News
Michael Kessens won a European-wide league championship for the 2nd straight year. Last year, he was a member of the Telekom Baskets Bonn (Germany) team that won the Champions League. This year, he’s a member of the Paris team that won the EuroCup title with a 2-game finals sweep of Bourg-en-Bresse. Kessens was one of the first players brought over from Bonn to Paris after Paris hired Bonn’s coach last summer, and has served as a team captain this season despite playing limited minutes.
Haylie McCleney has once again been named to the US Women’s National Team for the WBSC World Cup this summer.
Former Alabama players and Saban staffers Josh Chapman, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, and Denzel Devall played pivotal roles in the transition to the DeBoer administration.
Roman Harper and Peanut Tillman are launching a new podcast named Second Acts, which will focus on life after football. Harper shares with The Athletic how tough the first year out of football was.
Media Appearances
Links to press conferences from today:
Scenes and Highlights
FRISSONS 🔥@ParisBasketball x @EuroCup #SKWEEKLive pic.twitter.com/fizVZ3bW7s
— SKWEEK (@skweektv) April 12, 2024
ALLEY OOP ACTION 🔥@brandmillerr | @drpepper pic.twitter.com/EC9N6gWAOy
— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) April 13, 2024
Young legs catching the lob! @brandmillerr | @hornets pic.twitter.com/PQOR2yCi5N
— Bally Sports: Hornets (@HornetsOnBally) April 12, 2024
Just so smooth @brandmillerr | @hornets pic.twitter.com/vAQJTGoYIl
— Bally Sports: Hornets (@HornetsOnBally) April 13, 2024
Beautiful basketball 👏
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) April 13, 2024
Tonight's @JetBlue Play of the Game gave us a little bit of everything pic.twitter.com/Gr7mxTCvnS
Keon cookin' 🔥 pic.twitter.com/VEh0HJ4F7J
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) April 13, 2024
HERB! pic.twitter.com/H6RDoYqNtN
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) April 13, 2024
Transactions
- Jake Eddington – placed on the Development List by the Clearwater Threshers.
Game Results
SWIMMING
TYR Pro Swim Series – San Antonio
Women’s 200m Backstroke Prelims
Rhyan White – 2:09.11, 2nd; advances to A Final.
Morgan Scott – 2:15.61, 12th; advances to B Final.
TYR Pro Swim Series – San Antonio
Women’s 200m Backstroke A FInal
Rhyan White – 2:09.35, 4th.
TYR Pro Swim Series – San Antonio
Women’s 200m Backstroke B Final
Morgan Scott – 2:17.86, 8th in B Final (16th overall).
TYR Pro Swim Series – San Antonio
Women’s 100m Butterfly Prelims
Rhyan White – 1:00.91, 33rd.
BASKETBALL
BKT EuroCup Finals Gm 2:
Paris 89, Bourg en Bresse 82 (wins series 2-0).
Michael Kessens – 14 minutes, 2 points (1-3 FG, 0-2 FT), 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 fouls.
Boston 131, Charlotte 98.
JD Davison – 17 minutes, 7 points (2-4 2pg, 1-3 3pg), 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 turnover, 1 foul, +18.
Brandon Miller – 14 minutes, 9 points (2-4 2pg, 1-4 3pg, 2-2 FT), 2 rebounds, 1 turnover, -15.
New York 111, Brooklyn 107.
Noah Clowney – 28 minutes, 9 points (3-3 2pg, 1-4 3pg), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 1 foul, -14.
San Antonio 121, Denver 120.
Braxton Key – DNP.
New Orleans 114, Golden State 109.
Herbert Jones – 38 minutes, 13 points (3-5 2pg, 2-5 3pg, 1-2 FT), 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block, 1 turnover, 3 fouls, +6.
Utah 110, Los Angeles Clippers 109.
Kira Lewis – DNP.
Collin Sexton – inactive (illness).
Joshua Primo – inactive (ankle).
Phoenix 108, Sacramento 107.
Keon Ellis – 33 minutes, 17 points (5-5 2pg, 2-6 3pg, 1-1 FT), 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 3 fouls, -13.
Great Falls 110, Seattle 108.
Ar’mond Davis – 7 minutes, 2 points (1-2 2pg, 0-2 3pg), -7.
SOCCER
FC Pinzgau Saalfelden 3, Vienna Sports Club 0.
Marianna Annest – played full match; no stats.
Macy Clem – played full match; no stats.
Ashlynn Serepca – played full match; no stats.
Orlando 1, Utah 0.
Celia Jiménez Delgado – DNP.
McKinley Crone – DNP.
GOLF
The Masters Rd 2:
Justin Thomas – 72-79, +7, cut.
Lee Hodges – 74-77, +7, cut.
Nick Dunlap – 77-74, +7, cut.
WAPT Lake Charles Championship Rd 2:
Kenzie Wright – 73-73, +4, T23.
BASEBALL
Texas 12, Houston 8.
David Robertson – 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 K.
Richmond 3, Akron 2.
Brett Auerbach (3B) – 0-2. 1 BB. 1 SB.
Bowling Green 6, Greenville 0.
Caden Rose (LF) – 1-4, 1 single.
Lakeland 7, Bradenton 6 (F/10).
Hunter Furtado – 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 BB, 1 K.
Garrett McMillan (L, 0-1) – 0.0 IP, 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 BB, 0 K.
Jupiter 5, St Lucie 4.
Sam Praytor (C) – 1-2, 1 single, 2 BB.
NW Arkansas 4, San Antonio 2.
Peyton Wilson (2B) – 0-3, 1 BB.
Gwinnett 7, Omaha 6.
Tyler Gentry (RF) – 0-4, 1 BB.
Arkansas 4, Tulsa 0.
Morgan McCullough (3B) – 1-3, 1 single, 1 BB.
TRACK & FIELD
Tom Jones Memorial
Women’s Long Jump Invitational
Quanesha Burks – 6.71 meters, 1st.
Tom Jones Memorial
Men’s 200 Meters
Jereem Richards – 20.35 seconds, 4th in heat.
TENNIS
Billie Jean King Cup, Asia/Oceania Pool A
New Zealand vs Taiwan
Erin Routliffe / P Hourigan defeated Chan / Liang 6-1, 6-1.
