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As Los Angeles Clippers took a 2-1 series lead over the Dallas Mavericks. to edge ahead in the Western Conference first-round battle, George struggled again. His “Playoff P” moniker has been mocked as he’s shot 7-for-33 shooting over his last two games. Joining in on the criticism was “NBA On TNT” analyst Charles Barkley. NBA PLAYOFFS: Bracket | Schedule | Explaining the bubble George shot 3-of-16 during Friday night’s game and admitted he is susceptible to such off-nights....

Pierce was on his own with that one. Not even his colleagues on ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” were willing to back him. The man sitting next to Pierce in the studio Friday certainly was not Team Truth. The floor is yours, Jalen Rose: MORE: Wade says he’ll use therapy to help him with retirement Wade didn’t directly rebut Pierce, but then, he didn’t need to. Other people had it covered:...

The Irish touring party will cross swords with the UAE outfit in four ODIs followed by the three-match series against Afghanistan. The latter is also part of the on-going World Cup Super League. Speaking on the importance of the Afghanistan series, Paul Stirling stated that Ireland would need to be at their best to overpower Afghanistan. He also said that they will ideally aim to sweep the series to improve their World Cup qualification chances:...

Smith delivered the valedictorian speech at Lake Highland High School in Dallas on Sunday. The speech had been expected to focus on the effect of the news media on young people. However, when Smith reached the stage, she shifted gears and spoke against the state’s restrictive new anti-abortion law. Video of the speech had been viewed more than 6 million times as of Thursday evening. While Smith’s original speech had been approved by the school’s principal in advance, the graduation speech that she delivered had not been expected....

The current format suggests for each team to play six ties in the league stage wherein each TIE consists of five matches and each match shall be a best of three. The finalists of last year, Bengaluru Raptors will be looking to change from runners up to the champions in the PBL 2018. They will be led by top Indian male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth. Apart from him, the team will have B....

Starting their title defense on a good note, the Bengaluru Raptors sent forth the Mixed Doubles pair of P.S Chan and E.H Won while the Warriors sent the veteran duo of Lee Yong Dae and K.H. Na who were surprisingly handed a crushing defeat in 8-15, 11-15. However, the Warriors were keen on seeking revenge and in the following Men’s Singles clash, World No. 18 Indonesia Open semi-finalist, Lee Chiuk Yiu did the winning act for the North-Eastern side by defeating India’s ace player B....

Important Storage Drive Terms Before diving into the differences between the two types of drives, you should first understand a few of the terms and acronyms that are used. SSD: Solid-state drive. This is a type of storage medium that doesn’t have moving parts. This yields longer lifespans and better performance than traditional spinning hard disk drives. PCIe: Peripheral component interconnect express. PCIe may also be known as PCI Express. This is a slot on the motherboard used to connect everything from graphics cards to solid-state drives....

The massive gouge in the Earth’s surface was clearly visible from the sky, arguably one of the better vantage points to appreciate its vastness. The traveler shared a snap to Reddit, under username u/aurallyskilled, aka Gina, as they raved about the incredible view. “I saw a meteor crater from my plane seat in the middle of the Western USA!!” they captioned the photo, which can be seen here. Speaking to Newsweek, passenger Gina explained she was flying to Australia when she captured the stunning shot....

SkyUp’s flight PQ0902 from Madeira, the Portuguese island, landed in the Moldovan capital, Chișinău, on Saturday after the plane’s owner denied requests to let it continue into Ukraine. It comes as several Western countries, including the United States, have called on their citizens to leave Ukraine while commercial airline services are still running, amid the fear of invasion by Russia. A SkyUp statement translated from Ukrainian to English said the plane’s owner informed the airline of an “immediate ban” on the flight entering Ukrainian airspace....

While these deals are necessary, they are nothing to celebrate. After all, Americans are simply selling off assets to satisfy our debts and to fuel consumption. This is known as selling the cow to buy milk. Meanwhile, foreigners investing and selling into the U.S. markets over the past year have themselves pulled a short straw. The U.S. stock market lagged behind foreign markets in 2007, as it has for much of the decade....

The comments were made Tuesday on Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) show, The 700 Club, after the program aired an emotional report concerning fetal tissue being used in scientific experiments. The segment mentioned a study involving mice and fetal reproductive tract tissue. It did not mention the aim of the research, which appears to be studying the effects of synthetic hormones on female reproductive tracts, rather than creating human-mice hybrids....

For good measure, the far-right image shows that Apple previously did file patents with notches, showing that the change might suggest 2020’s iPhones will lose the notch. Phones simply used to have bezels. We didn’t even used to mention them in phone reviews because they were always there. You needed a space at the top and bottom of the display to house important things like the speakers, earpiece, cameras and headphone jack....

RELATED: Great Survival Games On Steam That Deserve More Attention Path Of Titans has a laundry list of creatures for players to choose from, consisting of Herbivores for more tranquil players, and Carnivores for players who love the thrill of the hunt. For the former, there are a stable amount of dinos that players can choose from that stand the best chance at survival in the wild. Each creature has unique traits, abilities, and customization tools to make players feel unique while playing....

He collected the game-winner off the power play in overtime to give the Boston Bruins a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday afternoon after being celebrated for playing over 1,000 games in his 15-year career. The Black and Gold honored the four-time Selke Trophy winner before the game by awarding him a commemorative stick to mark the special occasion, along with a few paintings throughout his career....

Habits die hard and former New York Knicks great Patrick Ewing revealed Jordan is as prodigious a trash-talker now as he was in his playing days. “Even today, if i call him right now, he’ll still be talking trash to me,” the two-time Basketball Hall of Fame inductee told Rachel Nichols on ESPN’s The Jump on Monday. Ewing featured prominently in The Last Dance, ESPN’s 10-part documentary which chronicles Jordan’s final season with the Chicago Bulls, when the series delved into the heated rivalry that developed in the 1990s between the Knicks and the Bulls....

Kluivert, now coach of the Curacao national team, was also the assistant manager for the Dutch national team in the 2014 world cup. He revealed that it was Van Gaal who suggested him to discontinue as an assistant & take up managerial role at any other club. “He also said to me: ‘Patrick, it’s now time for you to stand on your own feet,’ and that’s why I didn’t join Manchester United....

The upside for Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson? The chance to visit the place that celebrates the all-time greats he hopes to someday join. Even if he doesn’t play in Thursday night’s exhibition matchup against the Cowboys as a precautionary measure against injury, Peterson is excited about making the trip to Canton, Ohio, and the motivation that all the Hall’s trappings will provide. MORE: NFL predictions for 2017 “It’s definitely something that’s very special to me because that’s something I feel I can control as a player,” Peterson told co-host Gil Brandt and me last Friday on SiriusXM NFL Radio....

The game was tied 24-24 when Meyers received a lateral from Rhamondre Stevenson on the final play of regulation. The play was designed to run out the clock, but Meyers decided to throw another lateral, all the way back to quarterback Mac Jones. MORE: Meyers’ ill-conceived lateral stuns NFL world The ball instead landed in the hands of former Patriot Chandler Jones, who returned the backward pass 48 yards for a touchdown to give the Raiders the win....