After going for 38 points in the Los Angeles Lakers loss to the Washington Wizards on Saturday, James has passed Malone for second on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. James has made a serious dent in his deficit to Malone over the past few weeks, going for 56 points on March 5 and 50 points on March 11. James went into Saturday’s contest 20 points away from passing Malone and only needed one half of play to surpass the Hall of Famer....

The footage, which was first shared on Twitter by an account called “Fifty Shades of Whey” on Monday and has racked up more than 5 million views, shows a woman standing in line to vote at the Helen Marshall Cultural Center at Borough Hall, Queens. As the video begins, the woman can be heard complaining to a man, who is recording the footage, that she might not be allowed into the polling station....

In anticipation of this day, NBA 2K15 simulated that first moment, when fans get their initial shot at cheering on James, Love and the other starters. James shared the video on his personal Twitter account, releasing introductions that started with Anderson Varejao, followed by Dion Waiters, Kyrie Irving, Love and, finally, James. MORE: Nike revealing LeBron’s new shoe | Rubio loyal to Wolves | NBA highest paid

But James’ brain power extends far beyond the court, as is made more apparent when looking back on his free-agency decision and the Cleveland Cavaliers’ offseason. In this Internet age, it figures the banner moment of James’ master plan came when he went to Instagram to recognize his teammates, posting photos of projected starters and role players. It started long before then, however. MORE: Love trade is official | James recognizes teammates | Cavs offensive fit...

The prestigious Italian team has fallen down the Formula 1 pecking order over the last few years, with 2020 being a particular low point. That first year of the pandemic saw Ferrari end up in an unfathomable 6th place in the constructors’ championship, failing to win a single race. Last year saw an improvement, with a 3rd-placed finish, but not in the same league as the top two. However, preseason testing has given Ferrari fans fresh hope, with many pundits backing the Scuderia to take a massive leap forward in this uncertain new era of F1 cars, with the field theoretically being more level this season....

What is a LEEP? LEEP is an acronym for loop electrosurgical excision procedure. A LEEP uses an electrically charged wire loop to remove abnormal cervical tissue. It is done under local anesthesia and normally on an outpatient basis in hospitals or in a doctor’s office. During a LEEP: the doctor inserts a speculum into the vagina an anesthetic is injected into the cervix to numb the area the use of an electrically charged wire loop is used to remove abnormal tissue a topical solution may be put on the cervix to stop any bleeding...

In turn, one major impact of the pandemic could be politically active young voters, who will demand representatives closer to their own age and cognizant of their needs. Much hinges on President Joe Biden’s ability to convince these voters (who do support him) that his age is not a barrier to connecting with their priorities. Americans over the age of 65 dominate political and economic power, and inevitably craft policies based on themselves....

There is a small industry of professional mediators (usually retired judges or lawyers) who make their living mediating, often under the auspices of a service provider such as JAMS. Most mediators charge between $5,000 and $50,000 per day. Although there is no shortage of mediators, there is a limited number of those who are truly skilled; they are usually booked several months in advance. The type of mediator you want will depend on the parties, the strength of the case, the issues involved and the participants’ personalities....

That’s because the Musket Men won’t be at Super Bowl 51. The roughly 20 or so Revolutionary War re-enactors that are regular staples of every New England home game won’t be on the field or in attendance en masse at NRG Stadium. This means Blount can’t strike his trademark pose with them should he get into the end zone. Even so, it doesn’t diminish the camaraderie Blount has built with a group that takes pride in loving the Patriots and the U....

Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Juan Mata brought an end to a run of three consecutive league draws for Jose Mourinho’s side, who are now two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal. Leicester had lost their last three games in the top flight and only beaten United once in 17 previous meetings, but Claudio Ranieri’s side produced the kind of combative display that underpinned their stunning success last term for much of the first half....

Having narrowly escaped relegation from the top flight last season by winning seven of its final nine outings, Leicester’s dramatic turnaround continued into 2015-16 and has seen it set the pace at the top of the table. MORE: 10 teams that shattered expectations at the World Cup Tottenham’s failure to beat West Brom on Monday means Leicester, which is seven points clear and nine matches unbeaten, requires just three points from their three remaining games in order to be crowned champions....

