During a practice session on Saturday, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant came up hobbling with discomfort in his right foot. The training staff diagnosed him with a Jones fracture, which affects the fourth and fifth metatarsal, located at the base of the smallest toe. MORE: Small forward rankings | Beal breaks wrist | LeBron sets pick on teammate On Sunday, the Thunder announced that Durant was weighing his options....
After one particular play, Durant was proud enough of himself that he let out an expletive-laced bark normally reserved for those talking about one John Shaft. MORE: LeBron James gets emotional during ‘Fresh Prince’ rerun | Nique talks about trash talking with Larry Bird Caution: dirty words ahead. Then, when Durant knocked down yet another 3 with a few seconds remaining in the first half, his teammates got in on the action....
Steve Kerr said Wednesday that Durant was cleared to take part in individual on-court basketball activities after ruling him out for Game 1. Now, according to a report from Yahoo citing league sources, Durant will see critical game action “at some point midway through the NBA Finals.” Kerr confirmed Friday that Durant will sit out Sunday’s Game 2 in Toronto. Durant has been out since straining his calf in Golden State’s Game 5 win over the Rockets in the second round....
And then, with 9:46 left in the second quarter, all the excitement and anticipation surrounding Durant’s return was swallowed whole by the shock and sadness of watching him clutch at his leg on the far sideline. Durant had to be helped off the floor and back to the locker room for further evaluation. MORE: Raptors players quiet classless fans who cheered Durant’s injury Golden State managed to escape Toronto with a 106-105 win, but for perhaps the first time in NBA Finals history, the result of the game felt immaterial....
MORE: Ranking 25 best players to change teams in their prime Durant was introduced as a member of the Warriors on Thursday, three days after announcing he would sign with the club. The deal is for $54 million over two seasons, with an opt-out clause after one year. Now that the burden of choosing teams has been lifted from his shoulders, Durant is ready to get back to doing what he loves: playing basketball....
Local authorities have confirmed that the musician fell from the balcony of the 11th floor of a hotel located in Barra da Tijuca, in Rio’s West Zone. He suffered serious injuries and was taken to the Miguel Couto hospital, in Gávea, where he was pronounced dead. “Unfortunately, patient Kevin Bueno did not resist and died,” reads a statement from authorities published in local news outlet, Real 92.3. Nascimento had married Deolane Bezerra just weeks ago....
The Associated Press reported that the decision came after three years of legal battles, an eight-day evidentiary hearing kept secret from the public and an appeal to a panel of arbitrators, who found for the plaintiffs, making the decision final. The arbitrators found that Spacey violated his contract’s requirement for professional behavior by “engaging certain conduct in connection with several crew members in each of the five seasons that he starred in and executive produced House of Cards....
With that in mind, Kevin Cheveldayoff didn’t give up when the Pittsburgh Penguins snatched up Derick Brassard, or when the Toronto Maple Leafs swooped in and acquired Tomas Plekanec. Hours before the trade deadline, pulling the strings behind one of the best teams in the Western Conference and the entire NHL, Cheveldayoff made a move that will make Winnipeg a better team, getting Paul Stastny from the St. Louis Blues....
On July 3, 1904, Theodore Herzl—the father of modern Zionism—died. Herzl was only 44 years old. Amazingly, he had only begun his movement with the First Zionist Congress less than a decade before, setting into motion the eventual establishment of the modern Jewish state. Over 200 delegates—Jewish leaders from throughout Europe and as far away as the Middle East and the United States—attended that first Congress in Switzerland in 1897....
He was best known for his five-year run as a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s, during which he spent three years as host of the “Weekend Update” segment. He also wrote for the show Roseanne, starred in the film Dirty Work and his own sitcom, The Norm Show. Jim Carrey wrote, “My dear friend Norm MacDonald passed after a brave 10 year battle. He was one of our most precious gems....
The 13-year-old video shows Carrey dancing erratically on stage with the rapper as he performs his hit single In Da Club. The pair were partying at the Sundance Film Festival on Carrey’s birthday and 50 Cent even changed the lyrics to the song in honor of the Ace Ventura star. “Go Carrey, it’s your birthday,” he rapped to a smiling Carrey, who took off his glasses to spin his head around while bent over....
Trump spoke to Raffensperger for about an hour on Saturday, pushing unfounded conspiracy theories about Georgia’s election results and urging the state official to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win there. Raffensperger, a Republican, calmly explained that the president’s information about Georgia’s results was “wrong,” declining to overturn the will of his state’s voters. The call was reported by The Washington Post on Sunday and the full audio has been published online....
To sum it up, Rome has a case of “Harbaugh fatigue,” and Harbaugh responded on Twitter. Now, the details: The Detroit News recapped the rant on “The Jim Rome Show” on Tuesday , a day after Harbaugh walked out on a press conference after taking questions about two suspended players. Rome called it a “jerk move” then went into greater detail. MORE: Harbaugh’s millennial machine | B1G coach rankings...
Harbaugh and staffer James Minick approached a Jeep that had overturned on Interstate 94 on Tuesday and found the driver and passenger injured. The pair pulled the passenger, a 73-year-old woman, out of the Jeep and assisted with first aid for both her and the driver. MORE: Harbaugh loves ‘Judge Judy’ | SN’s 50 top players for 2015 | Harbaugh looks like his QB Both victims were transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries....
Harbaugh and his staff worked at nearly 40 satellite camps this year in a handful of states and two other countries much to the chagrin of Alabama coach Nick Saban and Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen, who saw their Southeast invaded. MORE: Week 6 picks Now, the NCAA Division I Council is hoping to pass legislature that limits schools to 10 days of off-campus clinics and camps. “We did close to 50 last year, and that was a lot of fun,” Harbaugh said on WXYT-FM in Detroit....
The 845-page report published by the Select Committee describes Jordan as a “significant player” in efforts by former President Trump to overturn the election results following his defeat. Jordan, who represents Ohio’s 4th congressional district, has been a key Trump ally and was one of five Republicans who released their own counter-report on the events of January 6 on Wednesday. Those five Republicans had been nominated to serve on the Select Committee by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, but Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi vetoed their appointment to the committee....
But he was smoking long before he retired or states began legalizing the drug. While playing for the Bears and helping the team win Super Bowl XX following the 1985 season, he said Bears coach Mike Ditka knew which players were regularly getting high. MORE: Classic photos of Mike Ditka “Mike Ditka would say, ‘Oh, all you guys, you pot smokers,’ That’s what he’d call us. ‘You pot smokers,’” McMahon said Sunday (via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram) while speaking about the benefits of marijuana at the Southwest Cannabis Conference and Expo on a “Cannabis and Athletics” panel along with former NFL players Ricky Williams and Marvin Washington....
Johnson, who leads the Cup standings by seven points over Matt Kenseth with two races remaining in the Chase, has embraced engaging with fans — even those who hate him — over the last couple of years. He knows that if he wins the championship again — he won five straight from 2006-2010 — there will be a segment of NASCAR fans that won’t be happy. Though he has a blue-collar background — his mom drove a school bus and his father operated heavy machinery — Johnson has a squeaky clean image and a polished, professional demeanor, which he developed as a way to attract sponsors because of the lack of family money....
Simeone admits Felix could leave Player unhappy at Atletico Club would want big transfer fee WHAT HAPPENED? It is expected that the Portuguese will leave Madrid, after Atletico chairman Gil Marin admitted that the player could move on. And Simeone has only stoked speculation, suggesting that no one is bigger than the club Wednesday evening. Felix is coming off an impressive World Cup, where he linked up well with Bruno Fernandes in a more fluid Portuguese system....
