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“This concerns the integrity of that evidence,” Thomas Eoannou said at a news conference Wednesday, via ABC7 Chicago. “The rape kit evidence bag has been tampered with.” MORE: Patrick Kane’s NHL career | Kane, Blackhawks make matters worse Kane is accused of raping a woman inside his house early Aug. 2 after the two met at a bar in downtown Buffalo. Kane has yet to be charged with a crime, though a grand jury is expected to begin reviewing evidence soon....

Bell’s status to return to the game was listed as “doubtful,” with fellow running back Frank Gore getting a brunt of the carries in the third quarter. Josh Adams also entered the game for New York. Bell stumbled on a pass earlier in the game, coming up lame and grabbing his hamstring. He would later return with a heavily taped leg, but was clearly hampered by the injury. MORE: Why Dak Prescott is playing under franchise tag without a long-term deal...

In deciding not to play this season, Bell ultimately is mitigating three risks: the chance of injury, the chance of ineffectiveness and the chance of overuse. Here we examine those three risks to determine whether Bell made the right decision from a financial standpoint. MORE: Bell claimed he loved Steelers but had funny way of showing it Risk of injury Running backs are close to the top of the NFL in injury rates....

The Steelers’ star running back told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that weed isn’t a priority. Good thing, because he’s slated to miss the first two games of next season as a result of being busted for possession last summer. MORE: NFL players arrested in 2015 | Bell says he didn’t know he could get DUI for being high | Ex-player says league doesn’t care about marijuana “Marijuana is not an important thing for me,” he said....

If you find that confusing, if not counterintuitive, hey, don't worry about it — because it is. Nonis was speaking on TSN 1050 on Thursday afternoon. He was asked directly if he was willing to trade Kadri, the team's most talented center, and answered thusly, according to a transcript by @Hope_Smoke: "I think it's easy to say that Kadri is struggling but he's having a decent year. It's not like he's not putting up points....

In an emotional tweet Monday night, Devon Still proclaimed that Leah, 5, had successfully completed her final cancer treatment and would be discharged from the hospital Tuesday with a favorable prognosis that they won’t need to come back anytime soon. MORE: Moving photos of Leah Still at Bengals game Leah had been diagnosed with Stage IV neuroblastoma in June 2014 and was given a 50-50 chance to survive. After a series of surgeries and chemotherapy, she was hospital-ridden for the first half of last summer, but the cancer went into remission by the end of July....

The 17-year-old playmaker has been on the books at Santiago Bernabeu since January 2015, when Los Blancos won the race for one of the most coveted signatures in world football. LEAKED: Di Maria’s strange contract Odegaard’s exploits for Stromsgodset brought him to the attention of the global elite, as he became a regular for the Norwegian outfit and was handed a senior international debut at the age of 15....

The 19-year-old says that he looked towards iconic figures of the modern era when working his way through the Old Trafford academy system, with Neymar and Wayne Rooney also held up as role models. Man Utd 17/10 to beat Liverpool He has since gone on to become a star in his own right, but the England international concedes that he never tires of watching the world’s best in action and trying to take the best attributes from their respective games....

My grandmother’s favorite saying, “Fine feathers make a fine bird,” signified her love of fashion and the importance of a first impression. If she were alive today, she’d survey the T-shirted American crowd and conclude that we are bereft of fineness. We carefully select the clothing on our backs only for weddings or job interviews; afterward, we ease right back into sweat pants and sweat shirts. In our quest to be comfortable, we have lost the glamour of a not-so-distant time....

Four weeks after the Israel-Hizbullah ceasefire, Lebanon’s environmental wounds are still bleeding. On July 14, Israeli warplanes hit the Jieh power plant, some 12 miles south of Beirut, to hamper operations by the guerrilla movement that had captured two Jewish soldiers in a cross-border raid three days earlier. The first missile hit before dawn, setting one of the enormous holding tanks ablaze, but the fire was contained until a second missile, then a third, slammed into the compound....

