The Portland Trail Blazers guard and his team made a statement on with an unexpected 137-105 blowout of the Warriors. MORE: NBA trade deadline winners and losers | Cavs fan breaks down after team trades Anderson Varejao Lillard scored a career-high 51 points and added seven assists as the Trailblazers ended the Warriors 11-game win streak and handed them just their fifth loss of the season. He connected on 18 of 28 field goal attempts....
The day before his Trail Blazers open their first round series against the Grizzlies, the All-Star guard paid a visit to some senior citizens in Portland. MORE: Classic Jordan photos | Lillard calls out fan | Lillard proves he’s the NBA’s best rapper Lillard hooked many of them up with his signature shoe, the D Lillard 1. As if that wasn’t enough, he also stopped by to say hello, surprising them all in the process....
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert made that clear when he responded to a tweet from ESPN.com’s Chad Ford, who reported that Dan Gilbert wanted to pick Andrew Wiggins and the team front office was interested in Jabari Parker. MORE: SN Mock Draft has Wiggins at No. 1 | Did Parker ’tank’ Cavs workout? His response was brief but decisive, as Gilbert pointed out the report to be false by tweeting, “Nonsense....
One day in December 1988 we met at the vice-presidential residence (which was still George Bush’s home, not mine) for a discussion of the bipartisan commission to lower the deficit. Dick Darman, soon to head the Office of Management and Budget, wasn’t there. But Jim Baker, Treasury Secretary Nick Brady, and Bob Teeter, the President’s pollster, were. Baker whispered to me, “Watch these guys [meaning Brady and Teeter]. They’re going to try to get him to raise taxes....
The pair will lock horns in the main event of UFC 232 that is set to play out at The Forum, in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, on December 29th, 2018. In case you didn’t know.. After serving a 15-month suspension from the sport, former light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones, received a green flag to enter the Octagon once again, for the UFC’s last pay-per-view event of the year. Jones has had legal issues throughout his career, making him one of the most controversial superstars in the sport of mixed martial arts....
Indian Creek Reservoir, 30 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe, is one such location where harmful algal blooms (HABs) have been confirmed. The California Water Quality Monitoring Council has also detected a red tide HAB in San Francisco Bay, as well as “dangerous” levels of algal toxins in Clear Lake, Lake Crowley, and Bridgeport reservoir. Algal blooms are caused by rapid growth in a population of algae (cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates or diatoms) living in a body of water, often caused by increased nutrient content in the water or by increased temperatures....
One a year away. MORE: Unlimited field | Stewart ready to race | Can Danica win? | Stenhouse defends her By virtue of winning the pole for the Daytona 500, Patrick gained entry into this year’s exhibition Sprint Unlimited. She will be one of 18 drivers to take the green flag in the race Saturday night at 8:35 p.m. It’s a race Patrick has been looking forward to for more than a year....
It will also be the last. Last November at Homestead-Miami Speedway, a tearful Patrick announced she would end her driving career with the “Danica Double” — final appearances in both the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500. Patrick confirmed Monday she will drive the No. 7 GoDaddy Chevrolet fielded by Premium Motorsports in her stock-car swan song. Both the car number and sponsor harken to her NASCAR debut. Patrick will leave stock car racing disappointed with a record that includes no victories or top-fives and seven top-10s in her first 190 starts in NASCAR’s top series....
Daniel Hale of Nashville, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to violating the Espionage Act by leaking top-secret documents. Hale handwrote 11 pages of personal narrative from the Alexandria Jail describing his remorse in helping to track Afghani citizens who were then killed. After viewing gruesome videos of people who were killed, in part, because of his work, Hale said his conscience drove him to share top-secret details, including that the drone program was not as adept at avoiding civilian deaths as the government claimed, with an investigative reporter shortly after he left military service....
Let’s have a look at his illustrious Liverpool career. The beginning The transfer had created some split opinions among the critics and fans. Even the great Sir Alex Ferguson described Sturridge transfer as a gamble. Brendan Rodgers was hoping to prove all of them wrong and he did so in convincing fashion. Sturridge was an instant hit at Merseyside. He was the finisher Liverpool needed to partner Suarez with. Sturridge scored in his first three appearances for Liverpool: a feat nobody achieved since Ray Kennedy in 1974....
