Exclusive interviews from ESPN’s documentary series “The Last Dance” recently brought the Hall of Fame feud back into the spotlight. It’s clear Jordan and the Bulls didn’t respect how the “Bad Boy” Pistons approached the game, and that animosity extended well beyond the floor. In fact, one of the biggest controversies from that era didn’t even involve NBA competition. Thomas’ omission from the 1992 “Dream Team” Olympic roster frustrates the two-time NBA champion to this day, and there has been plenty of speculation about Jordan’s role in the decision....

The six-time gold medalist swam Friday for a spot on the U.S. team that will go to Tokyo next month. He was in the final of the men’s 200-meter individual medley at USA Swimming’s Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb. Lochte was trying to put himself in line to compete in his fifth Olympics. His first games were in 2004 and his most recent was in 2016, when he helped to spark an international incident by falsely claiming he and a teammate were robbed at gunpoint at a gas station in Brazil....

Incitement is a legal term, but it is also subject to interpretation, and Trump’s lawyers have already put forward a defense brief arguing that the former president did not “direct anyone to commit unlawful actions.” As a linguist and a philosopher and experts in political propaganda, we beg to differ; we believe that his actions do indeed qualify as incitement. It’s true that words in isolation do not lead to violence....

Diddy has nailed Halloweens in years past—his take on Pennywise from Stephen King’s It from several years ago has resurfaced in a viral video—and this year is no different, with fans and social media users claiming it was Oscar-worthy. “You can’t tell me @Diddy didn’t just earn a legit audition to be the next Joker,” Green Bay Packers alum Will Blackmon wrote on Twitter. “Bruh was in FULL character for an entire night....

Weight Control Obtaining a healthy weight is important for controlling both blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Following a set menu plan at a designated calorie level is an effective weight loss strategy. Reduce Sodium Not everyone is sensitive to sodium, meaning that not all individuals who eat a high sodium diet will develop high blood pressure as a result. Rather than acting as your own test subject to see if you are salt-sensitive or not, it is advisable to try to follow the American Heart Association’s recommendation of less than 1,500 milligrams of sodium (less than 1 teaspoon of table salt) per day....

One researcher at the Kennedy Krieger Interactive Autism Network raised this question in a report on girls with ASD: “Researchers looking at differences between boys and girls with ASD have often not found much difference. Is this because there is no difference, or because only girls with ASD who most resemble boys with ASD are diagnosed and therefore included in studies?” One difficulty that researchers experience is that girls with autism seem to behave in ways that are considered acceptable—if not ideal—for girls as opposed to boys....

One might expect these attacks to result in even more severe diplomatic and economic repercussions for Moscow. In some ways, those expectations have been met; the European Parliament went as far as to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, and the G20 released a joint declaration after intense negotiations, faulting the war for producing “immense human suffering” inside Ukraine as well as economic consequences around the world. Yet the war has demonstrated just how self-interested geopolitics can be....

TAKAYAMA: What did you want to achieve when you started your magazine 20 years ago? OKADOME: I wanted to offer a critique of the Japanese media–not a mild one, but an outspoken one. That’s why most of the readers in the beginning were journalists. People are curious to see what’s said about them in print. Then I wanted to challenge the kind of issues that Japan’s mass media consider taboo, such as the imperial family, powerful ministries, advertising giants and some religious organizations....

The traditional coaching model might not be broken and now with the use of technology in the sport at an all-time high, what better way to target a younger demographic than with the advent of a digital coach in the form of a sensor basketball and coaching app. For the last five-plus years, Mike Crowley — CEO of InfoMotion Sports Technologies — has created different censored ball products and with the feedback he has received from coachers, players and parents, he recently developed the 94Fifty Smart Sensor Basketball, the company’s first product....

The Cox Automotive Forward-Thinking Dealership Study is the result of a survey of 449 franchise dealerships in the United States from April 18, 2022 to August 18, 2022. The study looked at sales, marketing and inventory management within U.S. car dealerships and discovered the secret to success. Those dealers that were “well into their digital transformation” having employed integrated technology, automation, and data throughout their operations are clear winners....

Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic claimed after the Wanderers’ AFC Champions League win on Wednesday that the club have 18 players signed for next season, indicating a greater sense of stability within the squad compared to previous campaigns. Popovic: WSW will challenge next year But the Wanderers still announced a mass exit with the contracts of Dimas, Nichols, Scott Neville, Bruno Pinatares, Ryan Griffiths, Liam Youlley, Stefan Zinni and Emilio Martinez coming to an end....

Since the heyday of swank eateries like the Brown Derby and the Stork Club, restaurateurs have known that nothing draws crowds like a celebrity clientele. Increasingly, however, the stars have begun to ask why someone else should make money off this phenomenon. Celebrities as stellar as Kevin Costner and Robert De Niro or as lunar as Al Lewis, who played Grampa in “The Munsters” 25 years ago, have bypassed the middleman and opened bistros themselves....

Red is the second album released as part of Swift’s decision to re-record all the albums recorded while she was signed to Big Machine Records in order to regain control of the masters, Newsweek previously reported. One of the most anticipated aspects of her recent release was the inclusion of a 10-minute version of the singer’s highly regarded song All Too Well. The song, which was first released on the original album in 2012, was named the best song of the 2010s by Rolling Stone....

But instead of the cheers of approval–or even a few murmurs of acknowledgement–Powell’s much-hyped presentation met with a stubborn inertia inside the luxurious chamber of the United Nations Security Council today. Dominique de Villepin, the French foreign minister, urged the U.N. to “double or triple” the number of weapons inspectors in Iraq. China, the first to respond to Powell’s presentation, was even clearer, speaking of the “universal desire of the international community to see a political solution” to the crisis in Iraq....

Prince Saud Al Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, pleaded with President George W. Bush on Tuesday to declassify some 28 blank pages dealing with Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials said they were desperate to rebut in public the suggestion that Saudi officials supported the 9/11 hijackers. Yet in an unusually public dispute for what is traditionally a highly private relationship, the U.S. president said no. “It makes no sense to declassify when we’ve got an ongoing investigation,” Bush said at a Rose Garden news conference....

The Walt Disney Company was Facebook’s top advertiser during the first half of 2020, according to research firm Pathmatics Inc. The research firm estimates Disney spent as much as $210 million on ads for its new streaming channel, Disney+, during 2020 so far. Disney was a big ad buyer during 2019 as well, spending the second-most money on Facebook advertising, after Home Depot. But in July, Disney dramatically cut the amount of money it spends on Facebook ads, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal....

The bill—which passed the Senate and is widely expected to be signed into law by GOP Governor Ron DeSantis—sparked national condemnation from LGBTQ advocates who say the bill will further harm young members of the community and punish students who mention anything related to sexual orientation or gender identity. Disney, which operates its theme park Walt Disney World near Orlando, has come under scrutiny for making political donations to key co-sponsors of the bill....

Earlier this month, the movie earned $127 million in domestic box office sales during its opening weekend, which began on November 22. The profits have made it the third-highest animated feature opening of all time, behind fellow Disney sequels Incredibles 2 and Finding Dory, as reported by CNBC. The outlet went on to note that the movie earned $223 million in theaters outside of the United States in its first three days, generating a total of $350 million worldwide....

Six months after its premiere, “High School Musical” rolls on, a singing and dancing juggernaut. Almost 37 million viewers have watched the $4.2 million production at least once since its first airing, and the musical–a pop confection that makes “Grease” look like “Rebel Without a Cause”–surged back into the spotlight this month, grabbing six Emmy nominations. The soundtrack, a top-10 hit since its January release, is the year’s biggest-selling CD, at 2....