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MLB teams welcome LGBTQ+ fans with Pride Nights
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MLB teams welcome LGBTQ+ fans with Pride Nights

  • JAY COHEN Associated Press
  • Updated

 All but one big league team will celebrate Pride Night this season, yet the sport remains hampered by ongoing issues around LGBTQ+ inclusivity. While Seattle slugger Julio Rodríguez was among a group of players who expressed support for the LGBTQ+ community, the Dodgers were criticized for including the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in the team's upcoming Pride Night on Friday. Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw said his objection was based on the Sisters' portrayal of religious figures and had nothing to do with LGBTQ+ rights. 

Prospects get chance to shine in Basketball Africa League
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Prospects get chance to shine in Basketball Africa League

  • By KEN MAGUIRE Associated Press

Several prospects from the NBA Academy in Africa are playing in the new season of the Basketball Africa League. The league was created by the NBA in partnership with FIBA to help grow the sport in Africa and is now in its third season.

Injuries slowed progress in Detroit, Charlotte
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Injuries slowed progress in Detroit, Charlotte

  • By NOAH TRISTER Associated Press

The injuries to Cade Cunningham and LeMelo Ball have made this season another dreary one for the Pistons and Hornets, but the presence of those two players mean improvement could certainly come quickly if they’re back to full health.

Analysis: Scoot Henderson says he's ready for NBA draft
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Analysis: Scoot Henderson says he's ready for NBA draft

  • TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press

Scoot Henderson is starting to watch the Harry Potter movies. He can easily explain what inertia is. He can't understand why one of his friends always seems to beat him when they go online to play Madden. In his spare time, he also is getting ready for the NBA draft. As the playoff push starts in the league, so does the draft push for those who will expect to hear their names called by Commissioner Adam Silver this June. Everybody knows French phenom Victor Wembanyama likely will be picked No. 1. There shouldn't be much mystery about who's going No. 2.

A Q&A with ESPN's Michael Wilbon as he approaches 60 and 'PTI' hits the road
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A Q&A with ESPN's Michael Wilbon as he approaches 60 and 'PTI' hits the road

  • By Teddy Greenstein, Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO - Michael Wilbon closed out Monday's "Pardon the Interruption" with a salute to his alma mater. When Tony Kornheiser mentioned that Duke had ascended to No. 1 in the AP poll, Wilbon shot back: "That's OK, but not the women. They got a beatdown at Northwestern." Then he mentioned the top scorer from the Wildcats' 84-58 victory, a family friend from Maryland: "Shoutout to Lindsey ...