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toastweaselreads · 6 years

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Books I Read in 2018

Holy cats, Batman! I read 15+ books in 2018!!!! And that��s not to count the non-fiction books I read. Here qre my fiction books :)

Fiction:

Blue Ice Landing by KA Moll

Competence by Gail Carriger

I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest

How to Marry A Werewolf (In Ten Easy Steps) by Gail Carriger

Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard

The Pirate's Booty (The Plundered Chronicles #1) by Alex Westmore

Shiver Her Timbers (The Plundered Chronicles #2) by Alex Westmore

Fire in the Hole (The Plundered Chronicles #3) by Alex Westmore

Haunting Love by K.A. Moll

The Quokka Question (Kylie Kendall Mysteries #3) by Claire McNab

Shoulders: A Novel by Georgia Cotrell

The Omega Objection by Gail Carriger

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood, #1) by Becky Albertalli

Leah on the Offbeat (Creekwood, #2) by Becky Albertalli

Dagger: On Butch Women by Lily Burana

I think I actually read more than this, but this is all I can remember/all I wrote down and reviewed on Goodreads.

It was a fun year. For only wanting to have read 5 books in 2018, I blew that out of the water! And the above list is only my fiction list. I read a bunch of non-fiction too, which I’m going to put under a cut.

What will 2019 bring? Who knows, but I hope it’s queer ;)

~Ty

And now, all of my 2018 non-fiction book reads are under a cut, with their proper Chicago citations, because I’m a nerd.

Anheier, Helmut K, and Yudhishthir Raj Isar. Heritage, Memory & Identity. The Cultures and Globalization Series, 4. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2011.

Carnes, Michelle. 2009. Do it for your sistas: black same-sex-desiring women’s erotic performance parties in Washington D.C. American University, UMI Microform

Castle, Terry. 1993. The Apparitional Lesbian : Female Homosexuality and Modern Culture. Gender and Culture. New York: Columbia University Press.

Ingram, Gordon Brent, Anne-Marie Bouthillette, and Yolanda Retter. Queers in Space : Communities, Public Places, Sites of Resistance. Seattle, Wash.: Bay Press, 1997.

Lowenthal, David. Possessed by the Past: The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History. New York: The Free Press, 1996.

Morris, Bonnie J. 2016. The Disappearing L : Erasure of Lesbian Spaces and Culture. Suny Series in Queer Politics and Cultures. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Oldenburg, Ray. The Great Good Place : The Great Good Place : Cafés, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community / Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community. New York: Marlowe, 1999.

Rupp, Leila J. 2009. Sapphistries : A Global History of Love between Women. Intersections: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Genders and Sexualities. New York: New York University Press.

Rutherford, Jonathan. 1998. Identity : Community, Culture, Difference. London: Lawrence & Wishart.

Schulman, Sarah. 1994. My American History: Lesbian and Gay Life during the Reagan/Bush Years. New York: Routledge.

Stefano, Michelle L, Peter Davis, and Gerard Corsane. Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage. Heritage Matters Series, V. 8. Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2012.

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pangeanews · 5 years

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“Quella giovane pazza che improvvisa la sua poesia, danzando, l’anima divisa da se stessa”: Margot Ruddock, la poetessa che diventò folle per amore

Alla questione estetica si fonde quella fisica, per così dire. Nel 1934 William B. Yeats va per i 70 e decide di risolvere il problema, ricorrente, dell’impotenza. Etereo, cristallino, il poeta si fa operare da Norman Haire, medico di fama, autore di Rejuvenation, a Londra. Pare che l’operazione sortisca gli esiti sperati: al rinvigorimento del corpo segue una specie di giovinezza poetica. “Il poeta, che trascorre il giugno del 1934 a Rapallo e l’autunno a Roma, sente tornare il vigore dell’ispirazione e intraprende, con il tacito consenso della moglie, nuove relazioni sentimental-erotiche: dall’ottobre, con l’attrice ventiseienne Margot Ruddock; dal dicembre con la romanziera Ethel Mannin; dall’estate del 1935 con la più anziana Lady Dorothy Wellesley… Più tardi, Yeats prenderà in affitto un piccolo appartamento a Londra per intrattenere in privato” (così nella Cronologia dell’Opera poetica di Yeats raccolta nei ‘Meridiani’ Mondadori, 2005). Ethel Mannin, nata nel 1900, donna libera e volitiva, libertina e anarchica, fu l’amante di Yeats e di Bertrand Russell, aveva simpatie sovietiche, scrisse moltissimo – alcuni suoi libri sono editi in Italia da Castelvecchi –, visse a lungo (fino al 1984). D’altra parte, Lady Wellesley, duchessa di Wellington, classe 1889, era ricca, nobile, ben equipaggiata, poetessa di pregio, socialista snob, editor presso la Hogarth Press. A me interessa l’altra, la più giovane.

