#unstoppable

#unstoppable

A lot of Washington Wizards fans may not have seen this coming but Bradley Beal's time in the nation's capital could be coming to an end.But some Wizards supporters are pushing for Beal's departure.Quite frankly, the fans in D.C. are tired of the losing seasons.They missed the postseason for a second consecutive year and only made the playoffs once in the last five years.

It seemed like the beginning of a new dawn when Manchester City reached the summit of the Women's Super League by winning the league title in 2016.The team was led by Nick Cushing who had spent years building the squad into a force to be reckoned with.Having become one of the heavyweights in the women's division much was expected for the future.

Carlo Ancelotti has denied that Real Madrid are working on a plan to deal with Erling Haaland in Tuesday's Champions League semifinal first leg, saying that focusing on one player would underestimate a "complete" Manchester City team.Since both clubs met in last year's semifinal -- which Madrid won 6-5 on aggregate, including a dramatic 3-1 comeback at the Bernabeu -- City have added Haaland, who has scored 51 goals this season, to their squad.

Carlo Ancelotti praised Vinicius Junior as "unstoppable" and Rodrygo Goes as "spectacular" after the two Brazilian forwards combined to give Real Madrid a 2-1 Copa del Rey final win over Osasuna on Saturday.Rodrygo scored after just two minutes at the La Cartuja stadium in Seville -- Vinicius providing the assist -- and again in the second half following another Vinicius run, after Lucas Torro had levelled for Osasuna with an hour played.

I was in Boston this weekend for my niece's med-school graduation, which meant the Mets took a back seat to family doings.But not much of a back seat, seeing how it was me and all - the Mets went about their business in my ear, via GameDay and my watch face, on my phone in a ceremonial tent, and finally right there on an honest-to-goodness TV as I urged them to hurry.

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Unstoppable.That's the word that summed up our feelings about the Japanese LGBTIQ movement after participating with over 200,000 other people in the recent 2-day Tokyo Rainbow Pride celebrations.A large rainbow festival took place on both Saturday, April 22, and Sunday, April 23, in Yoyogi Park, near the very popular and trendy Shibuya and Harajuku districts in Tokyo.

Ukrainian forces use a multiple-rocket launcher to fire at Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut on Wednesday.(Libkos/AP)Explosions rocked Kyiv early Thursday, according to its mayor, as Russia continued its barrage of airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital.An air raid alert remained in place and residents were urged to stay in shelters.

A journalist takes a picture of a Kh-47 Kinzhal Russian hypersonic missile warhead, shot down by a Ukrainian Air Defence in Kyiv on May 12. (Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)As wartime Russia experiences a surge in treason cases, the arrests for high treason of three Russian academics who work on hypersonic missile technology on the same faculty in Siberia have drawn a rare, public outcry from Russia's scientific community.

Hour by Hour Bulk carrier vessel ARGO I is docked at the grain terminal of the port of Odesa, Ukraine, on April 10, 2023.AFP The last ship authorised to travel under the Black Sea grain deal is due to leave a port in Ukraine on Wednesday as discussions to extend the pact between Russia and Ukraine have ground to a halt.

What a title race we have on our hands now in the Women's Super League.Following Manchester City's impressive victory over Chelsea, the top four are separated by only three points.City and Manchester United are level on points at the summit, however Arsenal and Chelsea have the race in their hands - the Gunners face each of the other three contenders and they - as well as the Blues - have a game in hand.

Rashford took his tally for the season to 13 with an injury-time penalty as United overcame a determined Everton outfit in the FA Cup at Old Trafford.The England man has now scored in five successive games for the first time."Marcus has fantastic skills and when he has that mental stability he can keep going," said Dutchman Ten Hag.

An all-time performance from LeBron James on his birthday was enough to propel the Lakers to victory on Friday night in Atlanta over the Hawks.James poured in 47 points to go with 10 rebounds and nine assists in an unbelievable performance and one of his best in a Lakers uniform.The outing came despite LeBron scoring just two points in the first quarter as he was unconscious for much of the final three quarters and the second half specifically.

As per usual, plenty of eyes will be on "America's Team," the Dallas Cowboys this upcoming season.Here are five games they must win if they want to prove they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders.With the NFL schedule being released this past week, fans are now able to look ahead and try to predict how their team will fare this season.

Dallas Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons had heavy praise for the team's first-round pick and defensive tackle Mazi Smith.The Dallas Cowboys held the 26th overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, and there was a variety of directions the team could go in terms of which player to pick.With the top wide receivers, running back Bijan Robinson and Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid off the board, the Cowboys opted to use their selection on Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith.

