(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Detroit 3, Washington 1
Montreal 5, New Jersey 2
Carolina 4, St. Louis 1
Tampa Bay 6, Anaheim 1
Toronto 6, Buffalo 3
Minnesota 2 Los Angeles 1
Nashville 5 Vancouver 4 (SO)
Chicago 3, Vegas 2 (SO)
Edmonton 4, Philadelphia 2
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kansas St. 75, Baylor 65
Texas A&M 68, Tennessee 63
Miami 76, Virginia Tech 70
Villanova 64, Xavier 63
Texas 72, Iowa St. 54
Marquette 73, Creighton 71
Michigan St. 80, Indiana 65
San Diego St. 77, Colorado St. 58
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Florida 4, Anaheim 3 (OT)
Boston 3, Ottawa 1
San Jose 4, Seattle 0
Philadelphia 4, Calgary 3
NY Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 2
Winnipeg 4, NY Rangers 1
(SALT LAKE CITY) — Team Giannis bested Team LeBron 184-175 to win Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Boston Celtics small forward Jayson Tatum led Team Giannis with 55 points, setting the record for the most points scored in an All-Star Game. The previous record holder was power forward Anthony Davis, who scored 52 points in 2017.
Tatum, 24, was crowned the MVP of the night for his record-breaking performance.
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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Team Giannis 184, Team LeBron 175
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Minnesota 4, Nashville 3
Ottawa 7, St. Louis 2
Colorado 6, Edmonton 5 (OT)
Chicago 5, Toronto 3
New Jersey 4, Winnipeg 2
Arizona 3, Columbus 2 (OT)
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
(2)Houston 72, Memphis 64
(3)Purdue 82, Ohio St. 55
(23)NC State 77, North Carolina 69
(NEW YORK) — Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce has come to a settlement after he touted EMAX tokens, crypto asset securities offered and sold by EthereumMax, on social media without disclosing the payment he received for the promotion, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday.
“Pierce did not disclose that he was being compensated by the entity offering and selling the security for giving the crypto asset security publicity,” the SEC order said.
Pierce also made false and misleading promotional statements, the SEC said.
Pierce, 45, agreed to settle the charges and pay $1.4 million in penalties, disgorgement and interest.
“This case is yet another reminder to celebrities: The law requires you to disclose to the public from whom and how much you are getting paid to promote investment in securities, and you can’t lie to investors when you tout a security,” said SEC Chair Gary Gensler. “When celebrities endorse investment opportunities, including crypto asset securities, investors should be careful to research if the investments are right for them, and they should know why celebrities are making those endorsements.”
Pierce failed to disclose he was paid more than $244,000 worth of EMAX tokens to promote them on Twitter, according to the SEC’s order. Pierce also tweeted misleading statements related to EMAX, including a screenshot of an account showing large holdings and profits without disclosing that his own personal holdings were in fact much lower than those in the screenshot.
“Despite the claim in this Tweet that he ‘made more money with this crypto in the past month then [sic] [he] did with [ESPN] in a year[,]’ Pierce was at least negligent in not knowing that this statement was materially misleading. Pierce, whose gross compensation from ESPN was over $1 million the prior year, only received EMAX tokens two days prior to the post, the value of which was approximately $46,000 at the time he was paid,” the SEC order said.
Pierce, who worked as a commentator, was let go by ESPN in 2021 after posting offensive photos from a poker game.
The shooting guard played 19 seasons in the NBA, including 15 with the Boston Celtics, where he won a title in 2008. He made 10 All-Star Games and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2021.
He’s just the latest in a number of prominent celebrities to end up paying huge fines for promoting crypto on social media without disclosing their personal interest in the brands. Kim Kardashian settled with the SEC for $1.26 million for promoting EMAX tokens in October 2022.