Margot Ruddock era un talento grezzo, pura ispirazione, un elisir di nuova vita per Yeats. Nel 1937 Yeats scrisse una partecipe introduzione al primo – e unico – libro di poesie di Margot. “Ero a Maiorca, facevo la colazione a letto, erano le 7.30 quando mia moglie annunciò la visita di Margot Collins – una donna a cui, due anni prima, avevo divinato la tragedia di un genio frustrato. Voleva fondare un teatro di poeti. Viso meraviglioso, era un’attrice di provincia, ma di successo: giunta a Londra, cercava un palco adatto al proprio talento… Il cognome di suo padre era Ruddock e lei voleva farsi chiamare così, da poeta, Margot Ruddock… La sua poesia mi apparve appassionata, piena di caotiche improvvisazioni, di una potenza che surclassava l’assenza di cultura letteraria. Criticai la veemente incoerenza di alcuni suoi testi. Altri, piuttosto, mi sembravano alludere all’intensità di Emily Brontë”. Quando Yeats scrive l’intro, eccitato dal senso di colpa, Margot è precipitata nella follia. La relazione con il poeta è finita, lei lo tempesta di lettere, lui le ordina di smettere: lei va fuori di testa e viene ricoverata in una casa di cura a Madrid. Tra le lettere, il poeta riceve un manipolo di poesie, che costituisce l’osso del libro, “pubblico sotto la mia responsabilità… nonostante alcune imperfezioni, io vedo una statura nobile, il pregio della stranezza in queste poesie”. Yeats morirà poco dopo la pubblicazione del libro, The Lemon Tree. Nell’introduzione, Yeats dà esempio della poesia della pupilla:

Cielo duro, vento che soffia gelido Pianura di pietra ripida La mente è ferita e sanguina La mente si scinde al vento.

Per tutti tutto è vero Perché tutto ciò che è è vero Ma la Verità non è Essere la Verità non è essere.

Il dolore non è Verità La Verità nel dolore deve vivere il dolore Ma io non conosco il dolore La verità è una prova contro tutto Non per se stessa…

Ho numerato ciò che può accadere E non accadrà Ho detto ciò che sarà Ma non lo sarà.

Alcuni malignarono che ci fosse il verbo di Yeats tra le spirali verbali di Margot.

Vengo a conoscere Margot Ruddock, in realtà, tramite Cristina Campo. Quando, nel 1953, la Campo redige per Casini la scheda sul fatidico “Libro delle ottanta poetesse”, tra Saffo e Ildegarda di Bingen, tra Caterina da Siena e Emily Dickinson, Anna Achmatova, Virginia Woolf, Catherine Pozzi c’è anche lei, Margot Ruddock. Il libro della Ruddock, però, stampato da J.M. Dent nel ’37, non è più riedito. Probabilmente la Campo legge la poetessa stipata nell’Oxford of Modern Verse 1892-1935, raccolta, invece, notissima (e criticatissima), curata da Yeats per la Oxford University Press, dove appaiono Chesterton e D.H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde e Tagore, Auden e Thomas Hardy, Gerard Manley Hopkins e Joyce, Ezra Pound, un poco di Eliot, Stephen Spender e lei, Margot. “Sto studiando Eliot e la sua scuola. Non intendo dargli molto spazio nella mia antologia e devo precisare le mie obiezioni, capire perché i lavori giovanili di T.S. abbiano stupito così tanto”, scrive Yeats a Margot, il 25 febbraio 1935. Poi la concupisce raccontandole la favola. “C’è un episodio delle Mille e una notte che mi diverte, potrebbe essere un motto per un libro progressista sull’educazione dei bambini. Dunque: Sheherazade, la regina dei narratori, dice al marito che sta raccontando alcuni aneddoti i quali ‘per quanto morali, potrebbero sembrare licenziosi’. Il re risponde, ‘Non celarli, ma forse è bene che mandi via la tua sorellina, che sta giocando tra i cuscini’. Sheherazade dice di no, ‘non c’è niente di vergognoso nel parlare di ciò che accade sotto la nostra cinghia’. La mia vita al momento è fatta di Balzac e delle Mille e una notte. Quando poggio il libro, guardo le cinciarelle blu sul davanzale, che mangiano il pane. I pezzi migliori di Balzac e delle Mille e una notte sono come quegli uccelli, per questo non li dimentichiamo mai. Forse desidero ammirare ancora la tua bellezza per lo stesso motivo con cui, irragionevolmente, desidero contemplare le cinciarelle blu”.

Margot non scriverà più. Si era sposata troppo giovane, con un tizio di nome John. Aveva avuto un figlio, Michael, seguì il divorzio. La relazione con Yeats mise in crisi, definitivamente, il suo secondo matrimonio, con l’attore caratterista Raymond Lovell. La vastissima filmografia di Lovell si conclude nel 1953: ha una piccola parte ne I vinti di Michelangelo Antonioni (se vi leggo la lista degli sceneggiatori impallidite: Bassani, Diego Fabbri, Roger Nimier, Turi Vasile, Susi Cecchi d’Amico). Dai due scaturisce una figlia, Simone, che avrà un qualche successo come attrice per la tivù. La sua nascita, nel 1934, coincide, tuttavia, con la nascita della relazione tra Margot e Yeats. Effettivamente, Margot impazzì d’amore. L’ultima volta, vide Yeats che lavorava con il maestro indù Shri Purohit Swami alla traduzione di alcune Upanishad (edite da Faber nel 1938). Nel 1971, con il titolo Ah, Sweet Dancer, fu pubblicato l’epistolario tra Yeats e Margot. Sweet Dancer è il titolo della poesia, scritta nel gennaio del 1937, che Yeats dedica a Margot:

La ragazza si muove danzando Sul prato d’erba seminata, Appena rasa, liscia, del giardino; Evasa dall’amara giovinezza, Sfuggita alla sua folla, O alla sua nuvola nera. Ah, danzatrice, ah, dolce danzatrice!