Starter Darcy Kuemper left during the second period of Tuesday’s crazy 8-6 win over the Oilers in Game 1 of the Western Conference Final. He appeared to go over to the bench, talk to coach Jared Bednar and leave the ice. The team later announced that he had a lower-body injury and was “doubtful” to return. Kuemper left the game having allowed three goals on 16 shots before he was forced out with the injury....
RELATED: Marvel Characters That Could Debut In The MCU’s Next Phases Suffice it to say, Disney and Marvel didn’t feel like sharing their toys with a direct competitor. So, it wasn’t long before Daredevilgot the axe despite its killer reception. It never felt connected to the mainline blockbuster flicks anyway, but that can be remedied. With speculation about his presence in Spider-Man: No Way Home, many are eager to see the Man Without Fear return....
The Swiss came first in one hour, eight minutes and 15.4 seconds for his second Olympic gold, beating defending champion Marcus Hellner of Sweden into second place by 0.4 seconds. Martin Johnsrud Sundby from Norway won the bronze in 1:08:16.8, reports Xinhua. Cologna, three-time overall World Cup winner, returned to action last month just after a surgery of an ankle ligament in November. 0 votes
Games with dark themes have existed for a long time, but their prevalence right now is huge. While it’s certainly not a bad thing that so many games are taking themselves seriously, so much grimdark media has some gamers looking for a little lighter fare. Despite all the doom and gloom of many popular dark titles, some more uplifting games are storming the market. While dark games certainly aren’t going away, a couple of this year’s most anticipated games—No Man’s Sky and Splatoon, are showing dark and gritty isn’t the only thing gamers are looking for....
According to the studio’s trademark listing, the title of this new, as-of-yet unannounced game is The Quarry, and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to be a part of Supermassive Games’ existing intellectual properties. That said, it’s worth remembering that a trademark doesn’t necessarily have to mean that this is a full AAA release, or that The Quarry would be coming out anytime soon, for that matter. RELATED: The Dark Pictures Anthology Announces House of Ashes Curator’s Cut, Free Friend’s Pass...
Dark Souls: The Board Game features four classes in the main box (more are added in the expansion) the Knight, Warrior, Assassin, and Herald. When players pick their classes, they gain access to their starting gear and a set of cards relating to their class is added to the treasure deck. Outside of equipment, classes also each have a unique heroic action that can be used once per spark and have different stat progressions that help to usher them towards a particular type of gear....
RELATED: Dark Souls 3: A Complete Guide To NPC Invaders By the end, players will be able to treat Irina as the Fire Keep of Firelink Shrine and even use her to level up. Irina’s quest has two paths that can be taken, dark and light. Both involve purchasing her miracles. Rescue The Maiden The quest begins when players rescue Irina from her cell. Players will first notice Eygon sitting on a rock by a locked cell door on their way out of the Undead Settlement....
A video of the discovery was shared by Reddit user Luvonir using some kind of tool to reveal invisible mechanics within Dark Souls 3. Their post is named “YSK: Jailer’s life draining lantern is a rapid firing projectile that is fired from their waist” and the attached video to the post reveals just that. Perhaps some added context is necessary to convey exactly what that means for Dark Souls 3 players, as well as why it’s such a funny and frustrating revelation....
Overall, the series has five titles, dating back to Demons Souls in 2009 and adding a one-off PlayStation 4 exclusive Bloodborne in 2015. With Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice on the horizon for From Software, it’s clear that the company is now focusing on a new direction. However, they may be set to begin working on something completely out of left field. From’s director and creator of Dark Souls, Hidetaka Miyazaki recently announced that he’s been very interested in the Battle Royale market....
And one of the people who saw that video was Cardinals defensive lineman Darnell Dockett. What Dockett noticed was a fan wearing his jersey, coming to the aid of a security guard who was being assaulted by a fan. Dockett took to Twitter to find this fan, who wound up being Cardinals season ticketholder Michael Cakebread. (Quite a name, by the way.) MORE: Carson Palmer says shoulder ‘feeling really good’ Cakebread went on “The Sam Acho Show” to discuss the experience and got a surprise in the process....
