Record-setting Night For Lebron James Ends With Disappointment

From Broderick Turner: LeBron James, nan king of NBA milestones, collapsed different grounds held by Lakers fable Kareem Abdul-Jabbar connected Thursday night.

Unfortunately, his reward for specified an accomplishment was a sore elbow — and a Lakers loss.

James collapsed Abdul-Jabbar’s grounds for nan astir profession section goals successful nan regular play against nan Denver Nuggets, but an elbow wounded constricted his contributions successful crunch clip of a 120-113 loss that ended nan Lakers’ three-game winning streak.

After scoring complete Denver halfway Nikola Jokic successful nan 4th quarter, James fell to nan tribunal and instantly grabbed his near elbow. He yet sewage up and went to nan chair pinch 3:58 remaining. He returned pinch 2:05 near and nan Lakers down 112-111 earlier leaving again pinch 22 seconds near aft Jokic scored consecutive baskets to springiness nan Nuggets a 116-111 lead.

Sitting astatine his locker pinch his elbow wrapped successful ice, James expressed vexation pinch referees not calling a foul connected nan play that led to his injury.

“That’s each [the referees] support saying, ‘marginal.’ I’m truthful ... tired of that word,” James said. “It doesn’t make nary sense.”

And his elbow?

“It’s beautiful sore correct now,” James said. “It felt for illustration 1 of those funny bony situations, but like, ace much intense.”

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USC falls successful women’s Big Ten tournament

USC’s Jazzy Davidson leaves nan crippled aft sustaining an wounded against Washington connected Thursday.

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From Marisa Ingemi: If nan USC women’s hoops hoped to make a lawsuit for a favorable NCAA tourney seed, nan Trojans did themselves nary favors during nan past 2 weeks culminating pinch Thursday’s Big Ten tourney loss.

The No. 9 seed Trojans fto a second-round tourney title against No. 8 seed Washington get retired of manus successful nan 3rd quarter, stumbling to a 76-64 loss astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse. USC’s convention tally ended quickly aft nan Trojans delivered 1 of their worst violative outings of nan season.

It was USC’s 4th consecutive loss, putting its NCAA tourney positioning successful question.

“There were 8 teams that vanished supra america successful our league,” USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb said. “Seven of them successful nan past uncover are hosting, and nan different 1 present is evidently a tourney squad that now we’ve divided with. I don’t deliberation [an at-large bid] is successful question.”

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Rams re-sign seasoned tight extremity Tyler Higbee

Rams tight extremity Tyler Higbee celebrates aft scoring a touchdown against nan Arizona Cardinals connected Jan. 4.

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From Gary Klein: The Rams are keeping their longest-tenured subordinate successful nan fold.

On Thursday, nan Rams agreed to position pinch tight extremity Tyler Higbee connected a two-year contract, according to group pinch knowledge of nan situation. The group requested anonymity because nan woody has not been announced.

Terms were not disclosed but nan woody is worthy $8 million, according to aggregate reports.

Higbee, 33, was a fourth-round draught prime by nan Rams successful 2016, and he is nan leader of a tight extremity group that includes Colby Parkinson, Davis Allen and Terrance Ferguson, a 2025 second-round pick. Coach Sean McVay relied heavy connected nan group past play erstwhile he implemented a strategy that featured aggregate tight extremity sets to protect backmost Matthew Stafford, amended tally blocking and complement prima receivers Puka Nacua and Davante Adams.

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Dodgers will proceed to thief Andrew Toles

Andrew Toles bats for nan Dodgers during a crippled successful April 2017.

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From Ed Guzman: The communicative of nan Dodgers and Andrew Toles is 1 of a franchise trying to do nan correct point by 1 of its erstwhile players struggling pinch intelligence wellness challenges.

Toles, a promising outfielder who played parts of 3 seasons pinch nan squad from 2016 to 2018, did not study to outpouring training successful 2019 and was softly placed connected nan restricted database earlier it was yet revealed that Toles had been diagnosed pinch bipolar upset and schizophrenia.

Every twelvemonth since 2019, nan squad has softly renewed Toles’ statement truthful he tin clasp his wellness security while placing him connected nan restricted database truthful he would not return a roster spot.

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Ciena Alipio a captious portion of UCLA’s title push

UCLA gymnast Ciena Alipio, left, celebrates pinch teammate Jordan Chiles aft completing a beam regular against Washington connected Jan. 30.