Se venissero estranei dalla casa Per ricondurla via, non dite che è felice perché è pazza; Gentilmente sviateli, Lasciatele finire la sua danza, Lasciatele finire la sua danza. Ah, danzatrice, ah, dolce danzatrice!

Margot è la sirena, l’incantata ispiratrice dell’ultima stagione poetica di Yeats, che coincide con i New Poems. “Le tue storie selvagge sono il principale ristoro della mia mente. Senza di loro impazzirei”, scrive Yeats a Margot. Il retroscena di Sweet Dancer è ricostruito da Ariodante Marianni (in: W. B. Yeats, Le ultime poesie, Bur, 2004) che ricalca una lettera di Yeats a Olivia Shakespear, da Palma di Maiorca, il 22 maggio 1936: “Il giorno dopo si recò a Barcellona e lì impazzì, s’arrampicò fuori da una finestra, cadde attraverso il tetto di una panetteria, si ruppe una rotula, si nascose nella stiva di una nave, continuando quasi tutto il tempo a cantare le sue poesie. Il console britannico a Barcellona mi mandò a chiamare e George e io andammo lì, la trovammo che aveva recuperato la ragione… era in una clinica e stava scrivendo un resoconto del suo momento di follia. Si dimostrò impossibile ottenere un’adeguata copertura finanziaria dalla sua famiglia, così accettai di farmene carico io e lei venne rimandata in Inghilterra e adesso non potrò permettermi vestiti per un anno… Quando sarò a Londra probabilmente mi nasconderò, perché voglio mantenermi a distanza da una tragedia in cui non posso essere di nessun ulteriore aiuto”. Secondo la testimonianza di Robert McHugh, Margot “fu internata in un manicomio; restò in una specie di solitario crepuscolo della mente fino al 1951, quando morì a Epsom. Non aveva che quarantaquattro anni”. La ragazza che impazzì d’amore è radiosa nell’opera di Yeats, che nel 1936 scrive A Crazed Girl. “Quella giovane pazza che improvvisa la sua musica,/ la sua poesia, danzando sulla spiaggia,/ l’anima divisa da se stessa”. Sembrava quasi godere, il poeta, di una gioia sinistra. (d.b.)

*In copertina: John William Waterhouse, “Ofelia”, 1889

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italianaradio · 5 years

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Atomica Bionda: 10 cose che non sai sul film

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Atomica Bionda: 10 cose che non sai sul film

Dinamico film d’azione con l’attrice Charlize Theron, Atomica Bionda è stato distribuito nelle sale nel 2017, ottenendo un buon riscontro di critica e pubblico. In particolare sono divenute memorabili l’interpretazione della protagonista, le numerose sequenze d’azione e la regia, tutti elementi che hanno aggiunto spessore ad una storia intrisa di toni thriller, incentrata in contesto di spionaggio nella Berlino del 1989.

Ecco 10 cose che non sai su Atomica Bionda.

Atomica Bionda: la trama del film

1. È ambientato in un anno cruciale. Nel 1989, alla vigilia del crollo del muro di Berlino e del cambiamento nelle alleanze tra superpotenze, Lorraine Broughton, una spia del massimo livello dell’MI6, viene inviata a Berlino per recuperare una lista contenente i nomi di tutti gli agenti occidentali in azione e i loro affari. La donna riceve l’ordine di cooperare col direttore della sede di Berlino, David Percival. I due formano un’incerta alleanza, scatenando tutto il loro arsenale di abilità nel perseguire una minaccia che mette a rischio l’intero mondo delle operazioni di spionaggio dei paesi occidentali.

Atomica Bionda: il cast del film

2. Ha una premio Oscar per protagonista. Al centro del film vi è l’attrice premio Oscar Charlize Theron, nel ruolo di Lorraine Broughton. Accanto a lei è possibile ritrovare gli attori James McAvoy, nel ruolo di David Percival, gli attori John Goodman, Bill Skarsgård e Eddie Marsan.

3. Charlize Theron si è allenata duramente per il ruolo. Per essere in forma smagliante e poter interpretare al meglio le dinamiche scene del film, l’attrice si è allenata con otto personale trainer, che l’hanno aiutata ad implementare le sue capacità fisiche. L’attrice si è inoltre allenata insieme all’attore Keanu Reeves, che stava invece lavorando al film John Wick – Capitolo 2.

4. James McAvoy ha recitato con una mano rotta. McAvoy si ruppe la mano sul set del film Split, girato prima di Atomica Bionda, e fu costretto a recitare le sue scene con la mano ancora infortunata, cosa che si è fatta notevolmente sentire specialmente nelle diverse sequenze d’azione.

Atomica Bionda è tratto da un fumetto

5. Il film è la trasposizione di un fumetto. La pellicola è l’adattamento cinematografico della graphic novel del 2012 intitolata The Coldest City, scritta da Antony Johnston e illustrata da Sam Hart. La Theron, fan di tale opera, ha speso ben 5 anni per riuscire a portare al cinema questa storia.

