Former Oregon forward Bol Bol enters this week's NBA draft as a compelling portrait of hyperbolic contrasts. He's so tall   7-foot-2 in shoes   that he can practically dunk flatfooted. He's so skinny at 208 pounds that's he's just one pound heavier than Kyler Murray, the 5-foot-10 waif who went No. 1 in the NFL draft. He's so skilled that he hit 52 percent of his 3-point shots in college, an astonishing number for a prospect of any size or shape. We've never quite seen an NBA draft prospect like Bol Bol, and with that unique package and boundless upside also comes a warning label. Bol enters the draft shrouded by more questions than an SAT prep handbook. Blessed with a high ceiling and dogged by a low motor, Bol enters this week as the quintessential boom-or-bust draft prospect. "You question the body, you question the injury, you question the work ethic and you question the love of the game," an NBA scout told Yahoo Sports. "You question what he's about, but he does have the potential to be a star. But there's a lot of things holding him back." Bol has emerged as the player with the biggest variance in this NBA draft, as he could go anywhere from the lottery to the final picks of the first round. NBA teams have been digging in on Bol for the past year, trying to determine whether he can dominate like Kristaps Porzingis or will burn out as an oversized tease like Hasheem Thabeet. Bol the prospect is tricky to figure out, as another NBA scout told Yahoo Sports that "we don't have a comp for him," meaning that there's no similar NBA player. The conversations tend to begin with his physical frame, as the 208 pounds are far below the 235 pounds Oregon claimed he weighed while there. Bol's season there ended after just nine games when he fractured his left foot. (Foot injuries tend to make NBA executives nervous, especially with big men.) Bol is much different than his famous father, the legendary 7-foot-7 center Manute Bol. Bol Bol is more of a wing shooter than a pure old-school center/shot blocker. He averaged 21.0 points, 9.6 rebounds and hit 13 of his 25 3-pointers at Oregon last year. Where he'll play is an NBA conundrum, as he's more of a wing than a post player, and his slight frame leaves him vulnerable defensively. Bol mostly played against the buy-game flotsam and jetsam on Oregon's non-conference schedule. But he rose up against the best competition, impressing against Syracuse in Madison Square Garden (26 points) and in a raucous environment opening up Houston's new arena (23 points). "He was dominant against us and did everything   passed, blocked shots and rebounded," Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim told Yahoo Sports. "I just think, physically, he's going to have problems in the NBA. He gets banged around, and I just really wonder about him playing every night in the physicality of that league." Houston coach Kelvin Sampson coached six seasons as an NBA assistant prior to returning to college basketball in 2014. He left Houston's game with Oregon intrigued by Bol's upside, but felt like an NBA franchise needed the right kind of infrastructure to develop him. "He's more boom than bust, but bust is in picture," Sampson said in a phone interview. "I don't think it's 50-50 because he's so talented. But it was early in his career, and he didn't understand shot selection. But he's so talented he could make bad shots." The early thought on Bol heading into the draft is that once NBA teams get past the first half-dozen picks, there are no prospects that can match Bol's upside. The question is whether a team can take the gamble that they can coax him to reach his potential, as there are likely years of physical maturation before he can be a rotation player. "He's a perfect development guy for the NBA," Sampson said. "You just have to have a really good plan for how you're going to use him." NBA teams have also taken a deep dive into Bol as a person. The Oregon coaches have been very complimentary to NBA teams, as they had a good experience with him in his short time there. The narrative about Bol that NBA teams need to decipher will be whether he has searing passion to improve. Bol went to four different high schools   two in Kansas and West Coast powers Mater Dei (Orange County) and Findlay Prep (Las Vegas). Along the way, a reputation for entitlement and seeking a path of least resistance followed. NBA teams are also digging in on his relationship with notorious West Coast basketball handler Mel McDonald, who was a constant presence with Bol during the latter part of his high school career. (McDonald pleaded guilty to an unrelated extortion attempt in 2013.) Documents released by celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti in April alleged how more than $57,000 changed hands from Nike to a grassroots director to McDonald. Bol's meandering career and fishy affiliations have given NBA teams pause, although a source indicated that Bol has severed ties with McDonald in the past few months. "As he's started to get into this part of his life and gotten older, I think he's starting to realize who's in it for the right reasons," said LJ Goolsby, who coached Bol on Run GMC in Kansas City. (Goolsby said he hasn't spoked to Bol directly about McDonald.) There's an aspect to Bol where teams wonder whether he enjoys the trappings of celebrity   photo shoots and his 682,000 Instagram followers   more than the work that comes with earning the attention. Not surprisingly, Bol hasn't posted on Instagram since April, as to not give NBA teams a chance to further scrutinize that aspect of him. "Is he locked in and focused on a consistent basis?" Goolsby asked. "The times I've seen him locked in at that level, he's pretty impressive. There's things he does no one could ever think about doing." Hence the underlying drama with Bol's draft night, as teams have to figure out at what point the potential reward outweighs the risk. More from Yahoo Sports: Woodland dethrones Koepka to win U.S. Open Could Lakers add Kyrie after Davis trade? Carli Lloyd is causing a good problem for the USWNT Toronto shows up and shows out for Raptors parade


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The Bucks and Raptors are tied at two games apiece in the conference finals and a pivotal Game 5 looms on Thursday night. A series that looked effectively decided as recently as Saturday is now close to a toss-up. How did we get here? Where are we going? And what have we learned so far? Here are five quick thoughts to set the table before Thursday night. 1. The Raptors have already exorcised the ghosts of the past. Many would argue that it was the four bounces and Kawhi Leonard's Game 7 buzzer-beater that delivered the Raptors from years of playoff heartbreak and questions about mental toughness and perennial disappointment. That's fine. The Kawhi shot will live forever, and whatever happens through the rest of the Eastern Conference finals or later this summer in free agency, no one can ever take that Game 7 from Toronto. But for all the catharsis of that one moment, I think the broader trajectory of this Raptors playoff run tells a story that's even more impressive. That story began when the Raptors were down 2-1 to the Sixers on the road, Pascal Siakam was playing hurt, and Toronto found a way to even the series. Then came Game 7. And now, against the Bucks, the Raptors endured exactly the kind of heartbreaking Game 1 loss that doomed them against Cleveland last season, but after being blown off the floor in Game 2, Toronto gutted out an incredible win in Game 3 before dominating in Game 4. What's most encouraging is that the story isn't about one superstar who changes everything by himself. Kawhi was the hero in Game 7, but over the course of the past week it's been the entire team stepping up. Norman Powell has come back to life. Fred VanVleet just played his best game in a month. Kyle Lowry has been excellent in this entire series. Serge Ibaka has been great off the bench. And on Tuesday Marc Gasol was a big reason the Raptors were able to shred a Miwaukee defense that has been dominant all year long. At various points over the past few weeks we've seen each of the Raptors' main characters do their part to shed the baggage that has defined this team for years. It's been really impressive. The Raptors may not win this series, but if they lose, it will be because the Bucks are better. No one can question this team's toughness anymore. 2. Eric Bledsoe has not exorcised the ghosts of the past. Bledsoe has been disastrous for the Bucks. He's shooting 13.8% on shots outside of five feet so far in this series. He played just 20 minutes in Game 4. The Raptors are often ignoring him on offense and goading him into jumpshots. It's a return to everything Bledsoe endured in last year's Celtics series and it's a big problem. Bledsoe's issues have made the rest of the Milwaukee offense easier to guard, and as he struggles and forces the team to run with George Hill instead, it costs the Bucks their best on-ball perimeter defender, which makes it tougher to slow down a player like Lowry. "We need him to play better," Mike Budenholzer said this week. Elsewhere: Nikola Mirotic is not hitting shots on offense, he's getting beaten on the boards, and he's getting repeatedly targeted on defense. The entire Bucks team was a step slow to rotate against the Raptors on Tuesday, and that's part of why Toronto looked so good. Give decent players enough wide open looks, and eventually they'll get in rhythm and be able to knock down contested shots as well. But if the entire team was struggling, it was Mirotic who personified the problems better than anyone. He needs to be better on offense, but if he can't be at least mediocre on defense, the Bucks will have problems playing him. 3. The future of the East is chaos. If I were running the Sixers or Celtics, I would be encouraged by Bucks-Raptors. The Bucks have been incredible all year, but the past two games have exposed some flaws in the supporting cast that's surrounding Giannis for the foreseeable future. The Raptors, meanwhile, have been excellent in their own right, but they were getting run off the floor in Milwaukee six days ago. Bottom line: both of these teams are really good, but both of them are flawed. There will be room for challengers. The Raptors could lose Kawhi this summer, and the rest of the nucleus is aging. The Bucks could easily lose Malcolm Brogdon or Brook Lopez, and they just sunk $70 million into a point guard who can't stay on the floor in the middle of the Eastern Conference finals. For teams like the Sixers or Celtics, all of this is reason to pause before pressing reset this summer. The Sixers should look at this series and feel better about potentially bringing everyone back for another run. Boston has a hilariously complicated decision to make on Kyrie, but whatever happens there, the Celtics can also confidently conclude that they're not necessarily hopeless if they can find a decent alternative. The same rationale holds for superstar-less free-agency players like the Nets or Knicks as they go all-in and look to chase a title next season. The gap between the top of the East and the middle is more narrow than it looked for the past nine months. Regardless of what happens over the next few days, the next few years in the East are going to be wild for everyone. 4. Giannis Antetokounmpo is now the most interesting player in the series. At this point, Kawhi has nothing left to prove. We've seen him carry the Raptors offense when necessary, and over the past two games, we've seen him take on the most unstoppable offensive player in the game and leave him looking mortal for the first time all season. It has been a genuinely shocking run of dominance on both ends of the floor. Kawhi will leave these playoffs as a consensus top-five player on the planet, and even that designation might be underselling him. So now the focus turns to Giannis. He's the MVP. He's the most dominant big man the league has seen since Shaq and he's more focused and motivated than Shaq ever was. He's a safe bet to own the next 10 years in the NBA. The question is whether the rest of this series will turn into a signature moment in which he solves all these Toronto problems by himself entirely possible or whether Kawhi and the Raptors can do just enough to slow him down and turn this whole series into something that's eventually remembered as a learning experience. Giannis was a mess on offense in Game 3 (5-16, 12 points) and while he was better in Game 4 (9-17, 25 points), he was still nowhere near his peak. (For comparison's sake, he went for 32 on 8-13 shooting in Game 3 of the Celtics series, then followed with 39 points on 15-22 shooting in Game 4). The Bucks have had issues in the halfcourt against Toronto's defense. Maybe players like Bledsoe and Mirotic will bounce back and make life easier, but at some point, Milwuakee will probably need peak Giannis to finish this series. Whether he can get to that level against Kawhi and the Raptors is now an open question. Shaq, Jordan, LeBron, Duncan, Curry most of the superstars who defined entire NBA eras of the past have dealt with adversity and failure on their way to the top of the league. Maybe this is that moment for Giannis. Or maybe he will come back and spend the next two games showing the world that he's already arrived. 5. Let Drake be Drake. "There's certainly no place for fans, or whatever Drake is for the Raptors, on the court," said Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer Wednesday. "There's boundaries and lines for a reason." I love Bud, but I disagree. The New York Times is correct here . Let Drake be Drake. Bring back lint roller night for Game 6. First of all, Drake is franchise quirk that is specific to the Raptors. The Cubs have the ivy at Wrigley, the Red Sox have the Green Monster, the Knicks have 10 million fans who hate themselves, and the Raptors have Drake in $1,200 designer jeans and a hoodie, bouncing up and down the front row like an eighth grade AAU coach. It's ridiculous. It's funny. And more than anything, Drake on the sidelines is typical of what has always made the NBA great. On the one hand, this a sport full of high-stakes drama involving some of the most vivid characters in all of sports. On the other hand, there are constant reminders not to take any of this too seriously. Related slideshow: Best of the NBA playoffs (Provided by imagn)


