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[unable to retrieve full-text content]NBA Playoffs: Mavericks even series despite return of Clippers star Kawhi Leonard  Yahoo Sports Source link

Kawhi Leonard has dealt with injuries throughout his Clippers career. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images) The Los Angeles Clippers are holding their breath on Kawhi Leonard. The six-time All-Star exited Tuesday’s game with what the team called thoracic spasms, per ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. Leonard did not play at all in the second quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves and was seen walking away from the Clippers locker room in street clothes. He was later reported to have left Crypto.com… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Gregg Popovich grabs arena mic, pleads with Spurs fans to stop booing Kawhi Leonard mid-game  Yahoo Sports Source link

Darius Leonard has a request. He would like for you call call him Shaquille. The Indianapolis Colts All-Pro linebacker made the revelation as training camp got underway on Tuesday. In fact, he hates being called Darius. “I hate being called Darius,” Leonard told reporters. “I understand it’s going to be hard, but I would love it if y’all would try to call me Shaquille or D or Maniac, and not Darius.” So why the switch? It turns out it’s not a switch for Leonard except in broader NFL… Source link

This isn’t the TB12 method. Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Leonard Fournette showed up to minicamp at nearly 260 pounds, according to the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Stroud. That puts him around 30 pounds heavier than his listed playing weight of 228 pounds. Stroud reported the news on his podcast “Sports Day Tampa Bay.” “The last time we saw Leonard Fournette he was about a donut shy of 260,” Stroud said. “He certainly didn’t look like a guy who could play every down.” [Set, hut, hike!… Source link

PHOENIX — Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is ahead of schedule in his rehab from a torn right ACL and a return to action this season is within reach, league sources told Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes as he relayed on TNT Thursday night. Leonard has amped up his workload in recent weeks and is looking stronger and stronger, sources said. Heading into Thursday’s game against the Phoenix Suns, the Clippers are 19-19, positioned eighth in the Western Conference standings. Multiple players… Source link

The Clippers reached the Western Conference finals for the first time in franchise history last season. If they want to make it back to that playoff round again, they will have to collectively replace the production of their best player. Kawhi Leonard will be sidelined indefinitely after undergoing surgery in July to repair a partial tear of the ACL in his right knee. Leonard may be able to rejoin the rotation at some point during the 2021-22 season, but Paul George and Co. will be… Source link

A right knee sprain will keep Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard from playing in the series-tilting Game 5 of their Western Conference semifinals set with the Utah Jazz, his team confirmed on Wednesday. The Clippers announced no timetable for Leonard’s return. News of Leonard’s injury first emerged from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst and Ramona Shelburne, who reported early Wednesday morning that the right knee could keep the All-NBA forward out for the rest of the series. Leonard appeared to… Source link

Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Sunday’s games. It took until Game 7, but Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers finally won a playoff game at Staples Center this season. The Clippers, thanks to a 28-point performance from Leonard and a massive run to close out the third quarter, finished off the Dallas Mavericks 126-111 to win the series 4-3 and advance to the Western… Source link

MMA Weekly UFC 259 bonuses all go to preliminary fighters Though UFC 259 features three championship fights, none of the athletes in any of those title fights earned UFC 259 bonuses. All of the UFC 259 official performance bonuses went to preliminary card fighters. UFC 259 Fight of the Night: Kennedy Nzechukwu vs. Carlos Ulberg Kennedy Nzechukwu and Carlos Ulberg each earned an additional $50,000 for their efforts in the UFC 259 Fight of the Night. Ulberg started things off with a brutal head… Source link