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They did just that and more as they erupted for a 145-117 win at Moda Center, handing the Blazers just their third home loss of the season. NBA League Pass: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Despite missing Al Horford (back) and Jaylen Brown (hamstring), Jayson Tatum and Dennis Schroder led the way with 31 points apiece as six players finished in double figures as they moved to 1-1 on their road trip....

The Celtics once again got a balanced offensive effort with all five starters scoring at least 11 points. Jaylen Brown led the way with 23 points, but Al Horford was the closer down the stretch, finishing with 15 points and 10 rebounds. James and Kevin Love combined for 54 points, but the rest of the Cavs offered only 40 points on 12-of-33 shooting. JR Smith in particular struggled mightily, going 0-of-7 from the field and 0-of-4 from 3-point range....

Game 7 lived up to the billing on South Beach as Boston held off a late Miami comeback to seal a 100-96 victory. Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 26 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, while Marcus Smart added 24 points and nine rebounds. Jaylen Brown chipped in 24 points as well. Heat All-Star swingman Jimmy Butler followed up his huge Game 6 performance with 35 points and nine rebounds....

Ferraro has been defensive coordinator at Maine in the FCS the last two year. He worked with the Panthers, Vikings and Rams from 2005-11, and was an assistant for UCF coach George O'Leary at Georgia Tech from 1995-01. He replaces Jim Flemming, who left to become head coach at Rhode Island. Neither Flemming nor Ferraro will coach the 15th-ranked Knights in the Fiesta Bowl against No. 6 Baylor on New Year's Day....

Line: Western Kentucky -4, Total: 68 Line movement and notes: Western Kentucky opened as a 1.5-point favorite at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook back on Dec. 8 and then rose to -3 a day later before coming back down to -2.5. The line was up to -4 late Monday after it was announced Central Michigan running back Thomas Rawls (1,105 rushing yards and 10 touchdowns) will not play due to an academic issue....

“It’s a disaster. These tests are not worth anything, or have very little use. Some of these companies, I tell you, this is ethically very questionable to get out with this stuff,” Severin Schwan, the CEO for Roche Holding AG, the world’s largest biotech company, told reporters during a conference call Wednesday, according to a report by Reuters. “Every kind of amateur could produce an antibody test. The two of us could do it overnight in the garage....

John T. Earnest, a 22-year-old former nursing student, burst into a Southern California synagogue on the last day of Passover in 2019 with a semiautomatic rifle, killing one person and wounding three others. Earnest was spared the death penalty through an agreement with prosecutors. He also faces sentencing in federal court on December 28, where he pleaded guilty to the federal charges. Earnest pleaded guilty after the Justice Department said it wouldn’t seek the death penalty, and defense attorneys and prosecutors are recommending a life sentence....

On Friday night, Sonnen is back in the MMA circles as he will be making his broadcasting debut alongside former WWE broadcasting legend Jim Ross for BattleGrounds MMA. You can see the eight-man, one-night tournament live on pay-per-view starting at 10 p.m. ET for $19.95. MORE: Cung Le tests positive for HGH | Jim Ross talks new challenges A variety of circumstances led to Sonnen making his broadcasting debut includes being released from the UFC and his analyst duties at Fox Sports for failing two random drug tests in June....

NEWSWEEK: Why are you running? Simba Makoni: Our country needs new leadership, we need another direction. When did you decide to enter the race? The trigger was the failure of the party congress on Dec. 15 to solve the leadership question. The congress was convened to endorse one candidate [Mugabe] instead of electing one. What was the mood at the time? It’s irrelevant now. But my colleagues were frustrated, they were angry, they were anxious....

The pair are included in a 28-man squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovakia as Gareth Southgate’s side look to move towards securing their place at the tournament in Russia. Chalobah 9/2 to score v Brighton Chalobah has impressed since joining the Hornets from Chelsea in the summer while Maguire was a standout for Hull City, despite their relegation from the Premier League in 2016-17, and opened his Leicester account against Brighton on Saturday....

