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Boston Celtics guard Payton Pritchard, who has reiterated a trade demand to another franchise in search of a bigger role, could be a "buy low" candidate for the Dallas Mavericks - this, at least, according to The Smoking Cuban's Noah Weber."If the Celtics end up looking to trade Pritchard, Dallas should only look to make the move if they can buy low," Weber wrote.

There's been a distinct lack of updates from the Wizards on who they are bringing in for workouts.In the absence of that news, I would like to propose a few centers I think should be on their radar with the 59th pick or as undrafted free agents.Drew Timme, F/C, 6'10, Gonzaga, senior
Stats: 21.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1 block, 2.6 turnovers, 61.6% FG, 16.7% 3PT, 63.2% FT
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The death of a grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming was under investigation by federal and state officials as bear watchers expressed heartbreak and concern about the condition in which it was found.An image shared on the Wild Love Images photography page on Facebook showed the bear with what appeared to be a disfigured face, lying on its side in a grassy area.

MOSCOW Aleksei Moskalyov did not wait to hear his sentence for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces on Tuesday.Years behind bars for posts on social media seemed like a foregone conclusion in contemporary Russia.So Mr. Moskalyov slipped off his geotracking ankle bracelet and fled from house arrest.

C hilling footage shows a man deliberately smash the windows of an east London restaurant - amid a bizarre spate of attacks that have left dozens of businesses suffering thousands of pounds of damage.Around 50 incidents are thought to have hit the Bethnal Green area in recent months, with some premises targeted multiple times - leaving worried business owners pleading for extra CCTV cover.

The country superstar Morgan Wallen continues to dominate the Billboard album chart.His latest release, One Thing at a Time, holds No. 1 for a 12th straight week, surpassing a milestone by Whitney Houston and marking the longest chart-topping run for a country album since Billy Ray Cyrus three decades ago.

There was snow on the ground when Morgan Wallen's One Thing at a Time arrived at No. 1 in early March.Now, in balmy late spring, the country superstar's latest LP is racking up its 11th consecutive week on the chart a feat that puts Wallen in the company of Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder.The 36-track One Thing at a Time has been a streaming blockbuster since it came out, and its numbers have cooled only modestly since then.

A suspected rapist wanted in the United States has been given a final chance to lodge reports with a Scottish court before a full extradition hearing takes place next month.Nicholas Rossi appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court via video link on Monday in the long-running extradition battle, which was launched after US authorities in Utah accused the 35-year-old of sex offences.

Two years ago, Morgan Wallen accomplished an extraordinary feat on the Billboard album chart.Primed as a crossover country star, he held the No. 1 spot for 10 consecutive weeks with his 30-song Dangerous: The Double Album, taking a page from the hip-hop playbook by stuffing his release with tracks to maximize the streaming yield.

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His potential, as a former five-star prospect, has never been in question.But now, as Raleek Brown enters his second season at USC, his future position might be.The electric Santa Ana Mater Dei High product played strictly running back as a freshman, tallying 402 total yards and six touchdowns during a season slowed early by a high ankle sprain.

For the entirety of the Lakers' run in the NBA playoffs, the team listed LeBron James on every single injury report they released with "right foot soreness," which was a bit of an oversimplification of what James was actually playing through, even if his foot probably was sore from it.The issue stemmed from a torn tendon in his right foot, an injury he said every doctor he saw other than "The LeBron James of feet" told him would require surgery to heal.

The Lakers will have quite the uphill challenge starting with Game 4 on Monday.The good, even if ultimately underwhelming, news is that they'll be back at full strength to make a potential last stand.After being out for most of the postseason, Mo Bamba will return to the bench for the Lakers, as reported by Chris Haynes of Bleacher Report on Sunday.

The Los Angeles Dodgers selected the contract of Bobby Miller from Triple-A Oklahoma City and placed Tyler Cyr on the 15-day injured list due to a right shoulder impingement prior to Tuesday's game against the Atlanta Braves.Cyr's IL stint was backdated to May 21.Miller is making his MLB debut in the middle game of the series at Truist Park.

Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Bobby Miller was projected by many to make his MLB debut during the 2022 season, and when that didn't happen the timeline shifted to this year.However, Miller was held back during Spring Training because of right shoulder soreness.He did not begin throwing bullpen sessions until early March and only advanced to facing batters by the middle of the month.

Housing demand has shifted more toward the new home market, Fannie Mae's Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group noted in its May economic outlook.While mortgage rates have pulled back modestly from their highs in early March, ongoing affordability constraints, a lack of inventory for sale, and the ongoing persistence of a lock-in effect where existing homeowners with low mortgage rates are disincentivized to sell their homes are likely to keep sales subdued for the remainder of the year, according to the ESR group.

