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Bryan Bresee

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  New Orleans Saints bulk up along shielding line, select Clemson's Bryan Bresee with the No. 29 choose in the NFL Draft Wearing pink shirts that proudly displayed "Ella Strong" on the the front, Clemson defensive tackle Bryan Bresee and his circle of relatives shed tears and embraced each other in their Maryland domestic as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell introduced his call. "It's been a lifelong dream of mine to play inside the NFL," Bresee said Thursday night time on a convention call with New Orleans media. "Getting that call has been a second that I've clearly constantly appeared ahead to, and to get a call from the Saints become something you can not even consider till it happens." The New Orleans Saints selected Bresee with the twenty ninth normal pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. The Damascus, Md., native possesses NFL size, status at 6 ft 5, 305 pounds. He's explosive, boasting an excellent mixture of duration (32.Five-inch palms) and v

Premier League

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Manchester City, Relentless and Ruthless, Strolls Past Arsenal Reeling in the league leaders after a season-long chase, City received Wednesday and, with less than 10 video games left, located itself to assert its third directly Premier League identify. MANCHESTER, England — Quite whilst Arsenal knew, for positive, that it became all over is difficult to pinpoint certainly. There was nonetheless religion, probably, after Manchester City’s first purpose, which arrived kind of 370 seconds into a recreation that were billed — for weeks — because the Premier League’s tremendous championship showdown. Some small sliver of optimism may even have persevered after John Stones scored the second, added on a satellite tv for pc delay after a video overview now not long before halftime. The remaining couple months of a season are a time for highbrow gymnastics and leaps of religion, in any case, for the ifs and buts and maybes that football grandly calls “variations.” Maybe a draw might do. Maybe

Lakers

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LeBron James, Lakers work OT to overcome Grizzlies, take 3-1 series lead LOS ANGELES — The Crypto.Com Arena court changed into no region for the faint of coronary heart Monday night. The Lakers and Memphis Grizzlies renewed their hostilities in Game 4 in their an increasing number of contentious first-spherical playoff collection, with bodies flying across the court at breakneck speed and with each possession fought over as though it might be the final one of the 2022-23 season. The normal 48 mins had been now not enough to determine what loomed as a pivotal sport, with LeBron James sending the sport to overtime with a riding layup with 0.Eight seconds last in law after the Grizzlies’ Desmond Bane had positioned his crew in advance with a layup with 6.7 seconds left. James then sealed the deal in OT with a using layup, a scream and a flex, propelling the Lakers to a hard-earned 117-111 victory and a 3-1 collection lead with the final of his team-leading 22 points. His basket sent the

Miami Heat - Butler Scores 56, Miami Heat Stun Milwaukee Bucks 119-114 for three-1 Lead

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  Butler Scores 56, Miami Heat Stun Milwaukee Bucks 119-114 for three-1 Lead The fifty six factors additionally became Butler’s career excessive and set a franchise file for factors scored in a playoff game. Jimmy Butler scored a Miami playoff file fifty six factors, and the Heat roared back from 14 points down within the final quarter to stun the Milwaukee Bucks 119-114 on Monday night to place the NBA's top universal seed on the brink of early removal. The fifty six factors additionally have become Butler’s career high. He turned into 19 for 28 from the sphere, 15 of 18 from the foul line and introduced nine rebounds for 8th-seeded Miami — which took a 3-1 lead over the Bucks of their Eastern Conference first-spherical collection. Bam Adebayo scored 15, Caleb Martin had 12 and Gabe Vincent scored 10 for the Heat. Game 5 is at Milwaukee on Wednesday. Brook Lopez scored 36 points and grabbed eleven rebounds for Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo again from a two-sport absence wit

Warriors

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  NBA playoffs: Warriors cruise to Game 3 win vs. Kings with out Draymond Green The Golden State Warriors are not completed yet. With Draymond Green suspended and their backs in opposition to the wall of their first-round series against the Sacramento Kings, the Warriors pulled out a 114-ninety seven win in Game three to keep away from an 0-3 hollow. Now down 2-1, they'll play a pivotal Game 4 on Sunday (three:30 p.M. ET, ABC) in San Francisco. It became a wire-to-twine win for Golden State, which in no way trailed and constructed up a double-digit lead overdue in the 2d zone. The Kings by no means got the lead all the way down to fewer than 7 points after that. Green's arguable suspension for a stomp of Domantas Sabonis loomed huge getting into the sport, with the protecting champs missing their protective leader against the NBA's leader in offensive efficiency this season. After permitting 126 and 114 factors in Games 1 and a couple of, respectively, the Warriors def

