Minnesota have clinched their first winning season since 2004-05, while Philadelphia have averaged only 19 wins over the past four years, but like the Timberwolves, the 76ers are chasing a high seed in the playoffs. Both franchises have built a solid core of young stars, but the 76ers’ talent had a better outing on Saturday. Joel Embiid led the way with 19 points, while Dario Saric added 18. Ben Simmons put up a triple-double (15/12/13)....
I see him in an altogether different light. Although Pullman identifies himself as an atheist, I prefer to think of him as a sort of “reluctant theologian.” When the British author paid a recent visit to New York City, I had the opportunity put the question to him directly. “Well,” he answered, chuckling a bit, “I admit I am not accustomed to being called a theologian.” But the possibility intrigued him, and we spent a good deal of time exploring how it might even be true....
China claims almost all of the South China Sea and its various islands within its so-called “nine-dash line,” a claim that is disputed by several countries, including the Philippines. A growing number of Chinese naval and coast guard vessels have helped Beijing assertively challenge the claims of its neighbors in recent years. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who was elected president of the Philippines in May and assumed office in June, has already signed off on 52 formal diplomatic protests against China in 72 days, Bloomberg said....
Videos and images shared on social media show damaged structures, trees swayed by powerful winds and heavy rain. A thunderstorm advisory was issued Thursday in parts of Luzon (the country’s largest and most populous island, home to the capital Manila), including in the Metropolitan Manila area, which is comprised of 16 cities, as well as the provinces of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Bataan, Zambales, Bulacan and Pampanga, PAGASA noted in a post on its official Twitter account....
Girardi was livid over second base umpire Jose Navas calling Andrew McCutchen out for leaving the baseline on a double-play attempt by the Mets’ Francisco Lindor in the seventh inning. In both live-action and on replay, McCutchen appeared to keep running, and then sliding, in a straight line. Philadelphia was denied an opportunity at having the go-ahead run in scoring position. Philadelphia went on to lose 5-4 on a ninth-inning home run by New York’s Michael Conforto....
The Phoenix Suns lost their floor general, Chris Paul, for a significant portion of the campaign ahead. They have 24 games remaining in the season and have the sixth-easiest schedule in the league in those games. However, Devin Booker and co. will need to step to the fore to ensure that they don’t slip lower in the standings while CP3 is sidelined. The second-seeded Golden State Warriors are getting their injured players back soon and will be on the prowl for the top seed....
The Suns have noticeably floundered of late, scoring just 83 points against the New York Knicks in their most recent game. The Cavaliers, meanwhile, are looking stronger than ever this season, with point/shooting guard Donovan Mitchell scoring an astonishing 71 points in their most recent game. Phoenix Suns vs. Cleveland Cavaliers Match Details Fixture: Suns @ Cavaliers Date & Time: Wednesday, January 4, 07:10 p.m. ET Venue: Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio...
The latest phones are dubbed 3.5G because they come between the current third generation and the fourth generation not due out for several years. They’re touted as giving mobile users an experience that’s closer to the kind of bandwidth–3 million bits per second–that they’re accustomed to on landline data connections. By contrast, current 3G technology delivers less than 1 million bits per second–not even enough to send and receive e-mail files with any efficiency....
Of course this happened in Florida at the Ocala National Forest. You know, Florida, where normal happens. Anyway, the teamwork, companionship and innovation of these two species joining together for a common goal (or a clever raccoon hitching a free ride) inspired us. MORE: ‘Yes’ to a real Jurassic Park, ’no’ to Olympics, FIFA | Best photos of the week (Source: WPTV) Seeing as this fantastic photograph has absolutely nothing to do with sports, we had to find a way to make it about sports....
The image of the telescope, seen as a small dot against a backdrop of countless stars, was taken on January 6 by Virtual Telescope Project manager Gianluca Masi using a 17" PlaneWave telescope system. The image, below, is the result of a 180-second exposure, as the telescope tracked Webb across the sky, which is marked by an arrow in the center of the image. Webb was just under 1 million kilometers (621,000 miles) away from Earth at the time the image was taken....
Despite a major reported boost in fundraising in Q2 of the 2020 Democratic primary race, Buttigieg’s poll numbers showed no growth since the debates and he’s now entered the secondary tier of candidates unable to break 5 percent in support. A CNN poll released Monday showed California Senator Kamala Harris was considered the overwhelming winner of the debates, although former Vice President Joe Biden still holds onto the most support, commanding the backing of 22 percent of voters....
And with the way coach Pete Carroll is talking, it appears there won’t be any additions to Seattle’s quarterback room the rest of this offseason. “I don’t see us making a trade for anybody at all. I don’t see that happening,” Carroll said in a podcast appearance on Seattle radio station KJR. “But we’re certainly going to continue to be open to chances to help our club, and meanwhile we’re just going to be battling and competing our tails off....
Arsenal Chairman Peter Hill-Wood is planning to bow out, putting an end to fifty-one years spent with the Gunners. Three generations of the Hill-Wood family have served in the Chairperson role, totally spanning over eighty-four years. The decision to put an end to this very long era, which was preceded by both his father, Denis, and his grandfather, Samuel, comes after Peter suffered a heart attack and a bout of pneumonia earlier this year....
The Change.org petition was first made a couple of weeks ago, but it has just started to get mainstream attention and as a consequence, has been generating a lot more signatures. The petition to ban PewDiePie has 76,480 signatures at the time of this writing, with more supporters added every few minutes. The petition describes some of the PewDiePie controversies that have occurred over the years, and points to them as evidence of his supposed white supremacy....
The movement was started on the popular social signature site on Jan. 21 and has since gathered more then 38,000 pledges in six days. Thanks to pre-existing biases against the Patriots and the fallout from Deflate-gate the fervor around the 2015 AFC Championship has caused quite a stir. MORE: PHOTOS: Super Bowl rings | SNL spoofs Deflate-gate | Patriots in Madden In part, the petition reads: Ah, seems reasonable. What kind of perfectly logical outcome would we like to see as a result of this petition?...
LENS, France (Reuters) - Switzerland opened their Euro 2016 campaign on Saturday with a 1-0 win over Albania but coach Vladimir Petkovic bemoaned his side’s inability to kill off their opponents after they were reduced to 10 men. Fabian Schaer put the Swiss 1-0 up after only five minutes and Albania’s problems became worse when captain Lorik Cana was dismissed in the 36th minute. Petkovic’s man created several chances but their Group A rivals produced a gutsy performance and were still in the game until the final whistle....
The discussion ranged from civil to downright nasty, with some users mentioning that although they dislike PewDiePie, they were surprised that they shared similar tastes in music. Now, Kjellberg has made a YouTube video responding to the situation while giving some insight into his perspective. RELATED: PewDiePie Being Used to Advertise DLive Even Though He’s Exclusive to YouTube Kjellberg has made it clear in the past that he has come to greatly dislike Twitter....
Fans were shocked when late in 2019 Pewdiepie announced that he’d be taking a break in January. It was surprising due to the fact that Pewdiepie had released videos near-daily for years. The day finally came on January 15, when Pewdiepie’s video “It’s been real, but I’m out!” confirmed that he was taking a break from making videos. At the time, Pewdiepie said he didn’t want to take time off from making videos, but still felt it was necessary....
