James needed just two points against the Bucks to surpass Malone’s total of 27,409 career points. MORE: NBA’s all-time leading scorers Malone, a three-time NBA MVP and a Pro Basketball Hall of Famer, died last year at age 60. He led the 76ers to an NBA championship in 1983. STATS: Bucks-Cavaliers Game Center James will now set his sights on Shaquille O’Neal, who sits in seventh with 28,596 career points....
On Wednesday against the Raptors, James began to chase down a Toronto fast break, possibly setting up for one of his great off-the-backboard blocks. But instead of going for the block, he just . . . well . . . stopped. Or maybe someone just unplugged his Xbox controller.
LeBron shared this message about the photo on Instagram: "Always wanted to be the WWE Heavyweight World Champion so today I surprised my teammates with their own for their collection. And by the way it's a Great time to be a @WWE fan with the launch of #WWENetwork #LoveMyTeammates #WWEStandOutAsAKid #StriveForGreatness" For a refresher, here was The Rock's message to LeBron in late 2013.
“Muhammad Ali is such a cornerstone of me as an athlete because of what he represented not only in the ring as a champion but more outside the ring — what he stood for, what he spoke for, his demeanor,” James said, via USA TODAY Sports. MORE: Muhammad Ali: Rare photos from Ebony “I think of him every day. Without his passion and goals and morals, I don’t know if I’d be sitting here today talking to you about it....
The deficiency that a few weeks ago appeared would doom a Broncos Super Bowl return has taken a turn for the best — against the Dolphins, Chiefs and Bills, three of the NFL’s better defenses — over the last three games. Retired running back Terrell Davis has been watching his former team with a close eye. He sees an improved offensive line with sudden stability, attitude and a solid back running behind it....
Long leather gloves. “I can’t champion these enough. They look so chic, and they’re a great way to stretch out your autumn outerwear [into winter].” Marc Jacobs and Prada popularized them, but Vera Wang makes a more affordable variety for Kohl’s ($50 at kohls.com). Wide-leg jeans. The reign of tight, low-rider jeans is finally over. Look for denim that rides higher on your waist and has more room in the leg....
Nancy Nydam, director of communications at the Georgia Department of Public Health (GDPH), confirmed the death to Newsweek on Wednesday. “There are 12 lab-confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease, including one death, and 61 probable cases,” as of Wednesday, she added. Legionnaires’ disease is an acute form of pneumonia—an inflammation of the lungs caused by infection—according to the Mayo Clinic. The source of the outbreak, which affected guests who visited or stayed at the hotel between June 12 and July 15, has not yet been identified....
The 60-year-old owner of the Premier League club lost his life, alongside four others, after his helicopter crashed shortly after its 20:30 local time take-off into the King Power Stadium’s car park following City’s 1-1 draw with West Ham on Saturday. Tributes have poured in throughout the week for the Thai billionaire, who purchased the club in 2010 and helped to set out their shock Premier League triumph in 2015-16 under manager Claudio Ranieri....
Besiktas, Newcastle United and Watford are believed to be on the heels of the 29-year-old Algeria international. Slimani joined the Foxes for a club record of € 30 million in the summer of 2016 on the back of his 31 goals across all competitions for Sporting Lisbon in the 2015-2016 season. He has only featured in 16 outings this term scoring five goals with Jamie Vardy and Shinji Okazaki ahead of him in the pecking order....
The Foxes are looking to rediscover the form that saw them win the title in 2015-16, with Craig Shakespeare set to oversee his first full campaign in charge. A 4-1 win over Sheffield United in the Carabao Cup continued a high-scoring start to the new season, but can they be the first team to trouble Jose Mourinho’s table-toppers in 2017-18? LEICESTER CITY INJURIES After an injury-hit start to the season, Leicester are hopeful that a number of first-team players will be fit enough to make the matchday squad at Old Trafford....
