In the video, Layla, a silver Labrador, is sitting next to what appears to be her owner while he is studying the instructions for making a piece of furniture. TikTok user @layla.the.silver.lab posted the video with the caption: “When kisses are more important than putting together a silly bench…” Layla is sitting with her face under her owner’s face, her nose directly under his, imploring him to pay attention to her....
Shared on Monday by TikTok user Jodie Smith—who uses the handle jodieleightsmith_—the video now has over 3 million views and 500,000 likes. In the video, Smith’s two dogs walk through the park, with her Dalmatian Mabel and golden Labrador Wilson. The text overlay on the video read: “Took my Dalmatian to a Dalmatian meet up but didn’t want my Labrador to feel left out… so” The video cuts to a shot of the doggy meet-up, with Wilson the lab surrounded by Dalmatians....
The French striker completed a big-money move to Emirate Stadium over the summer, with a £46 million deal making him the club’s record signing. He was drafted in to complement the creative talents of Sanchez and Ozil, but they are now being heavily linked with moves elsewhere – possibly in January when the window reopens. Lacazette hopes both can be retained for the foreseeable future, as their respective contracts run down, with their plenty of potential still to be unlocked in their budding relationship in the final third....
The baffling mystery of Thomas Muller Under contract until 2018, Lahm announced his plan to quit ahead of schedule in the wake of Tuesday’s 1-0 DFB-Pokal win over Wolfsburg, having celebrated his 500th club appearance against Schalke on Saturday. “I will retire at the end of the season,” the 33-year-old confirmed to reporters when asked about his future. Bayern were keen to name Lahm as the club’s new sporting director ahead of next season, but the right-back has opted to take a sabbatical instead....
Laika—a stray picked up from the streets of Moscow—was the first animal to orbit our planet and became a global sensation. However, she did not survive the mission and died a few hours after launch. Despite her place in history, Laika was not actually the first animal in space. American and Russian scientists had been sending living organisms beyond the extent of Earth’s atmosphere for at least a decade before Sputnik 2 to observe how their bodies reacted to microgravity and the other unique conditions present there....
Emerging Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony earned the largest penalty, a 15-game suspension for one of the league’s top scorers. It was difficult for Anthony to debate the ruling after a hard right hand landed on the face of Knicks forward Jared Jeffries. MORE: Did Rajon Rondo actually spit on Chris Paul? This scuffle took place only two years removed from the “Malice at the Palace,” undoubtedly one of the darkest moments in league history....
That’s what Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak conceeded in a candid interview with ESPN. The GM said that Bryant’s retirement tour undeniably has taken emphasis off developing young players, such as rookie guard D’Angelo Russell and second-year forward Julius Randle, in favor of a celebration for the franchise legend. MORE: Kobe’s final season, in photos | Is this a distraction? “That’s 30-35 minutes (for Bryant) that you might give to a young player that you can’t,” Kupchak told ESPN....
Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and the rest of Lakers Nation believed bringing back Earvin “Magic” Johnson as president of basketball operations was the beginning of an era of sustained success. How could it not be? Everyone loves Magic. He’s the most celebrated player in franchise history, and he’s the face of the Los Angeles sports scene with his Lakers and Dodgers presence. POWER RANKINGS: Lakers keep tumbling down But so far, it’s been anything but “Showtime” at Staples Center....
The Suns eliminated the Lakers on Thursday night with a 113-100 win in Game 6 of their first-round series, ending what had been an injury-plagued season for Los Angeles. LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the rest of the team will get some much-needed rest this summer, but the front office’s work is just beginning. MORE: The Lakers lost a war of attrition this season How will Los Angeles general manager Rob Pelinka handle the 2021 offseason and position the Lakers to be contenders again?...
Los Angeles is parting ways with director of player personnel Ryan West, according to report from The Athletic. West spent 10 years with the Lakers and is credited for drafting D’Angelo Russell in 2015 and is the son of Clippers executive board member Jerry West. Los Angeles has had some major turnover as of late. It sent Lonzo Ball, Josh Hart, Brandon Ingram and three future first-round draft picks to the Pelicans in exchange for star forward Anthony Davis in June....
