MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Repeating a championship in the NBA is as challenging as ever given the level of talent in the league these days, with the Golden State Warriors being the only ones to do so in the last decade. Look at the five teams that won the Larry O’Brien Trophy before the Denver Nuggets last season: the Warriors in 2022, the Milwaukee Bucks in 2021, the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020 and the Warriors in 2019. None of them moved forward. Second round next year. Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets are one win away from stopping that streak and…
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15 May 2024; Orlando, Florida, USA; Inter Miami goalkeeper Drake Callender (1) jumps for the ball in the second half against Orlando City at Inter & Company Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports nathan ray seebeck Nathan Ray Seabeck-USA TODAY Sports Inter Miami got a glimpse on Wednesday night of what June and July will be like when Lionel Messi heads off to play for the Copa America; And one thing remained clear: The team has trouble scoring and winning without him. Messi was not on the Inter Miami game roster for the midweek road game against Orlando…
The past seven years of Assassin’s Creed games have turned me into the fan I never wanted to be: a withered old grumpy person who wishes things were the way they were. Used to Happen. Nobody likes that guy—especially not the millions of people who became Assassin’s Creed fans through the immaculate worlds of Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla.I’ve gotten used to the idea that a modern day, like a playable episode of Assassin’s Creed Deadliest Warrior, is about stepping into the shoes of historical warrior ideals and not, like, being a killer. But the next mainline game, Assassin’s Creed Shadows,…
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Major League Soccer’s best players will play at Q2 Stadium next year. MLS Commissioner Don Garber made the announcement Wednesday at Antone’s Nightclub, alongside Austin FC owner Anthony Precourt and Austin Mayor Kirk Watson, ahead of the Verde and Black’s midweek match against the Houston Dynamo. Verde Lights: It’s back for another season! Tune in Saturdays at 11am and 5pm on The CW Austin throughout the season, “It’s a professional major league sports town because of Austin FC,” Garber said. “It’s a big event, and Austin is a big event town. “It will have a global audience.”…
Some new members of the WNBA are set to make their debut Wednesday night when the Dallas Wings take on the Chicago Sky. Angel Reese with the Sky likes the focus on the WNBA right now. “I’m happy,” Reese said. I mean it’s hard to get tickets just for our families these days, so this is really cool. Seeing so many people supporting us and loving us in so many different ways, I’m excited to be a part of it. The Wednesday night games were sellouts which brings in more revenue for the league. Also, all the attention on young…
BRIGHTON, England (AP) – Christopher Nkunku inflates a blue balloon And he put it between his lips to celebrate his second-half goal in Wednesday’s 2-1 win for Chelsea at Brighton in the Premier League.The France striker’s 64th-minute strike added to Cole Palmer’s 22nd goal of the campaign in the 34th minute at the Amex Stadium as Chelsea claimed their fourth consecutive win to boost ambitions of qualifying for European competition next season. Did.Chelsea remained three points behind fifth-placed Tottenham ahead of Sunday’s final round of league games.Nkunku, who signed from Leipzig last offseason, has spent his first year at Chelsea…
Wicked gays, theater gays, witchy theater gays, gather around, we finally have one full length rogue trailer Obsessing over the next 200 days until the first part on-screen Wicked The adaptation is hitting theaters. (Whenever I remember this is a two-part movie, I want to scream????? But, alas.) Gay Wicked Trailer idea, let’s go. “Are people born wicked or is wickedness thrust upon them?” Ariana Grande’s Glinda provides music in a voiceover at the beginning of the trailer. I’ve watched the trailer half a dozen times already, and every time, I’m amazed at how much Ari has changed for this…
Consumer price index data for April showed that core inflation eased last month, while retail sales fell by more than expected. The S&P 500 opened solidly higher in Wednesday’s stock market action following CPI inflation data, as the market weighed the implications of the Fed rate-cut outlook. x CPI inflation report hit and miss The overall consumer price index rose 0.3% in the month, matching forecasts. The 12-month CPI inflation rate also declined to 3.4%, which is in line. Core CPI, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.3% from March levels, in line with estimates. The annual…
Rescue workers took Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to a hospital in the central Slovakian city of Banská Bystrica after being shot on Wednesday. Jan Kroslak/TASR via AP hide caption toggle caption Jan Kroslak/TASR via AP Rescue workers took Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to a hospital in the central Slovakian city of Banská Bystrica after being shot on Wednesday. Jan Kroslak/TASR via AP Banská Bystrica, Slovakia – Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times and seriously wounded on Wednesday, but his deputy prime minister said he was confident Fico would survive. The prime minister was greeting…
Welcome to my weekly edition of “Steelers Nation’s Overreactions,” a weekly column where I poke fun at fans, reporters and so-called experts and try to figure out if some of these hot takes are real — or just. To attract attention. I make fun of a lot of offseason news, but none may be more silly than the stories surrounding the NFL schedule release. Like free agency and the NFL Draft, schedule releases have their own aura of anticipation. Unlike the other two, we already know what’s going to happen before the full calendar is announced. I know I spent…