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Hornets ride massive 3rd quarter to blow out 76ers
Jan 26, 2026; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller (24) handles the ball defended by Philadelphia 76ers forward/guard Kelly Oubre Jr. (9) during the first quarter at Spectrum Center. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images Brandon Miller poured in 30 points and was one of eight Charlotte players in double figures as the Hornets blew out the visiting Philadelphia 76ers 130-93 on Monday afternoon.
Miller shot 9-for-12 from the field, making six 3-point baskets to lead the Hornets in scoring for the sixth game in a row. Ryan Kalkbrenner notched 13 points, followed by 12 points apiece from Moussa Diabate, Kon Knueppel and Josh Green, 11 points and eight assists from LaMelo Ball and 10 points each from Miles Bridges and Collin Sexton.
The Hornets, who benefitted from a 40-15 scoring advantage in the third quarter on the way to their third consecutive victory, shot 55.3% from the field and made 17 of 42 shots from 3-point range.
Kelly Oubre Jr. was the only 76ers starter in double figures with 17 points. The ex-Hornet shot 7-for-12 from the field. Jared McCain added 16 points and Quentin Grimes had 12.
Philadelphia, which lost for the fifth time in a seven-game stretch, was without Joel Embiid and Paul George due to injury management, leaving huge holes in the lineup. The best quarter for the 76ers came in the fourth when they racked up 34 points. They failed to score more than 22 in any other quarter.
The Hornets, who avenged an October loss, finished with 34 assists on 47 baskets. They held Philadelphia to two points in the first three minutes of the third quarter as the margin grew rapidly.
After holding a 69-44 halftime lead, the Hornets built a 41-point advantage with more than five minutes left in the third quarter and then the margin grew to 109-59 by the end of the quarter.
Without Embiid patrolling the middle, Charlotte centers Diabate and Kalkbrenner combined to shoot 12-for-15 from the field, including 5-for-5 in the first quarter when the Hornets pulled out to a 28-22 lead.
The game’s starting time was moved up four hours because of weather-related concerns after a winter storm struck the area during the weekend.
–Field Level Media
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US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics – Alpine Skiing – Women’s Team Combined Victory Ceremony – Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre, Belluno, Italy – February 10, 2026. Bronze medalists Jacqueline Wiles of United States and Paula Moltzan of United States celebrate after the Women’s Team Combined CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Austria’s Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won women’s team combined Olympic gold on Tuesday as overwhelming U.S. favorites Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin missed out on the podium in a major shock.
Germany’s Kira Weidle-Winkelmann and Emma Aicher took the silver, 0.05 behind, and Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan finished third for the United States on a slalom piste set by the Austrian coach.
World and Olympic downhill champion Johnson and dominant slalom skier Shiffrin finished fourth — missing a medal by 0.06 of a second — after looking set to repeat their 2025 world championship win.
Johnson was fastest in the downhill leg but Shiffrin, winner of seven out of eight slaloms this season and the most successful World Cup skier of all time, was only 15th in the slalom run on Cortina d’Ampezzo’s Olimpia delle Tofane piste after losing the advantage early on.
Shiffrin arrived at the 2022 Beijing Games as favorite to win a fistful of medals but left empty-handed. She has two more chances in giant slalom and slalom.
The fourth place also ended Johnson’s hopes of a “double double” — holding both the world downhill and team combined titles and adding Olympic golds in both.
The silver was Aicher’s second of the Games after she finished runner-up in the downhill. Remarkably, the German skied the slalom leg on Tuesday.
–Reuters, special to Field Level Media
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Former Lions DE Tracy Scroggins dies at 56
Detroit LIons Tracy Scroggins exchanges words with Green Bay Packers Marco Rivera after a play during the second quarter of their game Sunday, December 10, 2000 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel photo by Dale Guldan) Tracy Scroggins, who spent his entire 10-year NFL career with the Detroit Lions, died Monday. He was 56.
The Lions announced the passing of the former defensive end but did not provide a cause of death.
His family issued a statement to TMZ, however, that blamed football, saying they believed he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. That can be diagnosed only after death.
Scroggins was among the thousands of former players to sue the NFL over concussion-related symptoms. The case was settled in 2015.
“Playing in the NFL gave Tracy the opportunity to pursue his lifelong dream and to rise from poverty,” the family statement read. “However, unfortunately, the NFL was also ultimately the cause of his untimely demise. Tracy spent every moment of retirement courageously battling the devastating effects of CTE. While our hearts are heavy, we find comfort in knowing that he is finally at peace.”
Scroggins appeared in 142 games (89 starts) with the Lions from 1992-2001. The team selected the Oklahoman in the second round of the 1992 NFL Draft out of Tulsa.
He retired with 60.5 sacks, 321 tackles (23 for loss), eight forced fumbles and seven recoveries, and an interception.
–Field Level Media
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Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin out vs. US
[US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Feb 8, 2026; Milan, Italy; Kristin O’Neill of Canada celebrates scoring their first goal with Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada and Ella Shelton of Canada against Czechia in women’s ice hockey group B play during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games at Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena. Mandatory Credit: David W Cerny/Reuters via Imagn Images Canada captain Marie-Philip Poulin won’t play in Tuesday’s Group A game against the United States after sustaining a lower-body injury in Monday’s 5-1 win over Czechia, Hockey Canada announced.
A three-time gold medalist who has earned the nickname “Captain Clutch,” Poulin is considered day-to-day after leaving Monday’s win in the first period following a hit into the boards from Czechia’s Kristyna Kaltounkova. The latter was assessed a penalty for an illegal hit.
Poulin, 34, is playing in her fifth Olympics, winning gold in 2010, 2014 and 2022 along with a silver in 2018.
Canada and the U.S. have combined to win all six gold medals in women’s hockey since it was introduced in the 1998 Nagano Olympics — Canada claiming four and the Americans two. They’ve faced off five times in the gold-medal game and are heavy favorites to meet there again in this year’s Games.
Both teams are undefeated entering Tuesday’s Group A game. Canada is 2-0 with a 9-1 goal differential, while the U.S. is 3-0 with a 15-1 differential.
–Field Level Media
US takes bronze in combined skiing; Mikaela Shiffrin misses podium
Former Lions DE Tracy Scroggins dies at 56