At that margin, ATTOM notes, the cost of renovations, property taxes, mortgage interest and other expenses which in total consume 20% to 33% of the resale value could easily cancel out any return on investment for the flipper.Keith Lind, CEO of Acra Lending, which launched a fix and flip lending program last year, said there are a lot of compounding issues now facing investors in the space.

Home Point Capital reported another quarterly loss on Friday morning, just two days after announcing that it is being sold to Mr. Cooper Group for $324 million in cash.The transaction will result in the company shutting down in the coming months.In the first quarter, Home Point's origination and servicing businesses were in the red amid declining production volumes and a negative change in the fair value of its mortgage servicing rights (MSR).

In March, a modest bump in homebuyer demand, combined with a decline in for-sale inventory, drove up home prices compared to the month prior.While home prices in many Western and pandemic boom markets are still well off their peaks, 40% of major markets have seen prices return to peak levels, according to Black Knight's mortgage monitor report.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball.Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in New York Yankees fans, and fans across the country.Sign up here to join Reacts.The Yankees' pitching staff has sustained quite a few injuries since the start of 2023.Even in the comparatively small amount of time between when our most recent SB Nation Reacts survey poll went up and when we got the results, the hits just kept on coming.

Good morning everyone, it's time to dive back into the mailbag and answer some of your questions.Remember to send in your questions for our weekly call by e-mail to pinstripealleyblog [at] gmail [dot] com.The idiot that said, "Harper is coming" asks: Are the Yankees going to avoid the usual roster crunch before Opening Day?

"If we're safe, that's all that matters."Safety will be the driving motivator for managers Kelly Chambers, Willie Kirk and Vicky Jepson on the penultimate weekend of Women's Super League action.Chambers' eight-year stay in the league with Reading could come to an abrupt ending this weekend.

Andre Burakovsky had a strong start to his tenure with the Seattle Kraken this season, putting up 39 points in 47 games before the All-Star break.However, the former Capital's season came to an abrupt halt on February 7th, when Burakovsky left the ice just seconds into his first shift.It would mark the end of Burakovsky's first season in Seattle and deprive the Kraken of their leading scorer to that point.

Connor Brown did not have the 2022-23 season that he thought he was going to have when the first puck was dropped.Brown played just four games for his new Washington Capitals team before tearing his ACL and being ruled out for the rest of the year.Heading into the offseason, Brown is without a contract for next season.

As has become the custom, the lauded Michelin Guide surprise-announced a handful of additions to its California dining guide on Wednesday morning.Those who've been paying close attention to this year's rolling updates may remember that in early March, the guide dropped a batch of six additions, only one of which came from Northern California: Korean restaurant Bansang.

A Napa jury deliberating a discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by a temporary worker against popular Napa-based bean company Rancho Gordo sided with the plaintiff on a number of counts and awarded her $252,000 in damages on Thursday, March 23, as first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Mary identifies as a transgender woman, but presents to society as a gay man."I am forced to be gay in Zambia because it isn't as dangerous as being trans," Mary told DW when we met at a Lusaka restaurant."Gay people are at least tolerated in Zambia, even if they are not accepted," Mary explained.

The funeral arrangements have been set for Aréanah Preston a week after the Chicago police officer was fatally shot as she returned home from a late night shift.Preston will be remembered at a visitation Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Oak Lawn's Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, located 4727 W 103rd St. Her funeral will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Trinity United Church of Christ, located at 400 W. 95th St, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Premier Doug Ford has yet again weighed in on the Toronto mayoral race, despite previously saying he was staying out of the election.Ford delivered his most pointed endorsement to date for the candidacy of Mark Saunders, the former Toronto police chief and failed 2022 provincial Progressive Conservative candidate.

Yesterday, in the early afternoon, before the team sale news broke, The Athletic's Ben Standig tweeted about three offensive coaching moves that Washington is likely to make in the coming months.Mentioned this on a recent pod, but expect to see Juan Castillo, a longtime OL coach, with the OL more this year.

SAN FRANCISCO One day after Warriors coach Steve Kerr bemoaned what he felt were glaringly obvious flops by Los Angeles Lakers players trying to draw charges, his counterpart, Darvin Ham, claimed the high road, saying he didn't want to get into a back-and-forth regarding any contentious calls by NBA officials.

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Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN.Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.comfrom 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09.EL SEGUNDO, Calif.-- Before LeBron James walked off the practice court to speak to reporters Monday, he tracked down a loose ball near the half-court line and flung it over his right shoulder back towards the basket where he had just been shooting with Anthony Davis.

Cybersecurity startup SquareX today emerged from stealth mode with $6 million raised in a seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia.The Singapore company provides a cloud-based solution that integrates with the browser as an extension, and which can keep users safe from malware and allows them to remain private.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three vulnerabilities to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog, including an Oracle WebLogic flaw patched by the vendor in January.There do not appear to be any public reports describing exploitation of the WebLogic vulnerability.

