(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Sacramento 124, Golden State 123
Boston 124, Chicago 97
New York 115, Charlotte 91
Cleveland 128, Atlanta 105
Brooklyn 115, Toronto 103
Milwaukee 131, Miami 124
Minnesota 106, Oklahoma City 103
Dallas 121, Houston 115
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
New Jersey 5, NY Islanders 4
Toronto 2, Florida 1 (OT)
Carolina 4, Philadelphia 1
Minnesota 3 St. Louis 1
Nashville 3, Pittsburgh 2 (OT)
Dallas 2, Winnipeg 0
Chicago 4, Seattle 3
Arizona 3, Tampa Bay 1
Edmonton 5, Vegas 4 (SO)
Vancouver 3, Anaheim 1
(NEW YORK) — After overcoming obstacles and facing a 14-0 deficit early in the game, the California School for the Deaf in Riverside’s football team secured their second consecutive win in the Southern Section CIF state championship.
“This is surreal. It was shocking…Generally speaking, it’s very, very hard to win that championship game two years in a row,” coach Keith Adams, told ABC News through an ASL translator.
The Cubs players and coaches use American Sign Language to communicate.
The team secured a 54-42 victory claiming the championship title which they described as nothing less than a miracle. The team celebrated their win with a parade held by the school.
The victory held significance for many players on the team. Adams, and Jeremias Valencia, CSDR athletic director, told ABC News the team dealt with multiple injuries throughout the season while also getting adjusted to the departure of their previous teammates who graduated.
“I had never experienced that in all my years of coaching to have so many injuries in such a short period of time,” said Adams.
Adams said the injuries and the new lineups worked in the team’s favor as he was able to discover the strengths of the other players.
Despite the injuries and the doubts they faced it was the team’s unity that allowed them to persevere through these challenges.
“Many of these students have known each other since they were in kindergarten. They’ve played not just football but a lot of sports together,” Valencia told ABC News through an ASL interpreter.
Wins like these help to keep the players inspired, and helps to build their confidence, Adams said.
“So, these wins show them that they can believe in themselves, that they can do things, that they can achieve certain things,” he said. “And so for that, it’s been quite inspiring to see that positive result on the students.”
Talking about what’s next for the team, Adams said they have already started preparing for the championships next year.
Adams said he tells the players to go out there and have fun as they cannot win all the time.
“In life, that’s going to happen, you’re not always going to win, and you have to be prepared for those losses,” he said.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Denver 113, LA Clippers 104
Philadelphia 138, LA Lakers 94
Washington 126, Detroit 107
Portland 114, Indiana 110
Utah 114, New Orleans 112
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
San Jose 2, Washington 1
Buffalo 5, NY Rangers 1
Columbus 5, Boston 2
Florida 5, Ottawa 0
Colorado 4, Tampa Bay 1
Calgary 2, Vegas 1 (OT)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Chicago 12, Minnesota 10
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
UConn 84, New Hampshire 64
(AKRON, Ohio) — LeBron James was back in Cleveland Saturday night as James’ Los Angeles Lakers defeated his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Still, the Cavaliers paid tribute to the Los Angeles Lakers forward who in February set the record for most career points in NBA history, toppling Hall of Famer and fellow Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
“It’s very special. To be a kid of Akron, I grew up 30 miles south of here and to be able to be drafted here and spend my first seven years here and then come back for four more years and do some special things that the franchise had never seen,” James said. “When I [was] drafted, I said, I wanted to [light] this place up like Vegas, so I feel I did a decent job of doing that while I was here for my 11 years.”
The nostalgic tribute came as James reached another milestone: The LeBron James Family Foundation opened the LeBron James museum, named LeBron James’ Home Court, in Akron, Ohio, on Saturday. The museum offers a glimpse into the life and career of the perennial NBA all-star. James hosted his Lakers teammates at the museum for a walkthrough of the exhibition.
In the heart of James’ hometown, museumgoers will first embark on an immersive multimedia experience where they will enter a recreation of James’ childhood apartment in the Spring Hill neighborhood of Akron. The room will be furnished with items from the 20-year NBA veteran’s past.
As fans continue through the exhibit, iconic jerseys from James’ career are on display including James’ McDonald’s All-American jersey, once donned by a high school James as he captured the country’s attention as America’s top talent. Further inside is the all-white suit James wore at the 2003 draft, where he was chosen by his hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, as the No. 1 overall pick.
Fans of James will then follow the burgeoning star through his early playing days on the Cavs and to his highly publicized decision to sign with the Miami Heat. Through multimedia and game-worn sneakers and apparel, visitors will relive the championships he has won in South Beach, Cleveland and Los Angeles.
Guests will also be taken through James’ off-the-court efforts to give back to his community. The exhibit will feature a timeline of his foundation’s evolution from a Bike-A-thon in 2009 to the launch of his I PROMISE education program in 2018.
All ticket proceeds will go straight back into his foundation, where it will be distributed to I PROMISE students, parents, educators and family members, the Lebron James Family Foundation said.
