Wall broke down two defenders in the screen-and-roll set and met Jason Smith at the rim. Instead of challenging Smith in the air, Wall finished a reverse 360 layup, to the surprise of everyone. Take a look for yourself. MORE: NBA’s Christmas games | Ibaka-Aldridge scuffle | Top NBA moments of 2014
John Wick Hex isn’t quite a stone-cold classic, but it certainly breaks the mould. The game serves as a prequel to the three John Wick movies so far and was made in close collaboration with the movies’ director Chad Stahelski in an attempt to nail the feel. There’s no shortage of videogame pedigree here either. Writer/director Mike Bithell made his name with the cult classic indie platformer Thomas Was Alone, following it up with stealth title Volume and the more contemplative Subsurface Circular and Quarantine Circular, all of which have received plentiful critical acclaim....
Donald Trump is 7-2 (22 percent chance) to beat his rival, with the possibility of the incumbent being re-elected for another four years “looking less and less likely,” the betting site said. Several other UK-based bookmakers gave Biden similarly short odds of winning the presidential contest, with BetVictor, BetFred and William Hill all offering 1-5. Pundits rely on betting markets in Europe and elsewhere as political gambling is banned in the U....
The ceremony, which typically begins around 11 a.m. local time, will be followed by the Celebrating America television program (broadcast from 8:30 p.m. local time), featuring musical performances from a host of artists, according to the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) website. “President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris will be sworn in on the West front of the U.S. Capitol building. After they take their oaths of office, President-elect Biden will deliver an inaugural address laying out his vision to defeat the pandemic, build back better, and unify and heal the nation,” the PIC notes....
Brown served as the U.K.’s prime minister between 2007 and 2010, succeeding Tony Blair, having been its chancellor prior to that. “What you see with Joe is what you get. He’s open, he’s friendly. He’s very respectful, he’s very generous with people,” Brown told the BBC, speaking of his own interactions with Biden. “You know, Ronald Reagan was called the greatest communicator, he [Biden] is the greatest conciliator. “I think he will be the person that brings America together, because it is a very, very divided and dysfunctional country at the moment....
Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, named George Floyd in his news conference, as well as Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, two other victims whose deaths have sparked national outrage. He asked Americans who are not black what they would do if their children were in danger every time they left the house. “Imagine if every time your husband or son, wife or daughter, left the house, you feared for their safety from bad actors and bad police,” Biden said....
Where Trump antagonized Mexico and Central American countries, leaning on them to increase enforcement along their borders, and overturning years of policy related to the asylum system while instituting a controversial Remain in Mexico policy, Biden has for years believed that the state of Latin American countries must first measurably improve for immigration to slow. Biden made his views clear in a 2018 Washington Post op-ed titled “The Border Won’t Be Secure Until Central America Is....
According to a new Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) survey, conducted by pollster TIPP, Biden’s approval rating has risen to 49.1 percent, only marginally lower than his disapproval rating of 50.9 percent, once undecided voters are excluded. This gives Biden a net approval rating of minus two, up from minus nine in December 2022 when the monthly survey was last conducted. The IBD/TIPP survey, of 1,200 American adults, was conducted online between January 4 and January 6....
The poll, conducted by Morning Consult from March 5 to 8, showed Biden besting Trump by 7 points, 48 percent to 41 percent among all voters. That’s a 3 percent increase from February, when the gap was just 4 points. However, 11 percent of respondents still said they do not know or have no opinion on the potential match-up. Biden also beats Trump among independent voters. The Morning Consult data showed that 41 percent of the demographic currently back Biden, while just 35 percent said they back Trump....
Biden has also approved a major disaster declaration for Louisiana, which made federal funding available to affected individuals in several parishes across the state. In a speech Thursday addressing Hurricane Ida response efforts, the president said: “Tomorrow, I’ll be traveling to Louisiana to meet with Governor John Bel Edwards, as well as the parish presidents and mayors and the local officials representing the affected areas. Biden added: “My message to everyone affected is: We’re all in this together....
