James quickly figured out how to use his status as the best player on the planet to shape the narrative around him and find exactly what he wanted personally and professionally. So how does Los Angeles make sense as his latest landing spot? MORE: NBA free agent tracker — see who goes where Let’s go back and take a look at how James arrived at his previous decisions before covering his latest move....
First-place votes for Nikola Jokic, Stephen Curry, Chris Paul, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo and . . . wait, Derrick Rose? Yes, Rose has won the MVP award before. In fact, he was the youngest player to win it when he claimed the award at age 22 after the 2010-11 regular season. But since the end of the 2017 season, he has started only 38 total games, serving as a backup point guard for the Cavaliers, Timberwolves, Pistons and Knicks....
Rose hasn’t been in action since Nov. 7 while nursing an ailment that’s caused him to miss Cleveland’s last seven games, a stretch during which the three-time reigning Eastern Conference champions have gone 6-1, righting many of their early-season wrongs. MORE: Tyronn Lue is tired of questions about LeBron’s minutes Now, the 29-year-old could be contemplating retirement. Quoting a team source, ESPN’s Dave McMenamin and Adrian Wojnarowski are reporting Rose has been away from the team for going on a week as he considers whether to forge through with his rehab and continue his career....
“We’ve talked about that a little bit. ‘Are we moving fast enough to accomplish goals that you have for yourself and your career?’ " Jackson said Thursday (via ESPN.com). “Melo and I have talked about that: whether we’re on the right time frame with him, is he disappointed or whatever. I think this is a positive move. He sees that as a positive move. I think that’s reinvigorating for him....
But while Rose has shown a commitment to the Bulls, he is unlikely to practice with the team this season, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said, according to the Chicago Tribune. Bulls center Joakim Noah is aware that Rose won't play any part in what happens on the court for the Bulls, but he appreciates his presence. "He’s working really hard," Noah said. "He’s always around the team, being a great leader, showing support to his teammates....
Speaking to Fox News’ Sean Hannity Tuesday night, DeSantis said he is “very thankful” to Biden while discussing a phone call the pair had about preparations for Hurricane Ian, including the government providing federal assistance. The Category 3 storm, which has already left all of Cuba without power, is expected to make landfall in Florida around Wednesday afternoon or early evening. Biden previously confirmed he already spoken to three Florida mayors on Tuesday as Ian approached the state but seemed to wait until hours later to speak with DeSantis....
The statement took direct aim at a mandate expected to pass from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that would require employers with more than 100 employees to implement vaccine and testing requirements. It also targeted President Joe Biden’s mandate requiring federal workers and contracting companies to enforce vaccine mandates. DeSantis said that his administration would fight these requirements in court on behalf of the thousands of workers he expects to be affected....
The Texans quarterback is facing nearly two dozen civil lawsuits alleging inappropriate behavior and sexual assault during massages administered to Watson since 2020. The Boston Globe’s Ben Volin revealed a portion of Hardin’s statement on Twitter on Tuesday: MORE: Lawsuits against Deshaun Watson, explained “These women say they are deeply troubled by the accusations made against Deshaun Watson and that these claims are wholly inconsistent with their experiences with him and who they believe him to be,” the statement reads....
The bomb almost cut the Cole in half. Flammable fuel oil showered down on the deck and sprayed through the flooded compartments of the ship. Torn electrical cables arced and sparked, threatening to torch a conflagration. Most of the ship was plunged into darkness. Pulling on an oxygen mask, Lt. Cmdr. Deborah Courtney headed through the smoke and murk for her battle station. An athletic woman with a pleasant but no-nonsense manner, Courtney says she “loves her engineers....
“We live in a very dangerous city,” Martinez says simply, sitting at a picnic bench with her friends in the playground of Choloma’s Presentación Centeno school. “We can’t leave our houses… It’s dangerous to walk alone… Many deaths happen here,” she explains. The city is controlled by some of the world’s most notorious gangs, including “Mara Salvatrucha” (MS-13) and “Barrio 18,” or the 18th Street Gang, and Martinez says that in her short lifetime, she’s seen a lot—and she’s not the only one....
Lost Sectors offer ways for Guardians to level up quickly and farm items when playing solo. They first came to Destiny 2 with the Beyond Light expansion, and now they’re a major part of many solo players’ rotation when hitting the grind. How do you find the Scavenger’s Den in Destiny 2? This particular search will lead you to the Outskirts region, where you’ll be able to move through some undergrowth and a few particularly dark tunnels....
Mike Brown, who is with the King County Sheriff’s Office, posted a meme on his Facebook page that shows people being hit by a truck and the words “All Lives Splatter,” KIRO 7 reported. His page has been taken down, but the station reported that in another post, he wrote: “I see a couple of people got infected with COVID-19 from the hood of a car on I-5 last night....
One distinct possibility is that the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated in the Wuhan Institute of Virology, a biosafety level 4 laboratory. This lab-leak hypothesis, as it is often called, should not be hastily dismissed as a conspiracy theory. It would be false and irresponsible to deny the evidence for it. As evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein noted in January 2021, the “lab-leak hypothesis is becoming impossible to ignore.” On Twitter, Weinstein posted a video in which disease ecologist Peter Daszak, a member of the WHO team tasked with investigating the origins of SARS-CoV-2 in China, discusses the Wuhan laboratory’s “research into enhanced coronaviruses just before the pandemic....
Disgusting, yes, with an explanation. There are psychologists who’ve actually thought about such things a lot in recent years, and they’re discovering unsuspected complexity in the simple impulse to barf. According to them, feeling disgust is more than just feeling queasy; it’s an expression of our essential humanity. A dog doesn’t turn up its nose over a platter of raw chicken livers; a cat’s idea of a real treat is mouse tartare....
For 28 years, these types of announcements were made by Lou Lamoriello, the Devils’ longtime do-it-all president/general manager/coach. His absence from Tuesday’s news conference was a symbolic gesture by the team that each Devils roster henceforth would be drawn from Shero’s blueprints, sans input from Lamoriello himself. MORE: Five reasons to watch the Stanley Cup Final | Final schedule Shero, hired by the Devils last month as the team’s first non-Lamoriello general manager since 1987, ushered in the Hynes era with a three-word catchphrase: Fast....
Sunday might be a good indication that those people will get to know a lot more about him — both in how he attacks the ball and how he challenges opposing corners. Funchess caught four passes for 64 yards and a touchdown in the Panthers’ 44-16 win over the Redskins, and may be getting going at just the right time. MORE: What we learned in Panthers’ blowout | Panthers don’t have to act like Patriots | Images...
The visitors looked dead and buried 68 minutes into Tuesday’s first leg at Anfield, with Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane scoring to put the home side 5-0 up. However, late goals from Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti have given Roma some hope of a repeat of their dramatic quarter-final comeback, when they beat Barcelona 3-0 in the second leg to go through on away goals. Di Francesco was upset at the way his side failed to win enough battles in midfield and furious that they conceded three times in 13 minutes after the break, but he insists they must believe they can reach the final....
Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in the United States. DME is the most common cause of vision loss in people with diabetes. Thankfully, there are steps you can take to help prevent diabetic macular edema. If you’re already experiencing diabetic macular edema, there are treatment options that can help alleviate your symptoms. This article will discuss the symptoms, causes, treatments, and risk factors of diabetic macular edema....
