In a Facebook Live video, Patrick Townsend, the owner of Town’s End Bar and Grill in Florence, part of the Greater Cincinnati area, said: “What we’re saying right now is, f*ck you, we’re not wearing any masks. We are Americans—we’re going to do what we want and we want to have fun.” The video also showed roughly 20 customers standing in a line with arms linked alongside each other, Cincinnati’s WXIX-TV reported....
“It doesn’t change the perspective at all,” she told me. “It only really changes the clothing I wear.” This is true only in regards to basketball. Everything else in her life is different. Danielle is a transgender woman. Transitioning from Daniel to Danielle within the past six months has not been as simple as putting on a sleeker pair of shoes. There have been hormone pills, hair removal treatments and voice lessons....
And for two minutes the hopes of the nation, as well as the reigns, will be in the jockeys’ hands. The Kentucky Derby is the biggest event in American horse racing, and this year it is expected to draw crowds of up to 48,000, despite the pandemic. But, while all eyes are firmly fixed on the 20 thoroughbreds taking part, there are other horses present on the day, and these unsung heroes play a vital role....
On March 13, 2020, the 26-year-old Black EMT was killed in a shooting at her home. On that day, members of the Louisville Metro Police Department forcefully entered her home in an attempt to serve a search warrant. Taylor’s partner fired, believing the officers were involved in a home invasion. The police shot back, hitting Taylor nine times. No officers were charged in her death. Along with the killings of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, Taylor’s death sparked protests across the country with many calling for police reform and seeking justice....
Kentucky first lady Britainy Beshear started a toy drive as many families lost their homes just weeks before Christmas. The toy drive is ongoing and asks for unwrapped toys, books and $25 gift cards to be given to families who need them. Additionally, the state set up a fund to collect donations for families affected by the twister outbreak. So far, the state has received $6 million in donations, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said....
Images of the destruction and aftermath of the severe weather have begun to circulate on social media. WLKY meteorologist Daniel Johnson shared a picture of a home without a roof on his Twitter page. Debris could be seen throughout the picture as well as fallen trees. “Parts of the Louisville Metro slammed tonight with what appears to be tornado damage in Fern Creek,” he wrote as a caption. WHAS11 reporter Shay McAlister also shared some pictures from the damage seen in Fern Creek....
At a press conference held Wednesday alongside President Biden, Beshear stated they’ve already collected more than 20,000 toys. “I have no words to tell you how floored I am by the outpouring of support from not only friends and family in Kentucky,” she said. “People all across the commonwealth, all across the country have answered this call.” “Under the President’s order today, Federal funds for debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, has been increased to 100 percent of the total eligible costs for a 30-day period from the date of declaration,” the statement said....
Their rivalry goes back to when Pearl arrived at Tennessee in 2005 and chose to challenge Calipari’s ascending Memphis program as a means of elevating his own. It worked, honestly. When the Vols and Tigers played at FedExForum in February 2008, Memphis was ranked No. 1 in the polls and Tennessee was No. 2. The Vols won and rose to the No. 1 ranking. SN’s MARCH MADNESS HQLive NCAA bracket | Live scoreboard | Full TV schedule...
The Big 12 will have its 10 teams face off against 10 SEC teams in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on January 30 so they don’t get shuffled and lost in the bustle of November/December rivalry games and the end of college football, ESPN.com reported. MORE: SN’s 2016 champion is… | Fab Five needs to shut up and move on | Who IS this Las Vegas Dealers guy? Highlighting the conference matchups is preseason No....
As for Libya, despite playing well, they failed to get past Tanzania and ended up sharing the spoils. The Mediterranean Knights are aware that getting good results is the only way to go far in the competition, and their 2-0 win against Kenya way back in 2004 in a friendly, might push them to victory. This will be Paul Put’s second match as Harambee Stars head coach, and eyes are definitely firmly set on the prize....
