MLB DRAFT 2015: Mock draft The tournament will feature the ACC’s top 10 teams and will start with two games on May 19, followed by three games per day in a round-robin pool format from May 20-23. The championship game between the two pool winners will be played on Sunday at 1 p.m. ACC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT 2015: Printable bracket | Tickets Here’s the full TV schedule (all times ET):...
With a win in Utah against the Jazz on Monday night, the Nuggets will get over .500 for the first time since starting the season with a win. Following a dominating 122-97 effort at the Suns on Friday – Denver’s sixth win in their last seven games – expect the Nuggets to build off their recent momentum. Utah, meanwhile, has lost three straight at home and is struggling to find any sort of consistency with such an inexperienced mix....
Golden State is a 2.5-point road favorite, with a total of 214.5. Check The Linemakers on Sporting News’ odds page for updated NBA lines and totals. After simulating the game 10,000-plus times, AccuScore has the Warriors as 56.7 percent favorites to win outright, a prediction that translates into money-line odds of about -135. CG Technology in Las Vegas has Golden State at that exact price, with OKC offered at +115....
Line: Wizards -7.5, Total: 191.5 AccuScore has the visiting Wizards as solid 72 percent favorites to win Wednesday night. The average score after AccuScore ran its 10,000-plus simulations is 98 - 89. AccuScore Best Bet: There’s about a 60 percent chance the total combined score stays UNDER 191.5, a two-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend. In the past week, when the total betting line has been between 190.5 to 195, AccuScore has gone 7-3 (70%, +370 units)....
These anxieties are only heightened by the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 safety precautions. In a number of states, including Arizona, Florida, Texas, and South Carolina, governors have passed legislation banning schools from putting mask requirements in place. However, in South Carolina, the governor is facing pushback. On August 24, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), representing disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities, filed a federal lawsuit against the ban....
The ACLU’s lawsuit is just the latest legal attempt to get police departments to stop deploying the chemical weapon as a “crowd control” measure against protesters. The ACLU’s case says that on Friday, May 29, protesters in downtown Fort Wayne marched to the Martin Luther King Bridge where police reportedly blocked them at both ends before shooting tear gas canisters into the crowd. In a May 30 statement released by the Fort Wayne Police Department (FWPD), the police claimed that the May 29 protest at the downtown courthouse started peacefully....
Modly, who served as Acting U.S. Secretary of the Navy since November, resigned Tuesday as criticism mounted over his Crozier-bashing remarks to sailors in which he accused the recently removed aircraft carrier captain of “betrayal.” Crozier was removed as captain of the U.S.S. Theodore last week and later tested positive for coronavirus after he sent a March letter to military leadership pleading for assistance in handling dozens of emerging COVID-19 cases aboard the ship....
As a former businessman and diplomat, I don’t run away from a problem that needs to be addressed. That’s why I recently traveled to Guatemala and Mexico—my first official trip abroad as a senator, and the first official Senate CODEL (congressional delegation) since the pandemic started—to hold a series of candid and constructive meetings. I met with Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei and Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo, Mexico’s Economy Secretary Tatiana Clouthier and Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, as well as dozens of foreign business and community leaders....
In an update on Tuesday, the National Interagency Fire Center said, “Forty large fires have burned 1,192,672 acres in six states. Seven new large fires were reported yesterday, three in Alaska and Arizona and one in Utah.” “So far in 2022, 29,827 wildfires have burned 2,687,539 acres across the country. This is well above the 10-year average of 23,070 wildfires that burned 1,106,468 acres,” the National Interagency Fire Center added in the update....
The piece was written by the Diversity Think Tank, a group founded this year by a professor at the university aiming to teach students to be “advocates of structural diversity in academic institutions,” among other things. The university shared a statement with Newsweek Tuesday saying the group has no affiliation with the school. “Some Black, White and Latino students shall join in another class action lawsuit if the next URI President is not an African-American with an ancestry to slavery,” reads the piece, published late last month in Uprise RI....