Disney is the parent company of both ESPN and ABC News.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Milwaukee 112, Chicago 100
Washington 114, Minnesota 106
LA Clippers 116, Phoenix 107
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Florida 6, Washington 3
Columbus 3, Winnipeg 1
Carolina 6, Montreal 2
Boston 5, Nashville 0
Detroit 5, Calgary 2
St. Louis 4, New Jersey 2
Seattle 6, Philadelphia 2
Vegas 2, San Jose 1
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Maryland 68, Purdue 54
Middle Tenn. 74, FL Atlantic 70
Houston 80, SMU 65
Saint Mary’s 62, San Diego 59
Arizona 88, Utah 62
Gonzaga 108, LMU 65
UCLA 72, Stanford 64
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Charlotte 120, San Antonio 110
Indiana 117, Chicago 113
Boston 127, Detroit 109
Brooklyn 116, Miami 105
New York 122, Atlanta 101
Philadelphia 118, Cleveland 112
Memphis 117, Utah 111
Oklahoma City, 133 Houston 96
Denver 118, Dallas 109
LA Lakers 120, New Orleans 102
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Toronto 5, Chicago 2
Arizona 1, Tampa Bay 0 (SO)
Colorado 3, Minnesota 2
Detroit 5, Edmonton 4 (SO)
Buffalo 7 Anaheim 3
NY Rangers 6, Vancouver 4
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Tennessee 68, Alabama 59
(7) Virginia 61, Louisville 58
Marquette 69, Xavier 68
Northwestern 64, Indiana 62
Iowa St. 70, TCU 59
San Diego St. 45, Fresno St. 43
(NEW YORK) — Basketball legend Michael Jordan is celebrating his 60th birthday by making kids’ wishes come true.
Jordan, who will turn 60 on Feb. 17, has donated $10 million to Make-A-Wish America, a nonprofit organization that grants wishes to children with critical illnesses.
Jordan’s donation is the largest in Make-A-Wish’s 43-year history, the organization said.
“The hope is for the record-setting donation to inspire others to ‘be like Mike’ by helping make more wishes possible,” a Make-A-Wish spokesperson told ABC News, referring to the catchphrase from Jordan’s iconic commercials with Gatorade.
Jordan himself has granted wishes to hundreds of Make-A-Wish kids over the years, beginning in 1989, according to the organization.
One child, an 11-year-old girl named Katie Dankowski, met the former Chicago Bulls start in 2000 while she was undergoing treatment for a brain tumor.
Inspired by Jordan granting her wish, Dankowski, who now lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia, went on to work for her local Make-A-Wish chapter for five years after completing her medical treatment and graduating college, according to Make-A-Wish.
Make-A-Wish grants thousands of wishes for children with critical illnesses in the U.S. every year, at a rate of one wish every 34 minutes, according to the organization.
Make-A-Wish was founded in 1980 after a group of people in Phoenix, Arizona, came together to help a 7-year-old boy battling leukemia who wished to be a police officer.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Toronto 123, Orlando 113
Milwaukee 131, Boston 125 (OT)
Phoenix 120, Sacramento 109
LA Clippers 134, Golden State 124
Washington 126, Portland 101
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Montreal 4, Chicago 0
Carolina 3, Washington 2
New Jersey 3, Columbus 2
Ottawa 3, NY Islanders 2 (SO)
St. Louis 6, Florida 2
Winnipeg 3, Seattle 2 (SO)
Boston 3, Dallas 2 (OT)
Tampa Bay 4, Colorado 3 (SO)
Pittsburgh 3 San Jose 1
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Kansas 87, Oklahoma St. 76
Oklahoma 79, Kansas St. 65
Providence 94, Creighton 86
Syracuse 75, NC State 72
(LAS CRUSES, N.M.) — The New Mexico State University men’s basketball coach has been fired days after the program was suspended for the rest of the season amid an investigation into alleged hazing incidents, the school’s chancellor said.
Dan E. Arvizu, chancellor of New Mexico State University, said he decided to terminate coach Greg Heiar earlier on Tuesday, after learning of the hazing allegations involving the students on the team.
“As I’ve stated previously, hazing has no place on our campus, and those found responsible will be held accountable for their actions,” Arvizu said in a statement. “I am committed to the safety and well-being of all members of our campus community, as well as to the integrity of our university.”
