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Chris Paul, Suns surge to take Game 1 over Nuggets

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 Monday’s games. It took them a while, but Chris Paul and the Phoenix Suns took over on Monday night — and did so with authority. The Suns surged ahead in the fourth quarter to take a commanding 122-105 win over the Denver Nuggets in Phoenix to take the early 1-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinals series. Chris Paul, Suns surge in 4th… Source link

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Floyd Mayweather, Logan Paul go the distance in exhibition bout

Floyd Mayweather and Logan Paul went eight rounds with each other in an exhibition boxing match Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. No winner was announced. A lot of people who bought the pay-per-view were bitterly angry because there were technical issues that prevented them from seeing it. Mayweather went long stretches of the fight without throwing a punch. Paul landed but a handful of clean punches on Mayweather, who was one of the great defensive fighters in his day when he racked up a… Source link

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Boxing-‘Weight don’t win fights’ says Mayweather as prepares to face Paul

(Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather will give up nearly 35 pounds (16 kg) to YouTube personality Logan Paul when they step into the ring for their exhibition fight at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami on Sunday but that is the only thing the undefeated five weight division champion is conceding. The “ceremonial” weigh-in on Saturday produced no surprises with the 6 feet, 2 inches (1.88 m) Paul always going to have an advantage on the scales coming in at 189.5 lbs with the 5-foot, 8-inch (1.73 m) Mayweather… Source link

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Why Logan Paul vs. Floyd Mayweather is a good thing

Say what you will about him, Logan Paul is not a stupid young man. He’s already a multi-millionaire because of his social media savvy, and on Sunday, he’s going to add millions more to his bank account by doing something he’s not very good at. You have to be brilliant to pull that off, and Paul has done it. He’s going to receive a paycheck larger than many boxing legends ever received when he fights Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami in the main… Source link

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Jake Paul to face ex-UFC champ Tyron Woodley

Jake Paul has his next opponent, and it’s a good friend of his last one. The YouTube star and former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley have agreed to deal for a boxing match, according to The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger. Paul is coming off a first-round knockout win against Ben Askren, another former UFC fighter. The fight was significantly one-sided, with Paul heavily out-striking the former Bellator champ. Woodley is well-aware of that fact, having been in Askren’s corner for the… Source link

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LeBron James’ agent Rich Paul says white athletes don’t want Black agent

Rich Paul has become of the most powerful agents in the NBA via his own abilities, maneuvering and, of course, his close friendship with LeBron James. He believes there is a significant group of athletes that don’t want to work with him, though. In a wide-ranging interview with The New Yorker’s Isaac Chortiner, Paul discussed the intricacies of being a Black man in a field of agents that is overwhelmingly white. After saying many Black athletes are reluctant to sign with a Black agent, Paul… Source link

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You had COVID-19. Should you get vaccinated? Rand Paul says no. Scientists say yes.

Before he was Kentucky’s junior senator, Rand Paul was a practicing ophthalmologist. So when the doctor turned Republican lawmaker recently announced that he would not be getting vaccinated for COVID-19 because he already has “natural immunity,” some Americans may have assumed he was following the science. He wasn’t. “Until they show me evidence that people who have already had the infection are dying in large numbers or being hospitalized or getting very sick,” Paul told radio… Source link

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Chris Paul dismisses dirty play vs. LeBron James that led to scuffle

PHOENIX — Los Angeles Lakers coach Frank Vogel accused Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul of a “dirty play” on LeBron James during Game 1 of the first-round playoff series. “I don’t know anything about that. I have absolutely nothing to say about that. We’re just playing basketball and competing,” Paul told Yahoo Sports after the Suns’ 99-90 victory to take a 1-0 series lead. “I’m just thankful we got the win, and I’m looking forward to Game 2.” The play in question occurred… Source link

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Chris Paul suffers shoulder contusion in Game 1

The Phoenix Suns are playing playoff basketball again and a big part of that success is Chris Paul.  So when Paul went down with what looked at first to be a devastating shoulder injury in the second quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers, it took the air out of Phoenix Suns Arena. He quickly returned despite the official diagnosis of a right shoulder contusion and heard the love from fans both in the arena and sitting around TVs.  Chris Paul leaves Suns-Lakers in first half Paul fell to the… Source link

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Logan Paul boxes four Gronkowski brothers as Rob refs

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski spent at least a portion of the offseason watching his brothers get beat up by a YouTuber. Gronkowski served as a referee as four of his brothers boxed against YouTube personality-turned-boxer Logan Paul. Paul — who will box Floyd Mayweather in June — completely outclassed each of the four Gronkowski brothers during the bout.  Paul took on a different Gronkowski brother in each round. He faced Glenn in the first, Chris in the second, Dan in… Source link

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