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich joked that Aldridge was such an ideal fit that when the recruitment process came around, “I spoke. I begged. I got on my knees. I offered my children. Things like that.” MORE: Grading the new NBA coaches | How Spurs have to adjust offense with Aldridge But Popovich has also witnessed some uncertainty on the part of Aldridge, now that his Spurs career has begun in earnest....
The talented big man came up big for the Spurs on offense in Monday night’s 106-79 win over the Nets, the team’s eighth in a row. MORE: All-time Spurs players Aldridge scored 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for San Antonio. Those numbers were nothing unusual for him in Portland, where he averaged a double-double in each of the last two seasons, but things are different now. For one, his minutes are down from 35....
Ball’s name was on the list of “professionals” given to teams Tuesday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported. The point guard played 12 games in the National Basketball League in Australia this past season, averaging 17 points, 6.8 assists and 7.6 rebounds per game. In a draft that seems wide-open, Ball is considered one of the few prospects with a chance to go first overall thanks to his 6-7 height and court vision reminiscent of his brother Lonzo....
A surprisingly candid Armstrong was profiled on Night 1 of the two-part ESPN documentary “Lance,” with doping one of the first topics discussed on the show. While doping was touched on throughout the episode, it seems like we’re going to get more insight into the mentality of Armstrong and the rest of the dopers this weekend. With Part 2 of the doc hitting television sets Sunday, ESPN teased one question that everyone’s wondering: Why lie?...
Kiffin told The Washington Post Alabama would be back-to-back national champions today if he had been calling the offensive plays in the Crimson Tide’s College Football Playoff title game vs. Clemson. Alabama coach Nick Saban replaced Kiffin as coordinator with consultant Steve Sarkisian, a friend of Kiffin’s, after the Tide’s 24-7 CFP semifinal victory over Washington. MORE: New book digs into Saban’s ‘Process’ at Alabama Alabama lost to Clemson 35-31 after the Tigers scored in the final seconds of regulation....
Johnson’s arrival in Boca Raton, Fla., was a controversial one considering he was kicked out of Florida State when a video showed him punching a woman at a bar. Legally, he reached a plea deal that required six months’ probation. But because the announcements were so close together, many tied Kiffin and Johnson together. During a media appearance ahead of the Peach Bowl (he’s still Alabama’s offensive coordinator), Kiffin made it clear Johnson’s arrival had to do with the previous FAU staff....
“Control” is at the heart of the Rodney King affair. Many Angelenos see the beating as part of a larger pattern of brutality. They fear their police have grown too powerful, often behaving as if they were above the law. “The problem is that the Los Angeles Police Department is not accountable to the citizens it is sworn to protect,” said Warren Christopher, head of a special commission that proposes to rein in the police with stricter civilian oversight....
Officials say David Rojas, 27, was arrested Thursday morning by the Internal Affairs Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Rojas had been with the LAPD for four years and worked in the department’s Central Division, located in downtown Los Angeles. He was charged with one felony count of “sexual contact with human remains without authority.” “This incident is extremely disturbing and does not represent the values of the Los Angeles Police Department,” LAPD Chief Michel Moore told KCBS....
Kyle Rice was assaulted by someone targeting him with a green laser as he attended a call out in the downtown area of the city. Now the father-of-two said he has been left with severe headaches, poor balance and can no longer drive and fear his sight will never return following the incident on July 16. In a TV interview with NBC Los Angeles, Rice said: “I consider myself a pretty strong person, but these migraines have been bringing me to tears....
“He wasn’t the one that was chanting it,” Lara Trump said during an appearance on Fox News on Friday morning. “He started talking about the ‘Squad’ and some of his issues with them and things he thought were very anti-American.” Lara Trump went on to blame the crowd for starting the chant, which was aimed at Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar. Omar, an American citizen, came to the United States as a child as a refugee from Somalia....
