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College basketball fans will never forget it. Neither will Christian Laettner. His Duke team trailed Kentucky, 103-102, with 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime in the 1992 NCAA East Region final when Laettner caught an 80-foot inbounds pass from Grant Hill. Laettner dribbled, faked, turned and hit a 17-foot jumper as time expired to give the Blue Devils the win. For Laettner, the moment remains vivid to this day. He spoke to Sporting News about the shot that propelled the Blue Devils to their second consecutive national title....

Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 Muller netted an impressive 20 times in 31 league outings last term, but still awaits his first goal in eight top-flight outings this season, even though he has found the net in the DFL-Supercup and Champions League. Despite some joking between the duo, Lahm sees no reason for concern, though, and has little doubt Muller will start scoring again sooner rather than later....

Electric utility company Endesa SA has shut down its facility in Mequinenza, Zaragoza, Spain after its water levels receded below 23 percent capacity, Bloomberg reported. This is below the minimum required to produce electricity. The plant first opened in 1966, and until now, has never been shut down. Spain is suffering one of the most severe droughts seen in more than a decade, with around 32 percent of the country affected due to rising temperatures and lack of rainfall....

They also got the validation of a win, a lopsided one on the road over the Suns on Wednesday night in the first half of a back-to-back that had become too weighted with importance for a game that early. But the Lakers didn’t just need to win after their 0-3 start, and win without the still-suspended Rajon Rondo and Brandon Ingram. They needed to see James and Lonzo Ball meshing the way they ideally should, considering their skill sets....

On his 38th birthday, James looked no different than the 19-year-old who entered the league in 2003. The Lakers went into Atlanta for a matchup with the Hawks and the birthday boy refused to settle for anything but a win. James was otherworldly — and not just relative to his big day. The Lakers superstar put together one of his best performances of the entire season, getting into a zone that we’ve seen so many times over his immaculate 20-year career....

Los Angeles is finalizing a contract with former Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue, according to a report from Yahoo Sports, which cites unidentified league sources. The Lakers have reportedly been interested in Lue for some time and it appears like things are moving toward a hiring. The 42-year-old was Cleveland’s coach for roughly 2 1/2 seasons. He took over the team after David Blatt was fired midway through 2015-16 and helped Cleveland beat the Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals....

There was the blockbuster trade for Anthony Davis, one of the top 10 stars in the NBA. There were the signings of helpful role players like Avery Bradley, Quinn Cook, Jared Dudley and Danny Green. There was still LeBron James, who is pretty good at basketball. And then there was… Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. MORE: Is Anthony Davis willing to play center for Lakers? Lakers fans are already turning on the 26-year-old shooting guard after just eight quarters of action....

Still, he considered a return to the Lakers this offseason. Gasol did not want to appear as if he was jumping off a sinking ship and thought about returning to play with Kobe Bryant, who he won two NBA titles with in Los Angeles. MORE: Durant, Westbrook workout | Chappelle thinks Sterling should’ve kept Clippers | NBA cheerleaders The Lakers could not promise Gasol he would experience more success in the coming seasons, or that he would be utilized more in the post....

Kelly has been in the starting lineup for each of the Lakers’ last four games, although hamstring injuries kept him sidelined in all but three games in the first two months of the season. MORE: Kupchak expects Kobe to return | Lillard ’thanks’ league for All-Star snub The second-year Duke product has averaged 3.8 points and 2.9 rebounds in 17 games this season. Kelly suited up for the D-Fenders on Friday when the team hosted Bakersfield....

Tammyy White of @the_gucigang_ lives in Australia where she looks after farm animals as pets, like Paxton—the lamb who acts like a dog. White’s family also have a farm, where they breed their own lines of sheep, some who end up in the care of White. In the video shared to White’s TikTok on Sunday, Paxton leaped up onto the couch, before perching at the end of the cover, just like a four-legged friend would....

