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Voynov has been suspended since the incident in late October; his lawyer said the LA Kings defenseman did not hit his wife, but did confirm, without offering specifics, that she was injured and needed medical attention. Thursday’s charge, which includes willfully inflicting bodily harm, suggests that the evidence does not support that claim. If the 24-year-old Voynov is convicted as charged, he could face up to nine years in prison under California law, and his immigration status would be in jeopardy....

It should be noted that this is a StubHub ad thinly veiled as a viral prank video, but it ’s pretty funny all the same. The premise is simple enough: The online ticket-brokering website set up shop outside Staples Center for the Kings’ home opener and messed with fans. Weird fees, they say. Get ready for them. Then they turn the tables and everyone winds up happy. MORE: The NHL’s craziest fans...

The Kings went to extreme measures to achieve that end earlier this season, locking coach Darryl Sutter out of the locker room after a game and barricading the entryway with trash receptacles to greet him after he got someone to open the door for him. MORE: Fatal flaws for all 16 playoff teams | Sabres fire Nolan | Solider surprises family The curious tale, first reported in Sunday’s New York Post, was mostly confirmed later in the day by Kings general manager Dean Lombardi....

Stojakovic, owner of one of the sweeter jumpshots we have seen in basketball, was a key cog in the Kings teams that challenge Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant in the early 2000s. He couldn’t help lead the team past the Lakers, but he did win a 2011 NBA title as a designated shooter on the Dallas Mavericks. Like so many other International players, Stojakovic’s professional career started at a young age....

It’s never good when a quarterback has more interceptions than touchdowns, but Cousins feels like his interceptions could be worse. Take his 2014 season, for example, when he threw nine interceptions in six games. MORE: Cousins hated by own fans after Week 6 | Worst of Week 6 “I don’t feel like the turnovers this year have been quite as awful as they were last year,” Cousins said. “Some of the interceptions I threw last year were just very poor reads, very poor throws, very poor decisions, and while some of the interceptions this year have been that, I don’t think it’s been quite as many....

Cousins was determined not to be saddled with a pick-six late in the Pro Bowl on Sunday, so he showed off impressive wheels and ran down Aqib Talib deep in NFC territory. He even managed to force a fumble (the AFC recovered and ran out the clock). MORE: Ezekiel Elliott tackles fan who invades field Really, Cousins went all out to chase down Talib, who was carrying a lateral from Bills linebacker Lorenzo Alexander, the man who made the pick....

But now, as the great Irish designated hitter, W. B. Yeats, put it in a different context, a terrible beauty is being born. The boys of the summer of 1994 have launched an assault on several of baseball’s most hallowed single-season records – among them batting average, home runs and runs batted in. This onslaught is particularly jarring because in recent years virtually all these marks had begun to appear unattainable....

Kligerman, left without a ride when Swan Racing discontinued operations last month, was a teammate of Busch while a development driver at Penske Racing from 2009-2011 and they are roughly the same physical build. “Parker and I were teammates a few years ago when we were together at Penske and his feedback was always really good,” Busch said in a news release. “Plus, we’re built about the same, and that’s really important as we don’t want to have to adjust seats or pedal positions inside the racecar....

The crash resulted in Parker Kligerman's Swan Racing car getting lifted off the ground and flipping upside-down. Several drivers were racing in a big three-wide pack while practicing for Thursday's Budweiser Duel qualifying races. The crash began when Joey Logano appeared to hit Matt Kenseth — the same two drivers who caused a big crash in Saturday's Sprint Unlimited. The collision between Kenseth and Logano sent Paul Menard's car spinning toward the outside wall, where it hit Kligerman's No....

The free-flowing style of Klopp’s Liverpool was stifled by Jose Mourinho and United’s stubborn rearguard as the Premier League clash between the two fierce rivals failed to live up to the pre-game hype. United frustrated Liverpool for long periods on Merseyside, while David de Gea made two fine second-half saves to deny Klopp and Co. a fifth consecutive league victory. Asked for his overall reflection of the match, Klopp lamented: “The game was, from the first second, very hectic and that was maybe a little bit what United wanted and what we didn’t want, and so it was more to their advantage than ours....

The German is keen to add to his squad in January, but appears set to miss out on Julian Draxler, with the Wolfsburg midfielder seemingly headed for Paris Saint-Germain. Klopp said he had problems with signing players who only joined for money, questioning their character. “We believe that if someone needs to be convinced by money, then at one point - when you really need character - you will not get it,” he told UK newspapers....

The Reds have reached what their manager considers to be “a massive number” in terms of finding the target in just 148 games. Attacking flair has rarely been a problem during the German’s tenure, with defensive frailties proving to be more of an issue. Even those leaks have been plugged of late – with a top-four bid in the Premier League being complemented by a run to the Champions League semi-finals - but Liverpool are still searching for a first piece of a silverware since 2012, and that is something Klopp is eager to address....

Former Netherlands, Ajax, Barcelona and AC Milan striker Kluivert was appointed to the role in July 2016 but presided over a disappointing debut campaign for coach Unai Emery. All the latest transfer rumours PSG’s dominance of French football was ended in stunning fashion by Monaco, who Leonardo Jardim led to the Ligue 1 title, although PSG won the Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. President Nasser Al-Khelaifi has backed Emery to continue as PSG’s coach, but the club has replaced outgoing sporting director Olivier Letang with Antero Henrique in a period of upheaval at the Parc des Princes....

Osteoarthritis is the most common type of knee arthritis. It is characterized by progressive wearing away of the cartilage in the joint. As the protective cartilage is worn away, bone is exposed, the knee becomes swollen, and activities become increasingly painful. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an immune system disorder where the body attacks the joints and other tissues, and it can affect the knees. Knee Arthritis Symptoms Depending on the type of arthritis, symptoms tend to gradually progress as your condition worsens, but they may suddenly worsen with minor injury or overuse....

Prior to the fire season, populations of the indigenous marsupial had already declined in the state by nearly a third over the last three decades, due in part to climate change and pressure from dwindling habitats caused by agricultural and forestry development. Already vulnerable because of their dietary reliance on the flammable oil-containing eucalyptus tree, the koala’s inability to move quickly has made it fodder for the flames’ ferocity, with some estimates suggesting that up to a third of the 25,000 animals in the New South Wales have perished during the fire season....

MORE: Kobe retiring in 2016? | Bryant not focused on Jordan record | Phil: Knicks have ’losers’ mentality’ | Magic praises LeBron Derrick Rose was the first big star to wear a shirt bearing the last words of Garner, who was choked to death by a Staten Island police officer. NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said he understands the need for players to make social statements but would rather the players skip the T-shirts....

After Bryant’s shoulder surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, he had a brief moment of doubt toward the future of his playing career. He wasn’t sure if he could continue to rehab for the third consecutive season. MORE: Stoudemire calls out Mavs | Austin’s impact well beyond basketball His doubts must not have lasted long because Bryant was adamant toward reporters about returning to play next season. “Who the hell said I’m retiring?...

Bryant mainly focuses on LeBron James, examining his habits and routines to explain how to slow down the Cavaliers star. MORE: LeBron James dishes on his pregame diet Bryant ultimately says to guard James, you have to understand his physiological and tactical tendencies, and the basketball gods have to be in your favor, too. So yeah, not that easy.

Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gigi were among the nine people killed when the helicopter they were flying in crashed in Calabasas, California on January 26, 2020. The late Los Angeles Lakers star was selected to be inducted into the Hall of Fame last year, only for the annual ceremony to be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. After a lengthy delay, Bryant will posthumously be enshrined into the Hall of Fame and will be inducted by his friend and mentor Michael Jordan....