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If the best defense in the NFL can’t contain the Green Bay Packers, it’s hard to believe anyone else has much of a chance. The Packers used every club in the bag on Saturday. They ran it with ease right at the Rams behind a great offensive line performance. They went with fast tempo, which seemed to put the Rams on their heels. There were countless formations and motions. And when the Packers needed Aaron Rodgers, he looked every bit the MVP of the NFL. It was a reputation-making… Source link

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half to help Denver overcome Stephen Curry‘s sharp shooting as the Nuggets held off the Golden State Warriors 114-104 on Thursday night. Jokic also had 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his 46th career triple-double. The big man entered averaging a triple-double and leading the NBA in assists. ”I think he’d definitely be in the MVP conversation, which is entirely too early to talk about,” Denver coach Michael Malone said…. Source link

The last time it was this easy for Calvin Kattar was in 2008, when mixed martial arts made its debut on network television with a card headlined by the late Kimbo Slice on CBS. Kattar suffered his first professional defeat on that card at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, getting submitted by James Jones at 4:49 of the first round. Now, more than a dozen years later, it’s a very different Kattar who is now headlining the first UFC bout on network television in more than two years… Source link

This weekend will be unlike any other in NFL history. In 1982, there was a 16-team playoff field due to the strike-shortened season. But the NFL was many years from putting playoff games in prime time. The eight games on the first weekend of the 1982 postseason all happened at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. The NFL is making sure you will get nothing done this weekend. For the first time there will be two tripleheaders of playoff football, one Saturday and one Sunday. It’ll be roughly nine hours of… Source link

The Boston Celtics looked much better in the first half against the Nets than they did throughout their entire preseason matchup with Brooklyn. But one half of solid play isn’t going to cut it against the Nets, as Boston and the rest of the NBA learned on Christmas Day. By walking away with a 123-95 win over the Celtics on Friday, the Nets became the first team since the 2008-09 Los Angeles Lakers to open up the season with back-to-back 20-plus-point wins. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant… Source link

The Los Angeles Clippers followed up their win over the Lakers on opening night with another strong effort against a Western Conference contender on Christmas Day. But they lost Kawhi Leonard along the way. The Clippers improved to 2-0 with a 121-108 win over the Denver Nuggets Friday, capping an NBA holiday slate with the fifth double-digit margin of victory in five games. They held on for the win after losing Leonard, who was left bloodied and laying on the court after teammate Serge Ibaka… Source link

Anticipation lingered in the air Tuesday before the Los Angeles Lakers collected their rings on opening night, before losing to the Los Angeles Clippers, 116-109. A matchup that was once considered fait accompli failed to materialize in the playoffs, courtesy of the Denver Nuggets bouncing the Clippers early, but here, finally, they were, with new identities: the champion and the humbled up-and-comer. Montrezl Harrell, who switched allegiances from the Lakers to the Clippers this offseason… Source link

It wasn’t the exact spot, but the same gait, the same pace for Kevin Durant when he announced to the basketball world that the torch was his three years ago. That pull-up triple he hit in LeBron James’ face in the NBA Finals was easy money, be it with the Golden State Warriors or against them, in a crowded arena or an empty gym, at grand opening or grand closing. The reasons why Durant didn’t receive his due flowers are myriad, but mostly invalid. The fact he’s putting the world on… Source link

The New Orleans Saints suffered a close loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in a game that could have swung on any number of plays. Cam Jordan believes that he personally cost the Saints the game with a play that got him ejected in the fourth quarter. With the Chiefs leading, 21-15 with 13:55 remaining, Jordan was ejected for punching Kansas City offensive lineman Andrew Wylie in the helmet. The Saints defensive end also drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for the incident that… Source link

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – DECEMBER 19: In this handout image provided by Matchroom, Canelo Alvarez punches Callum Smith during their super middleweight title bout at the Alamodome on December 19, 2020 in San Antonio, Texas. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/Matchroom via Getty Images) Canelo Alvarez was the shorter man, but far from the smaller man Saturday in his super middleweight title unification bout against Callum Smith at the Alamodome. Alvarez showed why he’s the best fighter in the world in… Source link