On a night where the Suns trailed by as many as 46 points, Ayton was limited to just 17 minutes of action, the lowest of any Suns starter. Ayton was not in foul trouble, so him seeing limited time in a closeout game only made matters worse for the Suns — the situation has opened a new dialogue surrounding the former No. 1 overall pick’s future with the franchise....
But Hopkins might not need to hit up Kanye, or retire his kicks. MORE: Color Rush unis in Madden Adidas — which makes the cleats and has a partnership with Hopkins and other high-profile players who’ve been given various models — could be coming to their aid. That would be a pretty big show of client loyalty. Assuming Hopkins wears Boost 350s in all 16 games, that will be at least $96,000 in fines....
Why did Cilipi Airport remain open in such conditions? Did the pilots feel pressure from their high-ranking passengers to land on schedule? Those are just some of the questions investigators are asking, but definitive answers may be elusive. The T-43A, a military version of the Boeing 737, carried neither a cockpit voice recorder nor a flight-data recorder; the air force said installing them would have cost $7 million. The tragedy did appear unrelated to the unsolved crashes of two commercial 737s, in Pittsburgh and Colorado Springs, that still haunt U....
MORE: Klay vs. Harden: Who tops SN’s list of the NBA’s best shooting guards? No, it’s the shooting guard who is the endangered species, lost — probably irretrievably — to the dustbin of specialization. When Dominique Wilkins chatted with Lakers guard Kobe Bryant during Bryant’s retirement tour last year, Wilkins said he told Bryant, “You’re the last of the Mohicans.” By that, he explained, he meant that Bryant is the last of the 1980s-90s era perimeter players who could work their opponent into the high post and easily knock down a fadeaway jumper....
Wilkins and her son fell approximately 60 feet from the third concourse at Petco Park to the sidewalk below before the Padres game got underway. At the time, police considered the circumstances of their deaths “suspicious.” In a Wednesday statement, they classified the deaths as a suicide-homicide. The police said they reached that conclusion after consultation with the San Diego County medical examiner. “The detectives conducted a thorough and comprehensive investigation that included dozens of interviews, reviewing of available video footage, and collecting background information to determine what led to the deaths,” the statement read....
The internet has urged a woman to ditch her parents for Christmas and prioritize her mental health by going on vacation as she originally planned after her mom had a “meltdown” when she learned she was going to be alone with her husband for the holidays. In a post shared on Mumsnet in November, a woman writing under the username Venetiaparties explained that her parents were supposed to spend Christmas with her sister, but she then decided last minute to go to Scotland instead and spend her last Christmas with her terminally ill mother-in-law....
Fernando Santos’ men were by no means expected to clinch Euro 2016 glory and could consider themselves lucky to even get out of Group F as one of the best third-placed teams. Portugal finished behind Hungary and Iceland, but subsequently scraped past Croatia and Poland in the first two knockout stages before beating Wales in the last four and hosts France in the final. Despite that triumph, few are speaking of Portugal as one of the teams expected to go deep into the competition in Russia, something Brazil-born Deco – who played for his adopted country for seven years from 2003 – thinks is odd....
Exquisite simplicity isn’t easy to pull off. But when the Nasher Sculpture Center opens its doors later this month, downtown Dallas–with its flashy skyscrapers and roaring traffic–will become an art lover’s nirvana. Trust me on this: if you give a hoot about modern art, modern design or both, go to Dallas and follow your bliss to this two-acre city block of unexpected serenity. At first look, the $70 million museum seems unprepossessing: a low-slung building right at street level, set between the Dallas Museum of Art and I....
“At the direction of the Commander in Chief @POTUS,” Esper tweeted, “I have authorized the deployment of an infantry battalion from the Immediate Response Force (IRF) of the @82ndABNDiv to the @CENTCOM area of operations in response to recent events in Iraq.” “Approximately 750 #Soldiers will deploy to the region immediately & additional forces from the IRF are prepared to deploy over the next several days,” Esper continued. “This deployment is an appropriate and precautionary action taken in response to increased threat levels against U....
‘Buffon can’t beat Ronaldo to Ballon d’Or’ Defoe hit 15 Premier League goals in 2016-17, but it was not enough for Sunderland to stave off relegation to the second tier. The 34-year-old’s form was good enough to earn a recall to the England set-up for the first time since 2013 for the Russia 2018 qualifier against Lithuania in March, scoring in a 2-0 victory at Wembley. Defoe is again in Gareth Southgate’s squad for upcoming matches against Scotland and France and he hopes to retain his place until the World Cup....
