Harden concedes hearty bankruptcy against his ex-team

National players Moritz Seider and Thomas Greiss suffered a bitter home bankruptcy with the Detroit Red Wings in the North American professional ice hockey league NHL. Detroit lost to the Minnesota Wild with Nico Sturm 5:6 after a penalty shootout. Greiss was not used.

After their fourth straight loss, the Red Wings are tenth in the east on 55 points from 57 games. The Wild, on the other hand, are fifth in the west with 71 points and are clearly heading towards the play-offs.

Youngster Tim Stützle meanwhile collected another scorer point in his Ottawa Senators’ 4:3 after overtime against the Seattle Kraken. The striker made it 2-0 in the meantime. Seattle national goalkeeper Philipp Grubauer was not used. Ottawa and Seattle no longer have a chance in the fight for the playoffs.

In the first game against their former teammate James Harden, the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA surprisingly easily won against the Philadelphia 76ers. Harden had switched from the Nets to the 76ers a few weeks ago and was now powerless at 100:129 in the home game on Thursday evening (local time) against the performance of his former team of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. At half-time the guests were already leading 72:51 and with a dominant third quarter eliminated all remaining doubts about victory.

“We did a good job of not fouling,” Durant said on US television about the good start to the game. Durant had 25 points, Irving had 22 and Seth Curry, who was sent to Brooklyn from the 76ers as part of the Harden move, had 24 points. “He’s just a spark plug,” Durant praised. Harden only had eleven points and six assists, the best pitcher was Joel Embiid with 27 points for the 76ers. Ben Simmons, who had forced his departure for months and, like Curry, was part of the Harden swap deal, returned to Philadelphia for the first time since leaving and was booed vigorously. Because he is not fit yet, he was not used.

In the close fight for the best playoff spots in the Eastern Conference, the defeat was a sensitive damper for the 76ers. The Nets, on the other hand, gained some breathing room and still have hopes of a direct qualification for the knockout stages of the season.

The wage dispute in Major League Baseball (MLB) is over. After unsuccessful negotiations with the MLBPA players’ union, the breakthrough came on Thursday, and according to the league, the season is scheduled to begin on April 7th. The agreement of both sides to the new collective agreement should only be a matter of form, and the three-month lockout would be over.

The new paper has a term of five years. Despite the late agreement, a full season with 162 games per team is to be carried out. The canceled games will be rescheduled as “double headers”. The training camps could start as early as Sunday.

The day before, nothing had indicated a solution. The meeting ended after 16 hours without any results, Commissioner Rob Manfred then announced that the start of the season would be postponed until at least April 14th. Actually, the season should start on March 31st.

“We worked hard to reach an agreement and offered a fair deal with significant improvements for the players and our fans,” Manfred said. “I am saddened by the ongoing impact of this situation on our game and everyone involved, especially ours loyal fans.”

As of December 1, MLB has been in its first lockout since 1994-95. At that time, the entire playoffs including the World Series were canceled for the first and only time in the more than 100-year history of the MLB due to the wage dispute, and almost 1000 games were canceled during the two affected seasons of 1994 and 1995.