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Anthony Davis crouched under the basket, his hands clutching his head.He stumbled to the Laker bench, his legs wobbly, his shoulders slumped.He returned to the locker room in a wheelchair, apparently too woozy to walk.He later departed the Chase Center under his own power, the last Laker to leave the locker room, heading to the bus with slow and deliberate steps.

Late in the first quarter, LeBron James emerged from the Lakers locker room with a baseball cap on backward and a knee-high walking boot on his right foot, the first tangible evidence of the grave situation the Lakers find themselves in during the NBA season's final quarter.No one is saying what the exact injury is, what the treatment plans are or even if a return this season can be assured, so the mystery swirls around James and what's known is pretty limited.

Robert Horry was known for making big shots as a seven-time NBA champion.Now his son, Christian, is creating his own identity with his defense.Just call him The Stopper.First at the end of regulation, then in the second overtime, Horry made critical defensive plays to help No. 1 Harvard-Westlake escape with an 85-78 double-overtime win over Sherman Oaks Notre Dame before a hostile sold-out gym.

The invincible quarterback was hobbled.The genius coach was dumb.The streaking USC Trojans limped and stumbled and eventually went splat, their loveliest of dreams dying an ugly death in the desert.Utah 47, USC 24, and who would have thought?This Pac-12 championship game Friday night at Allegiant Stadium was supposed to be a coronation for the No. 4-ranked Trojans, the stunningly brilliant debut season for coach Lincoln Riley and quarterback Caleb Williams scheduled to culminate in their first conference title in five years and the school's first College Football Playoff berth.

The NHL held the draft lottery on Monday.It's huge news for all the teams who were contending for the top pick.For the Toronto Maple Leafs, they remain firm in their position.The 2023 NHL mock draft gives perspective of what is to come when the general managers gather at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on June 28 and 29, including what the Toronto Maple Leafs might do.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have added six players over the past two weeks, but are they good enough to win the Stanley Cup?The rest of the Eastern Conference continues to add depth to their rosters, so it's still hard to believe whether this is the Toronto Maple Leafs' time or not.Thankfully the Leafs won't have to face the Boston Bruins in the First Round this year, because they're clearly the favorites in the East.

The NHL saw a blockbuster deal go down on Friday which landed Vladimir Tarasenko on the New York Rangers.The move helps set the table on understanding what the San Jose Sharks will want in return for Timo Meier in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs.The price of Tarasenko was just what the Toronto Maple Leafs wanted to see.

The last thing anyone wants to do on their Sunday is spending time talking about how good the Bruins are and how the Leafs came up short on a Saturday night, so let's just get through this together and enjoy a lazy Sunday afternoon.While the Bruins took advantage in the first, Toronto did a better job of keeping pace than the shot clock indicated.

Image On June 2, Foo Fighters will release But Here We Are, their first album since the untimely death of the drummer Taylor Hawkins,Credit...Leo Correa/Associated Press Avid Amplifier readers know that each Friday, the Times pop critics put together a selection of our favorite new songs in a feature called the Playlist, and now I am delivering a digest version right to your inbox.

Karol G, estrella colombiana del pop mundial, dijo que escribio 60 canciones, quiza mas, para su nuevo album, Manana sera bonito; despues de un tiempo, las redujo a 17.Las primeras, recordo en un videochat desde Medellin, Colombia, estaban llenas de rabia, tristeza, tusa, relaciones toxicas.Reflejaban las secuelas de su ruptura con el rapero y cantante puertorriqueno Anuel AA en 2021, tras el fin de un romance que habian hecho publico con un dueto en 2019, Secreto, que desde entonces ha sido reproducido mas de mil millones de veces en plataformas de transmision en continuo.

Morgan Wallen isn't about to tamper with a winning musical formula.The biggest country star of the 2020s and one of the biggest stars in pop, period sticks to exactly what has already worked for him on his new album, One Thing at a Time.Its 36 songs yes, 36 show abundant craftsmanship and barely a hint of new ambition or risk.

73min: Riyad Mahrez scores and Manchester City lead 1-0 on the night, 5-3 on aggregate Clair Swindells, Manchester City fan You're thinking: Just hang on, 20 minutes.A couple of lads behind us in the 89th minute booked their tickets to Paris [for the final].He was trying for five minutes because the signal was so bad and then he was like: I've booked it, I've booked it!