Unlucky Harambee Stars were held to a 0-0 draw by the visitors at Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos on day three of the two-week tournament. The painful draw left Kenya just a point above Zanzibar, who beat Rwanda in the opening match; a result that now leaves coach Paul Put with no option but to win his next two games against Tanzania and Zanzibar to progress to the next stage....
Biden’s falling job approval numbers and stalled legislative agenda, notably his signature Build Back Better bill, have plagued the party in recent months. But Jackson could provide a boost as Democrats aim to keep their narrow advantages in Congress during this year’s races. The historic nomination was approved by the Senate on Thursday in a 53-to-47 vote “I do think it will be a shot in the arm for the president and for the Democratic Party because it’s a reminder that elections have consequences,” Antjuan Seawright, a South Carolina-based Democratic strategist, told Newsweek about Jackson’s confirmation....
Lawrence Kasdan’s three-hour-plus epic _B_Wyatt Earp _b_aims to be the last word on the legendary lawman, an ambiguous figure filmmakers have been mythologizing ever since his death in 1929. The legendary Earp, embodied by the serenely laconic Henry Fonda, was apotheosized in John Ford’s spare and beautiful “My Darling Clementine” (1946), a movie blissfully unconcerned with the facts. The legend also prevailed in the now-dated “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” (1957), with Burt Lancaster’s stolid Wyatt playing off Kirk Douglas’s bitter, tubercular Doc Holliday....
Brooklyn will now look at retooling their roster this offseason by putting the right pieces around Kevin Durant and if he re-signs, Kyrie Irving. But could the Nets shake things up even further and fire coach Steve Nash? Usually, a demoralizing sweep like the one Brooklyn just experienced could result in a coach getting fired. But Nash has had to deal with a lot in his first two seasons with the Nets....
One of the crown jewels of the 2019 free agent class is two-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowkski is reporting Durant has indeed declined his $31.5 million player option with Golden State for next season, thus ushering in this summer’s biggest sweepstakes. Durant’s Achilles injury reportedly hasn’t waned the interest of several teams, so it looks like he’ll have plenty of options when it comes time to make a decision....
Seven weeks into the season, Durant still looks like a Finals shoo-in. But conventional wisdom was wrong on his individual prospects. Despite gaudy numbers from two of his former teammates — Russell Westbrook and James Harden — and others, Durant is not just worthy of MVP consideration. It could be argued that he is having the best year of his career. MORE: Biggest NBA surprises and disappointments so far...
His latest sneaker is the KD8 “P.G. County”, released Wednesday at $180 a pair. The name references the longtime shorthand for Prince George’s County, where Durant grew up, but some locals believe the abbreviation carries a negative connotation. MORE: Sizing up the early leaders in Durant’s free agency | Finding the truth in Durant-to-the-Wizards hype Barry Hudson, a spokesman for the county executive, told NBC4 in Washington that the county contacted Nike when it learned what the shoe would be called, asking them to change the name....
When Isaiah Thomas was asked to tell a fun Garnett story on the “Toucher & Rich” radio show, he recalled his first interaction with the veteran. “We were playing against Boston in Sacramento, the first time I played the Celtics,” Thomas said. “He set an illegal screen, you know his screens were very illegal. And I yelled, ‘Stop setting them illegal screens!’ He’s like, ‘Shut your little midget ass up!...
Specifics were not immediately available. Harvick, the 2015 Sprint Cup champion, joined the team in 2014. He left Richard Childress Racing and now nine of his 32 career Sprint Cup victories are with SHR. MORE: Rumored move to Hendrick | Made sense | But Harvick called b— “It was a big decision to join Stewart-Haas Racing and it has turned out to be my best decision,” Harvick said in a team release....
Harvick, who was to start fourth, was penalized for adjustments made after prerace inspection, according to multiple reports. He rallied quickly in the opening laps, then lost position again when a caution came out during a pit sequence and spent the rest of the day trying to recover. Harvick would go on to finish 20th. After his early recovery, Harvick spent much of the race battling to get back on the lead lap, and his car just didn’t show the muscle that it did early in the race as the laps wore on throughout the event....
