NBA PLAYOFFS-SCHEDULE Big 2nd-half run lifts 76ers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers barely managed to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals. Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEED’) had 40 points and 13 rebounds as the Sixers knocked off the Hawks, 118-102, evening the series at a game apiece. The 76ers also received big contributions from…
NBA PLAYOFFS-SCHEDULE Big 2nd-half run lifts 76ers PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers barely managed to avoid falling into an 0-2 hole in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals. Joel Embiid (joh-EHL’ ehm-BEED’) had 40 points and 13 rebounds as the Sixers knocked off the Hawks, 118-102, evening the series at a game apiece. The 76ers also received big contributions from…
NBA-MVP Jokic takes MVP honors DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic (nih-KOH’-lah YOH’-ihch wasn’t highly regarded when he was taken in the NBA draft. He’s now the league’s reigning MVP. The Nuggets’ big man has been revealed as the NBA’s top player making him by far the lowest draft pick ever to win the award. The Serbian product has become a…
NFL-PACKERS-RODGERS Rodgers missing from minicamp GREEN BAY, Wisc. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers wasn’t with the Green Bay Packers for their first mandatory minicamp session. This marks the latest chapter in the standoff between the team and its MVP quarterback. Rodgers also hadn’t participated in the Packers’ voluntary organized team activities. That represented change from his usual offseason routine. The Packers…
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open (all times local): 11:30 p.m. Stefanos Tsitsipas has reached the French Open semifinals for the second year in a row. The No. 5-seeded Tsitsipas beat No. 2 Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (3), 7-5 in Court Philippe Chatrier on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old from Greece moved into his fourth Grand Slam semifinal….
FRENCH OPEN Zverev in semifinal PARIS (AP) — Alexander Zverev has reached his third Grand Slam semifinal and first at the French Open. The sixth-ranked German overcame a slow start to beat Spanish opponent Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 in little more than 1 1/2 hours. — Tamara Zidansek is the first Slovenian woman to reach a Grand Slam…
FRENCH OPEN Zidansek reaches semifinal PARIS (AP) — Tamara Zidansek is the first Slovenian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. The 85th-ranked Zidansek beat Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 to become the first semifinalist of this year’s French Open. She had never been beyond the second round at a Slam prior to this tournament. Zidansek saved three…
NBA-PLAYOFFS-BUCKS-NETS Durant has 32, Nets up 2-0 after 125-86 blowout of Bucks UNDATED (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 32 points in three quarters of a top-to-bottom blowout that sent the Brooklyn Nets halfway to the Eastern Conference finals with a 125-86 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks. Playing without the injured James Harden but showing no hint that they needed him,…
NBA-PLAYOFFS-BUCKS-NETS Durant has 32, Nets up 2-0 after 125-86 blowout of Bucks UNDATED (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 32 points in three quarters of a top-to-bottom blowout that sent the Brooklyn Nets halfway to the Eastern Conference finals with a 125-86 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks. Playing without the injured James Harden but showing no hint that they needed him,…