The chancellor added that the school will work to “ensure that support systems are in place to prevent this from happening again.”
Arvizu said he informed the university’s director of athletics, Mario Moccia, of his decision Tuesday afternoon.
Heiar, the former Northwest Florida State coach, was hired by New Mexico State University in March 2022.
ABC News was not immediately able to reach Heiar for comment.
The decision to terminate Heiar comes two days after the chancellor announced he had suspended the men’s basketball program for the rest of the season.
“This action is clearly needed, especially after receiving additional facts and reviewing investigation reports related to the hazing allegations involving student-athletes on the team,” Arvizu said in a statement on Sunday, adding that it’s “time for this program to reset.”
The allegations surfaced Friday as the men’s basketball team was in Southern California preparing for a game against California Baptist University in Riverside, Arvizu said in a statement Saturday night. He said he immediately suspended the basketball program, canceled Saturday’s game and placed the coaching staff on paid administrative leave.
“We took this action after receiving reports of alleged hazing incidents within our men’s basketball team,” Arvizu said in his statement.
According to a New Mexico State University Police Department report, a player reported the alleged incidents on Friday, claiming they have been “hazed” by three teammates in the locker room of both home and away games for several months, usually in front of the entire team.
Arvizu said the players and coaching staff were called back to the school in Las Cruces and interviewed by university personnel specially trained to conduct investigations into hazing incidents.
“The most important job I have as Chancellor of the NMSU System is to ensure our students are safe and protected from harm,” Arvizu said. “That’s why I was so heartbroken and sickened to hear about these hazing allegations.”
Arvizu did not provide details of the incidents or say when they occurred. In his statement, Arvizu added, “hazing is a despicable act. It humiliates and degrades someone and has the potential to cause physical and emotional harm, or even death.”
“Sadly, hazing can become part of an organization’s culture left unchecked,” Arvizu said. “NMSU policy strictly prohibits hazing, in all forms, and it’s something we simply will not tolerate.”
School personnel were “recently informed of new allegations” involving the potential violations of school policy, the Las Cruces university said in a statement.
The New Mexico State University Board of Regents said in a statement that it “supports the action taken by the university leaders and is confident a full and thorough investigation will be conducted.” The board noted it was informed of the suspension Friday evening.
In a statement on the university’s website, the Board of Regents announced it will hold a closed-door meeting on Tuesday on matters that “may include discussion of personally identifiable information about individual NMSU students.”
The men’s basketball team competes in the NCAA Division I Western Athletic Conference.
In a statement Sunday night, WAC Commissioner Brian Thornton said: “The Western Athletic Conference is committed to both the mental and physical well-being of all of our student-athletes. We are saddened and disappointed that hazing continues to be a part of our society at any level.”
“Over the last 48 hours, our staff and membership have been working to find a solution that best protects every WAC student-athlete and institution,” Thornton said. “We fully support New Mexico State’s decision to suspend the rest of its season, as they take this time to focus on the health and safety of their student-athletes.”
The allegations are unrelated to a fatal shooting involving one of the men’s basketball team players that occurred in Albuquerque late last year, the school said.
On Nov. 19, forward Mike Peake was allegedly involved in a pre-dawn shootout on the University of New Mexico’s campus while in Albuquerque for a game against the school, New Mexico State University officials said.
Brandon Travis, 19, and three other University of New Mexico students allegedly lured Peake to the campus to assault him, New Mexico State Police said.
Travis allegedly confronted and shot Peake, 21, who returned gunfire, police said. Travis was pronounced dead at the scene, and Peake was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
A 17-year-old was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and conspiracy in connection to the shooting, and no additional arrests have been announced. The incident remains under investigation by state police.
That weekend’s Albuquerque game and a Dec. 3 rematch in Las Cruces were canceled, and Peake was suspended from the team.
In December, New Mexico State University announced it will launch an independent investigation into the events and university response involving the shooting.
