After the Jazz’s 121-111 victory over the Grizzlies in Game 3 of their first-round series, ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt asked Mitchell about regaining his previous level of conditioning following a lengthy recovery from an ankle injury, which forced him to sit out Utah’s playoff opener. Van Pelt noted that the All-Star guard had played well despite the layoff, but Mitchell disagreed. MORE: Bucks’ Twitter account trolls Heat fans after first-round sweep...

Pulisic is well on his way to stardom At just 18 years old, Pulisic has started 18 matches for Dortumund — including six in the Champions League — and scored five goals in all competitions this season. Pulisic has also starred on the international level, starting in five of the seven World Cup qualifying appearances he has made for the Stars and Stripes. “By American standards, Christian Pulisic has the potential to become a global superstar,” Cramer told Spox....

The 53-year-old has signed a two-year deal at Signal Iduna Park which sees him succeed Thomas Tuchel at the helm. All the latest transfer rumours Dortmund finished third in the 2016-17 season and won the DFB-Pokal, while Bosz had to settle for a runner-up spot in the Eredivisie and Europa League with Ajax. He is now relishing the prospect of leading Dortmund, whose fans have a reputation for generating an excellent atmosphere....

After the ungainly bird touched down, flight surgeon Gaylen Johnson raced on board, immediately checking Lucid’s respiration and pulse rate. Two NASA technicians assigned to help the astronauts out of their spacesuits were right behind him. (It was ““Star Trek’’ meets ““Home Improvement’’: Lucid’s helmet was stuck, so the technicians spent 15 tense minutes wrestling it off with pliers and screwdriver.) Then it was Daly and Romano’s turn. ““We were expecting to find her on the recliner,’’ says Daly....

Fetterman, who is running for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat and is currently the state’s lieutenant governor, took to Twitter on Monday and accused Oz of being a “puppy killer.” Jezebel reported on Monday that Oz had supervised experiments at the Columbia University Institute of Comparative Medicine between 1989 and 2010 that had resulted in the deaths of at least 329 dogs, as well as other animals. “I LOVE my dogs,” Fetterman tweeted....

Fauci, who serves as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, made the remarks during an interview with CBS News’ Face the Nation on Sunday. But he also predicted optimistically that the data suggests the number of confirmed cases will flatten out after this coming week. “Well, this is going to be a bad week,” Fauci warned. “Unfortunately, if you look at the projection of the curves, of the kinetics of the curves, we’re going to continue to see an escalation,” he said....

President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response coordinator said on Fox News Tuesday it is important for everyone to wear a mask because asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19—the disease caused by the new coronavirus—could unwittingly put others at risk. “We know that talking, singing, certainly sneezing and coughing can pass the virus on to others. Because you can pass it when you’re asymptomatic, people don’t know that they’re infected,” Dr. Birx said....

Speaking to Newsweek, America’s top infectious disease expert said: “Everything will be on the table for discussion” when asked if he will be discussing the possibility of introducing COVID-19 vaccine passports and potential mandatory vaccinations at a local level, including in schools, in his role as chief medical adviser to President-elect Biden. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) noted: “It’s not up to me to make a decision....

“I think it will be easily by the end of 2021 and perhaps into the next year before we start having some semblance of normality,” Fauci said during the University of Melbourne webinar. “If normal means you can get people in a theatre without worrying about what we call congregate-setting super infections, if we can get restaurants to open almost at full capacity,” he added. Fauci went on to explain that opening up the economy and maintaining public health safety is a “fine line” to walk....

Starting Thursday, March 20th, pick eight individual college basketball players while staying under the $100,000 salary cap. Pick three guards, three forwards and two utility players from Thursday's first-round games to get started. Simply finish in the top half in fantasy points each day to move on, and then select a new eight-man team each day you survive. There will be $40,000 in prizes awarded on Day 4 (March 23)....

His affiliation with Big Blue Nation dates back to at least 2010, when he hung out with John Calipari and crew on campus. But despite his massive success, Drake alleges that his loyalty to the institution remains stronger than ever. “Well, first of all, I’d like to say that despite what everyone on the Internet thinks, I do not team jump," he told ESPN. “In the past I’ve always supported the player and not the institution—unless we’re talking about the Kentucky Wildcats and the Toronto Raptors; I will never stray from them....

Not one to mince words, he got right to it in the first bar: "Draft day, Johnny Manziel / Five years later how am I the man still? / Draft day, A Wiggins / (expletive) that other side (expletive), we stay winnin'." Drake and Manziel's relationship isn't news. The rapper wore a shirt with Manziel's face on it to a Super Bowl party. Name-dropping Andrew Wiggins isn't particularly a surprise, either, as the future lottery pick was born in Toronto....

Immediately the thundering began again. This time the bombs were even more powerful. I felt no one had ever prayed as intensely as we did in that moment. “Dear God, please let us stay alive,” we prayed. Our small house vibrated, glass crashed, but it remained standing. Right away the first people came out of the burning Dresden, dragging themselves along [the streets]. Some wore nothing but the wet blankets that they had to protect themselves from the flames....

The Saints quarterback posted a video Saturday on Instagram, showing his progress as he threw a regulation-sized football just weeks after having surgery. The video was captioned: “Shhhhhhhhh….” with a thumbs-up emoji and a wink emoji. Brees returned to practice this week, though he didn’t throw at all. Instead, he participated in individual drills and stretching. He said Wednesday that he’s optimistic he can return before the initial six- to eight-week timeline he was given....

The Saints assistant head coach tore his Achilles and suffered a broken wrist after he fell while pursuing would-be car thieves Saturday morning. MORE: Five things we learned in Saints-Falcons game | Don’t count Saints out after Falcons win “Just listening to Joe Vitt tell the story about it is priceless because he’s a great story teller,” Brees told reporters on Wednesday. “It is absolutely what I would expect him to do....

The veteran forward joined the Wizards at Wednesday's practice and will be available for Thursday's game against the Toronto Raptors. Gooden agreed to the deal Tuesday. The Wizards were in need of frontcourt depth after losing forward Nene to a sprained left MCL. Nene is expected to be sidelined about six weeks. Gooden hasn't played since he was designated as an amnesty player by the Milwaukee Bucks last summer. He had two years and about $13....

Drexel hasn’t confirmed multiple reports, but Flint took to Twitter to say his goodbyes. MORE: Ranking the 10 best tourney players since 1985 The men’s basketball coach took the Dragons to five NIT appearances including a quarterfinals trip after the 2011-12 season. After going 29–7 that season, the team fell below .500 in three of the next four seasons. The lowest point for Flint’s career came last season as the Dragons went 6-25....