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[unable to retrieve full-text content]James Harden joins 76ers on the bench for home opener, expected to practice Tuesday  Yahoo Sports Source link

The New York Jets offense is back. And Zach Wilson looks out of a job. With Mike White at quarterback, the Jets torched the Chicago Bears in a 31-10 win on Sunday. A week after posting three points and 103 yards with Wilson directing the offense, the Jets rolled up three passing touchdowns and 466 yards of offense in Sunday’s win. The win puts the Jets at 7-4 and in the thick of the AFC playoff race. At this point, there’s little reason for the Jets to consider handing the reins back to… Source link

LAS VEGAS — The NBA transition “take foul” during games is inching closer to being penalized, starting with the 2022-23 season, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The NBA’s Competition Committee is moving forward with a proposal to grant the team on offense with one free throw and possession of the ball if the team on defense employs the take foul, sources said. The committee began meeting in Las Vegas over the weekend to discuss rule-change proposals. The committee’s rule-change… Source link

Ben Simmons isn’t ready to make his debut with the Brooklyn Nets just yet while he’s dealing with a lingering back injury. He will, though, be with the team when they take on his former team on Thursday. Simmons, Nets coach Steve Nash said on Tuesday, will join the team in Philadelphia on Wednesday and then sit on the bench with them on Thursday night. “It’s great. He’s on our team, he needs to be with his teammates and get the whole Philly thing out of the way a little bit,” Nash… Source link

With great success comes great criticism — or something like that. Exhibit A: Former New York Knicks All-Star Charles Oakley says Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo won him over after winning his first NBA championship last year, but argued the two-time MVP is not good enough to earn a starting role in Oakley’s era. Appearing on SLAM magazine’s “No Pump Fakes” podcast earlier this month, Oakley and the show’s hosts discussed Antetokounmpo. “It’s refreshing to see Giannis… Source link

Stephen Silas didn’t return to the bench after leaving Wednesday’s Rockets-Cavaliers game in the first half. (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images) Houston Rockets head coach Stephen Silas left the bench during the first half of Wednesday’s road game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He didn’t return. The Rockets told reporters on the scene that Silas was dehydrated and needed to receive fluids in the locker room. Silas got up from the bench during a break in first-quarter play and pointed to… Source link

Thomas Kurian, CEO of Alphabet’s Google Cloud, speaks at the Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco on April 9, 2019. Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images As a part of a recent reorganization within Google Cloud, CEO Thomas Kurian sidelined multiple tenured company veterans — one way he’s is living up to the company’s big expectations when it hired him two years ago. CNBC reported Wednesday that Kurian, in a recent email to staff, announced a broad reorganization within Google… Source link