As the players left the pitch at half time, the Etihad Stadium's in-house big screen began to replay, in slow-mo close-up, the moment that had just passed, Manchester City's third goal in what would eventually become a 7-0 (seven) victory.There was something ludicrously lovely about the imagery, the basic human design, the cold, cold beauty of the sky blue shirts, the snowflakes falling in slow, fat, perfect flakes, Erling Haaland scrolling past the faces in the crowd and gliding in a single movement into the perfect Olympic-grade knee slide, a footballer who expresses power, edge and certainty more clearly than any other.

The Dodgers are unstoppable right now! LA has rattled off 6 straight wins and are winners of 9 or 10 games.They complete the sweep of the Phillies with an unlikely come from behind win over Philadelphia and they punctuated it with a walk off grand slam off the bat of Max Muncy.By the way, he hit it off old friend Craig Kimbrel.

Formula 1 held its annual street race in Azerbaijan this past weekend.With its very high-speed track, the city of Baku has seen some rather exciting racing.But that was not the case this year, which proved more soporific than Ambien.But at least one other race was truly entertaining this weekend, as the World Endurance Championship visited Belgium.

On Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 57, but the Patriots have a way to dethrone the champions.Their second Super Bowl in fourth years, the Chiefs look unstoppable.In a year of transition for the team, welcoming in a plethora of new pass catchers and defensive players, the greatness of Andy Reid and MVP play of Patrick Mahomes proved to be inevitable.

South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley was certainly dressed for a big game on Sunday.Staley, who is from North Philadelphia and is trying to lead South Carolina to a second straight women's basketball championship this season, dipped into her collection of Eagles gear and wore a throwback white-and-green Randall Cunningham No. 12 jersey as she paced the sideline during her team's big showdown against Louisiana State.

Morning Sports Update Kiper also listed offensive line and wide receiver as possible areas the Patriots might address in the draft.The Bruins play the Lightning tonight in Tampa at 7 p.m.The Celtics will also be in action this evening, hosting the Knicks at 7:30 p.m.
Mel Kiper's first mock draft: With the Patriots' season over - bereft of a playoff spot for the second time in three seasons - attention has already turned to the team's numerous priorities that need to be addressed in both free agency and the draft.

A look at The Times' All-Star football team for the 2022 season:
Offense
Quarterback: Elijah Brown, Santa Ana Mater Dei, 6-2, 185, Jr. - Brown completed 68.1% of his passes for 2,785 yards and 31 touchdowns, with four interceptions, and is 29-1 as a starting quarterback the last three seasons.Running back: Damian Henderson, Los Alamitos, 6-3, 190, Sr. - The Colorado State commit was almost unstoppable carrying the ball, using his size, strength and speed to rush for 1,744 yards and 23 touchdowns while averaging 9.1 yards a carry.

Every year, the majority of Minnesota Vikings fans have that small, dark sense that, no matter how good things get, they'll always end up being let down at the end of the year.It's just what Vikings fans are accustomed to.That's life as a Minnesota fan.Well, aside from that gold ole Minneapolis Miracle.

That is according to Danny Murphy, who spoke ahead of the Red Devils' clash with West Ham in the FA Cup as Erik ten Hag looks to guide his side towards more silverware.A trophy drought lasting over five years was broken at Wembley on the weekend and Murphy, who starred for arch rivals Liverpool during his playing career, has stated his worry that United are unstoppable.

Trish BendixReporting on culture The hosts weighed in on the congressional TikTok hearing but spent most of the week anticipating the possible indictment and arrest of former President Donald Trump, which Trump claimed would happen on Tuesday (it didn't).Here's what they had to say Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Associated Press It's really magical.

Yikes.Despite the vote of confidence by Toronto Raptors President Masai Ujiri, the Toronto Raptors rewarded him by showing how bad they can be defensively, especially in the fourth, choking a 14-point lead and surrendering to Utah Jazz, 116-122.The Raptors showed excellent ball movement to start the game and played better defense, especially once Jakob Poeltl was inserted into the game.

Last night was a game that had some extra sentimental layers to it.Raptors fans were able to see longtime Raptor Norman Powell return to Scotiabank for the first time since he was traded and they also got to see Kawhi make just his second trip back to Toronto since leaving in free agency.With games like this it's easy to get caught up in the nostalgia and memories you shared with those returning players but at the end of the day you still have a job to do.

I don't know how tonight's WBC final will stack up against Japan's epic comeback win against Mexico from last night.It seems improbable that it'll be a game featuring similar excitement, but you never know.The U.S. looked vulnerable at times earlier in this tournament, but beat Venezuela and then clobbered Cuba to vault itself into the championship game for a second straight WBC.

