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Perkins won an NBA title in 2008 as a member of the Celtics, achieving something that has eluded Anthony for 16 seasons. Perkins believes Anthony should take a back seat to younger players like Vince Carter did. Carter signed a one-year deal with the Hawks this offseason at age 42. “Listen I agree Melo should be In league on somebody roster for d— show, but he needs to follow in Vince Carter footsteps, because when Vince knew he wasn’t that dude no more he embraced a lesser role with open arms and now he’s 42 years old and about to play his 22nd season!...

Get Chelsea at 10/3 to defend PL title The 21-year-old returned to the UK on Tuesday after being sent home by the reigning Premier League champions. That decision was taken in the wake of inappropriate posts which appeared on Kenedy’s Instagram account during the Blues’ time in Beijing. A statement from Inter Sports on their Weibo page read: “Chelsea FC can confirm that Kenedy has returned to the UK and will play no further part in the Club’s pre-season tour of Asia....

Coach Jomo Thompson and assistants Ben Head, Spencer Clan and Kelsey LaCroix were fired Monday as a result of the investigation. Thompson won two national cheerleading titles as a member of the team in the 1980s, and had served as the team’s head coach since 2002. He led the program to 12 of its 24 national titles, including four straight from 2016 through 2019. University lawyer T. Lynn Williamson, who served as an administrative adviser to the team, also retired as a result of the investigation...

Elizabeth Linscott, a resident of Kentucky’s Hardin County, near Louisville, learned she contracted the new coronavirus after taking a precautionary diagnostic test earlier this month, WAVE 3 News reported on Friday. Linscott told the outlet she did not show symptoms associated with COVID-19. Regardless, a representative from the Hardin County Heath Department contacted her following the diagnosis to explain next steps. Similar to risk management procedures effected in other U....

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Looming over the Churchill Downs track, a gigantic video board making its Kentucky Derby debut Saturday gave the huge crowd a living-room view. The horses were shown in super-sized form as the track's newest landmark gave fans attending the 140th Derby the feeling of being up close to the colts. The view was especially sweet for the throngs of infield fans. In past years, some of them routinely left without seeing a horse....

Here are 10 of the best and most memorable Kentucky Derby performances of the last 50 years. MORE: Derby records, all-time leaders | Get to know the contenders Mine That Bird, 2009 Mine That Bird, a 50-1 long shot, was so off the radar before and during the 2009 Kentucky Derby that he caught announcer Tom Durkin completely off guard as he pulled away from the field. Jockey Calvin Borel put on a clinic in this race, patiently passing all 19 horses along the rail before emerging from a crowded field down the stretch....

Mandaloun (12-1 in 2021) was named the winner last year after Medina Spirit (15-1) was disqualified for failing a drug test. That led to legendary trainer Bob Baffert being suspended from having an entry this year, as well as denying him a repeat after his horse Authentic won the Derby in 2020. This year’s field of talented 3-year-old thoroughbreds competing at Louisville’s iconic Churchill Downs this Saturday, May 7 (6:57 p....

Kentucky’s Secretary of State Michael Adams and Attorney General Daniel Cameron warned voters of the scams in a Tuesday news release. According to them, one of the scams is spreading misinformation to voters through physical letters sent by mail, and the other is targeting voters with text messages. “I condemn this shady out-of-state group and their efforts to tamper with our elections,” Adams said of the Center for Voter Information, the organization that he said was sending the letters, in the release....

That’s right. No. 8 Kentucky was too big for No. 9 Kansas even with its 6-11 sophomore center sitting out most of the evening. Richards didn’t necessarily do anything wrong; he did, after all, throw back five shots as he passed through. But UK didn’t need a true center to deal with these Jayhawks. Reid Travis and PJ Washington, neither within three inches of standing 7 feet tall, overpowered the opposition with unrelenting fury in a 71-63 Wildcats victory at Rupp Arena in the Big 12/ SEC Challenge....

Spread: Kentucky -5, Total: 131 ( current Final Four lines ) Line movement: Kentucky opened as a 6- to 6.5-point favorite in Las Vegas before dropping to -5. The total opened at 133.5 and was bet down to the 131, 131.5 range. History and trends: Kentucky was only a No. 8 seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament, but beat No. 2 seed Wisconsin, 74-73 as 1-point favorites. The departed Julius Randle (17 points) and James Young (16 points) were the two leading scorers for Kentucky, while Willie Cauley-Stein wasn’t able to play due to injury....