Kerr certainly tried a lot of different things — Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Andre Iguodala. James, though, continuing his do-it-all role for the Cavaliers in this postseason, found ways to attack the many looks offered by the Warriors, scoring 44 points on 18-for-38 shooting. MORE: Must-see Game 1 photos | Irving leaves with injury | Iguodala comes up huge in Game 1 Yet, in an ominous sign for the Cavs in this series, the Warriors were still able pull out a 108-100 overtime victory to give them the opening edge here in the NBA Finals....

The Cavaliers underwent a rough January that goes beyond the 6-8 record (30-20 overall) they posted. They lost Kevin Love with a hand injury, which could keep him out through March. Before that, Love missed a practice and was the subject of an internal team drama. New guard Isaiah Thomas, expected to rescue the team upon his return early in the month, instead has been a dud, averaging 15.4 points on 36....

As he was still playing for St. Vincent-St. Mary, the Ohio High School Athletic Association looked into the validity of the purchase, making sure that James hadn't broken any amateurism laws in the process of getting the truck. It was later found that James had done no wrongdoing, and he went on to become one of the NBA's most decorated players. Now, almost a decade later, that truck is in the limelight once again, with the current owner selling the truck on EBay....

Most believe that Jerry West's likeness has served as the inspiration for the NBA's logo since 1969. If the league were to ever consider freshening things up it would be difficult to find a more appropriate silhouette than Nowitzki's signature move. Nowitzki's combination of size, shooting touch and high release point has made his version one of the game's unique weapons. And now stars like Miami's LeBron James, Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City and Minnesota's Kevin Love are trying to incorporate the shot into their games....

The mural was painted by Kent State University student Chardae Slater in West Market Street to celebrate James’ new film, Space Jam: A New Legacy. But earlier this week, the mural—which shows James alongside several Looney Tunes characters—was defaced, with a red nose spray painted on James’ face. The words “LA FLOP” were also written across the mural in a possible reference to James’ current team, the Los Angeles Lakers....

LeBron James had a large and very noticeable tear on the back of his jersey after Boston Celtics point guard Jaylen Brown grabbed him. MORE: Nike welcomes LeBron’s 15th season with fresh commercial This wasn’t the first time one of Nike’s new jerseys ripped. Tyler Ennis had a similar jersey tear during the Lakers’ preseason opener that was also the result of a grab. While it is not yet clear why the jerseys are tearing, they do have special features that could possibly be a contributing factor....

It’s actually pretty good — and funny. MORE: LeBron sources deny report that this will be his last with Cavs LYRICS DIDO: LeBron is mad I’m wondering why I asked for a trade at all I scored 40 in the Finals. But I can’t please LeBron And even if I could I’m not Chris Paul With their picture on a boat *1 It reminds me that it’s not my Cavs, LeBron runs the Cavs....

The four-time NBA champion exchanged words with two fans courtside during the fourth quarter of the Lakers’ 107-99 win over the Hawks in Atlanta, forcing the referees to stop the game before security personnel removed them from their seats. “Courtside Karen was MAD MAD,” James tweeted after the game. The name “Karen” has come to be used as pejorative slang for an obnoxious, angry, entitled and often racist white woman....

NBA League Pass: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Sitting in ninth place (24-26) in the Western Conference, four games back of the Denver Nuggets in sixth and a whopping 16.0 games shy of the conference-leading Phoenix Suns, the Lakers are squarely in Play-In range with some serious work to do. LeBron James injury update Despite LeBron James playing some of the best basketball of his career, their season has been somewhat derailed by injuries and COVID-19 health and safety protocol absences, along with Russell Westbrook’s slow start to life in LA....

MORE: Must-see LeBron vs. Curry photos | James has to be selfish At 31, the peak of his athleticism is behind him. Nonetheless, he remains one of the league’s preeminent physical specimens. Just take a look at this sequence during third quarter of the Cavaliers’ Game 3 matchup against the Warriors in the NBA Finals Wednesday night. A video posted by COMPLEX (@complex) on Jun 8, 2016 at 8:15pm PDT...