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Strong playoff performances for the Dallas Stars and Dallas Mavericks, especially games played over holiday weekends, mean big business for the teams and local businesses near their home arenas.This month marks the first time the NBA and NHL conference finals will be held at the same time at the American Airlines Center, and the city’s NBA and NHL teams are each one series away from a championship series.”We’re seeing record sales every week,” said Elias Pope, owner of Hero by HG, a bar and restaurant next to the American Airlines Center. “We’re hoping that trend continues, and hopefully, they both…
The local representative of the Haitian mission and a missionary couple from the United States He was attacked and shot by gang members. A family member told The Associated Press that the boy had just returned home from a church youth group activity. The murders on Thursday of Jude Monteith, the country director of Missions in Haiti, and Davie and Natalie Lloyd, a young couple from the United States, took place in the Lison region of northern Haiti. Port-au-PrinceThey were killed as authorities were awaiting the arrival of police troops from Kenya as part of a UN-backed deployment aimed at…
Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi believes Babar Azam’s team can reach the upcoming Men’s T20 World Cup final in 2024 and says conditions at the mega event in the West Indies and the United States will suit the team.Pakistan, under the leadership of head coach Younis Khan, won the Men’s T20 World Cup in England in 2009. They have also been runners-up twice in the tournament, in 2007 and 2022, and reached the quarterfinals in 2010, 2012 and 2021 respectively.”I think Pakistan should reach the final. The reason is that the conditions (West Indies and USA) suit our team. If…
The Dallas Mavericks were leading 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals when they dealt a tough blow to the Minnesota Timberwolves.Luka Doncic led the Mavericks to a 109-108 Game 2 victory in a heartbreaking victory over the Timberwolves. Game 3 is scheduled for Sunday at 8 p.m. ET in Dallas (TNT).Doncic finished with 32 points on 10-of-23 shooting, 13 assists, 10 rebounds and, of course, the game-winning point. Trailing 108-106 with four seconds left, Doncic drained a step-back 3-pointer over Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert’s head to put an end to Target Center’s momentum that had at one…
This year, the Big 12 will have the best corps of running backs of any conference in America. But don’t worry, the forward pass is still prevalent in the conference that made the spread offense a revolutionary force in the football game at every level. In fact, the Texas Tech football team had better be prepared to face some of the best wide receivers in the country in 2024. Tech was only average at stopping the pass last season. The Red Raiser defense, ranked 74th nationally and sixth in the Big 12 Conference, allowed 229.2 yards per game through the…
Vatican Pool/Getty Images Cardinals, bishops, monks and priests attended Carlo Acutis’ beatification ceremony in October 2020. CNN — The mother of an Italian teenager who is set to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint has spoken of her “great joy” as she described her son as a normal boy who enjoys video games and pets. Carlo Acutis, who earned the nickname “God’s influencer” by using his computer skills to spread the message of the Catholic Church, died of leukemia in 2006 at the age of 15. A second miracle attributed to Acutis was recognized by Pope Francis, paving the…
Franklin Chamber of Commerce Upcoming Events The Greater Franklin Chamber of Commerce has several upcoming events planned. Chamber of Commerce and city officials will celebrate the grand opening of Home Run Burgers and Fries with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1599 N. Morton St. on May 30 at 2 p.m. The Chamber’s Young Professionals Network will meet June 4 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Career-minded people ages 21 to 40 are invited to a casual, open-house-style networking evening in the lounge at Garment Factory Events, 101 E. Wayne St. in Franklin. The event is free to attend and light refreshments will…
2nd T20I: England vs Pakistan©AFP England will face Pakistan in the second T20I of the four-match series at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Saturday. The first T20I between the two teams was cancelled due to heavy rain in Leeds. In their last five matches, Pakistan has won three and lost two, while England has lost two and three. The two teams last met in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup final in Australia in 2022. Pakistan comes into this clash having won the three-match T20I series against Ireland 2-1. When will the 2nd T20I match between England and Pakistan…
The world’s top financial officials from the world’s leading economies moved closer to an agreement on Saturday on how to use Russia’s frozen central bank assets to help Ukraine and vowed to unite against China dumping cheap exports on their markets, aiming to pool their economic power to tackle twin crises gripping the global economy.The more ambitious embrace of sanctions and protectionism was under the eye of G7 finance ministers gathering for a three-day meeting in Stresa, Italy. The proposals under consideration could deepen the divide between wealthy Western countries and their alliances with Russia, China and their allies, exacerbating…
China’s two-day military drills around Taiwan were a “blatant provocation to the international order,” Taiwan’s government said in a statement on Saturday after the exercises ended. China’s two-day military drills around Taiwan were a “blatant provocation to the international order,” Taipei said in a statement on Saturday after the exercises ended near Taiwan. (AFP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} The drills began three days after Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te took office and delivered an inaugural address that China denounced as a “confession of independence.” Get exclusive access to the latest news on India’s General Elections only on the HT App. Download…