SPORTS HEADLINES March 8, 2021

NBA
Team LeBron downed Team Durant 170-150 in Sunday’s NBA All Star Game in Atlanta. Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons is this year’s NBA Slam Dunk champion, Golden State star Steph Curry is the winner of the NBA’s 3-Point Contest and Indiana Pacers superstar Domantas Sabonis won the Skills Challenge.

NASCAR
Kyle Larson won the Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas. He picked up his first win since being suspended for using a racial slur during an e-sports game in 2020. Brad Keselowski finished second and Kyle Busch third. Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney rounded out the top-five.

PGA Tour
Bryson DeChambeau shot a final-round, one-under 71 to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando. He finished the four-day event at 11-under par, one stroke ahead of Lee Westwood. Corey Conners took third at eight-under, with three others all at minus-six.

MLB

Grapefruit League
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Atlanta Braves 5, Boston Red Sox 4
St. Louis Cardinals 8, Houston Astros 5

Cactus League
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San Francisco Giants 9, Cincinnati Reds 4 (F/8)
Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Chicago Cubs 4