Atomica Bionda: la colonna sonora del film

6. Ha una colonna sonora molto dinamica. Per accompagnare al meglio le sequenze più spettacolari del film è stata scelta una colonna sonora composta da brani di celebri artisti e musiche dai toni electro-pop. Tra i pezzi più celebri della colonna sonora figurano Cat People (Putting out fire) di David Bowie, 99 Luftballons dei Nena, Der Kommissar dei After the Fire e London Calling del gruppo The Clash.

Atomica Bionda è in streaming

7. È possibile rivedere il film in streaming. Per gli amanti del film, è possibile riguardare il film comodamente in streaming, grazie alla presenza della pellicola su piattaforme come Rakuten TV, Chili, TIM Vision, Google Play e su Apple iTunes. Per vedere il film sarà sufficiente noleggiarlo o sottoscrivere un abbonamento alla piattaforma di riferimento.

Atomica Bionda: il finale del film

8. Il finale ha generato molteplici domande. Il finale del film si è rivelato esplosivo tanto quanto il lungometraggio in sé. Esplicitamente aperto ad un sequel, la conclusione lascia aperte numerose porte per il futuro, introducendo nuovi elementi per un nuovo capitolo della storia del personaggio. Molti spettatori sono rimasti confusi dal modo in cui termina la pellicola, e gli interrogativi sollevati potrebbero trovare risposta in futuro.

Atomica Bionda 2: il sequel è ufficiale

9. È stato annunciato il sequel del film. Dato l’enorme successo riportato al box office, la Theron ha annunciato ufficialmente un sequel del film, affermando che lo sceneggiatore del primo capitolo è già al lavoro sulla nuova sceneggiatura. Si prevede inoltre una storia che si svilupperà e completerà nel corso di tre film.

Atomica Bionda: film simili

10. Esistono diversi film simili a questo. La tradizione di film di spionaggio è assai lunga, e tra i titoli più simili ad Atomica Bionda si segnala la saga di Mission Impossibile, con Tom Cruise, Red Sparrow con Jennifer Lawrence, Salt con Angelina Jolie e la trilogia di John Wick con Keanu Reeves.

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tmnotizie · 5 years

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GROTTAMMARE – Dopo l’inaugurazione della targa presso la Stazione ferroviaria cittadina, nel giorno del suo centesimo compleanno, domenica 24 marzo, un altro evento sabato 6 aprile ricorderà l’omaggio di Grottammare al poeta statunitense Lawrence Ferlinghetti, autore della poesia intitolata alla città e riprodotta in versione originale autografa nel pannello.

La biografa ufficiale Giada Diano parteciperà all’iniziativa che si terrà nella Sala Kursaal dal titolo “Dipingere luce sui muri della vita” (17.30, ingresso gratuito). L’autrice è reduce, insieme a Elisa Polimeni, da un viaggio in California dove è stato presentato il suo documentario sul grande esponente della Beat Generation. Gli attori Piergiorgio Cinì e Valentina Illuminati leggeranno testi tratti dalle opere di Ferlinghetti. Lucilio Santoni coordinerà l’incontro, nel corso del quale è prevista la visione di alcuni stralci del filmato.

Il tributo a Ferlinghetti nasce dall’interazione tra più soggetti – operatori culturali, ricercatori, amministratori, appassionati di storia locale – che pian piano hanno ricostruito la genesi di una piccola ma indelebile storia per la Città di Grottammare.

Nell’ottobre del 1989 il poeta Lawrence Ferlinghetti viaggiava in treno sulla linea Adriatica verso Pescara, per poi dirigersi a Napoli, dove era stato invitato a un reading. La motrice del treno si ruppe e passarono due o tre ore prima che ne arrivasse un’altra da Ancona. Il poeta non scese dal treno fermo alla stazione, ma si guardò intorno, meditò bene sul nome del paese, Grottammare, e scrisse di getto una poesia (nella versione in lingua con una sola m, “Grottamare”).

La prima lettura pubblica dell’opera avvenne da parte dello stesso autore a Napoli, nel 1990, nell’ambito di un convegno letterario a cui partecipò un cittadino piceno, che così rese noto il testo alla terra ispiratrice di quei versi, fino a quel momento del tutto ignara della sua esistenza.

Recentemente, l’attore Giorgio Colangeli ha interpretato quei versi per un video spot della Città, visibile qui: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63b1zqammuE

Grottamare

Turchese il mare al largo di Grottammare

Grottammare con quelle grotte marine

che riecheggiano

lungo l’Adriatico

L’eco d’un canto di sirena

ancora mi raggiunge

dentro al treno silenzioso

una volta ancora le perdute voci

a chiamare sotto al mare

Ah ma certamente

tutto è illusione

La nebbia pesantemente ancora indugia

tra gli ulivi

L’alba è scandita dall’orologio

ma non dalla luce

che solo esiste nella nostra mente

Uomini e donne riposano

nella consueta oscurità

Solo la luce

in quegli occhi addormentata

fa allusione

a un futuro iridescente

a un destino incandescente

Solo di lontano

oltre lontane isole

il mare restituisce

la sua risposta turchese

#Marche #TMNotizie

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kansascityhappenings · 6 years

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Lawson’s double-double lifts No. 9 KU past No. 24 Cyclones

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas spent most of the first half Monday night chasing Iowa State all over the court, unable to keep up with the Cyclones’ crisp ball movement and their resulting open shots.