The news that 41 people were killed when an Aeroflot plane made a fiery emergency landing at a Moscow airport earlier this month was tragic. But the reason why some of those passengers perished isn't just tragic, it's infuriating. Several of the Aeroflot passengers who first evacuated the plane stopped to retrieve their carry-ons before exiting down emergency slides, causing a bottleneck in the single aisle plane and wasting precious seconds that may have allowed some seated farther back in the jet to escape. Videos and photos posted on social media showed passengers walking away from the burning plane with their carry-ons. Others stood by and filmed the accident while screams from the plane can be heard in the distance. Maddening, yes, but not a new phenomenon. Despite the familiar safety announcement before every flight telling passengers to leave their belongings behind in the event of an emergency, the request is often ignored. Even those attention-grabbing safety videos don't seem to be helping. More than a third of respondents in a British study last year said they would take their personal belongings in an emergency. But studies aren't necessary to show that passengers are ignoring safety announcements. Travelers on an Emirates flight in 2016 were filmed rummaging for their carry-ons as the cabin filled with smoke. Flight attendants can be heard yelling for passengers to leave the plane. The same scene unfolded on British Airways Flight 2276 in Las Vegas and Delta Flight 1086 in New York, both in 2015. Also on Asiana Flight 214 in San Francisco in 2013. And Cathay Pacific Flight 365 in Shanghai in 2011. It's firmly established. There is a problem with people ignoring safety warnings when it comes to retrieving their baggage during an emergency. What isn't established is how to stop it. One of the most straightforward ways to stop people from grabbing their carry-ons in an evacuation is to banish the luggage from the cabin . There is a strident group (myself among them) who believe that banning carry-ons from the main cabin would speed up the boarding process and cause less stress among passengers who are anxious there will be no space for their things when they board. In a perfect world   at least my perfect world   airlines would charge for carry-on bags, and make checked luggage free. Sadly, that scenario is not going to happen. US airlines pulled in more than $4.5 billion in bag fees in 2017. The industry has taken its strategy in the opposite direction. In March, American Airlines rolled out planes with extra large overhead bins that offer 40 percent more space to store carry-ons. That's great news for those who insist that their carry-ons stay close, but potentially bad news in the case of an emergency when passengers are grabbing for the 40 percent more items that they have wheeled on. I understand that this may sound melodramatic. Despite the big headlines that air emergencies garner, planes are still one of the safest ways to travel. A Harvard study found that your chances of dying in a plane crash are 1 in 11 million , versus 1 in 5,000 in a car crash. Still, why put any potential obstacle in the way of safety? The question should never be "Your luggage or your life?" The second potential fix for the problem seems more straightforward and more plausible. Smart locking overhead bins. When the seat belt light is on, the overhead bins automatically lock. It's a solution and a feasible alternative. "This is something airlines, plane makers, and regulators might want to think about," said Patrick Smith, a local pilot, blogger , and author of "Cockpit Confidential." He wrote an entry about the Aeroflot crash, aptly called "Deadly Stupidity in Moscow." "Though it presents complication in terms of weight, complexity, cost, and reliability." At last month's Aircraft Interiors Expo in Germany, Airbus demonstrated a mockup of a strip of lighting under the bin, which would indicate whether the bin was full, partially in use, or empty using a traffic light system. Diehl Aviation introduced a system that allows passengers to reserve overhead bin space, all controlled via touch screen. I'm not an aviation expert, but if it's possible to add these features to an overhead bin, it seems a bin that locks when the seat belt light comes on would be quite easy to rig up in comparison. The emergency locking bins could potentially end situations when a passenger wrestles his carry-on from a flight attendant during an evacuation while yelling "I'm taking it," which is what happened during a 2016 American Airlines flight bound for Miami from Chicago. At the time, Robert Sumwalt, the chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told the Chicago Sun-Times that he would consider implementing a fine for that kind of behavior. However, no fines were levied. The NTSB sent its concerns regarding carry-ons and emergency evacuations to the Federal Aviation Administration. To date there have been no changes in policy. What would be better than studying, guessing, and asking for recommendations? It's time for the NTSB and the FAA to crack down on offenders who try to evacuate with their luggage with punishments and fines. It's time for airlines and manufacturers to seriously look into installing automatic locking overhead bins. What is perhaps the easier, most common sense solution? Follow instructions. "In the event of an emergency, listen to flight attendant commands and leave all bags behind," said Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants. "Save your life or the life of a passenger behind you." Christopher Muther can be reached at muther@globe.com . Follow him on Twitter @Chris_Muther and on Instagram @Chris_Muther .