Languishing in the last place of the Super League standings, Negeri Sembilan faces an uphill battle to retain their place in the country’s top division. Last Sunday’s 1-2 defeat to Kedah meant that they go further adrift, five points away from safety. It was Lemos’ first game in charge of the team and while it was their seventh defeat of the 2018 campaign thus far, he would have been heartened to see the second half performance from his team where they managed to pull one goal back through Flavio Beck....
The All-Pro running back tweeted out an Instagram link with the message “Buffalo was so special … thanks for everything.” MORE: NFL Draft: Top 10 QB prospects The tweet naturally led to speculation that Buffalo may have cut McCoy. As it turns out, McCoy was simply referring to an autograph signing he attended in Buffalo, as his attached Instagram video indicates. MORE: Bills’ Tyrod Taylor question shouldn’t be hard...
An MRI exam detected a tear in Smith’s left knee, the university announced Tuesday. Smith was injured last week playing for the Virgin Islands in the FIBA Caribbean Basketball Championships. No timetable has been set for his recovery, according to a Nebraska press release. The 6-8 Smith tore his right ACL in 2011 while playing for SMU, the school said. Smith played all 32 games for the Cornhuskers last season, averaging 5....
Before the Persian Gulf crisis erupted last summer, one of the most characteristic words in George Bush’s vocabulary was “prudent.” But when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, the president threw prudence to the winds. He took the lead against Iraq’s aggression, pulling together an international coalition and finally launching an air-land blitzkrieg that knocked Saddam silly in six weeks. Now the question is how he should exploit his triumph. Some supporters think it is time to impose a Pax Americana on the Middle East, settling the Palestinian problem and other disputes that make the region a chronic threat to world peace....
1921: One of only three series with a best-of-nine format. All games were played at the Polo Grounds. Back then, it was the Giants who ruled New York. Even slugger Babe Ruth, in his second season as a Yankee, wasn’t enough to stem the tide. (Giants won 5 games, Yankees 3) 1922: When the second game was called on account of darkness after 10 innings, New York’s typically well-behaved fans showered the Polo Grounds field with bottles and seat cushions....
Last week Washington and Moscow finally cut the arms-control deal that everyone considered so vital just a few years ago-and except for a few perfunctory banner headlines, no one seemed to pay much attention. With the underlying tensions between the superpowers ebbing, antinuclear activists have moved on to new issues, like global warming and abortion. And the foreign-policy elite’s interest in arms control has given way to such issues as the gulf and European security....
The news from the Supreme Court couldn’t come at a more pivotal time for the nation’s Catholic schools. For a generation, the story of urban Catholic schools has been one of decline. Between 2000 and 2012, more than 1,900 Catholic schools closed down, and the closures were concentrated in underserved communities with the fewest options. Yet, against all odds, the story is now shifting from decline to resurgence. This year, Catholic schools saw the largest year-over-year enrollment increase in two decades as parents sought out schools that are safe, open for in-person learning, and focused squarely on teaching enduring values, on forming character, and on academic rigor....
The story arc of “You Don’t Love Me Yet” is nothing more complicated than “band struggles-band gets a break-band blows the big break.” (Is there another plot for rock and roll fiction? Apparently not.) But aside from making sure that everything works the way it should and when it should in the plot department, Lethem isn’t all that interested in the who-did-what-to-whom-with-a-candlestick-in-the-library. Instead, he focuses on the dynamic of the band, how they play off each other, not just musically but emotionally....
“Whenever you’re ready,” he says, “hit a ball.” It would be easier for me to hit the ball with his camcorder. That’s the kind of golfer I am, which is why I’ve come to his golf school in Carmel Valley, California. I have come because when it comes to golf, I am, to use the technical term, a spazz. But I grip the club and swing. And during the entire second-and-a-half-long action, I’m thinking, Relax your body, be natural, remember where the club head is, fix your grip, rotate your hips, keep your head down, where’s the club head again?...