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From Anthony Solorzano: Coming into her elder year, Ciena Alipio wanted to beryllium arsenic coming arsenic humanly imaginable and study really to spot herself going into each competition.

She group distant goals for herself and a bigger 1 for nan UCLA gymnastics team. With nan first container checked aft clinching their 2nd consecutive Big Ten title, nan activity toward gathering each of her standards is conscionable beginning.

“You’re seeing nan consequence of each difficult believe that we’re having,” Alipio said aft Friday’s triumph complete Maryland. “We’re putting successful activity and we’re doing what we perfectly person to each azygous time successful nan gym and I deliberation it’s conscionable putting it each together connected nan aforesaid day.”

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Luka Doncic successful threat of being suspended

Lakers prima Luka Doncic reacts astatine nan extremity of a 120-113 nonaccomplishment to nan Denver Nuggets connected Thursday night.

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From Broderick Turner: Lakers prima Luka Doncic is 1 method distant from receiving an automatic one-game suspension aft he picked up his 15th method of nan play successful a 120-113 loss to nan Denver Nuggets connected Thursday night.

Doncic, who had 27 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, was charged pinch a method pinch 5:43 near successful nan 2nd quarter.

“Just because I yelled astatine him, I guess. That’s what he said,” said Doncic astir his relationship pinch referee Ed Malloy. “But I heard 3 different players opportunity nan nonstop aforesaid condemnation and didn’t get a tech. And that’s my problem, you know, I was trying not to talk astatine all. This is nan first point I said — nary informing aliases nothing.”

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Dodgers’ starting rotation taking shape

Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto practices successful Tokyo connected Wednesday up of Japan’s WBC opener.

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From Jack Vita: Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto was slated to commencement Team Japan’s first crippled successful nan World Baseball Classic early Friday greeting Pacific Time successful Tokyo against Chinese Taipei, pinch nan anticipation that he would transportation 3 innings.

While nan right-hander is distant from Camelback Ranch, different pitchers vying for a spot successful nan Dodgers’ starting rotation will beryllium nether nan microscope — particularly pinch wellness concerns yet again coming into play.

The Dodgers are nary strangers to navigating pitching injuries complete nan people of a agelong season. Last year, Yamamoto was nan only Dodgers starter to not miss a turn, making 30 starts earlier making 5 much during nan postseason. But different than nan now-retired Clayton Kershaw, who made 22 starts past year, nary different Dodger hurler started much than 18 games.

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Ducks waste and acquisition for seasoned defenseman

Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson controls nan puck during a crippled against nan Ducks successful January.

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The Ducks bolstered their blueline Thursday night successful anticipation of ending their agelong playoff drought, acquiring seasoned defenseman John Carlson successful a waste and acquisition pinch nan Washington Capitals.

In speech for Carlson, nan Ducks will nonstop a conditional first-round prime (2026 aliases 2027 draft) and a third-round prime (2027) to Washington.

Carlson, who played an integral portion of nan Capitals’ 2018 Stanley Cup triumph and is simply a erstwhile Norris Trophy runner-up for nan NHL’s apical defenseman, should bring a seasoned beingness to a young Ducks squad that is connected gait to make nan playoffs for nan first clip since 2017.

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Artemi Panarin scores his first extremity pinch Kings

Kings defenseman Mikey Anderson, center, celebrates pinch forwards Artemi Panarin, left, and Anze Kopitar aft scoring during nan 2nd play of a triumph complete nan New York Islanders connected Thursday nighttime astatine Crypto.com Arena.

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From nan Associated Press: Artemi Panarin scored his first extremity successful a Kings azygous to lead his caller squad past nan New York Islanders 5-3 connected Thursday nighttime for nan club’s first triumph nether interim caput coach D.J. Smith.

Panarin, Mikey Anderson and Adrian Kempe had a extremity and an assistance apiece for nan Kings, and Darcy Kuemper made 31 saves. Samuel Helenius and Alex Laferriere besides scored successful conscionable Los Angeles’ 2nd triumph since January.

Kings skipper Anze Kopitar had an assistance while playing his 1,500th game, becoming nan 25th subordinate successful NHL history to deed nan mark. The Slovenian center, who is retiring this outpouring aft 20 seasons successful Los Angeles, is conscionable 5 points distant from passing Marcel Dionne to go nan Kings’ profession scoring leader.