Kenya hasn’t seen this kind of violence for more than 40 years, when it gained its independence from Britain in 1963 in a bloody war. During the intervening decades, during which much of this part of Africa has been swamped in chaos and mayhem, Kenya, while heedlessly corrupt and inefficient, has also slowly become more stable and more democratic. It hasn’t been a smooth process, but the occasional flareups of political violence pale in comparison with the spasm of carnage that the contested Dec....

Like Barris’ other award-winning show—black-ish, which airs on ABC—his own experience as a working father served as the inspiration for #blackAF. However, the Netflix front, while still fictional, mirrors Barris’ actual personal life more closely. Beyond the fact that Barris stars as himself in the series, #blackAF also follows his character into the writers room where he works, and the show includes a cast of six kids, ranging from college-aged to toddler, just like the ones Barris is raising now....

“He’s progressing,” Brooks said, according to ESPN.com. “We evaluated him (Wednesday) and expect him to return within a week, a week or two weeks.” MORE: Former Blazers VP predicts Durant trade | Durant curses fan on Instagram | Sonics fan writes to every team; only Wolves respond The 2014 NBA MVP and six-time All-Star underwent surgery to eliminate discomfort in his right foot on Feb. 22. Durant previously had surgery to repair a fracture in the same foot last October and missed the first 28 games of this season while recovering from the procedure....

To University of Texas president Gregory L. Fenves, that makes Durant “a Longhorn.” Now a superstar forward with the NBA champion Golden State Warriors, Durant underscored that association Thursday with a $3 million gift to UT. DECOURCY: Arguments against one-and-done rule? An avalanche of lies Under ordinary circumstances, the announcement of Durant’s donation simply would represent another example of a wealthy athlete doing right by his alma mater. Since the NBA introduced its age limit rule in advance of the 2006 draft, however, the criticism of that rule and its impact frequently has been so bombastic and inaccurate that situations such as this offer an opportunity to counter the “fake news....

Waiters missed a wide-open Durant in transition in the second quarter and made him settle for a more difficult jumper later in the possession. What Durant said afterward wasn’t very nice. Warning: Language ahead. MORE: Best teams that failed to win an NBA championship GREER: Durant reminds us to be prisoners of the moment The funny thing is, Durant made the tough shot, which brought the Thunder within two points against Golden State....

In an in-depth interview with San Francisco Magazine’s Jon Steinberg, Durant and his agent/business partner Rich Kleiman shared the extreme remorse the NBA star felt after leaving the Thunder. Durant said the regret started days after he signed with the Warriors, while he was in China with Kleiman on a promotional tour with Nike Basketball. Durant said the blowback from his decision briefly messed him up. MORE: Kevin Durant gets revenge on his haters with new shoes...

The video, set to the Tom Tom Club classic “Genius of Love,” shows the two actors sitting down with four cute pups, Quail, Sparrow, Stork and Dove. They joke with each other and speculate on which dog has what superpower. Quail, a sweet chocolate-brown dog, immediately drew Johnson’s notice with his expressive eyes. The former wrestler knew right off that Quail’s super power was heat-vision. On the other hand, Hart could tell what the blonde pup Sparrow’s power was: mind reading....

The comedian recently visited a Florida State practice and told the young quarterback to “stop doing dumb s***.” Hart even went on to make a joke about bringing crab legs. Winston took all of the jabs in stride and laughed along with everyone else. TMZ Sports caught up Hart and asked if he was perhaps too hard on Winston. MORE: Kevin Hart visits FSU | Flutie on Winston | Mike Golic recreates Kardashian photo...

It nearly started that way in 2015, too. MORE: Kenseth wins in wild night | The Big One happened | Keselowski taken out | PHOTOS: Unlimited gallery The Sprint Unlimited ended with Kenseth taking the checkered flag and Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano banging into each other on the cool-down lap. The two drivers, who have had trouble with each other before, had words on pit road. Logano walked over to talk to Harvick, who still had his helmet on, and was explaining what happened when a crewmen grabbed him and pulled him away from Harvick....