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Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla fined $35,000 by NBA for behavior toward referees after loss to Bulls

Boston Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Saturday for his conduct toward officials during Thursday’s 117–108 loss to the Chicago Bulls. The penalty was due to “aggressively pursuing and directing inappropriate language toward a game official,” the league announced. Mazzulla was initially whistled for a technical foul for leaving the […]

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Alex Karaban's 21 points leads No. 11 UConn to 78-74 win over Butler

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Alex Karaban scored 21 points, including two late three-pointers, and No. 11 UConn won its sixth straight game, beating Butler 78-74 on Saturday. Liam McNeeley added 17 points and Hassan Diarra 12 for the Huskies (10-3, 2-0 Big East) Andre Screen and Patrick McCaffery each scored 17 points and Pierre Brooks added

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Rickey Henderson, Athletics icon and Hall of Famer, dies at 65

Rickey Henderson, Athletics icon and Hall of Famer, dies at 65 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest players in Athletics franchise history and 2009 National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, died Friday at 65, NBC Sports California confirmed. MLB’s all-time leader in stolen bases would have turned 66

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Matt Rempe Set For Hearing With NHL Department Of Player Safety

Matt Rempe has been offered an in-person hearing for his hit on Miro Heiskanen during the New York Rangers’ Friday night win over the Dallas Stars. NY Rangers’ Matt Rempe has been offered an in-person hearing for boarding/elbowing Dallas’ Miro Heiskanen. Date and time TBD. — NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) December 21, 2024 The NHL

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Roob's Eagles Observations: Why hasn't Howie Roseman re-signed anybody yet?

Roob’s Eagles Observations: Why hasn’t Howie Roseman re-signed anybody yet? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Thoughts on why Howie Roseman hasn’t re-signed anybody yet, Nolan Smith’s jump from Year 1 to Year 2 and a look at A.J. Brown’s chances to make a third straight Pro Bowl. It’s a Week 16 edition of Roob’s

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Texans vs. Chiefs score, live updates: Kansas City eyes top seed in AFC playoffs, while Houston readies for the postseason

Inevitability is one of the buzzwords that has taken off around the Kansas City Chiefs this season. Authors of the league’s best record at 13-1, they are also one of just four teams to not score 31 or more points in a game this season — alongside the 2-12 Raiders and Giants, and 3-11 Patriots

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Here’s the first CoPilot plus mini PC with Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 processors

Asus has announced the Asus NUC 14 Pro AI, the first Copilot Plus-capable AI mini PC that crams an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor into a form factor resembling a black M4 Mac Mini. First introduced at IFA in September, Asus is providing a little more detail about the mini PC’s specs than it did

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ModRetro Chromatic review: an arms dealer’s Game Boy is among the best ever made

If Lockheed Martin made a Game Boy, would you buy one? In the 1990s, I was among the kids who thought military aircraft were devastatingly cool. By then, Tom Cruise and Top Gun had long established the F-14 Tomcat and a pair of aviator shades as a fantasy for young men; I personally preferred the

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TCL’s new AI short films range from bad comedy to existential horror

Earlier this year, TCL released a trailer for Next Stop Paris — an AI-animated short film that seems like a Lifetime movie on steroids. The trailer had all the hallmarks of AI: characters that don’t move their mouths when they talk, lifeless expressions, and weird animation that makes it look like scenes are constantly vibrating.

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