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DENVER —  He vanished into thin air.He disappeared under an avalanche of pressure.He evaporated amid a mountain of howls.Handed the most important cue of his career, he didn’t show up.In the biggest night of the Lakers season, he took the night off.Is anyone else getting sick of this act that is Anthony Davis?On a devastating Thursday evening at loud, hostile Ball Arena, the Lakers’ most important player continued his playoff-long trend of failing to consistently perform.Only this time, his stumbles might have shoved…

You may have to get a Peacock subscription if you want to watch every single game in the NFL playoffs. The streaming service will serve as home to the first-ever exclusive livestreamed NFL playoff game, NBCUniversal and the league have announced. It's a wild card game that's scheduled to take place on January 13th, 2024, which is the first playoff weekend. And by "exclusive," they meant it will not be aired on national TV or even on cable. Only the local markets for the two competing teams will have access to the game…

The deal marks the first time an NFL playoff game will mostly be available on a streaming service. The deal marks the first time an NFL playoff game will mostly be available on a streaming service. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of…

The Lakers could feel their place in the Western Conference finals, their turnaround season ready to continue.But first, it was going to be the hardest 24 minutes of their season, the second half of Game 6, against the defending NBA champions who were ready to fight for their postseason lives.The Lakers had just capped the first half in Los Angeles 10 points better than the Warriors thanks to Austin Reaves’ half-court shot that swished through the net at the buzzer.They’d been the more physical team, they forced the…

You can be forgiven if your mind goes to a specific place when you first start thinking about the Lakers’ upcoming playoff series with the Golden State Warriors.Yeah, it’s regional, L.A. versus the Bay Area, but in this league, it’s another round of the NBA’s two biggest stars meeting in the playoffs again, this time the Western Conference semifinals, which open Tuesday night in San Francisco.LeBron James and Stephen Curry have shared the court for four different NBA Finals, James and his Cavaliers winning once, and now…

For the second straight season, the Kings were on the losing side of the handshake line after a first-round Stanley Cup playoff loss to the Edmonton Oilers.On a star-studded Oilers roster, it was unheralded forward Kailer Yamamoto, a former Jr. Kings player, who launched the Oilers to a second-round matchup against Vegas. His shot from the high slot snaked through a crowd and got past Kings goalie Joonas Korpisalo with 3 minutes and 2 seconds left in the third period Saturday and held up as the difference in Edmonton’s…

Jayson Tatum apologized to Janet Jackson for delaying her tour.The Boston Celtics beat the Atlanta Hawks 128-120 on Thursday night to win their first-round NBA playoff series, which pushed back Jackson’s Atlanta concert for her Together Again tour to Friday night.“I want to send an apology to the legend Janet Jackson,” Tatum said in a TV interview following his team’s win. “We was supposed to close out in Boston—she had to postpone her show. I hope she sees this. I apologize for that. But we got it done today.”The Celtics…

Howdy, I’m your host, Iliana Limón Romero, filling in for Houston Mitchell, who is probably watching West Wing reruns. Let’s get right to the news.From Dan Woike: The Lakers targeted 19 wins for a very specific reason.It was early February, the morning before LeBron James broke the NBA’s all-time scoring record, when teammate Dennis Schroder put it on the record.With 28 games left in their season, Schroder said the team’s mindset was to win at least 19 — that would be the number the Lakers would need to make the…

LeBron James looked blankly up at the rim after an easy little push shot failed to fall. Two possessions later, he winced as the right cut didn’t materialize and another possession went to waste.Later, matched up with slight Phoenix guard Landry Shamet, James looked for a way to score out of the post. He passed out of the opportunity. Later, he simply ran Shamet over for a charge and then missed a shot at the paint with the backup getting another stop on the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.Friday night, James played in his…

Howdy, I’m your host, Houston Mitchell. Let’s get right to the news.From Dan Woike: The big story waited in Los Angeles, where the road weary Lakers hoped to get to at some point after their game with the Jazz provided yet another snowstorm didn’t sabotage their itinerary.Wednesday, the Lakers will finish off a five-game trip in unique fashion – playing at home in Los Angeles – in a road game against the Clippers.It’s the big game. But, for the Lakers, it couldn’t be the biggest.They had work in front of them.That, as…