He recorded his first triple-double of the season with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, helping the Thunder rally for a 113-103 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves. Durant also added four blocked shots and four steals. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is the first NBA player to record 30 or more points, 10 or more rebounds, 12 or more assists, four or more steals and four or more blocks in the same game since blocks and steals became official NBA stats during the 1973-74 season....

Byfuglien was suspended in September after he failed to report to training camp while mulling retirement. The 35-year-old then underwent ankle surgery in October, putting his NHL future in limbo. According to TSN’s Frank Seravalli, Byfuglien sacrificed the remaining $14 million on his contract, which was set to expire after next season. The NHL confirmed to The Athletic’s Pierre LeBrun that Byfuglien will not be able to sign with a team for the 2019-20 season, should it resume....

Quite what exactly is satirical about saying the Saved By the Bell actor had died is unclear, but it is far from the first time the actor and media personality has been the victim of hoaxes and fake news. This is perhaps due to Diamond’s sometimes erratic personal life, which makes bizarre stories seem within the realm of possibility. For example, among the real things that have happened in the Screech actor’s life are him releasing his own sex tape Screeched: Saved By the Smell, which he later said was filmed with a body double....

That shootaround session sums up the Dwight Howard of the past four years. The knee, the back, the shoulder … the Kobe drama, the free agency, the free throws … yet he still might be the best center in the NBA, still might have that rare, remarkable, game-changing ability. MORE: Motiejunas out for season, playoffs | Dwight posts touching tribute to fan And the Rockets need it. Big man Donatas Motiejunas is done for the year, with a back injury that may require surgery....

Howard played for the first time since Jan. 23 and got back to doing what he does best: dunking and rebounding. The eight-time All-Star had four points, seven rebounds and two assists in the Rockets’ 95-93 win over the Pelicans. MORE: Latest draft stock report | Westbrook and OKC’s future | Messi attends Wizards game The center scored the first basket of the night for the Rockets after a no-look pass from James Harden, who recorded 25 points and 10 assists....

Unfortunately, the comment section displayed people bullying Zion about his appearance in the photo. Most of the comments featured criticisms about Zion’s nails and crop top. Union posted the photo on Thanksgiving, and in the days that followed, people continued to comment. This led to Wade posting a statement a few days later regarding the “hate” he and his family had received as a result of the photo. A post shared by Gabrielle Union-Wade (@gabunion) on Nov 28, 2019 at 3:02pm PST...

The franchise’s greatest player put the pressure on the team again Tuesday night, as reports surfaced that he was considering options beyond Miami. All of that leads to the most complicated offseason in the NBA. MORE: 23 best available NBA free agents this summer Before we get into how this Heat summer will go down, let’s review their free agents and salary cap situation quickly. Potential free agents: Dwyane Wade (unrestricted), Hassan Whiteside (unrestricted), Luol Deng (unrestricted), Tyler Johnson (restricted), Gerald Green (unrestricted), Joe Johnson (unrestricted), Amare Stoudemire (unrestricted), Udonis Haslem (unrestricted), Josh Richardson (non-guaranteed), Dorell Wright (unrestricted) and Briante Weber (partial guarantee)....

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Getty Images) Tsarnaev, 21, was in a Boston federal court when the decision is announced. MORE: Remembering the bombing | Victims recount the horror | Scenes from explosions The same people who found Tsarnaev guilty on April 8 were charged with deciding whether he would spend his life in prison or die for his actions. Tsarnaev was 18 at the time of the bombings. Tsarnaev was convicted on 30 counts, starting with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and finding that the conspiracy resulted in the deaths of Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu and 8-year-old Martin Richard at the bombing scene and MIT police officer Sean Collier a few days later....

Yet when Gorey died last week at 75, no one could say just what that work was. His 90-odd illustrated texts, including “The Doubtful Guest” (a penguin in the old manse) and the infanticidal ABC “The Gashlycrumb Tinies” (“M is for Maud who was swept out to sea. N is for Neville who died of ennui”), looked like children’s books. But to readers of any age, his sedulously uninstructive ironies and pointedly unpunished cruelties offered only this comfort: that someone else could know the scary and the strange, and make it, literally, funny as hell....

