Anthony led the U.S. to a 98-88 win over a tough Australian team Wednesday night, a victory that moved the Americans to 3-0 in group play. MORE: Best images from Day 5 of the Rio Games The two teams entered the encounter yet to lose in the 2016 Olympics and finished the first quarter tied before Australia, whose roster features a number of NBA players, took a five-point lead into halftime....
In fact, Anthony said a whole lot in just a few sentences Saturday night. And what he said surely will be heard in the executive offices of Madison Square Garden. "We ain't playing worth a (expletive) right now," Anthony told reporters (via ESPNNewYork.com) after New York lost, 110-90, to the Atlanta Hawks. "We got to play harder. The Knicks have lost five in a row at MSG and are 3-6 overall....
The meetings marked the first time that the committee — made up of owners led by the Steelers’ Art Rooney II, as well as commissioner Roger Goodell and other top league officials — heard from longtime league insider Carmen Policy, who is representing the Chargers and Raiders in their two-team stadium concept in Carson. MORE: Wake up: NFL stadium, LA talks finally get interesting “We as a group felt the presentation went extremely well, and we got our entire message across,” said Policy, who was president of the 49ers and later president and a minority owner of the Browns....
Talks this week between the team and its 25-year-old line anchor were aimed at securing Hardy's future with a long-term contract. It remains a goal, according to media reports, as discussions will continue. For now, Hardy has a 2014 contract. (UPDATE: The Associated Press reported that Hardy will make $12.45 million next season.) Teams have until 4 p.m. ET Monday to use the tag. (UPDATE: The Panthers announced the move later Friday....
The Houston Texans have the first pick of the second round, and still on the board is Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr — bringing the possibility of the franchise drafting a Carr brother twice. His big brother David was the first pick in franchise history in 2002. Jimmy Garoppolo of Eastern Illinois, one of the players on hand-but undrafted Thursday night, will be of interest. So will quarterbacks whose stock rose and fell throughout the final month before the draft — Pittsburgh’s Tom Savage and Virginia Tech’s Logan Thomas....
This year you did what seemed like a Kaufman-inspired bit when you accepted an MTV award dressed as a biker. You were totally unrecognizable. I noticed your costar Courtney Love was laughing her head off. Well, I was basically ogling her all night as this guy, and she had no idea who I was. I tried to pick her up backstage. She’d pull out a cigarette, and I’d light it for her, going, “There you go, babydoll....
Torres suffers horrific head injury The 35-year-old’s current deal expires at the end of the season and is not expected to stay at the club beyond the summer, having started less than half of the Red Devils’ games this season. And should manager Jose Mourinho decide the midfielder is no longer needed at Old Trafford, Carrick admits he would be ready to call time on his trophy-laden career. “I don’t think there are many [other] places I’d want to play, if any - after this, anyway,” Carrick said according to the Daily Mirror....
Nor could we have known that the saving grace, the one guy who is best suited to redeem the whole class, would be the shoelace-thin Syracuse point guard whose unsightly collegiate shooting percentages had scouts wondering whether he'd ever be an NBA starter. But Michael Carter-Williams of the Philadelphia 76ers just might prove to be good enough to make the '13 draft class worthwhile. First, a few words on just how bad this group has been....
$8.4 million to maintain the 132-room White House. The 97-person staff includes five florists, five calligraphers and five curators. $1.7 million for a research center in Texas to study how to make “killer bees” less aggressive. $466 million to operate the Senate, which employs about 7,400 people; it costs $709 million to operate the House, which employs 12,500. $2.2 billion for Head Start; it will serve 39,000 more preschoolers than it did last year....
The video, shared on TikTok earlier this summer by the cat owner, under the username Breeziestardust, shows a woman holding her baby and her partner holding their cat the same way, as it stares at the baby with what one person calls “revenge in his eyes.” The viral clip, which has been seen over 9.3 million times and liked 2.1 million times, comes with a caption that says: “We mustn’t neglect the first baby....