Jayhawks coach Bill Self made a subtle tweak that changed everything.

Kansas began switching five on defense, and the stops fueled a 14-0 second-half charge that gave Self’s team the lead. And unlike last weekend at West Virginia, the ninth-ranked Jayhawks made it stick down the stretch, holding on for an 80-76 victory over the No. 24 Cyclones.

“We buckled down,” the Jayhawks’ Devon Dotson said. “We really wanted to get that win.”

Dedric Lawson led the way for Kansas (16-3, 5-2 Big 12) with 29 points and 15 rebounds. Marcus Garrett added 16 points, Lagerald Vick had 14 and Dotson finished with 10, including the clinching free throws with 5.9 seconds left that effectively put the game away.

“They move the ball so well,” Garrett said, “and it went from corner to corner and we couldn’t guard it. Then we made the switch and we were able to contain.”

Iowa State (14-5, 4-3) still got within 72-71 on a driving layup by Marial Shayok with 1:44 to go, but Garrett followed a swap of empty possessions with a layup. Michael Jacobson hit a free throw for the Cyclones, but Lawson’s 3 from the top of the key made it 77-72 with 22.3 seconds left.

Shayok added the last of his team-high 26 points for Iowa State, and after Dotson made the second of two free throws, Tyrese Haliburton made two of his own to get within 78-76 with 7.5 seconds left.

Dotson was immediately fouled on the inbound and this time he made both of his free throws.

It allowed the Jayhawks to escape with a split of the season series after getting blown out at Hilton Coliseum earlier this month. It also kept Kansas from falling a game behind the Cyclones in what has already become a jammed race for the Big 12 championship.

“I thought the biggest adjustment they made was just the physicality they defended us with,” Cyclones coach Steve Prohm said. “That’s on me. This one is on me.”

Talen Horten-Tucker finished with 16 for the Cyclones. Jacobson had 10 points and 11 rebounds.

The Cyclones took the lead in the opening minutes of the first half and never really relinquished it, even though the Jayhawks kept making brief runs that threatened to push them ahead.

Iowa State maintained control with crisp passing, balanced offense and enough rebounding, while the Jayhawks relied heavily on Lawson, who had 15 points and eight boards at the break.

The fact that Kansas was always a possession or two from taking the lead ramped up the nervous energy inside Allen Fieldhouse, turning it into a powder keg. And it finally erupted when Lagerald Vick slammed an ally-oop in transition to give the Jayhawks a 55-53 lead with 10:23 to go.

Lindell Wigginton and Horten-Tucker had chances to stop the run, but they combined to miss three straight foul shots. It eventually reached 14-0 when K.J. Lawson scored on a scooping layup, giving the Jayhawks a 61-53 advantage with 8 1/2 minutes left in the game.

Foul trouble soon became a problem for both teams.

Ochai Agbaji, who provided a big lift off the bench in the first half, fouled out for Kansas on a loose ball with 6:32 to go. Horten-Tucker soon picked up his fourth, and the Cyclones’ Cameron Lard was on the floor for about a minute before fouling out with no points and two rebounds.

Kansas still led 69-62 when Wigginton knocked down a 3-pointer. Jacobson added a free throw, then made a spectacular defensive play before hitting a 3 of his own to knot the game 69-all.

From there, it call came down to the final couple minutes.

TITLE REUNION

Four members of the Jayhawks’ 2008 national championship team were seated behind the Kansas bench in an impromptu reunion: Sasha Kaun, Mario Chalmers, Sherron Collins and Brandon Rush. All of them but Kaun have their names hanging in the rafters of the Phog.

BIG PICTURE

Iowa State’s hot shooting staked the Cyclones to an early lead, but a series of timeouts by Prohm did little to slow down the Jayhawks during their big second-half run. And when Iowa State had chances to stop it at the foul line, a series of misses cost dearly.

Kansas improved to 14-2 at Allen Fieldhouse under Self, and is now 38-3 since the 2013-14 season when coming off a loss. The Jayhawks also avoided falling to 4-3 to start Big 12 play for the first time since the 2004-05 season.

UP NEXT

Iowa State visits Mississippi on Saturday in the SEC-Big 12 Challenge.

Kansas travels to Rupp Arena on Saturday to play No. 8 Kentucky.

from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports https://fox4kc.com/2019/01/22/lawsons-double-double-lifts-no-9-ku-past-no-24-cyclones/

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candyvauglan · 7 years

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Your Wednesday Morning Roundup

The Phillies won’t finish the season with 100 losses. Another small good thing in a pretty bad season.

They defeated the Washington Nationals 4-1 thanks to a two-run double by Cameron Rupp in the third inning. Starter Jake Thompson had a strong outing, going five innings and giving up one run on four hits while striking out five. The Phillies’ bullpen struck out nine in four innings of work.

Record-wise, this season was worse than last year’s 71-91 record, but there have been plenty of bright spots to show the near future. Ever since the arrival of Nick Williams in July, the team has started to become somewhat watchable. Will this change in 2018? I hope. But there’s still plenty of work that needs to be done.

