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Bourne were knocked off top spot in the Lincolnshire Premier League Premier Division after suffering an agonising defeat on Saturday.They were beaten by just one run at Bracebridge Heath after coming so close to chasing down their target after their Lincoln hosts made 252-3.Jordan Temple (64) and Dan Freeman (59) spearheaded the run chase with Yuvi Ranaut (27) adding some late impetus.Billingborough captain Dylan Garfoot. Photo: Chris LowndesRanaut was the final wicket to fall off the last ball of the innings after being run out trying to bring Bourne level.The defeat dropped Bourne to third place with Sleaford surging into…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander overcame a slow start to score 32 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs 127-114 to move within one win of a second consecutive NBA Finals appearance.Gilgeous-Alexander missed his first four shots of game five of the Western Conference finals in Oklahoma City, but recovered with five consecutive points to help the Thunder overturn an early eight-point deficit.The hosts took an 11-point lead into half-time before scoring the first nine points of the third quarter to pull away and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.Two-time MVP Gilgeous-Alexander made only seven of his…
As the Northwestern community looks toward Ryan Field’s reopening on Oct. 2, the North Shore community will be watching for a later date: Oct. 16. On that day, Evanston Township High School and New Trier High School will face off at the stadium in the latest battle of their storied rivalry, the University and Ryan Sports Development announced Tuesday in a press conference at Welsh-Ryan Arena. “In 143 days, Evanston will be competing with New Trier in Illinois’ greatest rivalry in college football’s greatest arena,” ETHS Athletic Director Chris Livatino said at the press conference. The game’s relocation to Ryan…
Victor Wembanyama was held to a series-low 20 points as the San Antonio Spurs suffered a 127-114 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of the Western Conference finals.Wembanyama, who has had 41-point and 33-point outings in winning efforts during the series, never seemed to get fully rolling as the Spurs fell 3-2 behind in the best-of-seven series. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points, while Alex Caruso led another strong bench effort with 22 as the Thunder moved one win away from a return trip to the NBA Finals. Image: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points as Oklahoma City Thunder…
The awkward situation at Fox got a little more awkward on Tuesday night, at the annual Sports Emmys awards.Greg Olsen, the No. 2 NFL analyst at Fox, won the award for Outstanding Personality/Event Analyst. The other nominees included Tom Brady, Fox’s No. 1 NFL analyst.It was awkward last year, too. After Brady’s first year after supplanting Olsen as the top analyst at Fox, Olsen was nominated for the award. Brady was not. (Brady’s long-time on-field nemesis, Peyton Manning, won the trophy.)Olsen continues to be stuck behind Brady, while waiting for the top spot to possibly open at another network. And…
The match took place at Ventnor CC on Thursday, May 21, with Cornwall batting first and reaching 219 for 6 from their 45 overs. The top scorers for Cornwall were captain Sean Hooper with 52 and former England goalkeeper Nigel Martyn with 43. Ali Cotton was the standout bowler for the Isle of Wight, taking 3-50. READ MORE: Isle of Wight triathlete qualifies for European Championships Ex-England goalkeeper Nigel Martyn (Image: Ash Goldsmith) In response, the Isle of Wight lost an early wicket but quickly found their rhythm. Andy Day, who scored 75 off 70 balls, including four sixes, and…
Still a town at the time – it wasn’t granted city status until 1992 – Sunderland was a different world to the one in which Gregoire had grown up. Born in 1958 in the Toxteth area of Liverpool to Windrush Generation parents from the Caribbean island of Dominica, he was raised in Bradford, another multi-cultural city.By contrast, according to the Census figures, barely 1% of a Sunderland population approaching 300,000 in 1981 was of African-Caribbean origin.A fifth of the League’s 92 clubs had yet to sign a black player by 1978, the year Nottingham Forest’s Viv Anderson became the first…
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. — The SEC is done filling up on late-season cupcakes. The conference’s athletic directors voted Tuesday at its spring meetings to all play conference football games on the second-to-last week of the regular season beginning in 2027. It ends the traditional warm-up weekend when most SEC programs played inferior FCS or lower-tier FBS opponents before their typical rivalry games on the final week of the season. “That’s the end of cupcake weekend,” SEC commissioner Greg Sankey joked. “We never got that one sponsored, though.” SEC leaders have discussed moving away…
Bucky Irving “should be ready later this summer” as he recovers from offseason shoulder surgery, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who added that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ running back “is not expected to participate in minicamp in a few weeks, but he is likely to be ready at some point during training camp.”That followed comments from head coach Todd Bowles earlier on Tuesday regarding Irving’s return timeline. “He’s coming along fine,” he told reporters. “He’s working out. He’s rough. We expect him sometime back in the summer or the fall, and you know, we’ll look forward to him when he gets…
Oxford Downs Cricket Club will screen the Britain’s Got Talent final in support of Hawkstone Farmers Choir members appearing on the show.The Standlake club is hosting a public watch party on Saturday, May 30, from 6pm, to back local farmers James Florey and Abbie Conlon, who are part of the choir and have reached the ITV final.Mr Florey, from Northmoor, is also the club’s head of girls and women’s cricket, while Ms Conlon is from Witney.The club said the choir’s message of mental health awareness within farming communities deserves wider local recognition and support.Following an emotional semi-final, the club expects…