Jan 16 (Reuters) – LeBron James became the youngest player to reach 20,000 career points on Wednesday, picking up 25 in Miami’s 92-75 win over the Golden State Warriors. “It means a lot,” James, aged 28 years and 17 days, told reporters. “I’ve been blessed to be able to stay healthy and play a lot of games. I’m grateful to have team mates to help me accomplish the feat.” James took the record from the LA Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, who was 29 years and 122 days when he reached 20,000 points. …
UPDATE 1-NBA-Spurs pile more misery on struggling Grizzlies
(Adds details, quotes) * Grizzlies blown out third straight time * Spurs win 13th straight at home Jan 16 (Reuters) – The San Antonio Spurs made light of Manu Ginobili’s absence to overwhelm Memphis 103-82 on Wednesday, piling on the misery for the struggling Grizzlies. With Ginobili missing due to a left hamstring injury, the Spurs (30-11) handed Memphis a third straight loss by a margin of at least 20 points. “It was one of our better games,” San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich told reporters. “(But) when something like (tonight) happens, it’s because the other team is having a tough night. …
AP source: Rangers, Harrison agree to $55M deal
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- All-Star pitcher Matt Harrison and the Texas Rangers agreed Wednesday night to a $55 million, five-year contract, according to a person familiar with the deal.
UPDATE 6-NBA results
Jan 17 (Infostrada Sports) – Results from the NBA games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) Chicago 107 TORONTO 105 (OT) ORLANDO 97 Indiana 86 ATLANTA 109 Brooklyn 95 New Orleans 90 BOSTON 78 OKLAHOMA CITY 117 Denver 97 DALLAS 105 Houston 100 SAN ANTONIO 103 Memphis 82 SACRAMENTO 95 Washington 94 Cleveland 93 PORTLAND 88 Miami 92 GOLDEN STATE 75
Baseball-Telecoms firm KT gets green light for 10th Korean team
SEOUL, Jan 17 (Reuters) – South Korean telecoms firm KT has won the right to own the country’s 10th professional baseball team and will join the top flight KBO in 2015, the company announced on Thursday. Former state-owned monopoly KT was given the stamp of approval at a Korean Baseball Organisation (KBO) general meeting, where owners of the league’s other nine teams gave it the edge over conglomerate Booyoung Group. The new team will have its home base in Suwon, south of Seoul, and play in the second tier in 2014 before becoming the top flight’s 10th professional ballclub a year later. …
Baseball-Boston's Padilla signs deal to play in Japan - report
Jan 17 (Reuters) – Veteran Boston Red Sox pitcher Vicente Padilla has signed a one-year deal with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Japan Pacific League, according to a report on the MLB.com. Padilla’s deal with the Hawks, who last won the Pacific League in 2011 and finished third last season, is worth $3.25 million, the report said quoting sources. The 35-year-old Nicaraguan compiled a 4-1 record with a 4.50 earned run average and one save over 56 relief appearances last season for the Boston Red Sox. …
Football star Te'o's girlfriend and her death a hoax, U.S. college says
(Reuters) – Notre Dame football sta r Manti Te'o, whose on-field excellence after his grandmother and online girlfriend purportedly died made him a hero in the sports media, was the victim of a hoax because the girl never existed, the university said on Wednesday. The girlfriend, who called herself Lennay Kekua and claimed to be a Stanford graduate, was merely an online persona who "ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia," university spokesman Dennis Brown said in a statement. … 
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