Bucks

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  Bucks make 25 3s, beat Heat 138-122 without Antetokounmpo MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brook Lopez scored 25 points, Jrue Holiday brought 24 and the recent-shooting Milwaukee Bucks withstood Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence while trouncing the Miami Heat 138-122 on Wednesday night, tying their Eastern Conference first-round playoff collection at a game apiece. The Bucks went 25 of forty nine on three-factor attempts to tie the NBA report for three-factor baskets in a postseason recreation. Pat Connaughton, who didn’t even play in Game 1, delivered a playoff profession-high 22 points while going 6 of 10 from past the arc. Antetokounmpo remained out for Milwaukee after leaving the Bucks’ a hundred thirty-117 Game 1 loss early inside the 2d quarter with a bruised lower lower back. The -time MVP suffered the injury on a hard fall after you have fouled overdue inside the first duration all through a pressure to the basket. “We’ll retain to screen him and count on for him to improve and nevertheless s

Knicks

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  KNICKS DROP GAME 2, RETURN TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN TIED WITH CAVS The Knicks got smoked by using the Cavs in Game 2, leaving the series at 1-1 as it turns to New York. The New York Knicks dropped Game 2 in their Round 1 matchup towards the Cleveland Cavaliers via a very last score of 107-90, sending the series into a 1-1 tie thru the primary pair of games. The Cavs expressed that they had to punch first on this sport and that they did. It appeared awful for the Knicks early on in the game and it by no means were given better. The Knicks controlled to clinch Game 1 on the road this beyond Saturday in the back of tremendous efforts from Jalen Brunson and Julius Randle and a far-wished raise from Josh Hart off the bench. They needed to consciousness on rebounding and their bench over again in the event that they desired to try and depart Cleveland up 2-zero on this collection. It was additionally going to be interesting to peer how physically the Cavs opened this one up, as they menti

Warriors

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Kings Beat Warriors 114-106 to Take 2-zero Series Lead SACRAMENTO, CA – APRIL 17: De’Aaron Fox #five of the Sacramento Kings shoots the ball for the duration of Round 1 Game 2 of the 2023 NBA Playoffs on April 17 2023 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and is of the same opinion that, by downloading and or the use of this Photograph, person is consenting to the terms and situations of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2023 NBAE (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE thru Getty Images) As the referees went to the replay screen to decide whether Draymond Green must be ejected for his hard stomp, the Sacramento Kings took that time to regroup and make sure they failed to lose consciousness down the stretch. De'Aaron Fox and crew took over from there and delivered the Kings a 2-0 series lead that has the defending NBA champions reeling. Fox scored 24 factors and made a backbreaking three-pointer that l

Lakers

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  LeBron James credit Lakers' helping solid for Game 1 win MEMPHIS -- The Los Angeles Lakers entered the fourth region of Sunday's Game 1 of their first-round series towards the Memphis Grizzlies clinging to a six-factor lead. In the first eleven mins of the final frame, LeBron James and Anthony Davis attempted just one shot apiece. And yet L.A. Ran away with a 128-112 victory as a bench player and a man who went undrafted out of university simply  years in the past took over. Rui Hachimura scored nine of his 29 factors in the fourth, tying Mychal Thompson's Lakers franchise record for maximum points by means of a alternative in a playoff recreation. Austin Reaves went 5-for-5 in the fourth, which includes scoring nine instantly points late in the zone, en route to 23 points total. "It became our assisting forged that won us the game this night," said James, who had 21 factors, 11 rebounds and three blocks. The Lakers wanted the greater attempt from their ro