Deion Sanders took exception with what he views as diminishing Pro Football Hall of Fame class quality in recent years. In a video posted by Well Off Media, Sanders discussed his belief that Canton is becoming a “free-for-all.” “It’s [for] people that changed the game. That’s what the Hall of Fame is. A game-changer,” Sanders said. Prime Time gave some suggestions on how to differentiate the cream of the crop from players who “had a good little run....
Former Chief Election Commissioner of India Dr SY Quraishi has been appointed as the makeshift administrator of AIFF. Sports activist Rahul Mehra had filed a PIL with the Delhi High Court last year in which he exposed the apex body as to how they disregarded several provisions of Sports Code during the electoral process. Goa Football Association President Elvis Gomes took to Twitter to thank Rahul Mehra for his efforts....
Twitter User Frankie_Fabian8 shared a snap to Twitter showing off the mini-prosecco, snacks and hand-written note airline staff presented her with. Frankie, whose bio says she’s a Fordham University PhD Student, claims she got “emotional” on the flight after staff made a fuss. “I was boarding my @Delta flight and the crew asked if I was coming home, and I said I was coming to finally graduate from last year....
After stamping on Matthew Rhead’s foot in the 62nd minute, Barton then appeared to purposefully throw himself in the way of the Lincoln striker’s outstretched arm as he protested to the referee. The biggest FA Cup shocks ever The former Newcastle and QPR midfielder then rolled around in the penalty area, suggesting that Rhead had struck his in the head. The referee wasn’t fooled and told the two players to calm down....
Journalists privy to the Democratic caucus’ afternoon call relayed Spanberger’s warnings to less moderate members of the party, encouraging them to minimize advocacy for more liberal ideas and policies. “Don’t say socialism ever again,” she said, according to Erica Werner, a congressional reporter at The Washington Post. “If we run this race again, we will get f***ing torn apart again in 2022,” Spanberger reportedly added. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly pushed back against the Virginia congresswoman’s suggestion, noting that Democrats likely won the U....
NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Appearing on former teammate Serge Ibaka’s show ‘How Hungry Are You?’ DeRozan admitted he would have considered a return to Toronto in free agency last season on one condition. If his good friend Kyle Lowry was still there. “If Kyle was there,” said DeRozan. “My history there is stamped and sealed, and it started with me and Kyle....
Sacramento Bee columnist Andy Furillo after Furillo wrote last week about a recent incident involving Cousins and Matt Barnes at a New York nightclub. Barnes allegedly choked a woman and Cousins “sucker punched” her boyfriend. MORE: Cousins, Barnes sued over NYC club incident Furillo’s story also made mention of an incident in May in which Cousins and his brother, a former University of South Florida basketball player, were involved in an altercation at a Tampa, Fla....
The Kings center says the NBA’s All-Star voting system is not only unfair to the league’s big men, it’s “disrespectful.” MORE: All-Stars who won’t be All-Stars | Kemba gives MJ credit for turnaround “It’s not really fair. But that’s how it is," Cousins told Yahoo Sports. Cousins scored a career-high 56 points in a double-overtime loss to the Hornets on Monday. That came after he was named the Western Conference’s Player of the Week....
Representative Raúl Grijalva of Arizona said in a statement Saturday that the Capitol’s physician informed him he had tested positive for the disease, which has infected more than 4.5 million Americans since the crisis began earlier this year. Grijalva, 72, wrote he would be following the doctor’s recommendation to self-isolate in quarantine, adding that he was not currently feeling any symptoms and hopes to make a quick recovery. Grijalva’s diagnosis came shortly after Representative Louie Gohmert tested positive for coronavirus Wednesday....
In an interview with MSNBC on Wednesday, Rep. McGovern (D-MA) said McCarthy (R-CA) had got “basically everything he wanted” in the proposals for the independent commission, noting that its members would be made up evenly of Republicans and Democrats. The aim of the commission would be to review the events that led to the deadly attack on Congress, any intelligence failures and how the government responded. The House backed setting up a commission on Wednesday in a 252-175 vote that saw 35 Republican lawmakers break with their party to back the probe....
