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Britcher wins 2 World Cup medals for USA Luge

OBERHOF, Germany — Summer Britcher won a pair of World Cup luge medals Sunday, a decidedly upand-down day of racing for USA Luge.

Britcher was third in the women’s race and joined

Tucker West and the doubles team of Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman to win silver in the team relay. Britcher now has five medals this season. West won his third, and Mazdzer and Terdiman reached the podium for the first time.

But the Americans finished the day without Emily

Sweeney, who pulled out of the women’s race after one run after apparently re-aggravating a neck injury that forced her to miss some time earlier this season. Sweeney suffered neck and back fractures in a frightening crash at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics and is still dealing with some of the aftereffects of those injuries.

Later Sunday, USA Luge announced Sweeney had decided to end her season and will be returning to the U.S. Pistons rally to beat Nuggets in OT DETROIT — Andre Drummond had 21 points and 17 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons rallied from an early 21-point deficit to beat the Denver Nuggets 128-123 in overtime Sunday, snapping their five-game losing streak. Reggie Jackson added 20 points and Bruce Brown scored 19 for Detroit. Drummond put the Pistons ahead to stay with a dunk early in overtime, and Brown added a 3-pointer that made it 116-112. Drummond fouled out with 2:43 left, but Detroit was able to hold on.