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Bucks finalizing deal to make Raptors' Adrian Griffin their head coach, AP source says
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks are finalizing a deal to make Adrian Griffin their head coach after he spent the last five seasons as a Toronto Raptors assistant, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of...
Dubai-based professional baseball league announces first franchise, Mumbai Cobras
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Baseball United, which swung for the sports history fences by establishing the first professional baseball league in the Middle East and South Asia, announced Monday its first franchise, the Mumbai Cobras. The Cobras are the first of four teams to...
Bucks' Jrue Holiday selected as NBA teammate of year for 2nd consecutive season
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday has been selected the NBA’s teammate of the year for the second straight year and third time in the last four seasons. The NBA announced on Thursday the voting results for the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, which...
Bucks hope coaching change can 'unlock some more potential'
The Milwaukee Bucks want their postseasons to match the success of their regular seasons. That pretty much explains why the Bucks opted to fire coach Mike Budenholzer after he led Milwaukee to the NBA’s best record in three of his five seasons on the job. Budenholzer coached the...
Bucks fire Budenholzer as coach after early playoff exit
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have fired coach Mike Budenholzer just over a week after their stunning first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat spoiled a season in which they owned the NBA’s best record. Budenholzer’s ouster comes just two years after he directed the...
Embiid: MVP is validation, but NBA title is still the goal
BOSTON (AP) — Joel Embiid finally said it: Winning the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award has been a dream ever since he belatedly started playing basketball. “I know I’ve always said I don’t care, but it was just for you guys to leave me alone,” the 76ers center said...
USA will open Basketball World Cup against New Zealand
The United States will open Basketball World Cup play against New Zealand this summer, with Greece and Jordan also awaiting the Americans in the group stage. And the earliest the U.S. can see France in an Olympic final rematch is the semifinals. FIBA held the World Cup...
Heat, with another closing kick, reach Round 2 of playoffs
A chance to eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks was in his hands, and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra could have used that moment to draw up some sort of highly technical play with lots of scribbles and squiggles to tell everyone where to go. He simply pointed to his best player instead. ...
Heat rally again to win in OT, eliminate top-seeded Bucks
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jimmy Butler was an extraordinary playmaker while leading the Miami Heat to one of the most stunning first-round playoff upsets in NBA history. It turns out he also was a heck of a play caller. Butler scored 42 points and the Heat staged a second...
Second straight collapse caps Bucks' stunningly early exit
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks entered the playoffs boasting the NBA’s best record and believing they had a great shot at winning their second title in three seasons. They instead are finished before May after suffering one of the most stunning first-round playoff losses in...