How Cesc saved his Chelsea career The 38-year-old is a free agent after leaving New York City last month following a fruitful spell in MLS. Lampard’s visit to Chelsea training this week has prompted speculation of a return to the club and manager Antonio Conte confirmed the Blues’ all-time top goalscorer is not yet interested in retiring in order to take up a coaching role. Though the former England international is calm over his next move, he says that the chance to go back to Stamford Bridge would be tough to turn down....

WATCH: Costa & Luiz kidnap Conte! The Blues claimed a second title in three seasons on Friday after their 1-0 win away to West Brom ensured that they cannot be caught by second-place Tottenham in their final three matches. The triumph marks a stunning debut campaign in England for head coach Antonio Conte, who can still claim the domestic double should Chelsea beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final....

Lance Armstrong said his stepfather — whom he called “kind of terrible” in the documentary — would use corporal punishment against him for the slightest offense. Said Armstrong: “Sure enough, I would leave a drawer open, and he would pull out his fraternity paddle and just beat the s— out of me.” MORE: Armstrong: ‘I don’t know’ whether doping caused cancer Terry Armstrong adopted Lance — whose surname at the time was Gunderson — when the latter was 3; his mother, Linda Armstrong Kelly, had him when she was 17 years old....

The woman, believed to be in her 20s, died when she was struck by the plane at the grounds of Parachute Montreal, close to route 125 near Saint-Esprit in Quebec. According to Global News, the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was later pronounced dead at around 12:50 p.m. on Monday afternoon. The outlet added the pilot of the plane was also taken to a nearby hospital in order to treat a “violent nervous shock....

Authorities had received multiple complaints from concerned neighbors about the farm animals. When police and the health department arrived at the suburban row home, they found an odd scene. They found “about four or five dead chicken carcasses, their throats slashed and they were left in a pile,” H. James Boor of the Division of Environmental Health for Jersey City told NBC-4 New York. Alyza Brevard-Rodriguez, Otero’s landlord, was returning home from active duty in the Middle East with the U....

The alleged protest occurred after a letter circulated calling for officers to simultaneously call in sick, a strike action dubbed “blue flu,” in response to the LAPD having its budget slashed by $150m in the wake of calls for reform. “They succeeded in defunding the police; what do you think is next? Our pay? Our benefits? Our pensions? You’re God Damn right all those things are in jeopardy now,” the letter, obtained by The Los Angeles Times, said....

According to a warrant obtained by TMZ , a police officer received a call at 7:29 p.m. from a robotic voice that said terrorists were placed strategically throughout the stadium and would kill in the name of jihad. MORE: Chilling photos from the Paris terror attack According to the warrant, the voice said, “Several people in the crowd seated strategically have explosives strapped to their chest and explosives in their shoes....

Breton, the 1,400-pound great white, can be seen moving northward along the East Coast via research nonprofit Ocearch’s tracking platform. As of Tuesday, Breton was moving into waters about 40 miles off Virginia, previously pinging off North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound on August 6 and deeper waters off the South Carolina coast on August 2. On June 6, he was tracked as far south as Port St. Lucie in Florida....

On Friday morning, Jim McIngvale, the man known as “Mattress Mack,” put down $5 million on a Cincinnati Bengals victory over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 56, according to KPRC. McIngvale, a Houston furniture store owner, placed his historic, multi-million dollar wager outside a rest stop in Vinton, Louisiana. If the Bengals defeat the Rams and capture the Lombardi trophy in Sunday night’s game, Mattress Mack will also win big....

But there’s so much more than a single line from the state’s largest newspaper, Elder told Newsweek, rattling off several examples of alleged bias against him. Elder claims he never said there’s no racism in America, though CNN reported multiple times that he had. Addressing his assertion at his concession speech Tuesday, Elder began with, “I’ll speak slowly because I know CNN is here. “After a woman threw an egg at the former Republican gubernatorial candidate, the Los Angeles Times ran a photo of Elder just about to hug a fan that could easily be construed as him about to slap her, and the headline read, “LAPD is investigating altercation involving Larry Elder at Venice homeless encampment....