The executive actions will block new oil and natural gas leases on public land or offshore waters, designate climate change as a national security priority, and reestablish scientific and technological advisory committees, among other directives. The goal is to “help drive our nation toward a clean energy future, creating well-paying jobs with the opportunity to join a union, and delivering justice for communities who have been subjected to environmental harm,” according to a summary the administration provided to Newsweek....
Biden was interrupted by a male protester as he addressed his supporters at a Michigan campaign rally earlier today. As the vice president was giving his speech to the crowd, someone from the audience began chanting “Hey hey ho ho, Joe Biden has got to go!”, which prompted the candidate to stop and his supporters to begin chanting “Let’s go, Joe.” The protesters then unfurled banners, one of which said, “NAFTA killed our jobs,” referring to Biden’s 1994 vote in favor of the trade agreement between the U....
“He is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological and chemical weapons, because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming,” Biden said during a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee fundraiser in New York City on Thursday. “I don’t think there’s any such thing as the ability to easily use tactical nuclear weapons and not end up with armageddon.” Biden said Putin’s rhetoric had put the world at the highest risk of nuclear destruction since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, a tense period that nearly resulted in a war between the U....
Dirt, Sunday’s Grand Marshal, passed along some interesting knowledge to the two drivers on how to conquer “Dirt-ona.” Although Harvick is a former Daytona 500 and Coke Zero 400 winner, the star of the upcoming movie, “Joe Dirt 2,” told him its OK if he didn’t know what he was doing and not to be embarrassed because “we were all rookies once.” MORE: Drivers hoping Daytona sparks their season | NASCAR’s most eligible bachelors...
Exotic, real name Joseph Maldonado-Passage, was sentenced to 22 years in prison after a 2019 conviction for paying a hitman $3,000 to kill his nemesis, animal rights activist Carole Baskin, as well as 17 counts of animal cruelty. After becoming a Netflix star via Tiger King last year, Exotic, who has maintained his innocence in the murder-for-hire plot, launched a campaign for Trump to pardon him before leaving office, though his efforts ultimately proved futile....
Broncos coach Vic Fangio on Sunday gave several updates on how the first of the team’s dozen OTA practices would go beginning Monday, explaining the veteran quarterback will take all of the repetitions with the first team. Fangio added that he expects Kevin Hogan, Brett Rypien and 2019 second-round selection Drew Lock to be mixed in “randomly” beyond that. “We’ve got open competition after [Flacco],” he said, via the team’s official website....
“Our strategy to reallocate our future marketing assets into new programs is strictly a business decision to align our priorities to better serve our customer in this rapidly changing retail environment,” the company said in a statement to ESPN. MORE: 2016 Sprint Cup winners | Complete Charlotte race week schedule According to the ESPN report, Dollar General has sponsored 30 races in each of the past two seasons with the 2003 Cup champion....
FAGAN: Even with ‘slow’ start, Ohtani still a top MVP candidate Maddon was in his third year at the helm of the Halos, but his term was largely three years of mediocrity (157-172 record), even with generational talents Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani doing a substantial number of impressive things, injuries and recent struggles notwithstanding. But the Angels’ failures do not lie solely at Maddon‘s feet. Just as the Phillies, who also recently fired a Joe after a few disappointing seasons, have plenty of blame to go around, the Angels as an organization have left a lot to be desired, having consistently failed to address its pitching needs and to add the right other pieces to surround its marquee players....
The Cubs manager offered up that solution during a postgame soliloquy Wednesday night, shortly after review officials upheld the final out of the game in a 5-2 Chicago loss to the Dodgers. MORE: Which NL teams will be buyers? Sellers? Maddon disagreed with the ruling, which let stand the on-field call that Scott Van Slyke had thrown out the Cubs’ Chris Denorfia at second base as he tried to stretch a ninth-inning hit into a double....
Collette Smith, hired by the Jets for training camp to work with the defensive backs, is the latest example. MARVEZ: Revolution of women in NFL “I’ve been for the opposite sex and equality in sports before Title IX came into play,” Namath explained to Sporting News last week. “My mother played some basketball. Why couldn’t females be involved in sports? “We didn’t see that until the early ‘70s. I’d just love for everyone to have that opportunity....
