News archive: Wednesday, November 19, 2014
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News
Jason Collins, the first openly gay active NBA player, announced he will retire from the NBA in a column in Sports Illustrated on Wednesday.
News
LeBron James actually wants the minutes of all of Cleveland's Big Three, which also includes guard Kyrie Irving and power forward Kevin Love, to come down.
Suspensions & fines
The NBA has suspended Hornets forward Jeff Taylor 24 games for domestic violence, the league announced on Wednesday.
Incidents
An emergency slide accidentally deployed on the San Antonio Spurs charter plane and delayed the team's flight to Cleveland to face the Cavs on Wednesday night.
Injuries
Five Grizzlies players are questionable for Wednesday's game against the Raptors due to a stomach virus.
NBA D-League
The Cleveland Cavaliers have assigned center Alex Kirk to the Canton Charge, the Cavaliers exclusively owned and operated NBA Development League team.
NCAA news:
San Diego State coach Steve Fisher has signed a three-year contract extension that runs through the 2017-18 season.
NCAA news:
Five-star junior T.J. Leaf committed to Arizona on Wednesday. Leaf's list of finalists included Florida, UCLA, Duke and Michigan.
Stats
Kobe Bryant’s give L.A. a six-point lead after draining a free throw with 70 seconds left; the play also gave him 32,001 points for his career.
Injuries
Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic will miss at least the next three games because of a sprained right wrist.
Injuries
Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony is playing with a sore left knee, and he aggravated the injury during New York's loss Tuesday night to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Injuries
Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum sustained a fracture to his right index finger during Portland’s 102-93 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night.
NBA games
Kobe Bryant scored 28 points and the Lakers held on for just their second win, beating the Atlanta Hawks 114-109 on Tuesday night.
NCAA news:
A fierce man-to-man defense got Kansas out of sync and Kentucky ran away with its most impressive win of the season- a 72-40 victory in the Champions Classic.
NCAA news:
Top 25 college basketball scores for Tuesday, November 18th 2014.