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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Spurs 114, Pistons 103
Kings 123, Grizzlies 114
Jazz 105, Rockets 125

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:

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Cavaliers 113, Thunder 121
Nets 104, Hawks 115
Raptors 122, Bucks 94
Nuggets 117, Warriors 128
Mavericks 134, Pacers 130
Hornets 129, Wizards 112
Celtics 111, Lakers 89
76ers 135, Timberwolves 108
Knicks 105, Bulls 99
Trail Blazers 92, Suns 77
Magic 111, Clippers 109

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:

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Rockets 105, Hornets 101
Nets 84, Cavaliers 112
Hawks 117, 76ers 107
Pacers 105, Wizards 112
Pistons 126, Knicks 111
Raptors 110, Bulls 101
Suns 94, Spurs 121
Celtics 121, Warriors 110
Magic 131, Kings 94
Nuggets 114, Clippers 115

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:

Men’s College Basketball
BYU 68, Arizona 75
Creighton 91, UConn 84
Kansas 81, Oklahoma State 69
Illinois 101, USC 65
Gonzaga 80, San Francisco 59
Virginia 94, Georgia Tech 68
St. John’s 76, Marquette 70
Vanderbilt 80, Missouri 81
Arkansas 115, Alabama 117

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:

Men’s College Basketball
Michigan 91, Purdue 80
Nebraska 52, Iowa 57
South Carolina 62, Florida 76
Texas Tech 67, Arizona State 72
UCLA 59, Michigan State 82
North Carolina 58, NC State 82
Saint Louis 76, Rhode Island 81
Louisville 85, SMU 95
Miami (OH) 86, Massachusetts 77
Wisconsin 69, Ohio State 86

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Bucks 110, Thunder 93
Trail Blazers 135, Jazz 119
Mavericks 104, Lakers 124

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(LONDON) — A Ukrainian athlete has been disqualified and had his accreditation withdrawn at the Winter Olympics after insisting on wearing a “helmet of remembrance” as a tribute to people killed in his country’s ongoing war with Russia, officials said.

Vladyslav Heraskevych, a medal hopeful in skeleton and the Ukrainian flag bearer in the opening ceremonies last Friday, learned of the decision shortly before he was supposed to compete in the men’s skeleton competition on Thursday morning.

The International Olympic Committee said that it had “decided with regret to withdraw his accreditation for the Milano Cortina 2026 Games” after meeting with Heraskevych. The committee cited his refusal to compromise on wearing the helmet that he said honored those pictured on his helmet.

“I am disqualified from the race,” Heraskevych said following his disqualification. “Certainly we didn’t find common ground in this regard (with the International Olympic Committee).

The IOC said that they were “very keen” for the athlete to compete and made multiple and repeated attempts to reach a compromise with Heraskevych.

“The IOC was very keen for Mr Heraskevych to compete. This is why the IOC sat down with him to look for the most respectful way to address his desire to remember his fellow athletes who have lost their lives following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” the IOC said in their statement on Thursday morning.

“The essence of this case is not about the message,” said the IOC. “It is about where he wanted to express it.”

Olympic organizers said Heraskevych was able to display his helmet in all training runs and that they offered him the option of “displaying it immediately after the competition when going through the mixed zone.”

“It’s not about the messaging, it’s literally about the rules and the regulations,” said IOC President Kirsty Coventry. “In this case, the field of play, we have to be able to keep a safe environment for everyone, and sadly that means no messaging is allowed.”

The IOC said that it informed Heraskevych on Tuesday that his helmet was “not compliant with the Olympic Charter … in particular the IOC’s Guidelines on Athlete Expression.”

The alternative the IOC offered was to allow him to wear a black armband or black ribbon as an alternative solution to the use of the helmet, but Heraskevych refused.

“I believe we didn’t violate any rules,” Heraskevych said. “I see big inconsistencies in decisions, in the wording, in the press conferences of the IOC, and I believe it’s the biggest problem that it’s inconsistent.”

Heraskevych went further and said that this incident “looks like discrimination because athletes were already expressing themselves.”

“[A] U.S. figure skater, Canadian freeskier [and] Israeli skeleton athlete who is also here today, they didn’t face the same things,” Heraskevych claimed. “So suddenly just a Ukrainian athlete in this Olympic Games will be disqualified for this helmet which is not violating any rules.”

Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Amdrii Sybiha issued a statement on Thursday saying that “future generations will recall this as a moment of shame.”

“He simply wanted to commemorate fellow athletes killed in war,” Sybiha said. “There is nothing wrong with that under any rules or ethics. The IOC intimidated, disrespected, and even lectured our athlete and other Ukrainians on how they should keep quiet about ‘one of 130 conflicts in the world.’”

The final decision was made Thursday morning, according to the IOC, when Heraskevych met with Coventry who subsequently explained to him “one final time, the IOC position.”

“As in the personal meetings before, he refused to change his position,” the IOC said.

Heraskevych, meanwhile, said that his fight for justice is not over even if he won’t be competing in the Milano Cortina Olympic Games.

“I believe we need to continue to fight for our rights,” Heraskevych said. “I told you from day one that I do not agree with what the IOC says to us, so probably we will prepare a CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) case and we will defend our rights in CAS.”

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Hawks 107, Hornets 110
Wizards 113, Cavaliers 138
Bucks 116, Magic 108
Bulls 105, Celtics 124
Pacers 115, Nets 110
Knicks 138, 76ers 89
Pistons 113, Raptors 95
Clippers 105, Rockets 102
Trail Blazers 109, Timberwolves 133
Heat 123, Pelicans 111
Thunder 136, Suns 109
Kings 93, Jazz 121
Grizzlies 116, Nuggets 122
Spurs 126, Warriors 113

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Pacers 137, Knicks 134
Clippers 95, Rockets 102
Mavericks 111, Suns 120
Spurs 136, Lakers 108
 

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(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Pistons 110, Hornets 104
Bulls 115, Nets 123
Jazz 115, Heat 111
Bucks 99, Magic 118
Hawks 116, Timberwolves 138
Kings 94, Pelicans 120
Cavaliers 119, Nuggets 117
Grizzlies 113, Warriors 114
Thunder 119, Lakers 110
76ers 118, Trail Blazers 135

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