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Silver announced that Sterling will face a lifetime ban and $2.5 million fine, the maximum amount allowed. There were few who questioned that the rhetoric in the audio was demeaning and racist. The only question that gained any traction was related to whether the voice on the tape was indeed Sterling's. The NBA found that the voice was Sterling's and responded accordingly, enacting an immediate lifetime ban and removing Sterling from all Clippers and NBA activities....

The Griffin knee injury in November seemed to signal the end of the Clippers’ season. But the Clippers have very quietly played solid basketball since the Griffin injury and crept up in the Western Conference standings. They have managed to win nine of their last 15 games (with the NBA’s fifth-best net rating in that span) and find themselves just two games back of the Pelicans for the eighth seed in the West....

Youngworth has demanded that he and Connor, both jailed on other convictions, be freed and given the $5 million reward in exchange for the paintings. The FBI has had little to say to the press, but a museum source says, ““This is the best lead that we’ve ever had.’’ In addition to the paint chips, ““the ragged edge [of the canvas in the photos] created by the knife that removed the canvas from the frame did in some ways match up with the remnant of the canvas left within the frame itself....

Huang has also described extensive business ties between Lippo and Chinese government-owned entities. But he gave no evidence of a Chinese government “plot” to influence the administration. Sources say attorneys for Riady, who has left the country, have discussed a possible plea bargain with Justice. But a deal appears unlikely because Riady seems unwilling to plead to a felony. Riady “did not commit any knowing violations of federal campaign laws,” his lawyer said....

However, this didn’t stop Cloudpunk from gaining a following, especially from those interested in Blade Runner-style mysteries and worlds. Back in May 2021, Ion Lands announced a new DLC for Cloudpunk alongside a new spin-off title called Nivalis. It may sound familiar to Cloudpunk players as it is the city players travel through in the adventure title. Rather than an adventure game, Nivalis offers players a rich, meaningful environment where they can build up their own business from scratch....

I confess that in 1901, I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years… Ever since, I have distrusted myself and avoided all predictions. WILBUR WRIGHT, U.S. aviation pioneer, 1908 H.G. WELLS, British novelist, 1901 Marshal FERDINAND FOCH, French military strategist and future World War I commander, 1911 A president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising HORACE RACKHAM (Henry Ford’s lawyer) not to invest in the Ford Motor Co....

Last year at this time, ESPN was shoving Jadeveon Clowney down our throats by replaying, over and over and over, the best defensive player in the history of the planet running by a blown blocking assignment and hitting an unsuspecting tailback so hard, he fumbled. Now we have the NFL Network joining the fun, following Clowney this week at the league’s annual Combine like he’s a circus act, touting his “blazing” 40 speed and his “freakish” skills and declaring how it will all magically translate to the big, bad NFL....

The team led by Mohammad Hafeez will be arriving in India on Tuesday ahead of their opening match against the defending CLT20 champions Mumbai Indians. Northern Knights from New Zealand will take on Sri Lanka’s Southern Express in the opening fixture of the qualifiers. Apart from former national T20 captain Hafeez, the team also includes the likes of Ahmed Shehzad, Nasir Jamshed, Umar Akmal and Wahab Riaz. There were doubts hanging over the participation of Pakistan’s domestic champions due to the strained relationship between the Indian and Pakistan governments, but the route is now clear for the team....

Pachuca leans on home-field advantage in CCL Pelaez said Wednesday the decision was personal and not related to pressure from club owner Televisa, but rather the right time for him to step aside. And the former America, Necaxa and Chivas forward said he hoped he would be able to go out on top. “To recharge the batteries a bit, to rest for a minute and to wait for new challenges,” Pelaez told reporters when asked why he made the decision....

CM Punk is the headliner at a show tonight literally called “I Sh-t You Not” at The Lincoln Lodge inside the Lincoln Restaurant in Chicago, IL. The show features performers telling funny and embarrassing stories, which often involve feces. You can get more details here, or purchase tickets at this link. Punk will also be making his first Wizard World Portland Comic Con appearance on Friday, January 24, 2014. You can get more details by clicking here....

