Players call All-Star Game stoppages 'not ideal'

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  2025 NBA All-Star Game format: Players discuss how tournament-style event could 'heighten the competition'

  The league has turned Sunday night's festivities into a mini tournament
  
  CBS Sports - 3d
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  2025 NBA All-Star Game rosters, teams: Full list of players with four squads competing in new-look format

  The rosters are set ahead of the All-Star Game on Sunday night, but LeBron James will miss the game with injury
  
  CBS Sports - 3d
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  NBA All-Star Game: USA vs. World format favored by some players for future matchups

  The NBA's continuing effort to make the All-Star Game matter could lead to a USA vs. World format, which appeals to the sport's international talent.
  
  Yahoo Sports - 2d
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  'When Kobe retired:' Ex-NBA player Brendan Haywood pinpoints when quality of All-Star Game started slipping

  Haywood discussed another disappointing All-Star Game on CBS Sports Network's Triple Threat this week
  
  CBS Sports - 6h

• All-Star Weekend: Team Shaq cruises to All-Star Game championship

  Here are the live updates and highlights from NBA All-Star Weekend 2025 in the Bay Area.
  
  ESPN - 3d
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  2025 NBA Rising Stars Game rosters: Thompson twins, Zach Edey among players trying to earn ASG spot

  The event lost some star power, however, with Wemby, Brandon Miller and Jared McCain all sidelined
  
  CBS Sports - 6d

• Bold predictions, players to add and drop after All-Star break

  The fantasy basketball experts make bold predictions and highlight players to add and drop after the All-Star break.
  
  ESPN - Feb. 12

• An All-Star from each team? The case for the top unselected player for all 30 teams

  From the legit snubs to the unlikely candidates, we make the case for each team's top player who wasn't selected.
  
  ESPN - 5d
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  Giannis Antetokounmpo to miss NBA All-Star Game with calf strain

  Antetokounmpo has not played since Feb. 2, but is expected to return for the Bucks after the All-Star break.
  
  Yahoo Sports - Feb. 9

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• Commissioners agree CFP seeding needs change

  SEC commissioner Greg Sankey and Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said they agreed the way teams are seeded in the 12-team College Football Playoff should change.
  
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• Sources: Green eyes Cavs move after Pels buyout

  Pelicans forward Javonte Green has agreed to a contract buyout with the Pelicans and intends to sign with the Cavaliers upon clearing waivers, sources told ESPN
  
  ESPN - 2h

• Quinn Hughes won't join U.S. for 4 Nations final

  The Americans will have Sabres center Tage Thompson and Devils defenseman Brett Pesce as injury insurance for the championship game, sources said.
  
  ESPN - 2h

• Messi leads Miami to win in frigid first leg of CCC

  Inter Miami CF kicked off its 2025 campaign with a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City in the first leg of the first round of the Concacaf Champions Cup at Children's Mercy Park.
  
  ESPN - 2h

• Gang's selfies used to solve athlete break-ins case

  The seven Chilean burglars who targeted Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, Joe Burrow and others over three months late last year made some rookie mistakes that allowed the law to eventually catch up, ...
  
  ESPN - 2h

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  Still waiting for Luka to be Luka, Lakers stumble out of All-Star break with loss to Hornets

  LeBron James was in a groove, but Luka Dončić shot 5-of-18, including 1-of-9 from deep, as LA blew a big lead against visiting Charlotte, its failed trade partner.
  
  Yahoo Sports - 45m
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  U.S. and Canada want to put the new Cold War on ice and play a 4 Nations hockey final for the ages

  The U.S. and Canadian hockey teams are trying to skate back the geopolitical tension that has infiltrated the 4 Nations Face-Off as they looked ahead to the championship game Thursday night for ...
  
  ABC News - 1h

• Can MLS be the world's best in the next 30 years?

  If the league's first 30 years were about survival, will the next 30 see it become soccer's biggest?
  
  ESPN - 1h

• Lookman: Coach's criticism 'deeply disrespectful'

  Ademola Lookman has hit back at Gian Piero Gasperini's criticism of his penalty miss during Atalanta's 3-1 Champions League defeat to Club Brugge.
  
  ESPN - 1h

• After hat trick, Mbappé to 'define an era' at Real

  Kylian Mbappé said he wants to "define an era" at Real Madrid after scoring a hat trick in their 3-1 Champions League win over Manchester City on Wednesday, but insisted his season should be judged ...
  
  ESPN - 1h