
Michael Nowels
Sports Editor at Bay Area News Group
Sports editor @mercnews/@eastbaytimes | @ASU/@UNC_Colorado alum | formerly @12News | somehow worse in person | he/him
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4 days ago |
mercurynews.com | Michael Nowels
The NBA Finals are set: It’s the Oklahoma City Thunder vs. the Indiana Pacers. The Thunder swept the two head-to-head meetings between the clubs this season. Game 1 of the finals is Thursday night in Oklahoma City. Recapping the OKC-Indiana series— Dec. 26: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 45 points and the Thunder erase an early double-digit deficit, pulling away in the second half to beat the Pacers 120-114. Andrew Nembhard scores 23 for Indiana, while Tyrese Haliburton is held to four points.
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4 days ago |
mercurynews.com | Michael Nowels
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Naomi Girma returned to the national team and Lo’eau LaBonta became the oldest player to make her international debut for the U.S. in a 3-0 win over China on Saturday. Catarina Macario, Sam Coffey and Lindsey Heaps scored while goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce got her second shutout in as many appearances. LaBonta, the 32-year-old midfielder for the Kansas City Current in the National Women’s Soccer League, came on as a second-half substitute.
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Michael Nowels
The Warriors will again host a short NBA Summer League event in advance of the full-league session in Las Vegas this July. San Francisco’s Chase Center will be the site for all games from July 5-8 after splitting games for the session with the Sacramento Kings’ Golden 1 Center last year. The Warriors’ and Kings’ prospects will be joined by teams representing the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers.
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1 week ago |
santacruzsentinel.com | Michael Nowels
Warriors players Brandin Podziemski, Trayce Jackson-Davis and Pat Spencer participated in the 2024 edition of the California Classic
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Michael Nowels
The Major League Cricket club announced Tuesday that its 10 regular-season games will be broadcast on NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports California this summer, beginning with the league’s first-ever match in Northern California on June 12 at the Oakland Coliseum. That 6 p.m. match will be a rematch of last year’s championship against the Washington Freedom, and it will air on NBC Sports California.
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