Gaetz—a leading figure of the far right who has spearheaded a campaign to deny McCarthy the speakership—has sought to break hardliners’ blockade of the post by seeking to extract a number of concessions from McCarthy to become speaker. Gaetz, in particular, reportedly wants to chair a House Armed Services subcommittee, while colleague Maryland Congressman Andy Harris—an ardent opponent of legalized abortion and marijuana—has sought a position that would give him the lead over the budget for health and human services....

The Islamabad-based journalist on Sunday tweeted that “the world today needs a Hitler,” and quickly removed the post when it sparked backlash. He has previously declared his support for the German national football team because of “what Hitler did with Jews.” “The only reason I am supporting Germany in the finals is - Hitler was a German and he did good with those jews!” Raja posted ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup final between Germany and Argentina....

Navarro-Cárdenas accused a pair of polls released earlier this week from Rasmussen Reports and Emerson College of being “zero” percent accurate. The Republican strategist, but longtime Trump critic, joked Tuesday that polls showing more than one-third of black Americans supporting Trump must have only surveyed rapper Kanye West, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, former Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Sheriff David Clarke and video bloggers Diamond and Silk. The polls were widely disseminated and touted by conservative news outlets and reinvigorated debate going back to 2016 over whether Rasmussen is “biased” in favor of Trump....

President Joe Biden, who vowed to be the “most pro-union president ever,” signed the bill on Friday, contending that a rail strike would “devastate our economy.” The president said that signing the bill “spared the country that catastrophe.” A number of union workers have publicly disagreed, describing the legislation as a betrayal that failed to meet their needs. Democrats who backed the bill point to a separate amendment, which would have guaranteed rail workers seven days of paid sick leave....

In it, Baldwin described the virus’ physical and emotional tolls, chronicling days of unrelenting body aches, fevers and low spirits during an initial stretch of near-total solitude. “Under the influence of coronavirus, as each day came to a close, I would often cry, unable to stave off the sense of dread and isolation I felt about what was to come,” she wrote, recalling how her symptoms manifested in waves as the virus ran its course....

The students were apparently chanting, “Jeff Capel, sit with us" and it clearly upset Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. Cameras caught Coach K yelling “shut up” to his own fans. Krzyzewski apologized and explained his reaction after the game. “I don’t know if I made a mistake on that, but I’ve never heard another coach’s name yelled out in the middle of the first half when we’re in a war with the team,” Krzyzewski said....

“Sometimes, if you just hear a remark — you don’t hear the entire press conference — you react,” Krzyzewski told Mad Dog Sports Radio. “That’s happened a lot to me in my career. I don’t know all the things Bo said. I do know it’s tough to lose those games and to then go up there and have people try to nitpick at everything you say.” MORE: Coach K ’not close’ to being done | Krzyzewski celebrates to ‘Everytime We Touch’ | Five is K’s magic number...

Coach tweeted earlier in the evening that he would be at SummerSlam. On June 30 Coachman tweeted, ‘“SportsCenter On The Road at Summerslam.” “How does that sound. Show my bosses the power of @wwe fans by retweeting as many times as possible". That tweet was retweeted more than 3,000 times. Here is what he tweeted: Meanwhile United States Champion John Cena looks fired up on the prospect of facing WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins at WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view, in a winner takes all match....

Cobra Kai is a great show. It truly is amazing that the show’s creators managed to turn a wild internet theory, the vindication of Johnny Lawrence, into a full-fledged streaming success. It first arose in the depths of YouTube, and now it’s on Netflix for practically the entire world to see. What’s even more incredible is that Cobra Kai has stayed relevant for four years and counting. This is thanks to its mix of nostalgia for Johnny and Daniel LaRusso, as well as the dramedy style used to chronicle the lives of their teenage apprentices....

Cobra Kai has never really taken itself too seriously, and in its fifth season, the series ratifies its place as one of Netflix’s shrewdest and bingeable acquisitions, while showrunners Josh Heald and Jon Hurwitz get to prove why they needed more time to tell this story. Sure, it’s not without its issues, some plot points take too long to resolve, but when it’s all said and done, season five will likely satisfy almost anyone that liked what they saw in its beginnings, as well as anyone who’s hung on until now....