The viral clip, shared on TikTok on Thursday, under the username 4pets2artists1home, shows the cat holding its owner’s hand with his paw while watching The Handmaid’s Tale, looking at the TV as if it could really understand it. The post comes with a caption that reads: “Watching [Handmaid’s Tale] is a family activity. [Minimin the cat] truly believes he is his [cat dad]’s significant other and I am just staff....
When it comes to comedy, timing is everything. Peanut the cat is clearly no stranger to that particular phrase if the clip posted to social media by his owner, Angela Oñate from Ohio, is anything to go by. When Angela began recording the now-viral clip, she could never have envisioned what would follow next. After all, as the video shows, she was clearly in the midst of giving her followers an update on her day-to-day life when things got seriously derailed by her interfering feline....
However, when one cat’s owner went into the bathroom without him the pet was so annoyed that he decided to exact a petty yet effective revenge. In the video, shared to TikTok by a woman named Maddie, known on the app as M_clayclay, we can see that she is filming her bathroom rug. From underneath the closed door a black and white furry leg protrudes and the cat’s paw drags the rug under the door to his side....
Catamenial Pneumothorax Symptoms Pneumothorax can cause sudden chest pain, which can be quite severe if the lung has collapsed. Other signs and symptoms of pneumothorax include: Shortness of breath Increased heart rate Painful breathing (especially when inhaling) People who have catamenial pneumothorax often have a specific pattern to the timing of the symptoms, which can help differentiate the condition from pneumothorax caused by something else. Additional symptoms associated with catamenial pneumothorax include:...
The Sandwich Generation Parents who have young children while also caring for aging relatives are part of what is known as the “sandwich generation.” Currently, 12% of parents with children under 18 are simultaneously providing unpaid care for an aging adult, be it help with such in-home activities as dressing, eating and housework or transportation to and from appointments. All told, these parents average more than an hour per day providing adult care, and spend more time doing housework and errands and sacrificing more sleep than parents not providing such care....
Cleveland has now doled out a max contract for Kevin Love, a $16 million-per-year deal for Tristan Thompson and $10 million-per-year for Iman Shumpert. A max-money deal for LeBron James is coming, too. The payouts are extraordinary, as the Cavs will have an NBA-record payroll of about $115 million next year, which would bring a luxury-tax bill of $85 million. MORE: 12 affordable free agents who can really help | NBA free agency tracker...
“This is a team that’s more than capable,” Thompson said before Game 2. “They did beat the Atlanta Hawks twice without [Irving], and that was the best team in the East. So you have to respect what the other guys can do. Like any other team, someone’s going to go down and someone’s going to step up.” MORE: Must-see Finals photos | Left-for-dead rise in Oakland | Crazy end of regulation...
According to Yahoo Sports, several are interested in trading for Mozgov. The Cavaliers, however, have little incentive to trade the 7-1 big man whom they acquired from the Nuggets just last season, because he offers depth in the frontcourt and might be the team’s best shot blocker. MORE: Bold predictions for 2016 | LeBron says Kyrie ‘automatic All-Star’ On the other hand, he will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason and could garner a lot of interest, so the Cavaliers might be tempted to get something for him while they can....
Game 2 spread, total: Warriors -8, Total: 201 (check our odds page for current Las Vegas lines)Series odds: Warriors -450, Cavs +375 (Westgate) Line movement: Golden State opened as a 6.5-point favorite or higher for Game 2. The spread climbed to make the Warriors as big as 8-point favorites. The total opened lower at 201.5 or 202 and was bet down. It sat between 200 and 201 the day before the game....
The young Bucks (see what we did there?) finished the game with seven players in double-figures. Point guards Michael Carter-Williams and Jerryd Bayless led Milwaukee with 17 points apiece. Greg Monroe and Giannis Antetokounmpo both scored 16.MORE: A timeline of LeBron’s hairline | Jabari Parker is dunking all over the Cavs After starting the season with three straight loses, the Bucks (5-5) have rebounded to win five of their last seven games....