These projects are super-cool - and much easier to take on than an entire DIY kitchen remodel. These projects are super-cool - and much easier to take on than an entire DIY kitchen remodel. A Floating Credenza These storage centers are life savers when it comes to keeping special-occasion dishes out of the way. Plus, a sleek black countertop lined with books and accessories gives an otherwise bland wall some personality. See more at Made By Girl » A Home Bar Here, two of Ikea's BESTA cabinets (they're no longer in stock, but any kitchen cabinet will work) in white high gloss combine together along with wooden peg legs to create the ultimate bar cabinet even Don Draper would be proud to own. Get the tutorial at Brittany Makes » A Storage-Savvy Desk Sure, Ikea sells plenty of desks. But a DIY one can be made to your exact specifications. Here, kitchen cabinets become the base, and a wooden plank pulls it together on top. Glass knobs gives it a high-end look and feel. Get the tutorial at Ikea Hackers » Under-the-Bed Organization Honestly, is it possible to have too much bedroom storage? Didn't think so. Use Ikea cabinets to give your bed a raised-platform treatment that also provides bonus space for organization underneath your mattress. Get the tutorial at Oh Yes » A Rustic Buffet Instead of shelling out big bucks for a reclaimed wooden console, use Ikea cabinets doctored up with shabby-chic wood. It's a place to serve your Thanksgiving dinner that's way more personal (not to mention cost-effective). Get the tutorial at Place of My Taste » Custom Built-Ins Man, oh man, do these cabinets help a bare wall work way harder. By pairing cabinet doors with BILLY bookcases, this project makes for as seriously organized home office. But we'd gladly take this cabinet hack in our bedroom, kitchen, you name it. Get the tutorial at Avery Street Design » Colorful Storage To get this playful look, pick out a few different bright spray paints for the doors of your Ikea cabinets and go to town - just make sure you make your colorful updates before assembling (so the rest of the console stays a crisp white). Get the tutorial at Sugar & Cloth » A DIY Doll House No little kid will know the difference between this cabinet creation and a store-bought toy. As long as dolls, mini furniture, and lots of color is involved, it'll be a hit. See more at Ikea Family » A Bench With Bonus Storage If you've always dreamed of a window seat where you can read your book while watching the weather, use cabinets to add double-duty storage - it's the perfect spot to hide board games. Get the tutorial at Centsational Girl » A Country Statement Ikea's IVAR units are usually solid, unfinished cabinets. But a coat of bright red paint (and adorable sunflowers) gives them a country vibe and makes an otherwise drab unit a statement piece. Get the tutorial at Snuggle Bug University » Hide the Litter Box Nothing is a bigger turn-off than having your cat's litter box in the middle of your home. But if you don't have a bonus room to store it in, try this hack to conceal it from view. Plus, the cabinet door opens up so it's still easy to clean. Get the tutorial at Ikea Hackers » Floating Shelving Unit These white cabinets blend into the white walls, which help keep the decor clean and crisp. You can hide blankets inside, while showcasing your favorite art and succulent collection on top. See more at Sugar & Cloth »


Think of all the things a microphone can pick up: voices, noises, whispers, conversations, arguments, confessions   even people alone, in a room, mumbling to themselves. Think of all the things you say in a private space, all the weird things you do. Once those sounds have been saved, that data can be stored, edited, manipulated and shared. Now, think of all the things a camera can see, record, save, and share with who knows who. Speaking of, if you're in a vacation rental, there's no guarantee hidden cameras are not in play. Smart devices can work miracles, obeying your every command. In return, they may transmit everything about you to a programmer in a city you've never heard of. Even services that seem benevolent, like smoking-cessation and mental health apps, have been quietly sharing sensitive info about their users . Since so many smart devices are collecting personal data on us, it begs the question: What do data miners use all this information for? What do the raw statistics of our lives matter to the likes of Google, Apple or Amazon? Gathering and storing all those files takes a lot of effort, so what's the payoff? And how concerned should we be that tech giants are hoarding such everyday intelligence? Remember, personal data can be abused or stolen, no matter how trivial, and cyber-criminals are currently combing through millions of filched email addresses, mortgage documents and even medical records. Generally, developers say that these data points help their smart devices run better. You may believe that, or you may not. You may feel comfortable with it, or you may be weirded out. Whatever the case, there are often ways to avoid observation. Read on to see what data these gadgets collect and what you can do about it. Helping hand: How smart home products help take care of your family Fighting crime: Police turn to private doorbell cameras to help catch criminals Amazon Echo For Amazon Echo to work, the microphone has to hear its "wake phrase." Echo records every single command and keeps those audio files in a special database. To developers, this is a way to refine the technology and cater to your specific voice patterns. The more data the system collects, the better it will understand and respond to you. But many users find this disturbing. In the case of Alexa, the easiest way to delete everything you said in the past day is to literally say, "Alexa, delete everything I said today." I know, it sounds like wishing for more wishes, but Amazon assures us the trick works, at least for recent commands. There's still the problems of Alexa always listening and what to do about your old recordings. Let's tackle the old recordings first. Unless the delete command is expanded to include all recordings, you still have to remove old files manually. Here's what to do: 1. Open the Alexa app and go into the " Settings " section. 2. Select " History " and you'll see a list of all the entries. 3. Select an entry and tap the Delete button. 4. If you want to delete all the recordings with a single click, you must visit the " Manage Your Content and Devices " page at amazon.com/mycd. As for Alexa and Echo devices always listening, well, you could turn off each of the devices, but then what's the point of having them? The real issue, we discovered, is that Amazon employees around the world are listening to us and making transcriptions. Here's how to stop that: 1 . Open the Alexa app on your phone. 2. Tap the menu button on the top left of the screen. 3. Select " Settings " then "Alexa Account." 4. Choose " Alexa Privacy ." 5. Select " Manage how your data improves Alexa ." 6. Turn off the toggle next to " Help Develop New Features ." 7. Turn off the toggle next to your name under "Use Messages to Improve Transcriptions." Google Assistant Google Assistant has the "OK Google" wake-up call, but the company introduced the My Account tool that lets you access your recordings and delete them if you want. You can also tell Google to stop recording your voice for good. Here's how to turn off the "OK Google" wake phrase: On Android, go to Settings >> Google >> Search & Now >> Voice and turn " OK Google " detection off. Siri and iPhone Tracking Apps Siri doesn't have the same "virtual assistant" cachet as Echo and Home, but it does have a wake phrase, which means it's always listening for the words "Hey Siri." To prevent this unwanted surveillance, just do the following: On your iPhone, go to Settings >> Siri & Search >> toggle off " Listen for Hey Siri ." Apple was recently criticized for harvesting data while you sleep and sending it to third parties. Apple has historically avoided flak for these types of privacy issues, but these apps slipped through the cracks … while you were sleeping. To terminate this data collection, open the Settings app, then select General , and then Background App Refresh . Here, you'll be able to turn the feature off for specific apps   or for the whole phone altogether. So, what do they do with the data? To get back to what started this column, the question is, what do companies like Google, Amazon and Apple do with your data? Well, we hope they do what they say they do, which is use it to improve technology and make our lives easier and more enjoyable. I've been doing this too long to believe that it's all about our benefit. This data can be used to target you with advertisements, as well as to determine things like how much you pay for insurance, whether you are potentially a good employee and other things you never intended your data to be used for. What do you think? Are your smart speaker lover or hater? Drop me a line at Twitter.com/KimKomando . What digital lifestyle questions do you have? Call Kim's national radio show and tap or click here to find it on your local radio station . You can listen to or watch the Kim Komando Show on your phone, tablet, television or computer. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: When smart devices watch you, what do they do with the data?


When you find success, it's easy to get complacent; to believe that because you attained success before means it should come easy. But that's not these Chicago Bears. The Bears found success last season when most believed they wouldn't - going from worst to first with a 12-4 record, an NFC North title and a playoff appearance. Given that the Bears return all but two starters on offense and defense, the core is in place for this team moving forward into 2019. Understanding the potential of this team, it's not something these players take lightly. Even in the warm summer of Bourbonnais. "Not one time, literally not one time this whole camp, not one time in the periods, have I had to say to pick it up," Nagy said following Tuesday's practice. "Not one time. "It's real. These guys, they lead themselves. They motivate themselves." Even when they have a sluggish practice on a Monday, which Nagy noted there is always one. "Our guys got to stay strong - they got to fight through this," Nagy said Monday. "Losing teams don't fight through it. We fought through it." The Bears' theme for the 2019 season is "Chasing Great." It's displayed on the t-shirts they wear and in their demeanor as they take the practice field at Olivet Nazaerene University. This isn't a team that's settling for the success they had last season. They believe that they can achieve so much more - that greatness that they're chasing. Remember to subscribe to Chicago Shuffle on Apple Podcasts and leave a friendly review and rating. View embedded content MORE: ESPN's Molly Qerim walked off set after Max Kellerman said Kobe's on his 'all-NBA worst team' Eagles' release unofficial depth chart for preseason opener vs. Titans Packers' decision to cut OT Jason Spriggs places spotlight on second-year UDFA Alex Light 4 surprises from the Steelers first official depth chart Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo enjoying evolution of his new defense


