NBASean May scored a career-high 32 points to help the Charlotte Bobcats snap a four-game losing streak by beating the Orlando Magic 99-89 in the NBA on Thursday.
Adam Morrison added 22 points for the Bobcats, his best outing on Charlotte's home court since scoring 27 against Miami on Nov. 25.
Emeka Okafor had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Raymond Felton scored 12 points, and Gerald Wallace 12 for the Bobcats, who posted their first double-digit win this year.
Keyon Dooling scored 20 points for the Magic, who lost their third consecutive game. Carlos Arroyo added 13 points and Travis Diener scored 12. Dwight Howard pulled down 12 rebounds, but was held to eight points, 10 below his average.
Spurs 103, Hornets 77
At New Orleans, Manu Ginobili scored 24 points and Tony Parker added 19, leading San Antonio to victory over New Orleans.
Tim Duncan had 11 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs, who never trailed.
The Hornets (10-11) dressed only 10 players and were no match for the Southwest Division leading Spurs (18-6), who led 75-55 in the third quarter after Brent Barry's driving floater that went in off the glass as he was fouled.
The lights dimmed and the crowd hushed as Karoline Kristensen entered for her performance. However, this was no ordinary Dutch theater: The temperature was 80°C and the audience naked apart from a towel. Dressed in a swimsuit and to the tune of emotional music, the 21-year-old Kristensen started her routine, performed inside a large sauna, with a bed of hot rocks in the middle. For a week this month, a group of wellness practitioners, called “sauna masters,” are gathering at a picturesque health resort in the Netherlands to compete in this year’s Aufguss world sauna championships. The practice takes its name from a
‘SOURCE OF PRIDE’: Newspapers rushed out special editions and the government sent their congratulations as Shohei Ohtani became the first player to enter the 50-50 club Japan reacted with incredulity and pride yesterday after Shohei Ohtani became the first player in Major League Baseball to record 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a single season. The Los Angeles Dodgers star from Japan made history with a seventh-inning homer in a 20-4 victory over the Marlins in Miami. “We would like to congratulate him from the bottom of our heart,” top government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters in Tokyo. “We sincerely hope Mr Ohtani, who has already accomplished feat after feat and carved out a new era, will thrive further,” he added. The landmark achievement dominated Japanese morning news
Roger Federer on Wednesday said that staying involved with tennis in retirement helped him avoid feeling “like an alien” ahead of this week’s Laver Cup in Berlin. Federer, who helped create the tournament, retired at the Laver Cup in London two years ago and has since stayed involved with the competition as an ambassador. “I’m happy I went back right away to some tournaments,” the 43-year-old told reporters. “I feel I ripped the Band-Aid off quite quickly and when I walk around the tennis sites I still feel I belong there,” he said. “I don’t feel like an alien, which is a
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