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Knicks, Phil Jackson to part ways Wednesday, sources say
ESPN
The New York Knicks and team president Phil Jackson will announce that they're parting ways early Wednesday morning, sources told ESPN. Conversations about what was best for the team's future between Jackson and Knicks owner James Dolan ...

Gators sweep Tigers in College World Series finals
ESPN
OMAHA, Neb. -- Maybe this wasn't Florida coach Kevin O'Sullivan's best team. It is, however, his first national championship team. A year after the Gators went two games and out at the College World Series with a team seeded No. 1 and loaded with high ...

Max Scherzer outduels Jake Arrieta as Nats top Cubs, 6-1
Washington Post
It was billed as the first matchup between the two previous National League Cy Young Award winners in nine years, a marquee Tuesday night pitching duel between two of baseball's marquee clubs. But Max Scherzer, who won the award last season, and ...

Rockets star James Harden pushing hard in Chris Paul pursuit, sources say
ESPN
The Houston Rockets have emerged as increasingly serious threats in the chase for soon-to-be free agent Chris Paul, according to league sources. The Rockets still have work to do in terms of clearing sufficient salary-cap space to make a representative ...

Cormier: Other boxers more deserving, but McGregor was able to 'make Mayweather listen'
Bloody Elbow
Daniel Cormier tries to makes sense of the making of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor boxing match. by Milan Ordoñez@Mr_Ordonez Jun 27, 2017, 10:00pm EDT. tweet · share · pin · Rec. Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images. Even now that the ...

As the Tigers falter, Justin Verlander emerges as an intriguing trade possibility
Yahoo Sports
Tuesday offered a fairly typical evening for the 2017 version of Justin Verlander. His fastball, sitting at 95 mph, harkens back to his most glorious days. And yet that measure, so often a bellwether for a pitcher's effectiveness, did nothing to stop ...

Great Leaders Make Everyone Around Them Better
Forbes
There's an old saying that sports don't build character, they reveal it. So too with leadership sports provide an abundance of insights that translate well to the world of business management. Which is why I took notice of a few choice comments Los ...

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