Muller slams Champions League officials The holders secured a 4-2 win after extra-time at Santiago Bernabeu to seal a 6-3 aggregate triumph and a place in the semi-finals. Bayern were on the wrong end of three controversial refereeing decisions, with Arturo Vidal given a second yellow card for what appeared to be a fair challenge, before Cristiano Ronaldo completed his hat-trick with two goals from offside positions in extra-time....
The Tier 2a shortage reduces the allocation amount by an additional 80,000 acre-feet in an effort to combat the ongoing drought in the area. Colorado River and its associated reservoirs—Lake Mead and Lake Powell—have suffered from decreasing water levels for years. Arizona has already endured water allocation cuts when a Tier 1 shortage went into effect last year and cut the state’s allocation by a little more than 500,000 acre-feet....
Line: New Orleans -10.5, Total: 208.5 The Lakers (10-41 SU, 23-28 ATS) just broke a 10-game losing streak on Tuesday, a 119-115 home win over Minnesota as 4.5-point dogs. Kobe Bryant turned back the clock with a 38-point performance. Bryant has struggled overall in his final season, shooting just 35.3 percent from the field while dealing with a myriad of injuries. His struggles have contributed to Los Angeles’ 31st-ranked offense behind lowly Philadelphia....
Los Angeles’ back court had some serious issues last season, with the move to acquire Dennis Schroder not exactly paying dividends. So now, according to reports, LeBron and LA are targeting a few household names to help push the point guard position forward: Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook are both on their radar. Per Marc Spears of The Undefeated: MORE: Damian Lillard trade rumors — Best fits for Lillard’s services...
Nash left the Lakers' 113-90 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves late in the second quarter due to pain in his back, and saw back specialist Dr. Robert Watkins Monday. The diagnosis? A nerve root irritation that will keep Nash out two weeks. MORE: T-Wolves handle Lakers | Kobe’s big paycheck | NBA’s hazing memo "It's tough," Nash said after scoring two points in 13 minutes Sunday night. "I hesitate to even talk about it now because it's probably not a good time....
Despite being one of the preseason favorites to win the title, Los Angeles came up well short of all expectations to finish with a 33-49 record and miss the playoffs. Even though LeBron James put together another All-NBA-caliber season, averaging 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists in his 19th season in the league, his supporting cast didn’t uphold their end of the bargain. All-Star forward Anthony Davis was limited to just 40 games due to various injury problems, while Russell Westbrook severely struggled in his first season with the Lakers....
For one, Kobe Bryant dropped 60 points in his final NBA game, going out in style with 50 shots and fanfare. But his final game also allowed the Lakers and Staples Center “break all-time industry merchandise records,” ESPN reported. PHOTOS: Kobe’s celebratory, surreal, strange retirement tour According to Sean Ryan, the AEG vice president of merchandise, $1.2 million worth of Kobe Bryant-related merchandise was sold at the Staples Center on Wednesday night, setting a worldwide single-day sales record for arenas....
LeBron James can say what he wants about his point guards during the preseason, but by the time the regular season rolls around, the conversation will shift far away from the creation of catchy nicknames. With Lonzo Ball being limited for the majority of the offseason as he recovers from left knee surgery, head coach Luke Walton will put Rajon Rondo in the starting lineup for opening night. The decision makes sense now given Ball’s health status, but it could also create issues moving forward....
Boston (35-19) is tied with Indiana for third in the Eastern Conference and has been reported to have heavy interest in making a move to land Anthony Davis from New Orleans. Davis’ father has said his son has no interest in playing long term for the Celtics, but look for GM Danny Ainge to make some sort of move to keep his superstar and impending free agent point guard Kyrie Irving happy....
In the week following his NFL debut at the Hall of Fame game against the Bears, Jackson answered questions from reporters about how he thought he’d played by breaking down the interception he threw, shrugging off his touchdown pass, expounding on the speed difference at this level … and grinning with anticipation of putting those lessons to the test this week. Plus, he’s embracing the stakes — which, for him, are far different than the veterans, who again will play little, if at all, in Thursday’s preseason game against the Rams....