Phils and Nats go at it one final time in 2017 tonight at 7:05. Mark Leiter Jr. goes for Philadelphia, while Tanner Roark opposes him for Washington.

The Roundup:

The best thing I read yesterday was Philly.com’s wonderful article of the oral history of the 2007 Phillies’ regular season finale.

Aaron Nola’s numbers have quietly been some of the best in baseball, from Ryan Lawrence of Philly Voice:

The fact that we’re in the final week of the 2017 season and talking about where Nola ranks among baseball’s best pitchers is somewhat remarkable given where we were a year ago, or even just six months ago with the 24-year-old right-hander. Nola missed the final two months of the 2016 season with an elbow injury and no one was still quite sure what to expect when he began making regular turns in the Grapefruit League back in March.

It’s safe to say Nola has quieted the pessimistic critics. And it’s also fair to say that Mackanin has been more than pleased to have a pitcher like Nola slotted anywhere in his rotation going into 2018.

While Rhys Hoskins is in a home run drought, Nick Williams is currently in a hit drought.

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The Eagles brought back a familiar face in Kenjon Barner to replace Darren Sproles on a one-year deal. Barner recorded 129 rushing yards, 42 receiving yards, and two rushing touchdowns in 13 games with the Eagles last season.

Even without Sproles in the mix, the team can still have a diversified running game.

ESPN’s Tim McManus writes about Doug Pederson’s two analytics assistants that help him decide whether or not to go for it on fourth down:

Pederson named one of them at his day-after news conference — coaching assistant/linebackers coach Ryan Paganetti, a Dartmouth grad with a degree in Economics who spent two years as an analyst for the team. Offensive coordinator Frank Reich told ESPN there is a second voice that can be heard over the game-day communications system when it comes to such matters — director of football compliance Jon Ferrari.

The pair weighs in throughout the game, Reich said: after just about every touchdown on whether to go for one or two; during the final two minutes of each half to discuss timeouts, etc.; and when the team gets into what is considered fourth-down territory — usually around midfield and beyond. Sometimes Pederson initiates the dialogue; other times, the men upstairs do.

Carson Wentz now owes Jake Elliott a game check. But he may have worked out an alternative:

Well that escalated quickly…

but don't worry, @jake_elliott22 and I got this worked out…

— Carson Wentz (@cj_wentz) September 27, 2017

An Eagles fan claims Giants wide receiver Brandon Marshall spat at his face.

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After losing in overtime at MSG on Monday, the Flyers won the second leg of a home-and-home against the New York Rangers 4-3. Travis Konecny had the game-winner in the extra session.

It was Sam Morin’s turn to be the top young defenseman. The former first round pick scored the Flyers’ first goal and had a team-high four hits.

“I really don’t put pressure on myself. I know I belong here,” said Morin, a first-round selection (11th overall) in the 2013 draft. “I think I’m ready for the NHL, to be honest. I just have to keep working hard and show those guys I can make it.”

With the Flyers in a 2-0 deficit, Claude Giroux — who again played left wing on Sean Couturier’s line — raced into the right circle, pirouetted, and dropped a pass to the on-charging Morin in the high slot. The big defenseman put a wrist shot behind Pavelec with 1:24 remaining in the first.

“I just saw ‘G’ had the puck and when he has the puck you have to be ready for the pass,” said Morin, who barely missed scoring a second goal when his backhander from the doorstep went wide midway through the third period. “I was coming from the bench and I just shot the puck toward the net and sometimes the puck goes in.”

Is Morin behind his fellow 2013 draft counterparts in terms of development?

Sam Carchidi is not a fan of protesting the National Anthem.

After spending a couple years in the AHL and some limited experience in the NHL, Jordan Weal is part of the young Flyers core.

Make no mistake, Weal was a darling of the Flyers fan base last season. They wanted him to make the team out of training camp. But the coaching staff thought Weal left a lot of meat on the bone in camp a year ago.

“He’s earned [his spot this season] and he’s kind of earned it the old-fashioned way,” coach Dave Hakstol said. “He spent more than a couple years in the AHL. The reality is he probably didn’t have the type of camp that he had hoped last year, but he went to Lehigh and earned it.

“He was arguably the best player in that league for several months. He’s earned the opportunity to be in a different spot [this year]. He works at his game and competes really hard. Right now, like any player, he’s working to get his game to a regular season level a week from now – and he’s earned that.”

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The Sixers officially opened up training camp in Camden. After practice, head coach Brett Brown said he wants the team to make the playoffs:

“As I said to the group, our goal is to make the playoffs,” Brown said. “There are several other teams … they are in a room saying something similar. So to me, let’s talk about what that really means.”

The fifth-year head coach was speaking in terms of what his team needs to do to make a playoff berth possible. That’s understandable. But before Tuesday, Brown spoke of the challenges that will come with starting two rookie ballhandlers in Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz. He never publicly mentioned trying to make the playoffs. Simmons and Fultz have done a great job of that, while Brown and the Sixers’ front office downplayed the heightened expectations.

Brown still loves Joel Embiid, who won’t participate in 5-of-5 drills throughout camp.

There’s two Okafors at camp this season, but they’re not related. Former first round pick Emeka Okafor is trying to return to the NBA after a four-year absence:

“Being back in this environment, being back in the NBA umbrella, with the guys, the team, talking to the press, just feels so good,” Okafor said Monday. “It feels like putting on a suit that’s always been the right fit, or your favorite pair of jeans, however you want to put it. It just feels very, very natural.”

