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NBA Rising Stars: Keyonte George spoils G League party with dagger 3 to advance to All-Star tourney against LeBron James, Stephen Curry

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Keyonte George led his team in scoring in the semifinals, then hit the game-winning 3 in the final to advance to Sunday's All-Star tournament. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

A team of G Leaguers threatened to crash Sunday’s NBA All-Star party from Friday’s Rising Stars tournament, but Chris Mullins’ team of NBA players ultimately prevailed. Team G League, coached by Jeremy Lin, beat a team of young NBA stars coached by Mitch Richmond in the semifinals, then took a 12-8 lead against Mullins’ team … Read more

Mykhailo Mudryk doping test ‘a dagger to the heart of Ukrainian football’

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It was only six months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine when, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I came across Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight. This was September 2022 and Mudryk was by then an emerging talent for the Ukrainian champions, Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored and was the team’s major attacking threat in … Read more