Joel Embiid slated to make season debut against Knicks after suspension for shoving reporter
NY Post
ATLANTA — Joel Embiid’s suspension for shoving a reporter means he’s scheduled to debut against the team that last eliminated him.
The MSG villain served the first of his three-game punishment on Wednesday in Inglewood, Calif., against the Clippers, and the Sixers have two more contests — against the Lakers and Hornets — before a Nov. 12 home game versus the Knicks.
It’s also the opener of the NBA Cup, but Jalen Brunson didn’t want to look past Wednesday in State Farm Arena.
“Focus on Atlanta,” Brunson said before a 121-116 loss to the Hawks. “Focus on the Atlanta Hawks.”
Following Saturday’s Sixers loss to the Grizzlies, Embiid got into a locker-room altercation with Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes.
Embiid took issue with Hayes’ column criticizing his lack of availability and shouted at the reporter about mentioning his dead brother in the piece before shoving him.
TAMPA — Aaron Judge has played in the Yankees’ first home Grapefruit League game in each of the past four years.
Silent most of the game, Mikal Bridges required just one play to make himself heard.
PORT ST. LUCIE — When the Mets arrived at spring training, their intention was to go with a six-man rotation from the outset of the regular season.
A New York Jets player was one of two people robbed at gunpoint in the suburbs of New Jersey last weekend in what police say was a targeted heist, according to a report.
Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025 regular season with a blood clot in his right shoulder.
Posing with stolen merchandise is not a sound strategy for a heist.
The moment that sums up Anthony Duclair’s past couple of months came in the final game before the Islanders entered the 4 Nations break.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Mike Collier died in Maryland on Sunday, according to an online obituary.
The preferred path to follow remains in place: Select a quarterback with the No. 3 pick in the draft. That is what the Giants hope will happen. When it comes to identifying and securing a franchise-saving player, though, hope is not a good thing, maybe the worst of things — with apologies to Andy Dufresne.
BOSTON — The Rangers reconvened for practice Tuesday ahead of the resumption of the NHL schedule, one that will have the Blueshirts go back-to-back in Buffalo (at 5:30) and Pittsburgh (at 3:30) on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
TAMPA — It is still the time of spring training when pitchers are generally ahead of hitters.
LaVar Ball had his right foot amputated after suffering a “serious medical issue,” TMZ Sports reported on Wednesday.
One team’s trash is another’s treasure, and the Steelers could go dumpster diving in their search for their 2025 quarterback.