Where Curry differs (other than the championship) is that he’s now won the award two years in a row, and was the first-ever unanimous selection this season. After a record-setting season last year, Curry took his game to new heights in 2015-16 and even placed fourth in most improved player, which is absurd for someone who was the reigning MVP. MORE: NFL’s most hated players | QUIZ: Are you a Cam lover or hater?...
Of course there was lots of dabbbing (including the coolest dabbing-Santa sweaters), scooter joy rides and all-around holiday cheer. It was so much fun, actors Kevin Hart and Ice Cube had to join in. MORE: Why Cam Newton is this year’s MVP | Of course Cam isn’t fined for handing out balls The first stop was Metro School, which serves 250 kids with mental and physical disabilities. There, Newton passed out goodies to all of the students....
Two weeks sounds about right. Newton passed for 422 yards in his debut against the Cardinals in Week 1 that season. He pushed the defending Super Bowl champion Packers to the limit with 432 yards in Week 2. Carolina lost both games, but nobody in Charlotte cared. MORE: Why did Carolina cut Cam Newton? | Best landing spots for Cam The franchise had confidence. Unapologetic confidence a millennial franchise born in 1996 needed after a 2-14 season ended the John Fox regime in 2010....
He tried to let the referees and the league off the hook once, just a few weeks ago (against advice offered here, among many places). After Sunday, he knows better. It’s open season around the NFL on him, his health, his livelihood and his career. MORE: Panthers-Cardinals highlights | Week 8 scoreboard And the NFL still doesn’t care. Neither does his team — at least the people who can stop it, and who still aren’t trying....
The Saudi Press Agency reported that more than 40 camels were disqualified from the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, which began on December 1 in the desert near the Saudi capital of Riyadh. The camels were removed from competition after their breeders were caught injecting their animals with Botox. The protein, often used for cosmetic and health procedures on humans, is often injected into camels through their noses and lips. Other procedures undergone by the camels included facelifts, hormone injections and body inflation....
The 25-year-old rookie kept his nerve despite the howling winds and murky grey skies of St. Andrews, carding a 64 on Thursday, the second-best opening round score in the tournament’s history. Despite his historic showing in Round 1, there was one thing that puzzled golf fans: why was he wearing an MLB patch on his sleeve? There is a story behind Young’s embroidered patch, as well as his connection to America’s favorite pastime....
Kerrigan’s comment, and the reaction it got back at UMass, suggests that the lively political-correctness landscape of the late ’80s has become a mortar-scarred moonscape. Kerrigan’s colleague Margo Culley calls him “the Rush Limbaugh of the English department.” Arlene Avakian, associate professor Of women’s studies, also cast Kerrigan’s remarks less as cupidity than as provocation. “This is part of the anti-P.C. backlash,” she said. “This is why he felt he could say these things....
“During a migraine, the scalp is hypersensitive,” says Dr. Seymour Diamond, founder of the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago and executive chairman of The National Headache Foundation. “If you put your hair in a tight bun or [ponytail], you are creating pressure that pulls on the scalp, intensifying the pain.” The scalp area becomes more sensitive because of a nervous phenomenon called cutaneous allodynia, which occurs during a migraine, he says....
Some people believe garlic can protect against high blood pressure. Proponents suggest increasing dietary intake of garlic or taking garlic extract as a supplement to treat or prevent high blood pressure. This article looks at garlic and its use against high blood pressure. It also discusses whether the evidence really points to its effectiveness for this purpose. How Garlic Is Thought to Help Blood Pressure High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease, the leading cause of death in the U....
The latest happened Thursday night when it was announced that defensive coordinator Dave Aranda has taken the position of head coach at Baylor University. This news comes two days after the Carolina Panthers hired LSU passing game coordinator Joe Brady as its new offensive coordinator. The Panthers just hired Matt Rhule as head coach. Rhule spent the last three years at Baylor, where he leaves Aranda a team that finished 11-3 and a spot in the Sugar Bowl....