One more semifinal game in the WBC remains: Mexico versus Japan, for a spot in the championship round.Japan has been unstoppable in this tournament, and has tagged Roki Sasaki with the start.Mexico has been surprisingly awesome and will rely on the sultry pitching of Patrick (not Pablo, as I initially typed) Sandoval.

Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove, 64, has been the artistic director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, now Internationaal Theater Amsterdam, since 2001.His maximalist minimalist productions have included the Tony and Olivier-winning A View from the Bridge at the Young Vic, Lazarus at King's Cross theatre and Hedda Gabler at the National.

WASHINGTON - The Capitals' first two games out of the All-Star Break encapsulated how their season has gone all year.They took down the vaunted Boston Bruins 2-1 on the road Saturday, becoming just the second team this season to beat them in regulation at TD Garden.Then, they dropped a 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks, a team already well out of the playoff hunt, the next day.

WASHINGTON - The Capitals' first two games out of the All-Star Break encapsulated how their season has gone all year.They took down the vaunted Boston Bruins 2-1 on the road Saturday, becoming just the second team this season to beat them in regulation at TD Garden.Then, they dropped a 4-1 loss to the San Jose Sharks, a team already well out of the playoff hunt, the next day.

The Argentine teenager rifled in an unstoppable curled effort in the 90th minute to spark pandemonium at Old Trafford, before substitute Fred set the seal on a remarkable last-gasp fightback.West Ham had earlier led through Said Benrahma's controversial strike, before the unfortunate Nayef Aguerd headed into his own net to restore parity for the Carabao Cup winners in Wednesday night's eventful fifth-round tie.

The England forward continued his rich vein of goalscoring form in Wednesday night's Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg win over Nottingham Forest, netting a sublime solo goal after just six minutes to set the visitors on their way to a comfortable 3-0 victory at the City Ground.A rejuvenated Rashford has now netted 18 goals in 29 appearances across all competitions so far this term - only Manchester City star Erling Haaland has more in English football - as well as his three at the World Cup in Qatar, including an incredible 10 in 10 since domestic football resumed in December.

The Dallas Cowboys finished the 2022-2023 season with a 12-5 record and second place finish in the NFC East.Their record helped them secure the fifth seed in the NFC.But the season would only be a success if the Cowboys could do what they haven't done in over 20 years: win the Super Bowl Even making the Super Bowl or the NFC Championship game would have been better than what the team has finished over the last 25 seasons.

After a stellar breakout strongman season in 2022, Hooper is only raising (err, leg-pressing) the bar higher.There are hot streaks, and then there's the scorching path of triumph Mitchell Hooper left behind in 2022.In his debut year as a professional strongman, Hooper earned eight podium finishes in nine contests and won two of his last three competitions, including the 2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals and the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic UK.

The Washington Capitals - inconceivably - defeated the New York Rangers in a matinee game on Saturday afternoon.The goals the team had been so dearly missing for so dearly long came all at once.TJ Oshie began the day with a power-play goal, tipping a point shot from Erik Gustafsson.Barclay Goodrow took advantage of some careless Washington defense to tie it up by the end of the first period.

The Washington Capitals played a strong road game against the Ottawa Senators, but too many penalties cost them a tidy regulation win.Alex DeBrincat used wizardly power to deflect one past Darcy Kuemper.Evgeny Kuznetsov got a power-play goal assisted by Ovechkin.Sonny Milano crashed the net to clean up a shot by Alex Ovechkin.

The Washington Capitals played a damn good road game against Connor McDavid's Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.Frankly, I had a really good time watching this game.Unrewarded for a strong first period, the Capitals ceded the first goal to Brett Kulak, screened thricewise.Lars Eller caught a turnover and tied it up.

The Washington Capitals kicked off their very long roadtrip with a loss to the unstoppable New Jersey Devils.The x-factor: former Capitals goalie Vitek Vanecek.Despite Washington playing great in the first period, the lone goal belonged to Nico Hischier on the power play.Jack Hughes scored two spectacular goals in the second period - one a wraparound bank off Charlie Lindgren's pads, the second a shortside snipe off his mask - making it 3-0 after forty minutes.

On late Wednesday night, the Los Angeles Kings made a jaw-dropping deal, sending franchise icon Jonathan Quick along with a conditional first-round 2023 pick and a conditional 2024 third-round pick to the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov.