Everyone has their opinions on sports. Fans (and haters) of the Los Angeles Lakers are no exception as everyone has been giving their two cents on how the team can turn things around after missing the playoffs even after their biggest free agency signing in recent memory in LeBron James. In classic, random Lakers fashion, the newest person to give their opinions on the state of the team is none other than rapper Schoolboy Q. As a South Los Angeles native, Schoolboy Q has been a Lakers fan his whole life. In his fandom, he joins many other rapping celebrities such as Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and his fellow labelmate Kendrick Lamar. Schoolboy was asked by Bleacher Report about what the team needs to do to return to prominence again, and his first step was actually keeping Lonzo Ball. First step, KEEP Lonzo? @SchoolboyQ fixes the Lakers franchise pic.twitter.com/9q28aBzLbK - Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) May 8, 2019 Schoolboy had some good points regarding why the Lakers should hold onto Ball, including his fit with a star player like LeBron: Because I feel like with another star player, and he loves to facilitate the ball, he doesn't seem like he's really interested in scoring a lot. He plays great defense, he pushes the ball up fast and I think that's what we need…to speed the pace up a little bit more. That's some pretty good analysis from one of my personal favorite rappers! Good job, Schoolboy Q! Unfortunately, he immediately followed up his praise for Ball by laying out his second step: get Anthony Davis. Yeah - about that. The Lakers probably wouldn't be able to get Davis without trading Ball along with Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram and others. The only other option would be waiting until he's a potential free agent in the 2020 offseason. Something tells me that the Lakers won't be patient for that long with the fact that James is 34 years old and can be a potential free agent himself in the 2021 offseason. Schoolboy Q listed three other steps to fixing the Lakers' franchise, including forgetting about that whole Magic Johnson thing, fixing the coaching situation, and lastly: Five, they can sign me, I would go crazy. MORE: NBA Free Agency 2019: The top players Why Packers' redefined defense could give Aaron Rodgers a Super Bowl opportunity Cowboys News: Prescott's circle of trust questioned, Kris Richard RKGs Dale Earnhardt Jr. thought his wife, Amy, might break up with him over this drunken go-kart incident Jarrell Owens: What the Browns are getting in their new DE


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Video by AFP BERLIN   A former nurse who liked putting patients into cardiac arrest because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them was convicted Thursday of 85 counts of murder, making him what is believed to be the worst serial killer in modern German history. Oldenburg court judge Sebastian Buehrmann sentenced 42-year-old Niels Hoegel to life in prison and noted the "particular seriousness of the crimes" in his verdict. Hoegel worked at a hospital in the northwestern city of Oldenburg between 1999 and 2002 and another hospital in nearby Delmenhorst from 2003 to 2005, and the killings took place between 2000 and 2005, the dpa news agency reported. Hoegel's victims ranged in age between 34 and 96. Hoegel was convicted in 2015 of two murders and two attempted murders and is already currently serving a life sentence. There are no consecutive sentences in the German system, but the court's ruling on the seriousness of the crimes all but ensures he will remain incarcerated after the standard 15-year term is up. During his first trial, Hoegel said he intentionally brought about cardiac crises in some 90 patients in Delmenhorst because he enjoyed the feeling of being able to resuscitate them. He later told investigators that he also killed patients in Oldenburg. Authorities subsequently investigated hundreds of deaths, exhuming bodies of former patients. In all Hoegel was tried in Oldenburg on 100 counts of murder, but the court found him not guilty on 15 counts for lack of evidence. Pleas are not entered in the German system and during the seven-month trial, Hoegel admitted to 43 of the killings, disputed five and said he couldn't remember the other 52. Hoegel testified that he had a "protected" childhood, free of violence. He said his grandmother and his father, who were both nurses, had been his role models for going into the profession. "Now I sit here fully convinced that I want to give every relative an answer," Hoegel said during the trial. "I am really sorry." In his closing statement to the court on Wednesday, Hoegel reiterated the apology, expressing shame and remorse, and saying he realized how much pain and suffering he had caused with his "terrible deeds." "To each and every one of you I sincerely apologize for all that I have done," he said. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 85 patient murders: Germany's worst serial killer, nurse Niels Hoegel, gets life sentence


Plane debris that washed up on an Indian Ocean island is from a Boeing 777, Malaysian authorities said Friday, making it almost certainly the first piece of wreckage recovered from missing flight MH370. If confirmed by analysis of the wing part -- which was being flown to Paris on Friday night from the French island of La Reunion -- the discovery would mark the first breakthrough in a case that has baffled aviation experts for 16 months. The Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. There were 239 people on board. "I believe that we are moving closer to solving the mystery of MH370. This could be the convincing evidence that MH370 went down in the Indian Ocean," Malaysia's deputy transport minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi told AFP. A commercial Air France flight carrying the debris was due to land at Paris' Orly airport on Saturday morning at around 6:00 am (0400 GMT). It will be transported to Toulouse for analysis in a defence ministry laboratory. French officials said analysis of the wing part would begin on Wednesday, along with an examination of parts of a suitcase discovered nearby. Boeing said in a statement Friday that it would send a technical team to France to study the plane debris at the request of civil aviation authorities. "Our goal, along with the entire global aviation industry, continues to be not only to find the airplane, but also to determine what happened -- and why," the US aerospace giant added. However, authorities have warned one small piece of plane debris is unlikely to completely clear up one of aviation's greatest puzzles. MH370 was one of only three Boeing 777s to have been involved in major incidents, along with the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine last year and the Asiana Airlines crash at San Francisco airport in 2013 that left three dead. Photographs show the wing component bearing the part number "657BB". "From the part number, it is confirmed that it is from a Boeing 777 aircraft. This information is from MAS (Malaysia Airlines)," Aziz told AFP. Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is leading the search for the passenger jet, said the agency was "increasingly confident that this debris is from MH370". - Curious locals - On La Reunion, where a clean-up crew discovered the wreckage and the suitcase, dozens of curious locals scoured the rocky shore for other possible debris. Members of the same clean-up association on Friday discovered a detergent bottle with Indonesian markings and a bottle of Chinese-branded mineral water, which they took to police. Of the victims, 152 were Chinese and seven from Indonesia. Australian officials played down the discovery of the suitcase, saying such items "may just be rubbish". The Australian-led search has spent 16 months combing the southern Indian Ocean for the aircraft, which is known to have inexplicably veered off-course. But no confirmed physical evidence has ever been found, sparking wild conspiracy theories about the plane's fate. For the families of the victims, torn between wanting closure and hoping beyond hope that their loved ones were still somehow alive, the discovery of the wing part has been yet another painful turn on an emotional rollercoaster. Australian Jeanette Maguire, whose sister Cathy was on board, said the discovery had triggered "a very bittersweet feeling for all of the family, it's quite emotional". Speculation on the cause of the plane's disappearance has focused primarily on a possible mechanical or structural failure, a hijacking or terror plot, or rogue pilot action. - Main debris at bottom of ocean - Scientists say there are several plausible scenarios in which ocean currents could have carried a piece of debris from the plane to the island. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said while the part "could be a very important piece of evidence", using reverse modelling to determine more precisely where the debris may have drifted from was "almost impossible". Australian search authorities, which are leading the Indian Ocean hunt for the aircraft some 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) from La Reunion, said they were confident the main debris field was in the current search area. Dolan said the discovery did not mean other parts would start washing up on La Reunion. "Over the last 16 or 17 months, any floating debris would have dispersed quite markedly across the Indian Ocean," he said. Truss said investigators would be keen to examine the part to try to find out how it may have separated from the rest of the jet and "whether there's any evidence of fire or other misadventure on the aircraft". But Dolan cautioned that there were "limits to how much you can determine from just one piece of debris". "We know that the main debris field associated with MH370 is going to be on the bottom of the ocean, not floating on the surface." burs-fb/ric/kjl/rob Malaysia Airlines Boeing Asiana Air France


Jean-Karl Vernay has been sidelined from today's TCR Australia races at Queensland Raceway by illness. The Frenchman made a stunning debut in the Aussie series with pole and dominant win for the Melbourne Performance Centre Audi squad on Saturday. However he's now been ruled out of today's two races by illness, Aaron Seton set to make his TCR debut as a last-minute replacement. The son of Supercars legend Glenn Seton will start from the rear of grid, with ASM Alfa driver Dylan O'Keeffe now effectively on pole for Race 2. "It is a real shame about the situation that we have with JK," said MPC boss Troy Russell. "After taking pole position and the win yesterday, we were really looking forward to building on those results. "It's great that we've been able to get Aaron Seton to drive the car in JK's absence. His name needs no introduction to our sport, and he has built a great reputation as a driver in his own right. "It will be a baptism of fire, but we're looking forward to seeing how he goes." Today's two races from Queensland Raceway can be streamed live and free from anywhere in the world via Motorsport.TV.


Thousands have marched through the Ukrainian capital for its annual gay pride event, the largest and most peaceful the country has seen. Ukrainian politicians joined the celebration in Kiev, with organisers putting the number of attendees at 8,000 - up from 5,000 last year. However, there was tight security as far-right activists staged a counter-demonstration. Despite a few scuffles, there were only nine arrests before the event. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a former comedian who took office last month, has made clear his intention to promote tolerance in a country where the LGBT community is often under attack. "Our desire is to convey to a majority of people that LGBT is normality," Eduard, a 17-year-old tattoo artist, told Reuters news agency. "I am taking part for the fifth time. Ukraine is making significant progress compared to previous years, security and organisation are much better." Last year, 56 members of nationalist groups were arrested for aiming to disrupt the march beforehand.


