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Venus still plans to play – altoonamirror.com

Nov 6, 2025
FILE – Venus Williams speaks during a ceremony at Arthur Ashe Stadium between matches during the women’s singles semifinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Tennis great Venus Williams is planning to play for a 33rd straight season on the WTA Tour starting in Auckland in January.
Organizers of the ASB Classic in New Zealand say the 45-year-old Williams will feature at their Jan. 5-11 event. It suggests the seven-time Grand Slam singles champion is preparing for the Australian Open later that month.
She has never won the Australian Open though was twice a beaten finalist. Williams last played in singles at the U.S. Open in August, losing in three sets to 11th-seeded Karolina Muchova in the first round.
Mulkey shows up this time
BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey, too upset last week to address the departure of athletic director Scott Woodward, said she’s happy the school has reportedly named interim athletic director Verge Ausberry as Woodward’s permanent replacement.
The Tigers opened Mulkey’s fifth season Tuesday night with a 108-55 home victory over Houston Christian.
Sitting near LSU’s bench was Ausberry, a two-time LSU football captain, Louisiana native and longtime athletic department employee. His interim title was reportedly dropped by Wade Rousse when Rousse was appointed as the school’s president Tuesday afternoon.
Mulkey declined to appear at a postgame news conference last week after she learned of Woodward’s departure during an exhibition game.
Assistant head coach Bob Starkey appeared in Mulkey’s absence, describing her as “heartbroken.”
Woodward hired Mulkey after 21 seasons with Baylor.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz center Walker Kessler will miss the rest of the season with a left shoulder injury …

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Nuggets' Tim Hardaway: Drains four threes off bench – CBS Sports

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Hardaway registered 18 points (7-12 FG, 4-9 3Pt) and three rebounds over 24 minutes off the bench during Wednesday’s 122-112 win over Miami.
The four made three-pointers tied Hardaway’s season high. The veteran wing has hit for at least one trey in all seven games to begin the campaign, averaging 11.3 points, 2.4 threes, 1.6 boards and 1.1 assists in 23.3 minutes a contest as a key part of the Nuggets‘ second unit.
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Penguins' Filip Hallander: Injured at practice Wednesday – CBS Sports

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Hallander suffered an undisclosed injury at practice Wednesday, Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Hallander’s status for Thursday’s home tilt versus Washington is up in the air, though the Penguins did recall Joona Koppanen from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Thursday. Hallander has a goal and three assists in 13 games this season, averaging 13:09 of ice time.
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Prep talk: LAUSD sponsors middle school basketball competition – Los Angeles Times

For years, the Los Angeles Unified School District has teamed up with its Beyond the Bell afterschool program to enable middle schools students to have a variety of sports experiences.
This year, the LAUSD launched a basketball program that mirrors the high school experience with coaches and practices for middle schools that want to participate. It ended on Monday with championship games at one of Intuit Dome’s indoor courts, with Woodland Hills-based Hale Middle School defeating Stephen M. White of Carson 27-22 in the boys’ final. Portola of Tarzana won the girls’ final 34-24 over El Sereno Magnet Charter.
The basketball leagues were launched this fall, with coaches getting paid and games being played on Saturdays. Thirty-two teams advanced through regional play to secure playoff spots.
Sun Valley Poly will dedicate its new gym on Friday to one of its most famous alumnus, the great Gail Goodrich, one of the few in sports history to win a City title, NCAA title with UCLA and NBA title with the Lakers, the triple crown.
LAUSD sports coordinator Trent Cornelius is hopeful the model can be expanded to soccer in the spring, focusing on skill development, structured training and stronger alignment with high school athletics.
It offers students who can’t afford to play club basketball a free opportunity to compete for their local middle school, where transferring is far less an issue than in high school.
Cornelius said the challenge will be finding additional coaches at the middle school level.
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