After Irving dropped 39 points on the Celtics in a 141-126 Nets win, the team’s star guard was walking to the locker room when a Boston fan chucked a water bottle at him. MORE: Kyrie Irving hoping to avoid “subtle racism” in Boston Here’s a look at the incident, via YES Network. Irving came away from the water bottle toss unharmed, but he was understandably upset with what had happened....
In the footage, which was shared to TikTok by a woman called Holly Doran, we can see someone carrying over a basket and then placing it on the floor next to a large black dog. Text overlaying the video, explains: “Bringing home my new pup [heart-eyed emoji].” The dog then begins wagging its tail enthusiastically and leaping about the room, before the lid is finally lifted from the box and we can see a tiny golden Labrador puppy....
Lake Mead, a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam in Nevada and Arizona, is rapidly evaporating because of a mega-drought. Water levels are now the lowest they have been since 1937. And, before now, the lake had been concealing a multitude of human remains. Since May, four sets of human remains have been found in the lake. Investigations are underway into all the remains. One set of remains, discovered inside a barrel, appears to be that of a shooting victim....
MORE: Shaq takes shots at Lakers during Bieber roast | 10 worst moments of season Assets There is not much on hand for the Lakers. They are heading into the final year of Kobe Bryant’s contract, which will pay him $25 million and take up a considerable slice of the available payroll. They will have to continue the delicate balancing act of building around Bryant while facing the reality that he is at the end of his career and not likely to pull any Lazarus acts....
Jeremiah Johnson, CEO of the Des Moines-based clothing brand Stylent, claims his landlord kicked him out of the space he and his partner had been leasing after seeing pictures of them attending a protest where looting had occurred. The pair denied that they committed any criminal acts while joining in the demonstration over the death of the Minneapolis man. A video of Johnson’s partner Exodus Barbglor confronting his white landlord David Harkin over the eviction was posted on Twitter, where it has since been viewed more than 3....
Ole Miss and former Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin humiliated Saban’s defense on Saturday in a 63-48 loss, moving the ball at will in a way never before seen in Saban’s tenure in Tuscaloosa. And while Kiffin’s undeniable offensive genius contributed to Ole Miss’ repeated explosive plays, the issue seems much worse for the Crimson Tide (3-0, 3-0 SEC). The defense is routinely confused. It is routinely caught out of position....
According to SB Nation, Kiffin will meet with Houston on Sunday after Alabama’s game against Florida for the SEC title. Alabama coach Nick Saban is reportedly recommending Kiffin to Houston, likely to keep him from going to division rival LSU under Ed Orgeron. MORE: Keep up with the 2016 coaching changes Houston’s search for a head coach began after Tom Herman left the school for Texas. The Longhorns hired Herman after firing Charlie Strong....
In a clip of Packer’s coming interview on Good Morning America, Packer gives more insight into what happened behind the scenes after the infamous slap. Although Packer said he didn’t speak to Smith directly that night, he recalled officers with the Los Angeles Police Department spoke to Rock in his office. “They were saying, you know, this is battery was the word they use in that moment,” Packer said. “They said we will go get him; we are prepared....
It’s all in a day’s work for Logan, 35, who contributes to “60 Minutes” and this year became the chief foreign correspondent for CBS News. She’s always preferred being where the action is. Logan grew up in South Africa, where her antiapartheid parents taught her to question the government’s racist policies. At 17, she sneaked out of her house in a cozy suburb of Durban and went exploring the black townships–an unheard-of risk for a white girl....
Indie, the dog that has been with the Benn family for around 11 years, was grabbed by a 99-pound crocodile in Kamerunga, a suburb in the Cairns region in Queensland, Australia, 7NEWS reported. The attack happened at the lower Kamerunga Foot Bridge on the Barron River. “She’s been part of our grandchildren’s lives since they were born,” Alan Benn told the Australian news website. “So…waking up this morning it was hard for them because they asked ‘where’s Indie?...
The 10th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm premiered on Sunday night and tackled some of the biggest news topics within the jocular plot lines. Along with the #MeToo movement and Harvey Weinstein, the first episode included several Trump-centric moments. After running into Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal at a dinner party, David looks for a way to get out of meeting with him and finds it in Trump’s MAGA hat....
The retired player argued that because of past instances where professional sports organizations participated in inclusive events promoting equality, this meant these organizations had an “effeminate agenda” but that “we” — presumably those in the professional sports organizations — are “not ready to have that conversation yet.” The tone of the tweets shifted wildly, suggesting the slim bodies of some players in the NBA is a sign of effeminacy. He also made light of two Tennessee Titans, linebacker Brian Orakpo and safety Michael Griffin, having an ownership stake in the Austin, Texas cupcake shop Gigi’s Cupcakes as another example of the “effeminate” problem in professional sports....
The rioter—identified as retired Air Force lieutenant colonel Larry Rendall Brock Jr. by The New Yorker in collaboration with John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto’s Munk School—also said he wore tactical gear because he “didn’t want to get stabbed or hurt.” Brock is based in Texas and a graduate of the state’s Air Force Academy. He was attached to the 706th Fighter Squadron....
Enlisted straight out of high school. One of four Marines killed when a suicide bomber set off a propane truck in Rawah on July 29, 2006.
No, things are definitely not going how the Giants drew them up at the beginning of the year. And after a weekend that saw them drop a series in Philadelphia to the worst team in baseball, the Giants find themselves in a situation they probably didn’t expect to face for some time: stay the course and hope for a turnaround, or throw in the towel this year and attempt to rebuild?...
The trove of documents—which were requested under the Freedom of Information Act earlier this year by a lawyer for a right-wing nonprofit with ties to former Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller—includes nearly 300 emails and dozens of photographs dating back to 2014, when Biden’s son joined the board of the Ukrainian energy firm Burisma despite having no experience in the sector. Hunter Biden’s ties to the country—as well as the contents of a laptop acquired by journalists at the New York Post in late 2020—have inspired widespread speculation in the conservative press that the younger Biden exploited his political connections to enrich himself....
The Division III Mount St. Joseph freshman was diagnosed with the inoperable brain cancer a year ago. The 19-year-old Lawrenceburg, Indiana, native raised awareness about the disease while playing against Hiram College before a sellout crowd Nov. 2 at Xavier University’s 10,000-seat arena. She also started a layup challenge that is helping the Cure Starts Now Foundation raise money for research. MORE: Lauren HIll’s ‘one last game’ in photos...
Instead, LaMelo will be home-schooled and home-trained. Will he then get housed when he plays real games? “I’m going to make him the best basketball player ever,” LaVar Ball told the Los Angeles Times. Of course he did. MORE: LaVar Ball says he got illegal offers ’every summer’ as a player The man who once said he could have beaten Michael Jordan one-on-one when both players were in their primes (Jordan as a six-time NBA champion and LaVar as a 2....
