Golden State coach Steve Kerr wishes players had taken their voting for the NBA All-Star Game more seriously, calling it a "mockery" after nearly 300 players wound up on at least one ballot.
Relegated to a reserve role in his previous game for breaking a team rule, Jabari Parker came out in "attack mode" against the Houston Rockets.
Cavaliers captain LeBron James stroked his beard as he sat in his stall and tried to make sense of Cleveland's recent slide.
The brotherhood did its job methodically, pleasing Atlanta owner Arthur Blank so much that he was last seen dancing into the night on the victory podium after the Falcons thrashed the Green Bay Packers to win the NFC championship on Sunday.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady played down his friendship with US President Donald Trump on Monday, a day after steering his team into a Super Bowl showdown with the Atlanta Falcons.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was charged with misconduct by England's governing Football Association on Monday after an alleged altercation with the fourth official during Sunday's 2-1 Premier League win over Burnley.
Venus Williams continued her astonishing late-career revival by defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 7-6 (3) on Tuesday to advance to her first Australian Open semifinal in 14 years and become the oldest woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park in the professional era.
Craig Kardon coached Martina Navratilova to the 1990 Wimbledon title, led Lindsay Davenport into the top 10 for the first time and drove Mary Pierce to No 5 in the world.
Former Aussie Open champ Stan Wawrinka engaged in a war of words with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga before winning the only argument that mattered on Tuesday, storming into the semifinals with a 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-3 win over the Frenchman.
Tennis legend-turned-TV analyst John McEnroe summed it up best when he told Mischa Zverev, "You did it old school!"
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