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“We have that chip on our shoulder like, you guys can continue to talk about who is the No. 1 team in the city, the No. 1 fan base in the city, whatever it is. But we’re going to go out there, we’re going to do our business and we’re going to let everybody know how good we are.”
Other results perhaps were more newsworthy than a straight-set win by the No. 2-ranked Osaka — that’s certainly the case for U.S. Open champion and two-time French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem’s 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 loss to 68th-ranked Pablo Andujar — but the events that unfolded after the Japanese superstar’s match were of high interest.
Brook Lopez scored 25 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double — 20 points, 12 rebounds and 15 assists — and the Bucks became the first team to advance in this year’s playoffs, beating the Heat 120-103 on Saturday and finishing off a first-round sweep over last season’s Eastern Conference champions.
“ ‘Whoomp! (There It Is)’ started playing, and the crowd was going crazy in the stands and everybody was dancing around,” Ross said. “That’s a reminder of the great energy, a great moment, a great feeling that happens here at Wrigley Field when you start having success and the fans are into it.”
“It’s very frustrating,” Fire coach Raphael Wicky said. “I think overall we controlled the game well. We were, in my opinion, clearly the better team. … It’s frustrating. It’s disappointing going into a three-week break with this result, especially when you see that this is a game where we were the better team.”
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Right fielder Jack Lamb hit a two-run home run to right-center in the third against Orioles starter Matt Harvey to make it 5-1. Third baseman Yoán Moncada hit a two-run homer against reliever Shawn Armstrong in the sixth to give the Sox a 7-4 lead. Tim Anderson doubled, walked and scored twice.
Utah Jazz center Mark Eaton, right, puts up a hook shot over the outstretched hand of Houston Rocket center Ralph Sampson during the first quarter on Nov. 11, 1983, in Houston. Eaton, the 7-foot-4 shot-blocking king who twice was the NBA’s defensive player of the year during his career with the Jazz, has died, the team said Saturday. He was 64. (R.J. Carson/AP)
The league average was .236 entering Thursday’s games, according to fangraphs.com, a drop from .245 in last year’s shortened 60-game season. Most teams will be at the 60-game milepost in another 10 days or so, and it still is early in a 162-game the season. Still, there were 44 qualified hitters at .236 or below Thursday, from New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (.236) to Cincinnati Reds infielder Eugenio Suárez (.149).
Former basketball superstar Michael Jordan speaks during a news conference ahead of an NBA game between the Hornets and Bucks on Jan. 24, 2020, in Paris. Jordan and Nike’s Jordan Brand are giving $1 million to Morehouse College in Atlanta to boost journalism and sports-related studies. (Thibault Camus / AP)