Duboce Triangle , Lower Haight On Wednesday evening, a massive Leyland Cypress tree collapsed in Duboce Park, landing on an overhead wire that supplies power to the N-Judah train line and causing disruptions to service. A Rec & Park spokesperson told Hoodline that the tree fell around 8 p.m., at the corner of Duboce Avenue and Steiner Street. No injuries were reported, they said, and it's still unclear what brought the tree down. "A high-wind zone, water saturation, age   these are all potential factors," the spokesperson said. Because of damage to the overhead wires , inbound N-Judah trains were switching back at Carl Street and Hillway Avenue, while outbound trains rerouted to Castro station, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) said on Twitter. In place of the trains, bus shuttles operated between Church & Duboce and 19th & Judah for the remainder of the evening. It's not the first time a large tree has fallen in Duboce Park. Back in 2011 , high winds toppled a giant tree at the same corner; two weeks later, another tree crashed to the ground on the northern side of the park, near Potomac Street. As for this tree, SF Public Works and Rec & Park crews have been out conducting cleanup last night and this morning. The Rec & Park spokesperson said that repairs to the damaged turf zone around the fallen tree will continue for the next few weeks.


BEIJING (AP)   China on Wednesday renewed a demand that Canada release a top executive of tech giant Huawei a day after announcing a suspension of all imports of Canadian meat products in an apparent bid to increase the pressure on Ottawa. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters at a daily briefing Wednesday that Canada should "take seriously China's concerns" and immediately release Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer and the daughter of the company's founder. The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa said in a statement Tuesday that Chinese customs inspectors detected residue from a restricted feed additive called ractopamine in a batch of Canadian pork products, prompting the ban. The additive is permitted in Canada but banned in China. Meng was arrested Dec. 1 in Canada at the request of U.S. authorities, who want to try her on fraud charges. She resides under house arrest in one of her mansions in the city of Vancouver. Days after Meng's arrest, China responded by detaining two Canadians and sentenced another to death in an apparent attempt to pressure for Meng's release. The two detained men, former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor, have been accused of conspiring together to steal state secrets. No evidence has been provided and they have not been allowed access to family members or lawyers while remaining in custody. The latest action against Canada comes as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads to Japan for the G-20 summit later this week. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the summit amid the ongoing tariff war between the world's two largest economies. Meng's arrest set off a diplomatic furor among the three countries, severely damaging Beijing's relations with Ottawa. The Chinese have refused to talk to senior Canadian government officials, including Trudeau and Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland. Before acting against Canadian meat, China previously stopped importing certain Canadian products like canola. Last year, Canada's shipments of pork to China were worth about 500 million Canadian dollars, or about $380 million.


TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Before Toledo coach Matt Campbell meets with the media on Monday, he first faces about 175 Toledo fans, most old enough to be his father or grandfather. And they have questions. At the weekly luncheon held in the lobby of the basketball arena, Campbell gets grilled about the Rockets' recent 51-35 victory against Massachusetts. Coach, why so many penalties? Coach, why are the kickoffs so short? Coach, why do we use only one running back at a time? Those multimillion dollar coaches in the Power Five don't have to run this gauntlet every week. But Campbell, the 35-year-old fourth-year Toledo coach, doesn't miss a beat. Campbell gives detailed answers that seem to satisfy the questioners. And why not? He's had all the answers this season for the 20th-ranked Rockets (7-0), who play Mid-American Conference rival Northern Illinois at home on Tuesday night. The Ohio native isn't climbing the career ladder as much as he is bounding up the stairs to success. He caught the New England Patriots' attention as a 23-year-old graduate assistant. Urban Meyer tried to hire Campbell before he had ever met him. Instead of rushing toward the big time, Campbell stayed close to his roots and still he is on the verge of becoming one of the most wanted coaches in college football when the hiring season starts in about a month. Campbell grew up in Massillon, the son of a coach. Rick Campbell chose not to coach his son, though, instead working at rival high school Jackson. Matt Campbell played at Perry High School for coach Keith Wakefield, an Ohio high school Hall of Famer. The lessons Campbell took from his father and Wakefield made him a young coach with an old football soul. "Really learned the value of a very old-school, principled coach. Attitude and effort. The ability to come every day with a purpose. I still use a lot of that today when I coach our teams," Campbell said. Campbell won three conference championships as a player in high school and played on three national championship teams at Division III Mount Union. In between, Campbell got a taste of what it was like to be part of losing team. He went to Pittsburgh out of high school and was part of a fractured team in 1998 that went 2-9. Campbell did not see the attitude and effort he was accustomed to seeing in high school. If this was Division I football, it was not for him. "I draw so much today on that nine months at Pitt that I never want a kid in our program to feel or to touch what I really feel like now, as I look back, didn't look right or feel right," he said. On the drive home from Pitt the following July, he stopped off at Mount Union, the Division III powerhouse and his father's alma mater. "There's 60, 70 Division III football players and they're all working out. I'm thinking, this is amazing," said Campbell, who transferred to Mount Union and played for two national championship teams. He immediately jumped into coaching after he was done playing as a graduate assistant with Bowling Green. The former defensive lineman immersed himself in the spread offense that Meyer had left behind after his brief stay at the school. During a scouting visit to Bowling Green by then New England Patriots director of player personnel Scott Pioli, Campbell was assigned to make sure the VIP had everything he needed. Pioli came away impressed enough to offer Campbell the opportunity to interview for a job with the most successful team in the NFL. Campbell passed. He instead returned to Mount Union with boxes of VHS tapes to help transition the Purple Raiders to a spread offense. "Matt really jumped in and did the pre-planning. And he would come to each staff meeting with an agenda and ideas," said former Mount Union coach Larry Kehres, who is now the school's athletic director. "He showed me that he wanted to be the offensive coordinator and perhaps the playcaller, but I didn't just say, 'Do that.' He showed that he wanted to and then he showed that he could." Campbell was part of two more Mount Union championships as a coach. Then it was back to Bowling Green and eventually to Toledo, where coach Tim Beckman made him a 30-year-old offensive coordinator in 2010. "As an assistant coach, you could tell this is going to be a guy who's going to move," Toledo athletic director Mike O'Brien said. The big move came after the 2011 regular season. Beckman was hired by Illinois and O'Brien turned to Campbell to be at first the interim head coach as Toledo prepared for a bowl game, and then the permanent replacement. "Went to the first practice not to check up on Matt, just to check the temperature in the room," O'Brien said. "We had not missed a beat." Toledo beat Air Force in the Military Bowl and at 32 years old Campbell was the youngest head in major college football. "He was born, in my view, to be a head football coach," O'Brien said. Before Campbell said yes to O'Brien, he had to say no to Meyer. Campbell popped up on his radar after he got the Ohio State job. "Someone recommended him to me and I started asking my friends who were high school coaches in the state and to a man they loved the guy," Meyer said. "Then I started doing my homework on his football acumen and it all came back plusses." Now in his third full season at Toledo, Campbell has the Rockets rolling and that Mount Union culture of player ownership in place. There will soon be opportunities for Campbell to leave Toledo, which launched the careers of Nick Saban and Gary Pinkel. Power Five schools will call, looking to quadruple (or more) the $495,000 salary he made last year, according to USA Today's coaches' salary data base. That's for later. For now, Toledo has not won a MAC title since 2004 and his job is to change that. "My dad, he said 'Matt, football's a funny thing. If you just work really hard and do what you're asked to do, then everything always takes care of itself. You don't have to worry about those things," Campbell said. "And I don't." ____ AP College Football: www.collegefootball.ap.org


Curious just how far your dollar goes in Arlington? We've rounded up the latest rental offerings via rental sites Zumper and Apartment Guide to get a sense of what to expect when it comes to finding housing in Arlington if you don't want to spend more than $1,300/month on rent. Take a peek at what rentals the city has to offer, below. (Note: Prices and availability are subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. 1601 W. Arbrook Blvd. Listed at $1,200/month, this 823-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bathroom spot is located at 1601 W. Arbrook Blvd. In the unit, you can anticipate hardwood flooring, a fireplace and a dishwasher. The building boasts assigned parking and on-site laundry. Cats and dogs are welcome. Walk Score indicates that the area around this address is very walkable and has some bike infrastructure. (See the complete listing here .) 2004 Sherry St. Next, there's this two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit situated at 2004 Sherry St. It's also listed for $1,205/month for its 1,012 square feet. Pets are not welcome. According to Walk Score, this location is somewhat walkable and has some bike infrastructure. (See the complete listing here .) 2308 Fair Oaks Drive (North) Here's a 941-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at 2308 Fair Oaks Drive that's going for $1,210/month. The unit comes with in-unit laundry, a fireplace and hardwood flooring. The building features secured entry and a swimming pool. Attention, pet owners: Cats and dogs are permitted here. Be prepared for a $300 non-refundable pet fee. According to Walk Score, this location is somewhat walkable and isn't particularly bikeable. (Check out the complete listing here .) 724 Polk Drive (North) Finally, check out this 950-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom spot that's located at 724 Polk Drive. It's also listed for $1,210/month. The building boasts on-site laundry. The residence also includes a mix of hardwood floors and carpeting, a walk-in closet and a fireplace. Attention, pet owners: Your dogs and cats are welcome here. Walk Score indicates that this location is somewhat walkable and has some bike infrastructure. (See the complete listing here .) Working with a tight budget? Here are the cheapest rentals recently listed in Arlington . This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Arizona has added another former McDonald's All-American to their roster. Jordan Brown, a five-star center from California that played his freshman season at Nevada, announced on twitter on Friday morning that he will be transferring to Tucson to finish out his college career. pic.twitter.com/kH7paRf46F   Jordan Brown (@JIBrown21) June 7, 2019 Brown did not have a great season with the Wolf Pack. He averaged just 3.0 points and 2.1 boards in 10 minutes per game playing on a veteran team for a coach in Eric Musselman that has preferred using a limited rotation in the past. He will have to sit out the 2019-20 season due to transfer rules, but Brown will be eligible to play in 2020-21 with three years of eligibility remaining.


