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Gary Horowitz / Daily News:
Amari Bailey helps UCLA pull away from Oregon State — The freshman guard scores 18 of his career-high 24 points after halftime and Jaylen Clark adds 16 points to lead the seventh-ranked Bruins to a 62-47 victory in Corvallis — CORVALLIS, Ore. — Amari Bailey scored a career-high 24 points …
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Los Angeles Times, SGV Tribune, Orange County Register and FanSided
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Associated Press:
USC's win streak ends with lopsided loss to Oregon — Boogie Ellis scores 19 points but the Trojans (17-7 overall, 9-4 Pac-12) see their four-game win streak snuffed out as the Ducks lead wire-to-wire and hand them a 78-60 defeat — EUGENE, Ore. — USC dug itself a big hole early and never recovered.
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Los Angeles Times, FanSided, SGV Tribune and Busting Brackets
Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Inside the downfall of the Nets' Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving era — Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving chose the Nets. Not the other way around. — It's an important note to remember as we unpack the end of a not-quite era of championship contention in Brooklyn: The superstars chose to be here.
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Newsday, New York Post, The Athletic, The Big Lead, Boston Herald, FanSided and Seattle Sports
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Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Sean Marks: Nets still expected to make playoffs after trade — Nets general manager Sean Marks still expects his team to make the playoffs. — Speaking to reporters in the immediate aftermath of two seismic trades that shipped both superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving out of Brooklyn …
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New York Post, The Athletic and NetsDaily
Julia Poe / Chicago Tribune:
Recapping the Chicago Bulls: Poor 3-point shooting — again — leads to a 116-105 loss to the Brooklyn Nets — NEW YORK — Hours after executive vice president of basketball operations Artūras Karnišovas insisted that a consistent roster is still the answer, the Chicago Bulls on Thursday lost to the Brooklyn Nets 116-105.
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New York Post, New York Daily News, NetsDaily, Mercury News, Seattle Sports, CHGO, Bleacher Nation, DraftKings Nation, Blog a Bull and Chicago Sun-Times
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Julia Poe / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Bulls stand pat at the NBA trade deadline: ‘We tried to improve, but at what cost?’ — NEW YORK — The NBA trade deadline came and went Thursday and the Chicago Bulls stood still — at least for now. — The Bulls were one of only two teams not to make a move ahead of the deadline.
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The Athletic, Blog a Bull, Mercury News, CHGO, Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Herald
ESPN:
Sources: Padres' Yu Darvish gets 6-year, $108M extension — Right-hander Yu Darvish and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on a six-year, $108 million contract extension, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Thursday. — The deal, which contains a full no-trade provision …
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins great Zach Thomas finally gets in Pro Football Hall of Fame — The fourth time was the charm for Zach Thomas. — The great Miami Dolphins linebacker is bound for the Pro Football Hall of Fame as one of five modern-day players elected Thursday night at NFL Honors awards ceremony.
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Bears Wire, Dawg Pound Daily and Boston Herald
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Dave Hyde / Sun-Sentinel:
Hall of Fame voters get it right — Zach Thomas is going to Canton — One final misdirection play was run at Zach Thomas in his career. His mom, Bobby, took him to lunch. That allowed family and friends to sneak into his Hillsboro Beach home and for his old Miami Dolphins coach …
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DraftKings Nation and Bleacher Nation
Janis Carr / Orange County Register:
Clippers acquire Bones Hyland, Eric Gordon, Mason Plumlee, dealing John Wall, Reggie Jackson and Luke Kennard — The Clippers improved their frontcourt and added depth to the backcourt through several moves in the final hour before Thursday's trade deadline
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Hoops Rumors, WLEN-FM Radio 103.9, Los Angeles Times, The Athletic, DraftKings Nation, HoopsHype, Nugg Love, Clips Nation and Bleacher Nation
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Joseph Hoyt / Dallas Morning News:
SMU, rumored Pac-12 expansion candidate, keeps commissioner's visit under the radar — George Kliavkoff visited campus and attended a men's basketball game at Moody Coliseum as the Pac-12 seeks schools to replace USC and UCLA. — UNIVERSITY PARK — If SMU had its way …
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Mercury News, The Athletic, Daily Breeze and Awful Announcing
Ronald Blum / Associated Press:
MLB prepared to take over local TV broadcasts from Sinclair — 1 of 10 — About $1 billion of Major League Baseball's revenue is at risk if a cable television company fails to make payments for local broadcasting rights to 14 teams, and the sport is preparing to take over telecasts.
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Seattle Sports, Bleacher Nation, Bleed Cubbie Blue and Awful Announcing