The court ruled it does not find the case involving activist Gareth Lee and the Ashers Baking Co. admissible. It claimed that Lee did “exhaust domestic remedies” after having his order for a cake be refused by the company because it would have had Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie and the phrase “Support Gay Marriage” on it. “The supreme court found on the facts of the case that the applicant was not treated differently on account of his real or perceived sexual orientation, but rather that the refusal to supply the cake was because of the defendants’ religious objection to gay marriage,” the court wrote in its decision....
The site, known informally as George Floyd Square, sprang up organically in the days after Floyd’s death as people gathered to grieve. Eventually, artwork, flowers and other items were placed at the intersection of 38th street and Chicago Avenue where Floyd was killed at the hands of police officers last year. Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said that the removal of the memorial was an attack on Floyd’s legacy....
Sunrise Movement Tempe organized the event outside Sinema’s Phoenix office. Pictures and videos posted to social media showed participants in sleeping bags outside the senator’s building. “We, her constituents, have decided to take action by staying outside of her office to show that we are dedicated to creating good jobs while also protecting climate” Josie Mitz, Sunrise Tempe action lead, said in a statement. Jake Stoner, a member of the Tempe group, said Sinema has “turned her back on us to cater to Big Pharma and Exxon, which is why I’m here to fight for the biggest public investment in America since The New Deal....
Previously Wolf Webster, Jenner announced via Instagram stories that they will not be calling their son Wolf. “We just really didn’t feel like it was him,” Jenner wrote. The businesswoman’s 2nd child was born on February 2nd, 2022. She has yet to confirm what new name they will give their child. Also recently released, the reality TV star uploaded “To Our Son” on her official YouTube channel. Similar to the video she uploaded for daughter Stormi, the Kardashian/Jenner sisters recorded a special message for Kylie and the recent addition to the Kardashian/Jenner family....
How It Works Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medical practice of placing thin, flexible needles into the body at specific points. Used for more than 2,500 years, this therapeutic modality has become more popular in North America in recent years and is now recognized as a safe and effective treatment for a myriad of health concerns, including aiding in weight loss. Traditionally, acupuncture has been thought to regulate the flow of qi/chi (energy) in the body, and help bring the body back into balance....
Following Malaysia U22’s 3-1 win against Laos U22 in their final Group A match on Wednesday, their fourth win out of all four group matches, defender Adam Nor Azlin has remarked that he is glad to have banished the embarrassment of the 2015 edition. Hosts Malaysia stormed to the semis after the wins, which included a 2-1 win against rivals Singapore, and a 3-1 victory over Myanmar. But in the previous edition, hosted by Singapore in 2015, the Young Tigers meekly exited the competition at the group stage, after an forgettable campaign....
The clip, initially shared by translator and photographer Yana Morozova, appears to be security footage from a small office space. Numerous men in fatigues are visible, allegedly there to ship the looted items back home to Russia. Morozova also wrote that the footage was taken in Belarus, one of the ally nations helping Russia during its invasion of the Eastern European country. As of roughly nine hours after it was posted, the clip had garnered over 577,000 views....
In March, Lambert, now 38 and over a decade removed from his introductory lap in the limelight on American Idol, will release his fourth studio album, Velvet. It’s a departure from the pop-rock sound that catapulted him on to the music charts in 2009 and put him in Brian May and Roger Taylor’s orbit for lucrative world tours as Queen + Adam Lambert. Velvet is a decidedly more funk-soul record; early cuts from the album, like “Superpower,” evoke 1970s and 80s Prince, Lionel Richie and George Michael....
The Maroon 5 front man has been caught in the middle of a cheating scandal and he and his wife’s relationship is now in the spotlight. On Monday, Instagram model Sumner Stroh, 23, posted a video on TikTok that quickly went viral, in which she claimed to have had a year-long affair with the musician, 43. “At the time, I was young, I was naive and, quite frankly, I feel exploited,” Stroh said in the clip posted on Monday, which has since had more than 20 million views....
Silver, in a letter penned to league employees and which was acquired by The Athletic and Stadium, said he, players and team governors were part of a “candid and productive conversation” on Thursday to further support social justice and racial equality in America. Some of the key issues discussed included increasing voting access, civic engagement and advocating for police and criminal justice reform. “First, let me say that I wholeheartedly support NBA and WNBA players and their commitment to shining a light on important issues of social justice,” Silver wrote....