Celtic full-back Kieran Tierney is set to become the subject of another bid from Arsenal this summer, with the Gunners already seeing two transfer offers turned down almost instantly. Unai Emery's side hasn't been overly active in the transfer market so far, although they have just completed a club-record £72m deal to sign Lille OSC winger Nicolas Pépé, their fourth signing of the summer. Despite being an obvious area for improvement this summer, Arsenal still haven't made any defensive signings - £27m star William Saliba won't be available until next season - although full-back Tierney could be set to join before the window closes next week. The Express claims that Arsenal are close to making an improved bit for Tierney in the next few days, with the Gunners looking to improve on their initial £15m offer for the Scotland international. Although the club have just committed to a club-record fee , it's understood that their agreed payment structure with Lille could open up the option of making at least one other signing before the window closes. Coupled with their recent £10m sale of Poland Under-21 international Krystian Bielik to Derby County , The Express claim that Arsenal could now finally meet Celtic's valuation as Unai Emery looks for an alternative to Sead Kolašinac . Arsenal expected to make new offer for Celtic left back Kieran Tierney over the next few days. Celtic have already rejected two bids from Arsenal this summer. The second bid was worth £25m but it was rejected because of the payment structure.   Kaveh Solhekol (@SkyKaveh) August 2, 2019 Although Arsenal are set to be linked with a host of other names throughout the window, it's unlikely that there will be any more major significant signings after Tierney's arrival in confirmed by the club. There has been plenty of suggestion that a new centre-back could still arrive ahead on the new season, although it's most likely to be on a year-long loan in north London rather than anything else.


The Trump administration will begin challenging nationwide injunctions by federal judges, according to a speech by Vice President Mike Pence before the Federalist Society. District court judges have previously issued injunctions on several administration initiatives, such as an injunction on the ban on individuals from majority-Muslim countries entering the U.S. in 2017, and one on a rule to bar organizations that provide abortion referrals from receiving federal funding last month. "A Supreme Court Justice has to convince four of his colleagues to uphold a nationwide injunction -- but a single district court judge can issue one, effectively preventing the duly-elected President of the United States from fulfilling his constitutional duties," Pence said in his speech, according to prepared remarks. However, appeals courts may also overturn injunctions. Just this week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the government , allowing the administration to continue the controversial policy that requires immigrants to stay in Mexico while they await immigration court hearings after a district court judge had halted the practice. "Although we received some good news last night, that the 9th Circuit stayed an injunction to allow our administration to continue our "remain in Mexico" policy -- our administration has been unfairly hit with more nationwide injunctions than the first 40 American presidents -- combined," Pence said, acknowledging the 9th Circuit ruling. "The Supreme Court of the United States must clarify that district judges can decide no more than the cases before them," Pence argued. "In the days ahead, our administration will seek opportunities to put this question before the Supreme Court."


For those that believe Kyrie Irving quit on the Boston Celtics before the start of the postseason, Celtics president and general manager Danny Ainge's assertion that he figured Kyrie Irving wasn't returning "in March or April" only adds gasoline to the fire that's burning his effigy in New England. At Kemba Walker's introductory press conference, the longtime front executive and former Celtics guard fielded a myriad of questions and was his usual candid self when discussing the twists and turns of the team's offseason. Sure, he doesn't believe that all the blame can be placed on Irving , but before the playoffs even began, Ainge "was obviously thinking of moving in a different direction at that point, thinking about different options." Danny Ainge on when he found out Kyrie Irving would not be returning: "I had a pretty good idea in March or April. Not for sure, though. But I was obviously thinking of moving in a different direction at that point, thinking about different options." - Nicole Yang (@nicolecyang) July 17, 2019 It's worth noting that in early March, with reports stating that Irving had "become detached and disengaged from" his (now former) teammates and with a disheartening four-game losing streak barely in their rearview, former Celtics big man Al Horford named Irving as the catalyst for a vibe-changing plane ride that allowed the team to recalibrate . He was even complimentary of Celtics head coach Brad Stevens in a relationship that showed strain in a contentious season. However, during the All-Star Break, Irving and (former Golden State Warriors forward) Kevin Durant were said to be inseparable . By late March, there were reports stating he and Durant were texting everyday . Within days, rumors were going around that Irving preferred the Brooklyn Nets over the New York Knicks , which appears to be true in retrospect. So while Irving may have changed his attitude as the team's de facto leader, he apparently had a change of heart about re-signing with the Celtics before the offseason even started. Whether that played a part in his decision to play hero-ball rather than leaning towards a more team-oriented style of play when he was struggling in the Eastern Conference semifinals can't be proved, although one would surmise that a player is more inclined to put his trust in teammates if he's bought into re-signing than if he's already counting down the days when he can continue his career elsewhere. Unfortunately for Boston, all that can be proved is that the Kyrie Irving Experiment was a failed one, and one that appears to have ended before the expiration date. MORE: See the dramatic final hand of 2019 WSOP Main Event that won Hossein Ensan $10 million Baker Mayfield swings and misses with attempted rip of Giants fans LeBron James Boasts About '300 Mil Later' After Rich Paul Klutch Sale to UTA The top 100 players in the NFL today News: Cowboys' $100 million men underpaid, and more dangerous in 2019


Japan's top whaling negotiator said Tuesday Tokyo would try again to justify its "scientific" Antarctic Ocean hunt after a panel of experts said the government had not proved why it needed to kill the mammals. Joji Morishita, Japan's commissioner to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), said he and his fellow officials would do their best to meet demands for evidence their hunt is scientific, with the Japanese government determined to restart what it claims is research. "We respect their recommendations and we will make the best effort to respond to their recommendations, in good faith and in a sincere manner," Morishita told journalists in Tokyo. "Our draft research plan is a draft from page one to the end, so all parts of the research plan can be improved, amended or changed in the course of the discussion." Despite international disapproval, Japan has hunted whales in the Southern Ocean under an exemption in the global whaling moratorium that allows for lethal research. It makes no secret of the fact that meat from the animals -- killed ostensibly for research -- is processed into food. The International Court of Justice -- the highest court of the United Nations -- ruled in March last year that the research was a fig leaf for a commercial hunt and ordered that it end. After that ruling, Japan said it would not catch whales during this winter's Antarctic season but has since expressed its intention to resume "research whaling" in 2015-16. Japan tinkered with its programme and submitted a new plan to a panel of experts from the IWC. Amongst other things, the plan reduced the annual catch target to 333 from 900, and put a 12-year limit on the research. - Sustainable hunting - That panel on Monday said there was not enough evidence supporting why the whales need to be killed if Japan really wants to find out what they eat and how old they are. "I believe our experts did a very scientific and technical job as... expected," Morishita told reporters. "As you might know, oftentimes even scientific discussion at the International Whaling Commission can become, I should say, political or emotional because of positions taken by the governments." He added Japan would fine tune the plan before a meeting of the IWC's science committee in San Diego next month. "We will see how that will develop at the scientific committee itself in... May," he said. Japan has said it believes the world's whale population, especially the stock of minke whales, is sizeable enough to accommodate a return to sustainable whaling. It argued in its proposal to the IWC that knowledge gained by the research killing would help the IWC calculate sustainable levels for hunting. Lethal research should also lead to a better understanding of the Antarctic marine ecosystem, Japan maintains. Last month Japanese whaling ships returned from the Antarctic without a single whale, after carrying out what they said was "non-lethal" research, such as sightings. It was the first time since 1987 when the country began the annual "research" hunt in the Antarctic, according to local media. Despite having had a target of 900 animals, Japan killed just 251 minke whales in the Antarctic in the 2013-14 season and only 103 the previous year, with the aggressive interventionist tactics of conservation group Sea Shepherd blamed.


