The 31-year-old point guard had been listed as day-to-day with a sprained left hand through February and is coming off a back injury. He played in Sunday's All-Star game, though much to the relief of Spurs fans he didn't do much. His stat line: four points (2-for-5), two rebounds, one assist in 11 minutes. He's averaging 17.7 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. The Spurs are 38-15 and second in the Western Conference....
But as the Columbus Crew rolled to a 3-0 season-opening win at D.C. United on Saturday, Michael Parkhurst didn't look like a newcomer logging his first club minutes since February 2012. Rather, he looked every bit the part of a U.S. national team veteran eyeing a trip to the World Cup this summer. "These games are really important for all of us, not only here for the Crew and moving forward but for the national team," Parkhurst said....
The debacle at Stormont was a blow to the peace process that had brought Northern Ireland to the brink of self-government for the first time in 25 years. The Assembly has been sitting as a shadow legislature for a year. It managed to agree on hiking members’ mileage allowance, but the dominant Ulster Unionists were unwilling to let Sinn Fein, the political arm of the IRA, sit on the cabinetlike executive unless they had a firm guarantee that the IRA would begin to turn in its weapons....
Fred Guttenberg, who lost his 14-year-old daughter Jaime in the Florida shooting and has since dedicated his life to campaigning for gun safety, cried out “what about my daughter” as Trump said the Second Amendment was “under siege.” Guttenberg, who was invited to the event by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was then escorted from the chamber by security. “My emotions got the best of me last week and I wish they didn’t,” Guttenberg told Newsweek....
Linda Beigel Schulman—whose teacher son Scott Beigel died during the 2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida—said she had a “friendly and cordial” conversation with Greene on Saturday to discuss the congresswoman’s past endorsement of disinformation regarding school shootings. “My first question to congresswoman Greene was: ‘Do you really believe that Parkland and Sandy Hook were false flags and staged?’” Schulman said. “Her answer to me was unequivocally ‘No, I do not....
Parler has become the most-downloaded app overall in the United States, while MeWe and the Newsmax app sit just behind it as the top 3 free downloadable apps in the iOS App Store. Dan Bongino, the owner of Parler, said the service added thousands of users per minute on Sunday, the day after the election was called for Joe Biden. According to data from SensorTower, Parler’s app saw 980,000 downloads–from Google Play Store and iOS App Store combined–between November 3rd (Election Day) and November 8th, with more than half of those downloads (636,000) coming on Sunday alone....
John Matze, who co-founded Parler in 2018, said in a status update on his social network that the block on the president was made by “cowardly authoritarians,” but didn’t immediately mention that similar steps had been taken by Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The mainstream platforms moved to silence Trump’s profiles temporarily as he released a video in which he described a mob of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol as “very special” while doubling down on false claims of election fraud....
One Parler user called Loeffler a “traitor” for not being more vocally supportive of President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the November presidential election. Another asked why she needed donations considering that she’s a “billionaire.” An evaluation from Forbes estimates that Loeffler is “the richest person on Capitol Hill” with a fortune worth at least $800 million. Various Parler users responded to her asking for donations by stating, “You’re a billionaire....
The incident occurred on July 11, at the Sheremetyevo airport in the Russian capital of Moscow. According to Mash, the flight from Moscow to the Turkish city of Antalya was severely delayed, with the plane’s air con also not working as it remained on the runway. For around two hours, the passengers were forced to stay on the plane. Videos obtained by 360TV show passengers fanning themselves as they struggled to stay cool inside the plane, with temperatures reaching around 86 F in Moscow on Sunday....
Michael Bradley was waiting with his wife and child at England’s Manchester Airport on Sunday when he heard that the departure of his easyJet flight was late as a backlog of delays meant there was no captain available. Keen to get to Alicante for his Spanish vacation, the pilot called up the airline, which he worked for, and offered his services out of hours, London’s Evening Standard reported. Footage that was shared on social media shows Bradley standing at the front of the plane dressed casually, explaining the situation....
Gronk’s party ship, the Norwegian Pearl, made its maiden voyage Friday and will arrive at “Gronk’s Island” in the Bahamas by the end of the weekend. Flo Rida, Redfoo, Waka Flocka Flame, Sammy Adams and 2,500 other guests are on board ready to get Gronk’d. MORE: Classic Rob Gronkowski photos | Von Miller is a chicken farmer The savage partier tight end was on time for his departure, wearing appropriate party boy garb....
In the near two-minute video, edited from his February 13 sermon, Locke tells the crowd he has the name of six, and that three are in the audience watching him. Locke mentions “witches” multiple times in the sermon at his Global Vision Bible Church event. The clip was posted on Twitter by Hemant Mehta, the “Friendly Atheist” blogger and former Jeopardy! champion, where it has since been viewed more than 450,000 times....
Pastor Alfrery Líctor Cruz Canseco was shot point-black after Sunday services as Fraternidad Cristiana church in Tlalixtac de Cabrera, a town in Oaxaca, La Prensa reports. The assailant reportedly attempted to flee but was blocked by parishioners and arrested. Canseco died en route to the hospital. Some reports indicated Canseco was preaching from the pulpit when he was killed but that couldn’t be confirmed. “Good, good servant and faithful; about little you have been faithful, on much I will put you; enter the joy of your lord,” read a statement on the Frater Oaxaca Facebook page offering condolences....
The Argentine has been looking for a move away from Paris Saint-Germain this summer after being limited to just 14 starts in Ligue 1 last season and flirted with a switch to West Ham, while Liverpool had been linked to him recently. However, the 29-year-old is set to return to Italy after Roma reached an agreement with the French champions in a deal that includes an extra €4m in bonuses,...
The Red Sox claimed the World Series title in 2018 on the backs of David Price, Nathan Eovaldi, Chris Sale and Rick Porcello. The Astros did the same in 2017 with Justin Verlander, Charlie Morton, Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers Jr. leading the way. It hasn’t worked for the Nationals — ever — but the front office is determined to give it another shot. News broke Tuesday afternoon that the franchise in our nation’s capital landed prized left-hander starter Patrick Corbin to add to a rotation that already includes Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg up top....
Mullin, who is entering his third year leading St. John’s men’s basketball program, turned briefly from the moderator to former college rival and current Georgetown coach Patrick Ewing, who was sitting to his left. “It’s somewhat surreal, to tell you the truth,” Mullin said about Ewing returning to Georgetown. If Mullin looked up, just over his former Olympic teammate’s shoulder, he would have seen Ewing’s jersey hanging in the rafters....
Josh Wise, who had the backing of Reddit.com Dogecoin community, won the Sprint Fan Vote to become the final qualifier into the all-star event Saturday night. The internet-based group waged an aggressive voting campaign. “It is what it is,” said Patrick, who won the fan vote last year. “That’s what it is. It’s outside sources that are in control. I know my fans voted a lot and I understand that I actually had more votes this year than I did last year by a fair amount....
Mahomes said he spoke with Tom Brady and got some advice from the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback before his Sunday game against the Bengals. “I talked to Tom a little bit. I have a good relationship with him now and he gives me a lot of advice,” Mahomes said. “I mean why would you not want to learn from the GOAT? Anytime anybody like that wants to give me advice, I’ll take it in....
It seemed that Patrick Mahomes was unrivaled out in the AFC West, and he was — until a young gun showed up in 2020, somewhat proving that the division wasn’t big enough for the two of them. Entering Week 2 of the 2022 NFL season, the Chiefs and Chargers face off for the fifth time in the budding Herbert vs. Mahomes rivalry, and the series to this point is tied at two games apiece....