By the start of 2020, the Out of Home (OOH) advertising had experienced growth for 36 consecutive quarters.Despite being one of the oldest forms of advertising, OOH has seen tremendous development in tandem with technological advancements.This has been especially evident throughout the last two decades, wherein the global shift towards digitisation prompted a revolution in OOH advertising.

Erik ten Hag was delighted Manchester United striker Wout Weghorst was able to show his worth by scoring his first goal for the club in the Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg win at Nottingham Forest.Ten Hag has already been pleased with his fellow Dutchman's contribution since he arrived on loan from Burnley earlier this month.

If the breakthrough hit " Train to Busan" was director Yeon Sang-ho's successful stab at tropes set up by pioneers like George A. Romero, "Jung_E," now on Netflix, is the filmmaker's stab at "The Terminator," " Blade Runner " and sci-fi action flicks with deep philosophical underpinnings about what it means to be human.

The 2023 winter edition saw a record number of participants and a stacked field of competitors on the course, including Eoin Keith (Ireland), Elaine Bisson (U.K.), Damian Hall (U.K.), Kim Collison (U.K.), Eugeni Rosello (Spain), Doug Zinis (U.K.), James Leavensley (U.K.), Ellie Eccles (U.K.), and Sharon Gayter (U.K.).

Channel the fastest known time (FKT) psych with lifelong mountain athlete in this short La Sportiva edit - "Nadir Maguet - FKT Project."Roughly translated, "mago" means "magician" in Italian, and in this video, you'll learn some of the reasons why Maguet earned the nickname.

While still grappling with the fallout from a company he did take private, beleaguered billionaire Elon Musk is now facing a trial over a company he didn't.Long before Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion US in October, he had set his sights on Tesla, the electric automaker where he continues to serve as CEO and from which he derives most of his wealth and fame.

R MT boss Mick Lynch joined thousands of protesters demonstrating outside Downing Street in absolutely freezing temperatures against a controversial new Bill on strikes.Lynch hit out at so-called liberals for branding unions unreasonable for causing travel chaos with pay demands and stoppages.The legislation would see the right to strike restricted by imposing minimum service levels.

David Pastrnak was near unstoppable during the Bruins' road trip, and oddsmakers have shifted in response.Boston swept its three-game West-Coast road trip, and Pastrnak scored eight points during that stretch, which was capped off with a hat trick against the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.The Black and Gold remain the top team in the NHL with 68 points, which makes them the favorite to win the Stanley Cup, and the team could receive recognition for the team's run in terms of hardware.

David Pastrnak has been unstoppable.The Boston Bruins beat down the Ducks to close out their three-game California road trip Sunday night, earning a 7-1 victory in Anaheim.Pastrnak had an incredible night in Anaheim with a hat trick and an assist in the Black and Gold's easy win before the team heads back to the east coast.

There aren't too many cinematic identity crises like the case of and even fewer where the movie actually works.Exactly thirty years after this film was released on January 6, 1993, Leprechaun stands alone as a movie done in hilariously bad taste, that also, somehow, really holds up.If you've forgotten all about Jennifer Aniston and Warwick Davis in this charmingly strange 1990s film, here's why it's still watchable.

Fans of holiday movies and television specials speak of A Christmas Story in the same sentence as It's a Wonderful Life, Frosty the Snowman, Scrooged, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, A Muppet Christmas Carol, Eight Crazy Nights, A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Polar Express, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Black Christmas, The Polar Express, Miracle on 34th Street, etc.
Yet, its status as a perennial favorite is as unlikely a success story as one can imagine.

The group stages of the 2022 World Cup have now come to an end and Juventus ' contingent in Qatar continue to be heavily involved throughout.Even as turmoil reigns back home in Turin, let's take a quick spin around the squads and see how the Bianconeri have performed in the first knockout round.Goalkeeper
Wojciech Szczesny [France 3-1 Poland] - Juve's starting goalkeeper was no match for the world's leading footballer.

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Kylian Mbappe said he is having the "competition of my dreams" at the World Cup after two goals in France's 3-1 win against Poland sent the world champions into the quarterfinals and left opposing coach Czeslaw Michniewicz billing him as the natural heir to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The New England Patriots defense has faced some good quarterbacks so far this year, but the biggest challenge of the entire season awaits in Week 13.The Buffalo Bills ' Josh Allen is one of the league's best players regardless of position, and a top-three QB who is firmly in the MVP conversation.The Patriots have plenty of familiarity with Allen, having faced him eight times since he entered the league as a first-round draft pick in 2018.