There's obviously pressure on Kyler Murray , and there has been since he decided to be a football player and became the No. 1 overall pick. But for his part, he doesn't accept it. " I don't feel pressure ," the Cardinals quarterback said, via Josh Weinfuss of ESPN.com. That doesn't mean there won't be any, as he adjusts to a different game. He admitted that part of what's helping his transition is not having to worry about anything other than getting better at ball. "It's been fun," Murray said. "It's a little different. Schedule's a little easier just because this is what we love to do. This is what I love to do, so for me, it's easy to just wake up and play football and worry about football." But for his happy-go-lucky attitude (and perhaps sheer denial), he is aware of the expectations on him in Arizona, which is why the singular focus on the sport makes life easier. "I got to go out and play well," Murray said. "And if I don't, then people are gonna be mad, I'm gonna be mad, everybody's gonna be mad. So, my focus is play well." There you go. No pressure, kid. Now just go fix one of the worst franchises in the NFL.


While there are few specifics surrounding the absence of Washington left tackle Trent Williams at the moment, team president Bruce Allen doesn't seem concerned about the unknown at the moment. Allen told J.P. Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com that he's not surprised by Williams' absence. " I know what Trent told me so I know what the truth is ," Allen said. "I'll leave my conversation with Trent between the two of us." There have been reports that Williams wants out of Washington , for reasons beyond his contract. Earlier this offseason, Williams had a benign tumor or growth removed from his scalp. Williams has two years left on his contract, which will pay him more than $27 million, but none of the money is guaranteed. He skipped mandatory minicamp this week. "Trent has been a valuable player for us and that's why we signed him to the contract he has," Allen said. Asked about the possibility of Williams not returning, Allen replied: "I've talked to Trent a few times. He's explained some things to me and I'll leave it at that." Allen's clearly trying to put out a fire here, and the situation has taken a strange turn quickly. Williams' importance to them on the field can't be overstated, as they're on the verge of starting over at quarterback, who might like to be protected. Williams has always been a drama-free oasis in a desert of dysfunction, but now he's in the middle of a situation that seems very typically Washington.


A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday upheld allegations of discrimination and workplace harassment against Beverly Hills Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli, marking the latest defeat in a string of lawsuits lobbed at the chief from inside her own agency. Beverly Hills police Lts. Renato Moreno, Michael Foxen and Shan Davis and a civilian employee named Dona Norris were awarded $1.1 million after three days of deliberations, according to Brad Gage, an attorney representing a number of people with claims against the embattled chief. Spagnoli became the city's first female police chief in 2016, but her tenure has been marked by repeated allegations that she made derogatory comments about the religions, sexual orientation and ethnicity of subordinate officers. At least 21 current and former department employees have filed civil lawsuits or employment complaints that accuse Spagnoli of a range of misconduct, according to court records reviewed by The Times. The city paid out $2.3 million in December to settle the first of those claims, brought by retired Capt. Mark Rosen, who accused Spagnoli of making anti-Semitic remarks and denying him promotional opportunities based on his religion. According to the lawsuit that resulted in Tuesday's verdict, Spagnoli reacted with disgust when she was told Norris was a lesbian. The chief also was accused of asking whether she would have to "dress Mexican" if she attended a holiday party hosted by Moreno. Moreno and Foxen also said they were punished by Spagnoli for giving depositions favorable to Rosen's case, according to court documents. Gage said last year he had been made aware of additional allegations of misconduct against the chief and said the number of employees suing her could balloon to 30. Those other suits, however, have yet to be filed. "I think the city needs to wake up and smell the coffee, as they say," Gage said Tuesday. "It needs to realize that there is a problem in the 90210 that needs to be corrected, and the fact that so many other people are coming forward   with a jury finding four different employees are victims of harassment or retaliation   that's significant." A Beverly Hills spokesman said the city would issue a statement later in the day. The hiring of Spagnoli, a veteran law enforcement officer who previously served as the chief of the San Leandro and Benicia police departments in Northern California, was met with much praise in 2016 after the city's former chief retired amid questions that he was drawing a second salary from a private-sector job. Spagnoli received a glowing write-up in Vogue , and she has served as a board member for the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police, which recently awarded her for "accomplishments which have paved the way for other women in public safety." In an interview with The Times last year, Spagnoli flatly denied allegations that she had sexual relationships with subordinate officers. In reference to the alleged racist and anti-Semitic remarks, Spagnoli said she was "not racist" but stopped short of denying that she had made the comments alleged in the lawsuits. During the civil trial, Spagnoli admitted to making some of the remarks she was accused of but claimed she didn't intend for them to be offensive. james.queally@latimes.com Follow @JamesQueallyLAT for crime and police news in California.


Metabolic health is one of those key measures of health most people need but most people don't know about. And having a good night's sleep is essential to metabolic health. It's more than just maintaining an ideal body weight or exercising regularly. Health professionals define metabolic health as having ideal levels of blood sugar, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure and waist circumference -- but without using medications. These five key factors define metabolic health, which directly relates to a person's risk for heart disease, diabetes and stroke. This explains the importance of metabolic health to our overall health. "We need to look at metabolism beyond just body weight," said Dr. Rekha Kumar , an endocrinologist at New York-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine. "There has been a push to address obesity through public health measures, but this study shows us that even people who are a normal weight seem to be developing diseases that we typically correlate with obesity." Doctors say diet and lifestyle changes can help improve one's metabolic health. Quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet rich in vegetables, maintaining a healthy weight and exercising regularly throughout the week also help one attain metabolic health. But there is one key factor that also helps promote metabolic health. It's sleep hygiene. Sleep hygiene consists of recommended behavioral and environmental practice that is intended to promote better quality sleep. Sleep hygiene recommendations include establishing a regular sleep schedule, limiting worry, limiting exposure to light in the hours before sleep, not using bed for anything but sleep and sex, and avoiding alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, and other stimulants in the hours before bedtime. "Sleep hygiene should also be incorporated into improving metabolic health. That has taken a hit on our modern society with technology and what often feels like a 24-hour workday for people," said Dr Kumar. Having a regular pattern of going to bed and waking-up promotes metabolic health. A new study has linked the habit of metabolic health to a lower chance of developing high blood pressure, obesity and high cholesterol. Collectively, these metabolic risk factors are sometimes referred to as the "metabolic syndrome." A recent medical study examined the relationship between variability of sleep pattern and the development of metabolic risk factors in 2,003 people between 45 and 84 years old. It found that for every 1 hour of day-to-day variation in bedtime or length of sleep, there was a 27 percent increased risk of developing metabolic risk factors. Previous studies have shown a link between insufficient sleep and higher risk of obesity, diabetes and other metabolic disorders. This new study shows the irregularity in the pattern of bedtime and length of sleep might also be a factor in developing metabolic syndrome. "Our research shows that, even after considering the amount of sleep a person gets and other lifestyle factors, every 1-hour night-to-night difference in the time to bed or the duration of a night's sleep multiplies the adverse metabolic effect," said study author Dr. Tianyi Huang, who works as an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Related video: Sleeping Less Than Six Hours a Night Can Significantly Impair Your Work Performance [via T+L]