The effort is admirable, in any case. Beginning in 1998, while Arecibo traversed the sky observing pulsars and quasars, it also monitored a range of frequencies in the UHF band, centered on 1420 megahertz. “We didn’t get to say where the telescope points,” Werthimer says, “but that’s OK, because nobody knows where to look anyway.” The recordings made at Arecibo were chopped into 107-second segments and sent over the Internet to volunteers who had downloaded SETI@Home’s screen-saver program....

Authorities told Komo News the eagle landed on an electrical transformer near Volunteer Park in Seattle, Washington, on Monday night. The bird died shortly after it landed on the power lines at around 8.26 p.m. An outage map showed 271 customers had been affected and that the cause of the localized disruption had been caused by a “bird/ animal.” A Seattle detective told Komo News the eagle landed on the transformer in the 1500 block of East Garfield....

Maddox returned to practice Wednesday as a full participant for the first time since a hard hit left him with a neck sprain and a concussion. He said it was “a good feeling” to be back on the field before going into detail about an injury that he defined as “definitely scary.” The cornerback explained he lost feeling in his body for about 20 seconds, but was relieved when it started to come back....

Rose, who has seen his fair share of injuries crop up in recent seasons, has missed three games with right hamstring tendinitis. Rose was expected to play Sunday against the Raptors, but woke up with pain on the front of his leg so the team brought him in to rule out structural damage to his knee. MORE: 10 VERY bold predictions for the NBA in 2016 | What’s wrong with the Bulls’ offense?...

Back in 1995, Disney fielded criticisms related to the company’s support for LGBTQ employees after it extended health benefits to the same-sex partners of its employees. In response, conservatives throughout the South attacked Disney for expanding insurances and boycotted the company for promoting what they believed to be a particular agenda. At the time, the Florida Family Association released a statement accusing Disney of showing “outright disrespect and arrogance in their attitude toward the American family....

The 48-year-old, who has at the helm since 2012, has now overseen 42 wins, overtaking Michel Hidalgo and Raymond Domenech who both oversaw 41 triumphs. 13/5 for Albania and Italy to draw Deschamps led France to the quarter-finals at the 2014 World Cup, while they were runners-up at Euro 2016 on home soil. Les Bleus were a long way from their fluent best in Sofia, but a third-minute goal from Blaise Matuidi propelled them back to the summit of Group A in Russia 2018 qualifying....

It is still not known exactly what causes Reye’s syndrome (RS) to develop, but research has shown an association between the development of the syndrome and the use of aspirin (salicylates) to treat upper respiratory illness (e.g. flu, cold) and chicken pox. RS is not contagious. The number of cases of RS reported has dropped to less than 2 cases per year, due to vaccines and educational campaigns that resulted in a decreased use of aspirin products to treat children’s illnesses....

The Redskins wide receiver is set to star in his own reality television show called “Home Team.” Jackson is a polarizing figure on the field, but the big wigs at BET felt it would behoove viewers to get a glimpse of him off the field as well. Who are we to argue? The reality shows of former receivers Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson weren’t complete failures, depending on who you ask....

Jackson on Sunday accepted an invitation to visit the site of Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz, where almost 1 million Jews were killed in a German campaign to annihilate their religion. His pledge to travel to the site came in a video conversation with Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg. “I grew up in Los Angeles, and never really spent time with anyone from the Jewish community and didn’t know much about their history,” Jackson said on the call....

Trade? That would be necessary unless, and here's the surprising part, the Philadelphia Eagles decide to cut ties with Jackson. Letting him go scot-free isn't out of the question. The obvious Jackson landing spot: Michael Vick is on record as saying he'd love to have Jackson play for his new team, the New York Jets. That assumes it will be Vick, and not Geno Smith, as the Jets' primary quarterback....

Ultimately, Cleveland won the sweepstakes for his services, but the team still faced some major questions. Would Watson be able to play in 2022? If so, at what point would he debut? And how will he fare after spending the entire 2021 season off the field amid a dispute with Houston? All of those questions were certainly valid, and they were finally answered on Thursday. Watson will be suspended for 11 games after violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy but he will be able to play in 2022, beginning in Week 13 against the Texans....