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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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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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The Athletic:
Gary Payton II's failed physical puts Warriors' 4-team deal in jeopardy: Sources — Gary Payton II — the Warriors high-profile trade deadline acquisition — could miss two-to-three months after a core muscle issue showed up in his physical on Friday morning, league sources confirmed to The Athletic …
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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Kristian Winfield / New York Daily News:
Inside the downfall of the Nets' Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving era
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Newsday, New York Post, The Big Lead, The Athletic, Boston Herald, FanSided and Seattle Sports
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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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins great Zach Thomas finally gets in Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Dawg Pound Daily, Bears Wire and Boston Herald
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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Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
NBA trading deadline was money for nothing for Heat — It could be argued that on the quietest of NBA trade deadlines for the Miami Heat that they actually pushed all of their chips to the middle of the table. — It also came to be realized that those chips, at least at the moment, have no value.
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Hot Hot Hoops, Boston Herald and Mercury News
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 …
Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:
Remember former Chicago Cubs prospect Eric Patterson? He's returning to the Iowa Cubs, as a coach — The last time Eric Patterson suited up for the Iowa Cubs was July 8, 2008. — Patterson, who was once considered an important part of the organization's future, went …
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Brian Costello / New York Post:
Woody Johnson ‘optimistic’ Jets can land difference-making QB — PHOENIX - Jets owner Woody Johnson is optimistic that the team will be able to land an impact quarterback this offseason. — “That's an issue,” Johnson said Thursday night of the quarterback position. “That's the issue right now.
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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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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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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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