernandez was indicted yesterday on first-degree murder charges. Prosecutors say the former New England Patriots tight end ambushed and shot to…

NBA:The New York Knicks officially get an NBA D-League affiliate team, announced yesterday in a press conference, the team will be called the Westchester…