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[unable to retrieve full-text content]NBA play-in: Pelicans rally past Kings without Zion Williamson, will face Thunder as No. 8 seed  Yahoo Sports Source link

Alicin Reidy Williamson is leaving Endeavor after more than two years to join Yahoo, which spun off from Verizon last year, as the media and tech company’s chief diversity and culture officer. Reidy Williamson will lead Yahoo’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts globally, reporting directly to CEO Jim Lanzone. Based in New York, she will lead the team of DEI and “employee-experience practitioners”; oversee employee engagement and strategic partnerships; and promote… Source link

We’re one step closer to seeing Zion Williamson back on a basketball court again. According to Shams Charania and Will Guillory of The Athletic, Williamson has been cleared to start basketball activities and will be returning to the New Orleans Pelicans. This is great news for Williamson, the Pelicans, and fans. Just a few weeks ago, it was reported that Zion might need a second surgery. Now, just like that, he’s back on track to possibly appear in a game before the end of the season. And with… Source link

After apparent silence between the two since CJ McCollum arrived in New Orleans, Zion Williamson has reached out to his new teammate. McCollum was traded to the Pelicans earlier this month and played just five games with the team before the All-Star break. McCollum then revealed during the All-Star events on Saturday night that he had yet to speak with Williamson — who is still injured and has yet to play this season. “I haven’t had conversations with him directly,” McCollum said on… Source link

Each week during the 2021-22 NBA season, we will take a deeper dive into some of the league’s biggest storylines in an attempt to determine whether the trends are based more in fact or fiction moving forward. [ Last week’s Fact or Fiction: Klay Thompson is the coolest basketball player alive ] No need to panic about Zion Williamson just yet The New Orleans Pelicans and Memphis Grizzlies finished the 2018-19 NBA season with identical 33-49 records. Both hit on 12.3% lottery odds of landing a… Source link

It’s going to be awhile before we see Zion Williamson in a basketball game. Or doing any basketball things at all. The promising New Orleans Pelicans player has experienced a setback while rehabbing his surgically repaired right foot, the team announced in a statement on Saturday. His training is being reduced so the bone can heal further. “After experiencing persistent soreness in his right foot, Zion Williamson underwent medical imaging which showed a regression in the bone healing of his… Source link

Avery Williamson is headed to Pittsburgh. The New York Jets traded the linebacker to the Steelers on Sunday night, according to several NFL reporters.  The Jets, who also included a seventh-round pick in 2022, get Pittsburgh’s fifth-round pick in 2022 in return.  Jets are trading LB Avery Williamson to the Steelers, as @MMehtaNYDN reported. Trade terms, per source: Jets get Pitt’s 5th-round pick in 2022; Steelers get Williamson and Jets’ 2022 7th-round pick. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter)… Source link