Why, if something feels so right, would he wait so long to come back? The timing wasn’t right and he wanted to continue rehabbing in a way that would promote longevity.

“Making sure I was healthy and strong and ready to come back and play the way I wanted to play,” Okafor said.

What starting lineups may or may not work for the Sixers this season?

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Logan Marchi and Frank Nutile will battle for the starting quarterback job this week, according to Temple head coach Geoff Collins.

Villanova head coach Jay Wright reflects on his time with the late Rollie Massimino.

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In other sports news, 10 people involved in college basketball, including four assistant coaches and a senior executive at Adidas, are facing federal bribery, fraud, and corruption charges in what could be the start of something big. And maybe the end of Rick Pitino at Louisville.

Researchers at Boston University may have a biomarker to help diagnose CTE while people are living:

In a study published Tuesday in the journal PLOS ONE, the researchers found that the biomarker, the protein CCL11, might also help distinguish CTE from Alzheimer’s disease, which often presents with symptoms similar to CTE and also can be definitively diagnosed only postmortem. The ability to diagnose CTE in the living would allow not only for the development of possible therapies to treat the disease, but also for research into prevention.

“This is a step forward from our knowledge gained in understanding CTE from brain donations,” says study senior author Ann McKee, a MED professor of neurology and pathology, director of BU’s CTE Center, and chief of neuropathology at VABHS. “It’s a hopeful step. The whole point is to understand as much as we can from the individuals who’ve fallen, so we can apply it to our future veterans and athletes.”

Dwyane Wade is expected to reunite with LeBron James in Cleveland once he clears waivers today.

DirecTV is allowing some subscribers to cancel their Sunday Ticket packages because of the National Anthem protests.

It might reach hockey as well, as Joel Ward, a Canadian, may take a knee during the National Anthem:

“It’s definitely something I wouldn’t cross out,” Ward said when asked by the Mercury News whether he’d consider taking a knee during the national anthem at an upcoming Sharks game.

“I’ve experienced a lot of racism myself in hockey and on a day-to-day occurrence. I haven’t really sat down to think about it too much yet, but I definitely wouldn’t say no to it.”

Deadspin did a feature on Raiders superfan Dr. Death and why he’s giving up on football if the Raiders move to Las Vegas.

Ric Flair claims he’s slept with around 10,000 women in his life in his 30 for 30 documentary. He now regrets saying that.

Huh:

From Michael Beasley podcast…we debated & disagreed about this (& much more) for at least 15 min. WHO IS RIGHT? https://t.co/2Bess1WpN2 http://pic.twitter.com/VrnggG7Bk1

— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) September 26, 2017

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In the news, Twitter is expanding their character limit from 140 to 280 and it already sucks:

This is a small change, but a big move for us. 140 was an arbitrary choice based on the 160 character SMS limit. Proud of how thoughtful the team has been in solving a real problem people have when trying to tweet. And at the same time maintaining our brevity, speed, and essence! https://t.co/TuHj51MsTu

— jack (@jack) September 26, 2017

The Saudi king has lifted a ban on women drivers.

A teen is dead and three others are injured in Germantown.

The Commerce Department is slapping a tariff on Canadian planemaker Bombardier.

Aerosmith is cancelling the rest of their South American tour after singer Steven Tyler suffered “unexpected medical issues.”

Dave Roberts on CBS tonight will feel really weird:

. @VittoriaWoodill talks to @David_Boreanaz and local favorite Dave Roberts Wednesday at 11 after @SEALTeamCBS #mustseeTV ONLY ON #CBS3 http://pic.twitter.com/W8X6TRFyi8

— CBS Philly (@CBSPhilly) September 26, 2017

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Bracketology: Gonzaga jumps to top line after tumultuous week

With 13 ranked teams dropping 15 games since last Tuesday’s bracket dropped, there are changes aplenty in today’s projection.

Gonzaga, now 22-0 and tops in both polls, replace Kentucky on the top line. The Wildcats are one of two top-10 squads to lose twice in the last week, as they followed a Tuesday loss to new bubble team Tennessee with an SEC/Big 12 Challenge setback to Kansas at Rupp Arena on Saturday. That victory helped the Jayhawks solidify their case for one of the four top seeds in the final bracket, as they sit behind No. 1 overall seed Villanova and ahead of Big 12 rival Baylor (who just happens to visit Lawrence on Wednesday) and the Zags.

Kentucky now joins archrival Louisville, Pac-12 leader Arizona and North Carolina on line two. The Tar Heels jump up despite a Saturday loss at the hands of bracket returnee Miami. Meanwhile, the other top ranked team to drop two games in the past seven days — Florida State — falls to the three line. Virginia, Butler and Oregon join the Seminoles, even though all three lost over the weekend. UCLA slipped all the way to line four following a fourth consecutive loss to USC. West Virginia (who topped Kansas on Tuesday), American frontrunner Cincinnati and Big Ten co-leader Maryland round out the top 16.

Yes, there are some changes here that seem to defy the past week’s results. But remember that wins and losses don’t occur in a vacuum — a single game can alter the perception of multiple teams in the tournament chase. Saturday provided a couple of useful examples of this phenomenon, and I’ll discuss those after today’s full bracket and rundown.