Ukrainian soldiers fire a cannon near Maryinka, an eastern city where fierce battles against Russian forces have been taking place, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, 8 May 2023.Photograph: LIBKOS/AP Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Russia launched about 15 cruise missiles at Ukraine's capital on Tuesday, the second attack in as many days, with air defence systems shooting all of them down, officials said, after air raid alerts blared over most of the country.

Tech companies are still withdrawing from Russia more than a year after the country invaded Ukraine.Tinder owner Match Group has revealed that it will completely withdraw its dating app brands from the Russian market by the end of June.The firm says it's "committed to protecting human rights" and is currently "taking steps" to limit access to its services before the exit.

HOUR BY HOUR Issued on: 09/05/2023 - 07:30 Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to preside Tuesday over Victory Day celebrations in Moscow, marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.Maxim Shemetov, Reuters Russia launched a dozen cruise missiles at Ukraine's capital early on Tuesday, Kyiv officials said, hours before the start of Victory Day celebrations in Moscow marking the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945.

There is a new wrinkle in the ongoing tussle between Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and the Walt Disney Company.On Friday, Mr. DeSantis signed a bill into law giving a board that oversees government services at Disney World the ability to void development agreements that had already been approved for the resort.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Thursday pushed back on claims that her extended absence from the Senate, and the Judiciary Committee, as she recovers from shingles has caused a significant delay in advancing and confirming judicial nominees.Feinstein indicated in the statement that she still plans to return but did not say when that would happen.

The Federal Reserve approved another quarter-point interest rate increase on Wednesday, marking the central bank's tenth consecutive rate hike in its effort to curb persistent inflation despite recent troubles in the banking system.The move raises the benchmark federal-funds rate to a range between 5% and 5.25%the highest level since 2007at a time when bank customers are already feeling anxious after a string of recent bank failures.

Red Sox Thanks to monster hitting numbers at home, the Red Sox are off to a surprisingly hot start.COMMENTARY


Night and day.And I'm not just talking about how Fenway Park pongs between the two thanks to its new rave lighting.Brayan Bello last faced the Blue Jays Oct. 1 in Ontario.Lacking fastball command, the hosts tagged him for 10 hits in a 10-0 win that immediately followed a 9-0 one, and capped a year which included 28-5, 9-3, 7-2, 6-1 . . .

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Famed for its bald, leathery visage and astonishing wingspan, the federally endangered California Condor symbolizes both a species on the brink of extinction and a thundering success story for conservationists.Just 22 condors existed when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began a captive breeding effort in the early 1980s.

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Growing up in San Francisco in the 1930s and '40s, Dianne Goldman weathered outbreaks of polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, mumps and chickenpox.With vaccines for many childhood diseases still at least a decade off, scourges like these claimed more than a quarter of the world's youth before they reached puberty.

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As yet another major storm brings more rain and snow to California, Mammoth Mountain has broken its historic snowfall record - by a lot."With 28-30 [inches] of snow since yesterday afternoon, we just blew through our all-time season snowfall record of 668" inches, Mammoth Mountain said in an Instagram post.

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In early March, Brown Harris Stevens broker Mindy Diane Feldman had reservations about a First Republic Bank loan.A buyer had offered to purchase a New York City co-op and had pre-approval from First Republic for a below-market-rate mortgage - the bank's specialty.The broker wanted to ensure that if the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates, it wouldn't affect the closing or the buyer's ability to meet the co-op board's financial requirements.

Here, from the Washington Post, is the money shot of the latest update on the climate crisis, this one concerning how warm the oceans are getting, which has led researchers to believe we are entering an El Nino climate pattern, which leads to all of the following, ending in "the plague": Strong El Ninos can also trigger ecological disasters and deadly weather extremes: drought and wildfires that cause rainforest loss, ocean warming that kills aquatic life and bleaches corals, rapid loss of polar ice, and a surge in transmission of diseases such as the plague.

For someone whose career has been spent addressing the urgency of climate change, environmental-politics researcher Leah Stokes sounded awfully cheery in a talk in early March at the SXSW conference in Austin.I'm not telling you don't dry your clothes, don't cook your food, don't drive anywhere,' Stokes, an associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, told the crowd.

After hitting an impasse in contract talks this off-season, the star quarterback Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens reached an agreement in principle on a five-year deal on Thursday, Jackson announced in a video posted on the team's Twitter account.For the last few months, there's been a lot of he said, she said,' a lot of nail biting, a lot of head scratching going on, Jackson, 26, said before announcing that he would light up the Ravens' home stadium for the next five years.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed three laws on Wednesday, including one banning conversion therapy, another protecting access to abortion rights, and a third protecting gender-affirming care access.The laws will defend LGBTQ+ people and reproductive rights against attacks on both by Republican legislators nationwide.

