What if the Worldwide Leader in Sports were to abandon NFL game rights when its eight-year “Monday Night Football” deal expires in 2021? The NBA has been on fire for ESPN this season. The network says game viewership is up 18 percent through the first 30 games of the 2017-18 season. As of Dec. 15, the NBA on ESPN was averaging 1.811 million viewers vs. 1.532 million during the comparable period last year....
Carey has it in his favor that outside Australia Kelly is best remembered as the title character of an old Mick Jagger movie. This leaves the author room to improvise. It also leaves him with quite a bit of explaining to do about historical background, biography and the lot. He handles this deftly, by slowly slipping in facts but never slipping in too many. That is, he makes impenetrability work for him, as in this passage: “He were a dirty liar it were his great hobby and profession he done it continuously like a man might pick his nose or carve faces on a bit of mallee root just to pass the time....
According to analyst Dr. Jon Peddie, President of Jon Peddie Research, it’s possible that prices for AMD and Nvidia GPUs will “come crashing down” over time as gougers find themselves unable to sell on items and especially if gamers refuse to buy cards at inflated prices. There’s no telling when this is likely to happen, but with the value already dropping down several magnitudes recently, there’s a good chance there could be significant improvements over the next few months, even if it’s happening slower than can be expected....
TV: Airing four nights a week with no reruns, the WWF seldom takes a breather. “Raw Is War” has been cable’s highest-rated regular show for 48 straight weeks. “SmackDown!” is UPN’s top- rated show. More than half a million fans plunk down $30 a month for pay-per-views. Stock: Despite a recent stone-cold price, the WWF is still valued at over $1 billion. Blockbusters: WWF auteurs have penned two recent New York Times No....
The eBay listing is exactly what it sounds like. eBay user polizna listed a chicken nugget uniquely shaped like Among Us’ awkward astronaut crewmembers, replete with a rounded space helmet and stubby legs, for auction. It’s even sourced directly from McDonald’s as part of a 10-piece order included with the company’s BTS Meal promotion. The auction then closed on June 4 at 8:00 am after having received over 180 bids....
An Instagram user with the handle @iamsirblack posted a picture of the receipt on the social media platform on Wednesday. The image showed the words “Black n****” written on the receipt of a food and drinks order from Urban Air Snellville in Gwinnett County on Saturday. “It took me a minute to really process this. But here we go. This past Saturday (7/24/2021), we had a family outing which we thought would have been a great time to have fun with family,” the user wrote in a caption....
Invoking precedent set by former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barrett would not entertain hypothetical questions posed by Democratic senators regarding abortion rights, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or whether President Donald Trump has the constitutional authority to unilaterally delay the election. Barrett’s refusal to state explicit stances on such controversial issues came as little surprise, given precedent and remarks in her opening statement from the day prior that it would inappropriate for her to offer opinions on matters that could come before her as a future justice....
The case, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, was brought forward by a Colorado Christian web designer who claims she has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites for same-sex couples’ weddings on the basis of her religious faith, despite a state anti-discrimination law. Lorie Smith, the designer, says that Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act forces her to act against her faith—she believes that marriage is “only between one man and one woman”—and violates her right to free speech....
A supporter of Anonymous had claimed via Twitter that he was responsible for GoDaddy’s services being affected, as a result of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. This hacker even posted the supposed source code of a website called Pastebin, from GoDaddy. However, this was proven to be incorrect as that code was identified as having appeared on an online software forum sometime back. This, security experts say, is not the first time the hacker group has falsely tried to claim credit for cyber attacks....
The history of Poland’s fall and resurrection over 123 years is basic knowledge for every Pole. Sadly, it is little known in the West. But it is a story that involves the destruction of a major European state. Known as the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, it was attacked and suppressed by its neighbors. Not only were the Polish people deprived of their freedom, but so too were Lithuanians and Ukrainians. The First Polish Republic was also the first advanced republican project in Europe....
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In October, the work will yield a practical benefit. The Spanish national pharmaceutical firm Laboratorio Lazer, based in Barcelona, is introducing a “biochip” that can detect Spain’s mutations (those in Pocovi’s registry). Rather than having to sequence the gene that causes familial hypercholesterol for each patient, which takes months and costs about 2,000 euros, doctors will only have to draw a few drops of blood. The chip flags the presence of DNA in the patient’s blood that matches one of the known mutations....
It has been charming to see so many members of the college football media endorse the Bearcats’ CFP candidacy following their dazzling road victory over Notre Dame, including our own Bill Bender. It was a little surprising to see a Capital One-sponsored fan vote posit Cincinnati as the nation’s third-best team behind SEC powers Alabama and Georgia, but that might have been the product of some frantic social media maneuvering from highly motivated Bearcats fans....
It is clear that September will be a month of many lasts for the original game, but there is still plenty of content for Blizzard to explore within Overwatch 2. The story of Overwatch has been told through comics and a series of beautifully rendered cinematics. While many characters’ origin stories have been established, there are still many loose threads that should be tied up, such as Widowmaker and Ana Amari’s tragic storyline....
Kamala Harris’ live interview on The View was delayed on Friday after Navarro and co-host Sunny Hostin, who are both fully vaccinated, tested positive for COVID-19 just moments before the vice president was to join them on set. Harris was later interviewed remotely from a different room in the ABC studio. “Sunny and Ana are strong women and I know they are fine,” she told Joy Behar. “But it really also does speak to the fact that they are vaccinated and vaccines make all the difference because otherwise we would be concerned about hospitalization and worse....
First and foremost, Chelsea have made a fantastic profit on two players who are not regular starters in the team. As far as the Financial Fair Play ruling coming into effect, Chelsea have done well to recoup above and beyond our previous outlay. The Michael Essien departure on a free transfer to AC Milan is another understandable move by the club at this moment of the season. Again, not being named as a regular starter and we can only imagine on a really good weekly wage at the club, It was the right decision to move him on and remove his salary from our expenditure for the remainder of the season....
PSG are convinced they will land Wayne Rooney and the Qatari-backed club are ready to make it a £40m double deal by also taking his United team-mate Nani, the 26-year-old Portugal winger. Full story: the Sun What’s the story? Rooney’s future is being questioned after an on and off season and PSG are one of the few clubs who could afford him. United seem to have lost patience with Nani....
Manchester United are ready to cut their losses on 26-year-old Portuguese winger Nani after his poor performance in the FA Cup defeat by Chelsea. Full story: Daily Mirror What’s the story? Nowadays if you have a lacklustre game for United, you’re immediately linked with moves everywhere. However, in this case there seems to be something to it. Nani’s game time has shrunk this year. Does it make sense? Cut their losses is an absurd expression to use because they pay a lot for him and have trained him to be what he is....
What may come as a surprise to most tennis fans, however, is the magnitude of domination Nadal has had over Federer on outdoor hardcourts. Nadal leads Federer 8-2 on outdoor hardcourts. Yes, we are not talking clay, but hardcourts! Outdoor hardcourts are the major playing surface in modern day tennis. More than 70% of the tennis calendar is played out there. Two of the four Grand Slams are played on outdoor hardcourts....
The Bundesliga champions lacked their usual guile and craft in the final third in Saturday’s encounter, as Mark Uth’s clinical double handed Hoffenheim the points. Bayern 5/1 to beat Anderlecht 3-0 And though Ancelotti remained upbeat regarding Bayern’s all-round performance, he found the concentration required to penetrate Hoffenheim’s well-drilled defence had been lacking. “It was a difficult game. We tried a lot and had some chances,” the Italian said....