Los Blancos bettered their 2014 mark by claiming five titles in 2017, the last of those in mid-December as Zinedine Zidane’s men lifted the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi. A week later, however, a 3-0 loss to Barca in the Clasico left a huge dent in their hopes of retaining La Liga. Madrid were provisionally 14 points adrift of their fierce rivals prior to this weekend’s fixtures, with a game in hand due to their participation in the Club World Cup....

Teams are guaranteed millions for just reaching the group stage and after that, results, as well as television money, dictate what the final prize fund will be at the end of it all. So how much do the winners of the 2019-20 Champions League get? Goal breaks down the prize money. Champions League prize money: How much money do the winners get? The winners of the 2020 Champions League final will pocket $22....

In the end — as they had in the beginning and middle — the seasonlong high-achievers — the “Big 3” — showed why they are just that, but even they had to overcome sizable setbacks and strategy twists in a thrilling final push to settle who will run for the championship in Sunday’s Ford EcoBoost 400 (3 p.m. ET; NBC, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90). Regular-season champion Kyle Busch overcame being down a lap Sunday — he got caught on pit road during a caution flag — to regain the lead for good with 36 laps remaining to hoist his eighth trophy and put an exclamation point on his 2018 championship intentions....

Houston will now have to decide whether to match the offer. MORE: Cavs risk it all for LeBron | Melo reportedly staying in NY Several photos of Parsons signing an offer sheet were posted on a Cyber Dust account controlled by Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and the team early Thursday, when the NBA’s moratorium on signing free agents ended. The photos, including one of Cuban posing with Parsons, appeared briefly just after midnight Dallas time....

Even as rates of smoking have dropped significantly over the past decade, snuff sales have risen steadily, jumping by 10 percent over the last two years alone-from 64.8 million pounds in 2000 to 71.7 million last year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Meanwhile, cigarette companies sold 65 billion fewer cigarettes last year than the 480 billion they sold in 1993. As higher taxes and increased restrictions have made taking a cigarette break an ever more difficult and expensive proposition, snuff makers are seeking to lure the nicotine-dependent with a habit they’re not prohibited from doing at the office or in a restaurant....

Over the weekend, Perryman’s athletic exploits were on display at the Fox Sports San Diego Dodgeball Tournament, a charity event held held by teammate Corey Liuget. MORE: Dumb, weird and bizarre sports injuries | Chargers trying to cut ties with Eric Weddle? As you can see in the video, Perryman dodged (twice), ducked, dipped and dove, evading balls and nailing opponents. But there is one problem: Perryman is injured....

NBA analyst Charles Barkley, who was named one of the 50 greatest NBA players of all-time, caught flack on social media for supporting those who did not kneel during the “Star-Spangled Banner.” For a quick recap, the NBA postponed its season March 11 after Rudy Gobert of the Jazz tested positive for COVID-19. Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive, and others tested positive for the coronavirus soon after that....

The NBA Hall of Famer is an in-studio basketball commentator for Turner Sports and made the remarks Thursday during an appearance on ESPN’s “Get Up.” Barkley, who has been part of NCAA Tournament coverage for the past nine years, said he realizes there is a lot of money on the line for his employer — but they should do the right thing and shut down the event. “A lot of people make a lot of money on March Madness,” said Barkley....

The 73-year-old king was shown on official news coverage of the event as the national anthem began playing, red-eyed with tears on his face. The royals were joined in the chapel by members of foreign royal houses, many of whom are related to their British counterparts through the common ancestry of Queen Victoria. The king took part in the service after walking in processions from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey in the morning and then from the abbey to Wellington Arch following the state funeral....

Or at least images of the game’s nascent rise as the archive of famed photographer Charles M. Conlon, who snapped to life the national pastime, is up for auction this week (via The New York Times). The some 7,500 negatives — many of them glass — in the Heritage Auctions sale date to the early 20th century and include iconic images of the game’s earliest superstars: an action shot of Ty Cobb sliding into third base in a cloud of dirt, a tight facial portrait of Babe Ruth, a shot of New York Giants pitcher Christy Mathewson, said to be Conlon’s first portrait....