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Milwaukee 108, Portland 102
Boston 113, Atlanta 103
Minnesota 119, Memphis 97
Orlando 130, Charlotte 117
Phoenix 116, New York 113
Brooklyn 118, Chicago 109
Cleveland 105, Toronto 102
Denver 132, San Antonio 120
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Detroit 4, Minnesota 1
St. Louis 4, Chicago 2
Carolina 3, Columbus 2
Nashville 3, Winnipeg 2
Edmonton 8, Anaheim 2
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Atlanta 24, New Orleans 15
Indianapolis 27, Tampa Bay 20
Jacksonville 24, Houston 21
NY Giants 10, New England 7
Pittsburgh 16, Cincinnati 10
Tennessee 17, Carolina 10
Denver 29, Cleveland 12
LA Rams 37, Arizona 14
Kansas City 31, Las Vegas 17
Philadelphia 37, Buffalo 34 (OT)
Baltimore 20, LA Chargers 10
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Texas A&M 73, Iowa St. 69
Texas 86, Wyoming 63
Colorado 85, Iona 68
FAU 84, Virginia Tech 50
MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER
Houston 1, Sporting Kansas City 0
Los Angeles FC 1, Seattle 0
Joshua Dobbs’ debut as the Minnesota Vikings quarterback was anything but ordinary.
On Nov. 5, he took the field just days after being traded to the team because the first two quarterbacks were injured. He hadn’t yet learned the names of his fellow players, the Vikings playbook or even where he should suit up.
Still, he excelled, throwing two touchdowns and running for another.
In a new sit-down with ABC’s Martha Raddatz for “This Week,” Dobbs, a scholar with an aerospace engineering degree and a perfect 4.0, talked about his journey, how he gives back and what he’s planning to do after football.
“I quickly learned I love sports, but I also loved aviation,” Dobbs said in the interview. “I love math and science. And so that’s kind of where the beginning of the aerospace background began when I was younger. You know, I got to school, I said I want to do something I’m good at and something that I like and interested in. And so, when I was trying to figure out what to study, aerospace engineering really knocked out both buckets.”
Dobbs credits his parents, Stephanie and Robert, for nurturing his passions, although they keep their own well under wraps.
After images of the pair at his football games went viral, Dobbs reposted an Instagram with the caption “Josh Dobbs’ parents still wish he worked for NASA.” (He was previously an extern with the space agency.)
“They are very stoic on camera. I need a little more energy out of them, I can’t lie,” Dobbs told Raddatz.
“A little smile, you know, maybe like hand up, a cheer, a high five, something,” he added. “So we’re working, we’re practicing. We’re working on it.”
What Dobbs is working on when not playing football is introducing kids to science, technology, engineering and math through his foundation, the ASTROrdinary Dobbs Foundation.
“I’m able to show kids that are extremely interested in sports that you can also have other passions off the field, off the court, outside of, you know, your hobbies and sport,” Dobbs said. “You can have other passions in your studies, and STEM is a tremendous field.”
Though he’s focused fully on this football season, he said he is also making plans for what comes next.
“My future dream is to have my pilot’s license. And then from there, you know, get into the engineering world. I think there’s some tremendous opportunities, obviously, in space,” Dobbs said.
Just how out of this world is he thinking?
“I’m still trying to figure out if being astronaut, going to space, is in my cards,” he said, “but I think it’ll be pretty cool.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Orlando 126, Toronto 107
Indiana 157, Atlanta 152
Cleveland 122, Philadelphia 119
Phoenix 120, Portland 107
LA Lakers 131, Utah 99
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Gonzaga 76, Syracuse 57
Florida State 77, Colorado 71 (OT)
James Madison 82, Southern Illinois 76
Duke 95, La Salle 66
Purdue 71, Tennessee 67
Marquette 73, Kansas 59
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Milwaukee 142, Washington 129
Denver 107, Detroit 103
Charlotte 121, Boston 118 (OT)
LA Clippers 124, San Antonio 99
Miami 118, Chicago 100
New Orleans 129, Sacramento 93
Minnesota 117, New York 100
Golden State 121, Houston 116
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Tampa Bay 5, Boston 4 (OT)
Florida 5, Edmonton 3
Nashville 4, Colorado 3
Dallas 6, NY Rangers 3
Los Angeles 4, Arizona 1
Vancouver 3, San Jose 1
Calgary 4, Seattle 3 (OT)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Philadelphia 21, Kansas City 17
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Philadelphia 121, Brooklyn 99
Toronto 142, Detroit 113
Orlando 128, Indiana 116
Cleveland 121, Denver 109
Sacramento 129, Dallas 113
Boston 102, Memphis 100
Phoenix 140 Utah 137 (2OT)
Oklahoma City 134, Portland 91
LA Lakers 105, Houston 104
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Toronto 4 Minnesota 3 (OT)
Philadelphia 5, Columbus 2
Pittsburgh 3, Vegas 0
Buffalo 3, Chicago 2
St. Louis 3, Anaheim 1
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Cleveland 13, Pittsburgh 10
Dallas 33, Carolina 10
Detroit 31, Chicago 26
Green Bay 23, LA Chargers 20
Houston 21, Arizona 16
Jacksonville 34, Tennessee 14
Miami 20, Las Vegas 13
NY Giants 31, Washington 19
San Francisco 27, Tampa Bay 14
Buffalo 32, NY Jets 6
LA Rams 17, Seattle 16
Denver 21, Minnesota 20
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Arizona 101, Texas-Arlington 56
UConn 77, Indiana 57
Houston 69, Dayton 55
Miami 91, Kansas St. 83
Southern Cal 81, Brown 70
Michigan St. 81, Alcorn St. 49
Texas 81, Louisville 80
Illinois 88, Southern U. 60
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Miami 122, Brooklyn 115
Oklahoma City 128, Golden State 109
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Los Angeles 2, Florida 1
San Jose 5, St. Louis 1
Ottawa 5, Detroit 4 (OT)
New Jersey 5, Pittsburgh 2
Arizona 3, Columbus 2
Vegas 6, Montreal 5
Tampa Bay 4, Chicago 2
Calgary 5, Vancouver 2
Seattle 4, NY Islanders 3 (SO)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Baltimore 34, Cincinnati 20