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A speedy Learner

Learner Tien plays a forehand return to Alexander Zverev successful nan Australian Open quarterfinals connected Jan. 27.

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From Douglas Robson: Learner Tien’s first travel to nan BNP Paribas Open a twelvemonth agone hardly registered — a funny result for what was fundamentally his hometown tourney debut.

Feeling unwell and still adjusting to nan play grind of nan ATP Tour, nan Irvine autochthonal exited successful nan first information and quickly scratched it from his mind.

“Honestly, I don’t really retrieve my tourney present past twelvemonth that well,” says Tien arsenic he shuttled betwixt pre-tournament media obligations this week. “I was successful and retired beautiful quick.”

But 12 months is simply a batch of runway for a young subordinate whose all-court ingenuity, appetite for betterment and expertise to shed setbacks person generated lift.

“So acold this year, everything has felt good,” Tien says. “And I’m emotion beautiful comfortable.”

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This time successful sports history

1920 — Mickey Roach of Toronto scores 5 goals to lead nan St. Patricks to an 11-2 rout of nan Quebec Bulldogs.

1964 — Boxing fable Cassius Clay joins nan Nation of Islam and changes his sanction to ”Muhammad Ali″, calling his erstwhile title a “slave name”.

1976 — Dorothy Hamill wins nan World Figure Skating Championships successful Goteberg, Sweden.

1977 — Montclair State’s Carol Blazejowski scores 52 points against Queens College, mounting a caller collegiate scoring grounds (for men aliases women) successful nan existent Madison Square Garden successful New York.

1982 — The San Antonio Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks harvester for 337 points successful nan highest scoring crippled successful NBA history, to that point. The Spurs win, 171-166, successful 3 overtimes.

1983 — The 12-team United States Football League originates its first play pinch 5 games.

1984 — Dale Hawerchuck of nan Winnipeg Jets sets nan NHL grounds for astir assists successful 1 period, pinch 5 successful nan 2nd play of a 7-3 triumph complete nan Los Angeles Kings.

1988 — Julie Krone becomes nan winningest female jockey successful history pinch her 1,205th profession victory. Krone rides a filly named Squawter to triumph successful nan ninth title astatine Aqueduct Racetrack.

1996 — Detroit’s Chris Osgood becomes nan 3rd goalie successful NHL history to people a goal, firing nan puck into an quiet nett pinch 11 seconds remaining successful nan Red Wings’ 4-2 triumph complete Hartford.

2000 — Shaquille O’Neal of nan Los Angeles Lakers scores an NBA season-high 61 points and had 23 rebounds successful a 123-103 triumph complete nan Los Angeles Clippers.

2001 — George Mason thumps North Carolina-Wilmington 35-33 successful nan second-lowest scoring crippled successful nan shot-clock era of NCAA basketball.

2010 — Devin Harris scores 31 points and nan New Jersey Nets erased an early 16-point shortage to hit New York 113-93. The Knicks miss each 18 attempts successful nan astir futile 3-point shooting nighttime successful convention history.

2011 — Lindsey Vonn clinches her 3rd subject title successful 3 days pinch a super-G triumph to wrap up a memorable play of skis racing successful Tarvisio, Italy. Vonn took nan super-combined and downhill titles nan erstwhile 2 days.

2014 — The Los Angeles Clippers rout nan rival Los Angeles Lakers 142-94. It’s nan astir lopsided triumph ever for nan Clippers’ franchise and nan astir one-sided nonaccomplishment successful Lakers history.

2015 — Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is suspended for 9 games, pinch nan schoolhouse punished for ignoring nan “most basal halfway values of nan NCAA” for academic, supplier and different violations committed chiefly by nan men’s hoops program. The schoolhouse is put connected probation for 5 years and nan hoops squad is forced to vacate 108 wins successful which ineligible players participated.

2015 — Shane Walsh scores nan winning extremity successful nan 5th overtime to lead UMass to a 4-3 triumph complete Notre Dame successful nan longest crippled successful NCAA Division I crystal lucky history.

2019 — LeBron James scores his 32,293rd constituent successful nan 2nd 4th of a Lakers’ 115-99 nonaccomplishment to Denver successful LA to walk Michael Jordan into 4th spot connected nan NBA all-time constituent scoring list.

Compiled by nan Associated Press

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