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⚽️ Miami wins opening game: Lionel Messi and Inter Miami began their run in MLS with an outrageous highlight, a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake.
🏈 CFP changes include: During a nine-hour meeting in Dallas on Wednesday, CFP leaders considered a new playoff model that includes a 14-team format giving the four power conferences multiple automatic qualifiers.
⛳️ Charlie Woods focuses on PGA Tour: The most famous 15-year-old in golf will compete in a pre-qualifying event today in hopes of qualifying for next week's PGA Tour's Cognizant Classic. His father was 16 when he made his professional debut at the 1992 LA Open.
💔 tragic death: Motocross star and former X Games medalist Jaden “Jayyo” Archer died Wednesday while practicing a backflip trick in Australia. He was 27 years old.
⚽️ stoppage time winner: Thanks to this beautiful curling by Galeno in the 94th minute, FC Porto defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the first round of the Champions League finals.
🏀 NBA Standings: Back from break
The NBA season resumes tonight, A two-month battle for the playoffs between 24 teams, which is still realistically in contention, begins. Jeff writes.
current situation: The number one seed in the East region is almost decided, but the top spot in the West region is crowded.
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east: It's Boston…and everyone else. The Celtics are six games behind the second-place Cavaliers and 19 games behind the 10th-place Hawks, and have the third-easiest schedule remaining.
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West: The Timberwolves, Thunder, Clippers and Nuggets are just three games out of first place in the conference, and five other teams (Suns, Pelicans, Mavericks, Kings and Lakers) are within 10 games of first place.
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East Division's struggling second division: The Bucks have lost seven of 10 games since Doc Rivers took over as manager, and the Knicks have lost four in a row as they await the return of Julius Randle (shoulder) and OG Anunoby (elbow) and are without Joel Embiid. The 76ers have lost nine of 12 games.
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The GOAT lurks: The Lakers and Warriors have had shaky seasons, but both teams are on the upswing and appear to have a ticket to the play-in round. Do you think the best teams in the West are looking forward to a potential first-round matchup with LeBron James and Stephen Curry?
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Very lively: The Jazz (26-30), Rockets (24-30), Nets (21-33) and Raptors (19-36) are behind, but all are still within five games of a play-in spot. It is in.
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Terrifying trio: The Pistons (8-46), Wizards (9-45), and Spurs (11-44) are all on pace to have their worst seasons in history, and the 2024 draft class is the weakest in recent memory. The timing is terrible because it looks like one of the team's memories.
NBA details: Fantasy tips coming out of the All-Star break
🏒 50 goals in 54 games
Maple Leafs superstar Auston Matthews He needed just 54 games to reach 50 goals, the fewest since Mario Lemieux needed just 50 games in the 1995-96 season.
Historical pace: Matthews scored his 50th and 51st goals in Toronto's 6-3 win over the Coyotes on Wednesday. This puts him on pace for 76 goals, which would tie him for fifth all-time.
🏀 Miles Rice 1, Gun 0
Less than a year after my last chemotherapy, Redshirt freshman Myles Rice is leading Washington State to its best season in 16 years. Jeff writes.
Meet Miles: The former three-star recruit out of Georgia has made the most of his first season on the court and his junior year in college, leading the Cougars in points (15.9), assists (3.7) and steals (1.7). ing.
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Rice, who redshirted his first year, looked ready to join the rotation last season before suffering from Hodgkin's lymphoma and having his world turned upside down.
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Due to his cancer diagnosis, he underwent chemotherapy twice a month from October to March 2023 and missed an additional season.
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Last June, Rice received a phone call saying her cancer was in remission. Now, he is the team's unquestioned star, winning Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honors a record-tying seven times.
Ending the drought: Rice and the Cougars (20-6) moved to No. 21 in this week's AP poll, ending a 302-week unranked streak dating back to 2008. This was also the last year they made it to the NCAA Tournament, making it the second longest drought in the nation. power conference school.
Enjoy tonight: Waz visits No. 4 Arizona (11 p.m. ET, FS1) They have a chance to take over first place in the Pac-12.
💵 Franchise Rating: Found your favorite team?
