• The Canadian Press

    Nottingham Forest unsuccessful with appeal against 4-point deduction for breaking financial rules

    NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest has been unsuccessful in its appeal against a decision to deduct the team four points for breaching the Premier League's financial rules. The league said Tuesday that an appeal board has upheld the decision taken by an independent commission in March, which dropped Forest into the relegation zone. Forest has since climbed back out of the bottom three and is in 17th place in the 20-team league, three points above the relegation zone with two games rema

  • Yahoo Sports

    Upstart Timberwolves have the Nuggets looking like anything but champions

    Minnesota has made Denver look powerless in taking a dominant 2-0 lead as the series now shifts to the Target Center.

  • The Canadian Press

    Jamal Murray tosses heat pack, Michael Malone screams at officials as Nuggets frustrated in Game 2

    DENVER (AP) — Jamal Murray lost his cool on the bench and tossed a heat pack onto the court. It was the Denver Nuggets' frustration boiling over. Irritated by no-calls and irate over missed calls, the Nuggets melted down in a 106-80 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Monday night. The Wolves turned up the pressure and the defending NBA champions lost their temper, trailing by 32 points in a game that got out of hand before halftime. Denver trails th

  • The Canadian Press

    Edwards, Towns lead Wolves' 106-80 blitz of Murray, Jokic for 2-0 series lead over champion Nuggets

    DENVER (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves, led by Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns, overpowered the Denver Nuggets on Monday night in a stunningly efficient 106-80 thrashing of the reigning but reeling NBA champions. “We’ve had some really good defensive efforts this year,” Wolves coach Chris Finch said after his team took a surprising 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. “That has to be right up there with the best of them." The Wolves held Denver to an ugly 29-of-83 shooting nig