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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
LeBron James dazzles with triple-double as Lakers top Knicks in OT at King's Most Favorite Arena — Goodbye Mark Jackson. Adios Steve Nash. Night-night to Madison Square Garden. — Next up is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. — While the NBA world is waiting to crown LeBron James the scoring champion …
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Stefan Bondy / New York Daily News:
LeBron James' relationship with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar still icy as the King approaches all-time scoring mark — It's inevitable that LeBron James will break the record. But how will he embrace the man he passes on the NBA's all-time scoring list? That's up for debate and will be interesting to watch.
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Seattle Sports, The Athletic, DraftKings Nation, Silver Screen and Roll and New York Post
Kiley McDaniel / ESPN:
Top 100 MLB prospects for 2023, according to Kiley McDaniel — The start of spring training is just around the corner, and that means it is time for an annual rite of passage ahead of the new MLB season: ranking the top 100 prospects in baseball. — The top of this year's list is ruled …
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True Blue LA, Athletics Nation, MLB Baseball News …, Bleacher Nation, Cubs Insider, North Side Bound and The Athletic
Anne Hayes / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Ex-girlfriend alleges Mets outfielder assaulted her in Syracuse; warrant, lawsuit target player — A woman is alleging that a New York Mets outfielder physically and verbally abused her in Syracuse last year. — Khalil Lee, 24, is named in a warrant issued by Syracuse police …
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MLB Baseball News …, New York Post, New Jersey Online, The Athletic, MLB Trade Rumors and FanSided
John W. Davis / Press Telegram:
Press-Telegram Boys Athlete of the Week: Keon Young, Wilson — The Wilson senior is the Press-Telegram Boys Athlete of the Week after averaging nearly 40 points per game last week. — PRESS-TELEGRAM BOYS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK — Name: Keon Young — School: Wilson — Sport: Basketball
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San Bernardino Sun and Daily News
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat score statement road victory in pushing past Cavaliers 100-97 — CLEVELAND — This fight to the finish was different. — This wasn't playing down to the level of the lottery-bound Charlotte Hornets and losing Sunday at the start of this four-game trip.
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New York Daily News, Fear The Sword, Boston Herald, Mercury News, Plain Dealer, DraftKings Nation and Hot Hot Hoops
Joe Lemire / Sports Business Journal:
Pocket Radar launches new subscription platform Pocket Radar Plus — Speed tracking technology company Pocket Radar is offering its first subscription product, Pocket Radar Plus, with new features such as slow-motion video, pitch tagging and charting and more integrations with third-party apps through the Pocket Radar Connect platform.
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Orange County Register and Cubs Insider
Fred Robledo / Whittier Daily News:
San Gabriel Valley girls athlete of the week: Miranda Morales, Covina — The Covina senior helped her team stay in contention for the Valley Vista League title with a win over rival Northview. — San Gabriel Valley Girls Athlete of the Week — Name: Miranda Morales — School: Covina
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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Daily News and SGV Tribune
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa clears concussion protocol 37 days after entering it — South Florida Sun Sentinel's Chris Perkins & David Furones discuss QB Tua Tagovailoa's concussion history and general manager Chris Grier standing behind Tua. (, , /South Florida Sun Sentinel)
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Boston Herald, ProFootballTalk and DraftKings Nation
The Athletic:
MLB offseason grades for all 30 teams: Who got the highest (and lowest) marks? — The Athletic's baseball staff was tasked with assigning a letter grade to each team's offseason. The average mark was a B-minus, an indication that the staff isn't necessarily populated with overly tough graders.
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Camden Chat, CHGO, Bleacher Nation, Red Reporter, Battery Power and Athletics Nation
Keith Law / The Athletic:
Top 100 MLB prospects 2023: Keith Law's rankings, with Corbin Carroll at No. 1 — Welcome to this year's ranking of the top 100 prospects in baseball. I've been compiling and writing such rankings for 16 years now, and those of you who've read them before will find the format here similar to those from the recent past.
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The Athletic, Mercury News, Federal Baseball, McCovey Chronicles, Just Baseball, Pitcher List, Athletics Nation, MLB Baseball News …, CHGO, Camden Chat, The Good Phight, NBCSports.com, TalkNats.com, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Bleacher Nation, Cubs Insider, New Jersey Online, True Blue LA and Lone Star Ball
Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Nets handle business with 121-104 victory over star-less Lakers — The Nets blew one double-digit lead, only to build a second in their 121-104 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday. — The Nets led by as many as 19 points in the first half, only to surrender that lead in the second …