100 most valuable sports teams in the world According to Sportico's valuation (in dollars), the total is worth $405 billion. And eight of the top 10 companies are based in New York or California.
By league: All 32 NFL teams and all 30 NBA teams finished in the top 100. The rest of the list includes 17 MLB teams, 11 soccer teams, seven NHL teams, and three F1 teams.
📸 Behind the lens
Every week, we go “Behind the Lens” at Getty Images to hear the stories behind some of the best photos in sports.
Photos of the week: Morgane Herculano of the Swiss team resurfaces after diving in the women's 20m platform final at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.
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position: doha, qatar
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date: February 14
Behind the lens: This is photographer Adam Pretty…
This photo was taken using a handheld mirrorless camera inside an underwater housing. I was swimming and freediving in the pool, watching the divers come off their boards. Once they launched, I dove underwater to frame the shot.
Divers plunged into the water at speeds of over 80 kilometers (50 miles) per hour, often reaching the bottom of the pool. Morgane luckily resurfaced towards me outside of the bubble and made a really nice and elegant shape.
Being in the water allows you to adjust your position in ways you can't on land, allowing you to work in three complete dimensions. Water can complicate things because it's so unpredictable, but I love the challenge. No matter how many times you find yourself in a similar situation, you never really know what you have until you hold it in your hands.
📆 February 22, 1980: “Miracle on Ice”
44 years ago today, The U.S. men's ice hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 in the semifinals of the Lake Placid Olympics in one of the biggest upsets in sports history. Two days later, they defeated Finland to win the gold medal. Jeff writes.
David vs. Goliath: The Americans were a group of untested college kids, while the Soviets were a giant force. They had won the previous four Olympics, defeating the United States 12 times in a row by a combined score of 117-26. And that doesn't even include the pre-Olympic exhibition two weeks ago, in which the Soviets won 10-3.
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🏈 1893: Auburn defeated Alabama 32-22 in the first Iron Bowl. 131 years later, it's the Crimson Tide that holds the edge in the all-time series with his 50-37-1 lead.
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🏒 1981: Brothers and teammates Anton and Peter Chastny set an NHL rookie record with eight points apiece in the Quebec Nordiques (now Avalanche)'s 11-7 victory over the Capitals.
*Spoiler alert: The game between the United States and the Soviet Union was shown with a three-hour tape delay, so the result had to be kept secret from viewers. But one of his ABC anchors in Washington, D.C., didn't get the memo. I accidentally ruined the ending. when the game was tied 3-3 in the third period.
📺 Watchlist: West Showdown
Four teams to watch in the Western Conference Welcome back from the break for tonight's TNT doubleheader. Jeff writes.
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Suns at Mavericks (7:30 p.m. ET, TNT): Phoenix (32-22) has won 14 of 18 games entering the All-Star break, while Dallas (32-23) is on a six-game winning streak.
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Lakers vs. Warriors (10 p.m., TNT): LA (30-26) and Golden State (27-26) have both won six of their past seven games. (Note: LeBron James (ankle) is out.)
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⚾️ MLB: dodgers vs padres (3:10 p.m., ESPN) …First game of spring training!
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🏀 NCAAW: No. 4 Iowa vs. No. 14 Indiana (8 p.m., Peacock); No. 18 Utah vs. No. 12 UCLA (9:30 p.m., ESPN)
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🏀 NCAAM: Rutgers, Purdue 3rd place (7 p.m., FS1); No. 21 Washington State vs. No. 4 Arizona (11 p.m., FS1)
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🏒 NHL: Lightning Capitals* (7 p.m., ESPN)
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⛳️ PGA: mexico open (9:15 a.m., ESPN+, 4 p.m., Golf)
*The chase begins again. He scored just eight goals in Washington's first 43 games, but Alex Ovechkin has scored eight goals in his last eight games. He will pass Wayne Gretzky in 57 innings.
🏈 NFL Trivia
Drama is swirling in Chicago. Justin Fields wants to know if he'll be traded or remain with the team that drafted him 11th overall in 2021.
The answer is at the bottom.
⚾️ Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit
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Trivia answer: Trevor Lawrence (Jaguars), Zach Wilson (Jets), Trey Lance (49ers)
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