Bulls

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  Heat rally to stun Bulls, will face Bucks in first spherical MIAMI -- Jimmy Butler fell to the ground and released a cathartic yell as he converted a layup and got fouled with 2:17 remaining inside the fourth area of Friday's Eastern Conference play-in sport, giving the Miami Heat a lead over the Chicago Bulls they could not relinquish. About a minute later in the game, Butler made the bypass that caused a three-pointer from Max Strus, extending Miami's lead in the course of a dominant stretch run from the Heat in a 102-ninety one victory over the Bulls to clinch the No. 8 seed inside the Eastern Conference. Butler and Strus every scored 31 points and the Heat outscored the Bulls 15-1 over the final three mins of the sport. "That's what my team wished me to do," Butler said after the game. "Find a way." Miami advances into the playoffs with a victory and earns a primary-round matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks, the NBA's top overall seed. Game 1

Jonathan Toews

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  Jonathan Toews 'soaks in' cheers in final game with Blackhawks CHICAGO -- Jonathan Toews took multiple small laps and waved to the fans as they chanted "Jonny! Jonny!" He patted his coronary heart and held his stick within the air because the crowd roared. Toews played one final game with Chicago on Thursday, ultimate out a wildly a hit run that included 3 Stanley Cup championships in 15 seasons. The captain turned into showered with cheers all night long as the Blackhawks lost 5-4 to the Philadelphia Flyers of their season finale. "It's almost difficult to simply accept that love and that reward," Toews stated. "So I tried my exceptional to simply soak it in." General supervisor Kyle Davidson announced in advance in the day that the crew could now not re-signal Toews, who turns 35 on April 29. The middle is eligible without cost enterprise after agreeing to an $84 million, 8-year settlement extension in July 2014. "I think phrases fai

North Korea launches new sort of ballistic missile, South says

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  North Korea launches new sort of ballistic missile, South says SEOUL/TOKYO, April thirteen (Reuters) - North Korea fired a new version of lengthy-variety ballistic missile on Thursday, South Korea said, triggering a scare in northern Japan, where citizens were advised to take cover, though there grew to become out to be no chance. A South Korean army authentic said the missile seemed to had been a new weapon displayed at latest North Korean army parades, and possibly used stable fuel. The missile flew about 1,000 km (620 miles), South Korea's military stated, calling it a "grave provocation". The authentic stated the missile's maximum altitude was decrease than 6,000km, the apogee of some of final yr's file-breaking exams. "So a ways we investigate that they fired a brand new type of ballistic missile with an intermediate or intercontinental range," the authentic said. "We're still analysing info like the trajectory, altitude and variety, wit

Lakers

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 Lakers outlast Timberwolves in OT to claim 7-seed in West LOS ANGELES -- Nearly the entirety about this season has been a grueling project for the Los Angeles Lakers , so nobody in a gold jersey clearly regarded amazed while Anthony Davis devoted a baffling foul that allowed Minnesota 's Mike Conley to snatch a playoff berth from their hands with 0.1 seconds on the regulation clock. The Lakers clearly absorbed the contemporary frame blow to their championship hopes and played on. Five additional time mins later, they eventually claimed a postseason berth that seemed all however unattainable just more than one months in the past. LeBron James had 30 factors and 10 rebounds, and the Lakers snagged the seventh spot within the Western Conference playoffs with a 108-102 victory over the fast-surpassed Timberwolves in the NBA's play-in event Tuesday night time. Conley hit three grasp unfastened throws to tie it after Davis foolishly fouled him on a 3-point try, however the Lakers

Louisville Shooting

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 6 humans are useless and 8 are injured after a shooting in downtown Louisville A gunman killed 5 humans and 8 others had been injured during a Monday morning capturing in downtown Louisville, authorities said. The din of the morning rush hour become shattered by using the sound of gunfire from the Old National Bank Building, simply across the street from Louisville Slugger Field. Emergency calls first came in around 8:30 a.M., and police spoke back within three minutes of being dispatched. Responding officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect, 25-yr-vintage Connor Sturgeon, who become shot and killed via police, according to Louisville Metro Police Department Interim Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel. Sturgeon become an worker of the bank and used a rifle to carry out the assault, she brought. Gwinn-Villaroel said she did now not but recognise how the gunman received the weapon. She said the attack changed into livestreamed on-line. "Today, I'm harm," Kentucky Gov. Andy