The Blues are smarting after a defeat to London rivals Tottenham, while Leicester’s form is patchy; The Foxes have only won 1 of their last 5 Premier League matches. Leicester will be minus key playmaker Riyad Mahrez who is on AFCON duty, while Chelsea will be without strapping top scorer Diego Costa who allegedly clashed with Chelsea medical staff over his fitness. Team News Leicester City Doubtful: Ulloa, Vardy, King...

In a wide-ranging interview with espnW, Dunham said she believes men turn to body-shaming strong female athletes like Rousey and Williams because they are intimidated. MORE: The dominance of “Rowdy” | A look back at Serena Williams’ career “With Serena Williams and Ronda Rousey, men are thinking, ‘You could beat me up, that f—ing scares me, you have achieved more than I ever will in my lifetime, so I’m going to get online and tell you that you don’t look like someone I want to f—,’” Dunham told espnW....

But none of that means he wants to leave Baton Rouge quite yet. MORE: Where would Fournette go in 2017 mock draft? “At the end of the day, nobody wants to leave college. Nobody’s ready for the real world,” Fournette said Tuesday (via SECCountry.com). “I know I’m not, to be honest. So I have to wait and see when we talk to Coach (Ed Orgeron).” Fournette has battled leg injuries the last two seasons and reportedly took out two separate $10 million insurance policies last offseason....

California’s Stanford gets a lot of credit for the rise of the new economy. But don’t underestimate the contribution made by the IIT system, five elite colleges founded by tech-minded Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the 1950s. IIT Kanpur produced Narayana Murthy, CEO of Indian software powerhouse Infosys–now valued at more than $20 billion on America’s Nasdaq. Other campuses graduated some big names in Silicon Valley, including Desh Deshpande of Sycamore Networks and Vinod Khosla of Sun Microsystems and venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins....

I come away from that conflict convinced that the United States is unprepared to win the next major fight against a peer enemy. The war in Ukraine has laid out what is needed to win on today’s battlefield in stark terms: sophisticated, precise, and long-range weaponry, as well as the ability to keep soldiers in the field supplied with enough of that weaponry to offset wartime expenditures. Ukraine pins its hopes on conventional artillery pieces like the United States’ M777, as well as American High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and British and American M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) to stymy Russia’s slow but steady advance in eastern Ukraine....

Obama’s senior strategists believe they—and the rest of the field—will soon lose voters’ attention as the holiday season shuts down political life several days before Christmas. They say Iowans are already weary of phone and email contact, and may well react negatively if the intrusions continue through the festive period. With the student population ready to head home, this is the time to make their closing arguments. And that was how Oprah hit the road with her candidate of choice, spending the weekend shuttling from Iowa on Saturday to South Carolina and New Hampshire on Sunday....

“Faster, better, cheaper” is the brainchild of NASA administrator Daniel Goldin. Instead of billion-dollar missions that take decades to develop and carry dozens of experiments, the agency now launches streamlined spacecraft with modest goals, gives contractors more responsibility and exercises less oversight. The 1997 Mars Pathfinder–and its plucky little rover Sojourner–and the still-orbiting Mars Global Surveyor are two of the successes of faster, better, cheaper. But the approach has had several high-profile failures....

I don’t care what happens the rest of the season. Enough of this nonsense about the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and the Rams duo of Jared Goff and Todd Gurley. Call off the vote, and let’s make it official today: Drew Brees must be 2018 NFL MVP — for his brilliance this season and over a first-ballot Hall of Fame career. POWER RANKINGS: Why Saints are the best The numbers the NFL career passing yards leader is putting up this season are incredible....

The airplane was White Knight, and strapped to its belly, a smaller vessel called SpaceShipOne–the craft that esteemed airplane designer Burt Rutan hopes will be the first privately built manned spaceship in human history. But as SpaceShipOne detached from White Knight for an unpowered glide test, the radio chatter at Mojave Airport was suddenly tinged with alarm. “Cut back on your trim, Mike, you’re way out of it!” a voice urged Mike Melville, the ship’s test pilot, over the com....