If most of your summer vacation days are already spoken for, there's no reason to put off planning something special for the winter. Need ideas? Start with these recent airline announcements about new routes and added service. Fewer Fees, More Routes From American Airlines Good news for summer travelers: as of May 21, American Airlines is no longer charging passengers the $150 oversize bag fee for music equipment and common sports gear such as surfboards, skateboards and skis weighing up to 50 pounds. Instead, the airline says , it will now treat these items as standard checked bags, and the good news is that those rates begin at "just" $30. Not everything will fly at this lower rate, though; hang gliders, scuba tanks, kite/windsurfing items and some other equipment that requires special handling will still incur that $150 fee. You might consider putting the savings on checked bag fees towards a trip to some of the new destinations American Airlines will service next winter in Mexico, Hawaii and the Caribbean. While American already operates 85 flights to 22 Mexican cities, it is adding daily service between Phoenix (PHX) and Chihuahua (CUU) starting Dec. 18, as well as Tuesday and Saturday service between Dallas Forth Worth (DFW) and both Acapulco (ACA) and Huatulco (HUX). On Dec. 19, the Fort Worth-based carrier will begin a seasonal nonstop flight between Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD) and Honolulu (HNL) and, on Dec. 22, American will become the first U.S. carrier to service St. Vincent and Grenadines (SVD) in the Caribbean, with a year-round Saturday flight that originates in Miami. Find details about these flights and American's additional winter service to the Caribbean here . Delta Making It Easier to Walk on "bob" and Linking Boston and Miami On Nov. 10, Delta Air Lines will begin offering a daily nonstop flight between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Omaha's Eppley Airfield (OMA). No need to go on (and on) about the activities the City of Angels offers travelers from Nebraska and the Midwest, but there are also plenty of reasons to head to Omaha on this new flight from California. Besides being hometown to Berkshire Hathaway and other major companies, Omaha boasts attractions that include the 130-acre Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium ; the Jocelyn Art Museum ; the Durham Museum , which showcases the rich history of the region; and the 3,000-foot Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge , known to fans as "Bob," that spans the Missouri River and connects Nebraska to Iowa. On Dec. 21, Delta Air Lines will expand its already robust offerings from Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS) with twice daily service to Miami International Airport (MIA) and add daily frequencies on its flights from BOS to other Florida cities, including Orlando (MCO), Fort Myers (RSW), West Palm Beach (PBI) and Fort Lauderdale (FLL). Find more details on these and other added Delta service from Boston here . Cute Alert: Eva Air's Hello Kitty Jet Coming to San Francisco Fans of Hello Kitty will be pleased to know that EVA Air's adorable Hello Kitty Hand-in-Hand Jet will soon be part of the airline's San Francisco schedule, with two flights a flight a week between SFO and Taipei, Taiwan starting on Oct. 27. The specially painted plane will fly on Saturdays and alternate between Tuesdays and Thursdays for the second weekly flight until Dec. 1 when it will increase service to three days a week. New ways to get to Tokyo Here are a dozen new reasons to start planning a trip to Japan, Travel + Leisure's 2018 Destination of the Year . The Department of Transportation has given four U.S. airlines preliminary go-ahead for 12 new flights from to Tokyo's Haneda International Airport (HND), which is much closer to central Tokyo than Narita International Airport (NRT). American Airlines plans daily flights to HND from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), with service to begin in 2020. Delta Air Lines , which already flies to Haneda from Los Angeles and Minneapolis/St. Paul, is in line to add flights to HND from Seattle (SEA), Detroit (DTW), Atlanta (ATL), Portland (PDX) and Honolulu (HNL). United Airlines has tentative approval for four daily nonstop flights to HND from Newark (EWR), Chicago (ORD), Washington Dulles (IAD) and Los Angeles (LAX). And Hawaiian Airlines plans Haneda service from Honolulu. The airlines say these flights, if approved as expected, should begin before the start of the 2020 Olympic Summer Games , to be played in Tokyo. Related video: United Airlines Cancels More Boeing 737 Max Flights (Provided by Newsy)


Once on the verge of death , the large-scale redevelopment of premium land atop Haywood and Pelham roads has been resurrected and now will become a reality. The City Council on Monday approved the 450-apartment, mixed-use project unanimously. The reversal   in April the project narrowly avoided a denial   came after the developer removed a Spinx gas station from the mix and replaced it with a restaurant. The revision made it so that the project's traffic impact at peak times at the congested Haywood and Pelham intersection was reduced by almost 65 percent, developer Dan Bruce said. The city's traffic engineer originally recommended denial, but gave approval after the changes would reduce trips per day from 8,400 to 3,304. Mayor Knox White said that the turn of events, where residents who once showed up in opposition changed to offer their support, was uncommon. But it happened, he said, because the developer listened to concerns. "We don't always see that," White said. The 19 acres of wooded land is billed as the highest point in Greenville and at a key gateway into the city at one of its most-congested intersections. The original plan with the gas station would have meant 307 more trips in the morning rush hour and 389 at afternoon rush hour. With the restaurant, those trips would be 194 and 269, respectively. STORIES THAT MATTER We cover local governments and their impact on Upstate South Carolina. Our local journalists strive to keep you informed. Please consider becoming a subscriber. Here's our special offer . With the changes, "only minor increases in delay are now expected," the planning staff's recommendation for approval states. The project known as "Adams Hill," which would include both apartments and senior living, was on the verge of denial, until the City Council decided 4-2 to send the project back to the drawing board. The gas station now would be replaced on the 2-acre parcel by an as-yet-undetermined "sit-down restaurant." Also, a 1.4-acre parcel identified as set aside for some sort of commercial development now is marked as the location for a medical or dental office. The developer, who assembled the land for Haywood Mall and developed nearby Orchard Park, has proposed $1.5 million worth of traffic improvements to alleviate congestion in exchange for the council's approval to rezone the property under the "planned development" zoning, which allows greater flexibility in exchange for more detailed city oversight. The developer is seeking a rezoning of the land from residential to "planned development," which allows the city greater control over a project in exchange for higher density development. Current zoning would allow only 133 single-family homes across the acreage. The land is connected to a family who settled to the property from Beacon Hill in Boston, which is also the highest point in that city. The Adam's Hill project would incorporate art pieces referencing the highest point in Greenville, both within the development at a roundabout for an internal boulevard that will be created and at the intersection of Haywood and Pelham in front where the Spinx once was proposed. Follow Eric on Twitter @cericconnor This article originally appeared on The Greenville News: Greenville's Haywood-Pelham project approved after traffic reduction


HARRISON   Jenna Bush Hager, the "Today" show co-host and former first daughter, said she has found herself thinking a lot recently about the women who taught her to use her voice. Top among them are her two grandmothers, former first lady and Rye native Barbara Bush, who passed away at age 92 last year and her maternal grandmother Jenna Welch, who died two days before Mother's Day this year at age 99. "As moms, we are the ones that take responsibility for the health of our whole family. Sometimes putting ourselves on the back burner," said Bush, to a largely female crowd at the Friends of White Plains Hospital spring luncheon in Harrison on Tuesday. "So I'm really happy to be here with a group of women who encourage each other to be better and to make sure that there's an institution like this that helps everybody in the community." In a brief interview before the luncheon, Hager, a mother of two, who is pregnant with her third child, told The Journal News she didn't believe in work-life balance. "I don't believe in balance. We are all trying to do the best we can. I know, for example, my husband isn't talking about balance with his co-workers," said Hager. "It's a word that women put on each other that make us feel guilty or make us feel we are not doing our job the best way possible. So when I am with my kids I try to be completely present, and when I'm at work I try to do the same." The Friends donated $1.6 million to the White Plains Hospital and honored Ann Edwards, a 50-year volunteer, as well as high school volunteers at the event. "Through volunteer work and fundraising, the Friends have a profound impact on hospital services, including the new Family Health Center, the future Pediatrics Center and other key programs that benefit our community," Susan Fox, president and CEO of White Plains Hospital, said. One of only two people alive (the other is her twin, Barbara) to count both a grandfather, George H.W. Bush, and father, George W. Bush, as former American presidents, Hager said it was inspiring to see a record number of women seeking political office. "This year has really been an incredible year for women," said Bush, 37. "Regardless of political party, more women have run for public office than ever before." Would she run for office herself? "I haven't thought about it," she said. When it comes to resilience, she hasn't had to look far. Losing her 3-year-old daughter, Robin, to leukemia, "almost broke" her then-28-year-old grandmother Barbara Bush, she said. Until one day when she heard her son, George, (and Hager's father) tell his friends he couldn't play with them because he had to go inside to play with his mom who was feeling low. "She felt horrible," said Hager. "After that, she insisted everyone get out and live life, herself included." By the time Hager got to know her, she had earned the nickname of "enforcer of the family." "When she spoke, we listened," she said. Barbara Bush also died the same way she lived, with courage and grace, Hager said. Bush made a public announcement that she no longer wanted to seek care a few days before she died. "She actually heard all the tributes about her and that was the perfect way," said Bush. "She even called up Jon Meacham and listened to her own eulogy." Her maternal grandmother Jenna never graduated from college, Hager told the audience. "Although she was never formally educated, she was a lifelong learner. She ultimately had to stop taking classes at Midland Community College because she could no longer drive," said Hager. Giving back to the community is something her family has shown by example throughout her life, from her parents and grandparents' legacy to her sister Barbara, who co-founded the nonprofit Global Health Corps. Hager, who has previously worked as a teacher in inner city schools in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore as well as volunteered in Latin American schools, said her interactions with the parents and students also informed her worldview. "I wasn't prepared for the poverty I encountered," she said. "No class could have taught me what to say to a child who witnessed a stabbing on the way to school or how to comfort them. They taught me that most parents want the same things: for the chance for them to live happy, healthy, and productive lives. "And our parents are the first teachers, the first people that really teach us how to use our voices. " BARBARA BUSH: Former first lady dies at age 92, grew up in Rye BARBARA BUSH AND RYE: 5 things to know FAMOUS: Bill Clinton interrupted my salon day: How Chappaqua lives with famous neighbors EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Clinton mulling political office, if someone 'steps down or retires' SUBSCRIBE: A variety of special offers to follow lohud's news coverage Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy covers women in power for the USA Today Network Northeast. Write to her at svenugop@lohud.com This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Jenna Bush Hager on work life 'balance,' and giving back