Wren Raggio had been working at the Starbucks at Pioneer Courthouse Square for nearly ten months when she stepped up to serve as an observer during the location's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union election in early March.It was a proud day for Raggio and her fellow workers, who voted overwhelmingly to unionize their store.

A blood test which can detect traces of cancer cells could spare thousands of patients unnecessary chemotherapy every year.A major bowel cancer trial is examining whether the test can show if surgery has removed all of the tumour.Doctors say half of patients with stage 3 bowel cancer are cured by surgery alone so by using chemotherapy they are over-treating many people.

Lamar Jackson made it abundantly clear that he wants out of Baltimore this offseason, yet his latest tweet could calm down some Ravens fans.Following the events that transpired this week, the Lamar Jackson situation has officially become unhinged.The Baltimore Ravens have a quarterback who submitted a trade request in early March and wants out of the franchise.

Add the Patriots to the growing list of teams that are publicly out on Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson this offseason.In the wake of Lamar Jackson's bombshell letter detailing his three-week-old trade request from early March, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick isn't taking the bait.Belichick was asked whether he would pursue the Baltimore Ravens quarterback this offseason and curtly responded, " I'm not going to talk about players on another team.

White Claw, the popular hard seltzer brand, has officially entered the vodka space.In March 2023, the Mark Anthony Group of Companies, which owns White Claw, announced a vodka line that includes a premium variety and a trio of fruited versions.Playing into its waved logo, White Claw Premium Vodka is Triple Wave Filterednamed for the use of immense pressure equal to three 30-foot waveswhich has the same smoothing effect on vodka that ocean waves have on stones and shells, reads a press release.

Wallkill, N.Y., isn't hip, and it barely has a downtown but homes there often cost less and come with more land than those in higher-profile Hudson Valley communities.After a two-year search, Vanessa Stanton found in this Ulster County hamlet not to be confused with the larger town of Wallkill in Orange County, about 15 miles southwest what she had been unable to find in places like Hudson and Rhinebeck: a four-bedroom house with a sleek kitchen and a pool on more than five acres.

Disney's anti-racism film Ruby Bridges is the subject of a complaint brought by a Florida parent who claims the movie is not appropriate for second-graders, because it might teach them that white people hate Black people.The film, which tells the story of a six-year-old girl who integrated New Orleans schools in the 1960s, has been a staple of school curriculums during Black History Month in the state's Tampa-area county of Pinellas.

Hours into the rescue mission, paramedic Jessica Farmer realized her toes were completely numb.It was a late afternoon in early March, and Farmer and her partner found themselves standing in thigh-deep snow above a steep canyon in the Sierra foothills outside of Grass Valley.The pair were still dressed in their standard uniforms, without snow pants or heavy socks, heading slowly toward a remote cabin a half mile away, where a man had called hours earlier complaining of severe chest pain.

When the bidders for India's multibillion-dollar incentive to make solar components were announced in early March, the absence of corporate behemoth Adani Group was conspicuous.The group which set up a gigantic factory to make solar equipment in 2016, more than tripled its capacity to make solar panels since 2017 and have begun making silicon materials needed to convert the sun rays to electricity was expected to bid in a large way, said Chiranjeev Saluja, the managing director of Premier Energies, an Indian solar components manufacturer.

New York law firm Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy and Bach (HPMB) has agreed to pay $200,000 to settle a data-breach lawsuit related to the now-notorious Hafnium Microsoft Exchange attacks that siphoned sensitive data from victims around the world.In 2021, months after Redmond had fixed the security flaws in servers running its code, criminals exploited these vulnerabilities to gain access to HPMB's unpatched systems (and many others) before deploying ransomware and stealing sensitive data belonging to the firm's clients, including hospitals.

Ryan Reynolds has congratulated Wrexham AFC Women on playing their guts out to secure a title win.The 46-year-old Hollywood star, who has co-owned Welsh side Wrexham AFC with fellow actor Rob McElhenney since 2021, celebrated the female-affiliated club taking home the Genero Adran North title at the weekend.

Gary Lineker said he is still bewildered by the disproportionate response to his tweet earlier this month which resulted in him being briefly taken off air as host of the BBC's Match Of The Day.Following a tweet posted by the pundit on March 7, in which he said the language used by the Government to promote its asylum plans was not dissimilar to 1930s Germany, he was taken off by the BBC due to concerns about impartiality, but returned to the programme following a boycott by top on-air talent at the broadcaster earlier this month.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.-- In search of a kicker to replace free-agent Robbie Gould, the San Francisco 49ers turned back to an increasingly familiar trade partner on Friday.