Author: Bhagyashree Soni

The Knicks, like a lot of the NBA, don’t have a transparent posture on the deadline. They’re absolutely not tanking, but the market is devoid of actual distinction makers — until Kevin Durant turns into out there (the Nets would by no means commerce him to the Knicks, anyway) — and Leon Rose could also be pressured to accept a tinker or two. We’re speaking a few bench improve or just shedding baggage. Cam Reddish is the almost certainly to be dealt by Thursday’s deadline and, if not, purchased out within the aftermath. The Knicks and Reddish’s representatives have been…

Shut out of the Super Bowl for greater than three many years, Chicago-based Molson Coors is again within the Big Game, partnering with DraftKings on a whimsical $500,000 beer industrial contest. Fans who appropriately guess probably the most “prop bets,” comparable to what number of guys with facial hair will seem within the Molson Coors industrial throughout the first half of Sunday’s recreation, will win a share of the prize cash. The firm behind Coors Light and Miller Lite could have already received, simply by being there. Molson Coors and different brewing giants have been capable of purchase advertisements within…

Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry’s knee harm will preserve him off the courtroom for some time longer. The 36-year-old veteran will miss the following three video games on account of lingering left knee ache, the Heat introduced Tuesday. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra stated he was not involved by Lowry’s absence and that the veteran wouldn’t want any “procedure” for his ailing knee to heal. “I think this is just what you deal with in a long NBA season,” Spoelstra stated. “There’s going to be unpredictable things. The encouraging thing about it is there doesn’t need to be a procedure. ……

The Orlando Magic’s “Rising Stars” will probably be on opposing groups throughout All-Star Weekend after being taken with the primary two picks in Tuesday’s draft. Pau Gasol took Magic rookie ahead Paolo Banchero with the No. 1 choose whereas Deron Williams chosen Magic second-year ahead Franz Wagner with the No. 2 choose within the Rising Stars draft. Former NBA stars Gasol, Williams, Joakim Noah and Jason Terry are serving as honorary coaches for the Rising Stars event, which will probably be performed Feb. 17 at Vivint Arena as a part of All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. “I have to…

Cheesesteak, the enduring Philadelphia sandwich, might be a cousin to the Italian beef of Chicago. Since the Eagles made it to the Super Bowl, it’s a very good time to discover what makes a traditional cheesesteak nice, and the place to seek out them round our metropolis. At Monti’s within the Lincoln Square neighborhood, the sandwich begins with bread from a bakery based in 1904. “An authentic Philly cheesesteak starts with an Amoroso’s roll, made in Philadelphia,” mentioned proprietor David Weissner. “Then the highest-quality meat, cheese and onions.” You can order your sandwich with or with out onions. (In Philly-ese,…

By WAYNE PARRY (Associated Press) ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — As authorized sports activities playing proliferates, the variety of Americans betting on the Super Bowl and the whole quantity they’re wagering is surging — though many of the motion continues to be off the books. An estimated 1 in 5 American adults will make some form of guess, laying out a whopping $16 billion, or twice as a lot as final 12 months, in accordance with an business commerce group. Even as authorized playing has unfold to two-thirds of U.S. states, unbiased analysts say solely about $1 billion of the…

Hall of Fame coach Freddie Roach grew to become boxing’s most wanted cornerman by reworking established fighters into world champions. Roach’s record of shoppers is who’s who of the candy science over the past 30 years. Roach reached his zenith as a coach with Filipino tremendous bantamweight Manny Pacquiao, a long-standing world champion as soon as internationally acknowledged as the game’s finest pound-for-pound fighter. The Lord of the Ring from Dedham additionally managed crimson and blue corners in showcase arenas for Oscar De La Hoya, Virgil Hill, Amir Kahn, Miguel Cotto and Mike Tyson. Roach has taken on a brand…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday saved a legislative proposal that would assist the Chicago Bears finance a brand new stadium growth in Arlington Heights at arm’s size, saying the plan has many hurdles to clear earlier than doubtlessly touchdown on his desk. Pritzker spoke a day after state Sen. Ann Gillespie launched laws that might create a financing system to permit property tax assessments to be frozen for as much as 40 years on main developments just like the one proposed by the Bears. “There are a lot of hoops to run through in the General Assembly for this to…

In order for soon-to-be Dolphins defensive coordinator Vic Fangio to rework the Miami protection again right into a unit feared throughout the league, he’ll have to repair what didn’t work nicely in 2022. The Dolphins completed the common season thirtieth in takeaways, twenty seventh in cross protection, twenty fourth in scoring protection and third-down protection and 18th in complete protection, finally main former defensive coordinator Josh Boyer to be fired. This for a unit that was anticipated to construct upon a formidable second half of 2021 by means of continuity — exterior of former coach Brian Flores. Fangio, who is…

The time has come for us to readjust our buying and selling deadline want checklist for the Bruins – and it’s extra modest than it as soon as was. The dream acquisition, after all, is just not going to occur. Lou Lamoriello, his Islander crew underachieving and simply outdoors of the playoffs, jumped the sector and landed middle Bo Horvat from Vancouver, then locked him up for eight years at $8.5 million per season. Horvat would have bolstered the B’s formidable assault for this yr and fill one of many prime two middle spots for at any time when Patrice…