Lamaze teaches natural childbirth coping techniques, including comfort measures, relaxation, and breathing. Patterned breathing used to be the hallmark of Lamaze. Today, the method incorporates conscious breathing and relaxation, among other principles. Here is an overview of the Lamaze technique, including how it’s done, why it’s used, and what the research says about its effectiveness. How It Works The American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics (ASPO), now known as Lamaze International, was established in 1960 by Marjorie Karmel and Elisabeth Bing....
This is the moody pop artist’s fifth major studio album release, the follow-up to her most successful album to date, 2017’s Lust for Life. Rey’s primary producer for Rockwell was Jack Antonoff, who previously produced Grammy-winning albums for Taylor Swift and Lorde. Antonoff also has had success with the band fun and currently with the band Bleachers. The release of Rockwell came hours after Rey released a music video for the song “Doin’ Time,” a cover of a song made popular by the band Sublime....
Lanard Fournette, a two-star athlete, committed to LSU and will join his big brother, perhaps in the same backfield, which should be fun. MORE: 10 burning questions for 2015 | Fournette ready for 2015 breakout Leonard Fournette (6-1, 230 pounds) broke LSU’s freshman rushing record with 1,034 yards and 10 TDs. The former five-star recruit already is being tossed into the Heisman Trophy conversation for next year after his breakout performance in the Music City Bowl....
MORE: Cycling’s greatest race, 2015 edition | There is life after Armstrong in American cycling Armstrong’s appearance in France for the start of the ‘One Day Ahead’ charity ride in Muret, organized by former England soccer player Geoff Thomas, prompted criticism from at least one Tour team, Bretagne-Seche. Armstrong already had spoken of his sense of responsibility over the doping accusations faced by race leader Chris Froome during this year’s Tour, but, facing a media scrum upon his arrival, Armstrong said he understood that his legacy as a drugs cheat would hang over him while he was in France....
The 34-year-old, who came on as a second-half substitute with his side trailing 2-1 at Children’s Mercy Park, was teed up by Robbie Rogers and coolly placed a low, left-footed shot into the far corner of the net to put the Galaxy back on level terms. Donovan came out of retirement earlier this month and made his return against Orlando City last week, managing seven minutes as a substitute in a 4-2 victory....
At 24 years old, Weis — son of former Notre Dame and Kansas coach Charlie Weis — becomes the youngest coordinator in the FBS. MORE: Ranking college football’s coaching hires Weis was hired by Kiffin before the start of the 2017 season as the Owls’ tight ends coach. He left the position a month after his hiring to become an offensive analyst for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, whose season ended Saturday in a divisional round loss to the Philadelphia Eagles....
The Florida Atlantic football coach, in a Tuesday radio interview with Tide 102.9 FM, said he expects to see freshman newcomer Tua Tagovailoa play next season alongside sophomore incumbent Jalen Hurts. MORE: For Alabama, it’s still Hurts and everyone else “I would sure think so,” Kiffin said (via SEC Country). “I mean, you guys saw him at spring game. He’s a special talent. And Coach (Nick) Saban will figure out the best way to do it obviously, whether they both play....
After commercial whaling was banned in 1976, it appears the species is on a rebound, as the footage appears to show. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), in the northern German port city of Bremerhaven, said Thursday: “After blue whales, fin whales are the largest whales in the world – and human beings have hunted both species to near-extinction.” They added: “After the ban on commercial whaling in 1976, the stocks of these long-lived but slow-growing creatures are rebounding: in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers and filmmakers jointly present videos and photos of large groups of up to 150 southern fin whales in their historical feeding areas – more than has ever been documented before using modern methods....
The page shares videos to “help educate the public about reptiles and how to deal with them when they are encountered,” according to their website, but followers will be hoping they won’t have to put the lessons from this video into practice. Stuart McKenzie took to Facebook to post a video documenting the removal of a snake from the toilet rolls in a Sunshine Coast family’s bathroom. “Just received a call for a large carpet python that’s actually gone into a family’s bathroom, which isn’t good....
The Arizona Cardinals receiver continues to move his way up the NFL’s all-time receptions list. Fitzgerald caught 10 passes for 78 yards in Sunday’s 31-23 win over the Washington Redskins and is now third in history with 1,106 catches. He began the day fifth, but moved past Hall of Famers Cris Carter (1,101) and Tim Brown (1,102) on Sunday. Fitzgerald now has 14,246 receiving yards and passed Andre Johnson for 10th place on the all-time list....
