The post-Russell Westbrook era has begun in Oklahoma City. After trading Westbrook to Houston this past offseason and sending Paul George to the Clippers, the Thunder are rebuilding, but it could be a rebuild worth watching. The Thunder received Chris Paul in the Westbrook trade and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the George trade, which gives the team a formidable …
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Russell Westbrook and James Harden are back together again. The Houston Rockets traded for Westbrook in the offseason to reunite the two guards who previously played together in Oklahoma City at the beginning of the decade. It remains to be seen how these two ball-dominant guards will coexist in the same backcourt or how (if?) they’ll contribute defensively. Perhaps the …
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The sun was already setting on the Dubs dynasty with the departure of Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson expected to miss the upcoming season. And now things look even bleaker after Stephen Curry broke his hand. Suddenly, it’s D’Angelo Russell’s team, and he’s in his first year with the Golden State Warriors. Wins might be tough to come by for the team …
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The 2019-2020 NBA season’s opening week continues Wednesday night as 11 games follow the opening night tip-offs of the Pelicans, Raptors, Lakers and Clippers last night. The defending champ Raptors needed overtime to outlast the up-and-coming Pelicans — even without star rookie Zion Williamson, who is out for six to eight weeks after knee surgery — while former Raptor and Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard led the Clippers to take round …
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Locast — a nonprofit startup that grabs over-the-air channels and streams them free over the internet — said late Thursday that the four giant US broadcasters’ “sham litigation” against it is an antitrust conspiracy to drive it out of business and threaten its supporters. Locast’s first official answer to the copyright suit goes beyond simply rejecting the companies’ accusations of …
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The NL Central is still up for grabs. The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are battling for the division crown, with the Milwaukee Brewers still hanging on in the race, despite losing reigning NL MVP Christian Yelich for the season. The NL Central pennant race could very well come down to the final day of the regular season. The …
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The four big broadcasters in the US — Disney‘s ABC, CBS, Fox and Comcast’s NBCUniversal — are suing a small, nonprofit streaming service, called Locast, which grabs over-the-air channels and makes them available to stream. The Locast service is available in 13 cities, including New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The suit is the first attack against a company that many see …
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The Toronto Raptors lead the Golden State Warriors three games to two, but let the possible series-clinching Game 5 slip away at home, blowing a six-point lead with less than 4 minutes to go. The NBA Finals shift back to Oakland for the last game ever at Oracle Arena (the team will open next season in their new digs across the bay in …
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AT&T said it’s adding Locast, an app that streams local broadcaster TV for free, to DirecTV and U-Verse starting Thursday. Locast provides access to local broadcast stations including ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX to people with broadband-connected receivers. It’s available in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Washington DC, Houston, Boston, Denver and Baltimore. AT&T said it’ll still provide its free Local …
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The NFL Playoffs get underway this weekend with a quartet of games. Only the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots earned a first-round bye in the AFC, and only the New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams earned a bye in the NFC. The rest of the teams that qualified for the playoffs begin their road to the Super …
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