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Cam Thomas is one of the Brooklyn Nets’ most promising players. When assessing the progress of other young prospects on the American team in the league, Thomas undoubtedly stands out as a player who could soon represent the red, white and blue on basketball’s most competitive global stage. Thomas has established himself as the NBA’s leading scorer over 190 games played over three seasons. He has started 57 of those games, so if the U.S. decides to use him off the bench, he should be able to make the most of his minutes, just as he did off the bench…
Shams Charanis, Tess DeMeyer, Jovan Buha, John HollingerLeBron James is set to sign a two-year, $104 million max contract to return to the Los Angeles Lakers, league sources confirmed Wednesday. James will have a player option and no-trade clause for next summer, the sources said.Athletic It was previously reported that James plans to opt out of his $51.4 million player option for next season.It’s no secret that both James and Anthony Davis want to significantly strengthen the Lakers’ roster. According to agent Rich Paul, LeBron was even willing to take a big pay cut to facilitate a worthy mid-level player…
Imagine a presidency freed from all of its burdens.It’s the future dreamed of by supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris, taken from a meme that references one of Harris’ favorite expressions: “Don’t be held back by the past, see what’s possible.”Harris has faced criticism over her more than three years in office, with articles examining her handling of the border crisis and her struggles to define her often thankless term as vice president. Harris has proven unpopular among voters and is often not seen as an immediate successor to President Biden, with Democratic supporters often pointing to Michigan Governor Gretchen…
A group of left-wing business titans are the latest to call on Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, writing in a statement on Wednesday that it’s time for the president to “pass the baton.” The organization, called the Leadership Now Project, is made up of more than 400 current and former politically active executives, most of whom support progressive causes and candidates. The group said in a statement that there is a “new generation of highly qualified Democrats” who want a chance to beat Donald Trump, but they worry that at 81, Biden may no longer be…
Donald Trump and his campaign want President Biden to continue the election and believe he can beat him despite Trump’s felony convictions and other charges, four people familiar with the private discussions said. But they have also stepped up their attacks on Vice President Harris.While Trump and his allies publicly reject the idea that Biden might drop out of the race and say it’s too late for Democrats to change course, they are privately preparing for other possibilities and feeling it may be hard to beat any Democrat other than Biden and Harris.”Whether it’s him or somebody else, I’m going…
Tomorrow we celebrate our divorce from the UK. But it is one of our most recent freedoms, and our mother country remains far ahead of us when it comes to protecting those who may be harmed by our actions.As Reuters’ Tom Bergin explains, British regulators are willing and able to hold sportsbooks to account. Not intercepting bets made under suspicious circumstancesFanDuel’s parent company, Flutter, was forced to pay $2.8 million after it continued to take bets from an animal shelter director who misappropriated the cash, resulting in losses of more than $500,000 over a four-year period.In response, Flutter CEO Peter…
Gastonia, North Carolina (Queen City News) — A crime trend seen across the nation has now hit the Carolinas: the theft of Stanley Cup water bottles. Investigators say two men allegedly entered the store and took items without permission, and are accused of stealing a Stanley Cup valued at $1,350 from Academy Sports on East Franklin Street in Gastonia last Friday afternoon. SEE PHOTOS: Two men wanted for stealing $1,000 worth of Stanley Cup from Gastonia store The former FBI agent said theft is a way to make quick money, so stores must act quickly to prevent the crime. Their…
RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech associate head coach Mitch Gaspard is retiring after five years with the Bulldogs and a coaching career spanning more than 30 years, the school announced Wednesday. Gaspard was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Georgia in 2018-19 before taking over as associate head coach at Louisiana Tech in the summer of 2019. Since then, as hitting coach, Gaspard has helped develop five All-Americans (Parker Bates, Hunter Wells, Taylor Young, Ethan Bates and Cole McConnell) and 14 All-Conference USA selections. He played a key role in helping the Bulldogs win three CUSA titles and…
(ZENIT News/Jaranwala, March 7, 2024) – The head of Pakistan’s Catholic Church has slammed a court that sentenced a Christian man to death after he was found guilty of blasphemy in connection with one of the worst atrocities against minorities in the country’s history. Bishop Samson Shukardin, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan, described the sentence handed down in the Ehsan Shan case as “very, very painful”. The Sahiwal Anti-Terrorism Court found Ehsan guilty of blasphemy for sharing content on social media that it deemed insulting to Islam and its prophet. Shan, a man in his early twenties…
Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire watches the first half of an NCAA college football game against BYU, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) There were a lot of positives in Joey McGuire’s first two seasons as Texas Tech’s head football coach. McGuire is just the second coach in Tech history to lead the team to a bowl game in his first two seasons, joining the late Mike Leach. He turned around a six-year stretch in which the school had five losing seasons and just two bowl game appearances. He also took advantage of the transfer portal…