ASIDE FROM HIS domestic challenges, the president-elect is also going to have to win over foreign leaders and investors leery of his populist record. A former labor leader who left school after the fifth grade to become a shoe-shiner, Lula has long been critical of American influence and wary of free-market trade. NEWSWEEK’s Geoffrey Gagnon spoke with Bruce Stokes, a Senior Fellow in economic studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, on the regional and global implications of Lula’s win....
While some people are claiming that melatonin is an anti-aging hormone, studies show melatonin levels decrease as we age. These claims are based on the observation that older people need less sleep. That observation is a common sleep myth. In fact, older people need just as much sleep as younger adults. Considerations Before Use Before even thinking about using a supplement to fall asleep, spend about a week re-training your body’s sleep habits....
El Tri left Stadium 974 with a 0-0 draw despite an impressive, almost dominant performance against Poland and world superstar Robert Lewandowski. It was a solid result for both teams, but each would have desperately wanted to leave with a victory given that heavy Group C favorite Argentina lost earlier in the day. “We deserved to win the match,” Mexico head coach Tata Martino told reporters. Mexico and Poland now stand tied for second behind surprising Saudi Arabia, but each still has to face Lionel Messi and his compatriots before the group stage is completed....
Here’s some recent evidence for their claim. Gallup polling found that men and women who kept attending church in 2020 were 58 percent more likely to report their mental health as “excellent,” compared with those who rarely or never attended. Similarly, married Americans were 51 percent more likely to say their mental health was “excellent,” compared with Americans who were not married. And yet declines in marriage and church attendance continue along unabated....
People who take psychedelic substances have reported powerful mystical experiences that are often characterized by a sense of unity or oneness with other things, a profoundly positive mood and transcendence of time and space. These mind-altering substances have been used by humans for thousands of years in ritual settings. In the 1950s, some researchers demonstrated their promise as therapies for certain mental illnesses. But this research abruptly came to an end as authorities cracked down on psychedelics after they rose to prominence in the 1960s counterculture....
While he managed to stay healthy through the first 28 games of the season for the Lakers, Davis suffered an injury over the weekend that will keep him sidelined indefinitely. The injury comes at an unfortunate time for Davis and the Lakers. Not only does Los Angeles find itself on the outside looking in on the Western Conference Play-In race, but Davis was playing some of the best basketball of his career....
Sleep Stages and Awareness May Play a Role in Sneezing Sleep is not a uniform state. Instead, it represents a spectrum of different sleep stages. Throughout the night, it is normal to cycle through these sleep stages at regular intervals. The stages differ in the electrical activity of the brain, which corresponds to varying levels of consciousness. Lighter stages of sleep correlate with easier awakenings and transitions to awareness of the sleep environment....
Although you might think of high cholesterol and triglyceride levels as something to worry about as you get older, you can have high cholesterol levels at a younger age, too—even in your 20s, 30s, and 40s, which is commonly around the time many women begin having children. Having high cholesterol might mean that you’ll be placed on cholesterol-lowering medication like a statin. There are currently seven statins on the U....
“I just told (the team) they belong here,” Canada coach John Herdman said after the game. “And we’re going to go and ‘F’ Croatia next. It’s as simple as that.” Making their first World Cup appearance since 1986, Canada gave everything they had against a tough Belgium team, ultimately falling 1-0 in their opener. The Red Devils came to Qatar ranked No. 2 in the world and the favorites to win Group F, but did not have an easy day at the office against the pesky Canadians....
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair said those caught crossing into the country irregularly would still be allowed to enter, but they would be required to undergo the medical screening first and could potentially face quarantining, if deemed necessary. Already, Blair said, Canada has introduced an “enhanced border officer presence” along its border in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, which has so far affected 598 people in Canada, according to an online tracker maintained by the Johns Hopkins University....
