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Pollard returns, but T20 World Cup quartet sidelined

May 20, 2016 in Sports

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) — Kieron Pollard’s 19-month exile from West Indies’ one-day side ended Wednesday when he was named in a 14-man squad for next month’s Tri-Nations Series, but there was no room for Twenty20 World Cup heroes Chris Gayle, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo...

Resurgent Gayle slams half-century in RCB win

May 19, 2016 in Sports

BANGALORE, India, CMC – Chris Gayle struck his first half-century of the Indian Premier League season as Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed Kings XI Punjab by 82 runs under the Duckworth/Lewis method here yesterday. Playing at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, RCB piled up 211 for three...

Raptors overrun by Cavaliers after hot start

May 18, 2016 in Sports

CLEVELAND -- Tuesday night started out well for the Toronto Raptors. Masai Ujiri's first transaction after taking over as the team's general manager in May 2013, somehow moving bust Andrea Bargnani to the New York Knicks for a 2016 first-rounder, yielded the No. 9 overall...

Breaking down the Thunder’s winning formula

May 17, 2016 in Sports

In February, when the Oklahoma City Thunder were hopelessly behind San Antonio and Golden State, general manager Sam Presti expressed faith that Billy Donovan and his players could unearth a different sort of team before it was too late. "We would be concerned if, at...