After a week that featured wins over both Florida State (in blowout fashion) and Notre Dame (in cardiac fashion), Georgia Tech jumps into the field. While the Yellow Jackets still have some questionable losses and their best road win so far came against fellow bubble outfit VCU, it’s hard to ignore their three huge home wins (North Carolina, FSU, Notre Dame).

Plus, one of Tech’s more questionable losses no longer looks quite so awful, as Tennessee is now just outside of both this projection and the RPI Top 40 following home wins over Kentucky and Kansas State (in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge). Much like the Yellow Jackets, the Volunteers need another road win or three to feel safe, but Rick Barnes’s team might just join Josh Pastner’s as a surprise NCAA entrant.

Thanks to Georgia Tech’s entry and the return of both Miami and Clemson, the ACC is back to 10 bids at the moment. The Tigers slide in despite a 2-6 conference mark, thanks to a Top 40 RPI and 7-7 record against the RPI Top 100. Eight Big Ten squads are currently in — though the hopes of Minnesota (five straight losses), Michigan State (two wins in its last six), Michigan (4-5 in league play) and Indiana (two setbacks in a row and dealing with injuries to both OG Anunoby and James Blackmon) are all in various states of distress.

Conversely, Northwestern Wildcats earned a bit of breathing room with home wins over Nebraska and Indiana, but this week the Wildcats embark on a four-game stretch where they’ll play the three Big Ten teams ahead of them in the pecking order. How Chris Collins’s team performs over the next 16 days will determine whether it really can earn a first-ever NCAA bid.

Such is the shape of the bubble that the Big 12 still has seven teams in despite some questionable losses in Saturday’s showdowns with the SEC. Oklahoma State enters the field despite a 3-6 conference mark, thanks to four straight wins, capped by a close road win at Oklahoma last night and highlighted by Saturday’s beatdown of Arkansas. TCU remains in despite a loss to Auburn and Kansas State sticks around after falling to Tennessee. On the other hand, Texas Tech departed after handling LSU. You can blame the Red Raiders’ RPI (75th) for that — it doesn’t really compare to the Horned Frogs’ and Wildcats’ ranking (both in the top 50 at the time of publication).

Six Big East teams remain in — though Seton Hall should be thankful for a bye this weekend. Meanwhile, the Pac-12’s total drops from a half dozen to four, as both California and Utah fell out. The SEC appears to have three teams solidly in, with Tennessee or Alabama looking more likely as a fourth option than either Arkansas or Georgia. On the other hand, a surprise auto bid winner (like current leader Richmond) is the only way the Atlantic 10 sends more than Dayton, VCU and perhaps Rhode Island (if Dan Hurley’s team can get back in gear). It’s a similar story for the two-bid American Athletic and West Coast Conferences.

Speaking of the bubble, I’ll be back on Friday with another look at where things stand with five weeks to go.

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Your Friday Morning Roundup

The Phillies lost to the Dodgers 5-4. If you’ve been someone that hasn’t followed the Phillies since June, this shouldn’t be a surprise to you. The Phils lost to the best team in baseball, not a shock.

But dig deeper into that 61-92 record and you see the Phillies have actually been good since the All-Star break. They’ve gone 32-34 overall and 18-15 in their last 33. They went 29-58 in the first half.

During that stretch, the Phillies have lost their title as baseball’s worst team, which now belongs to the San Francisco Giants by a game. They’re close to leapfrogging the White Sox and Tigers as well, and are four-and-a-half games behind the Mets for fourth in the NL East.

A big reason for this surge has been the arrival of their highly-touted prospects. And throughout this Dodger series, they played a huge role in the team’s three wins.

Monday night, Aaron Altherr hit the first grand slam home run Clayton Kershaw ever gave up. Rhys Hoskins hit a bases-clearing three RBI double Tuesday night and batted in another run. Altherr was clutch once against the following game, thanks to a game-tying homer in the seventh, followed by a two RBI single.

Yesterday, Hoskins, who started at first base, and Nick Williams drove in all four runs the Phillies would score, while J.P. Crawford drew three walks.

We saw a glimpse of what the 2018 Opening Day lineup could be. No Tommy Joseph. No Maikel Franco. No Cameron Rupp. Cesar Hernandez started at second base, but that could change if Scott Kingery excels in Spring Training.

There’s still plenty of things for the Phillies to fix, especially their pitching. But it’s been a long time since the team was fun to watch. And thanks to the prospects, they’ll be fun to watch for the final nine games of the season.

That starts tonight with the team’s final road series of the season against the Atlanta Braves at 7:35. Ben Lively goes on the mound against Sean Newcomb.

The Roundup:

Sticking with the Phillies, Tommy Joseph knows his role has changed, and he’s been professional about it.

Reliever Jesen Therrien might be out for the entire 2018 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery.

Ryan Lawrence has five candidates who could replace Larry Andersen on the Phillies radio team next season, including Jayson Stark:

Sometimes you put a list together and you feel really good about the names on it, but you’re searching for one last one to top it off. And then you realize that it’s probably the most obvious and best fit of the bunch. Broadcasting experience? Check. Stark worked at ESPN for nearly two decades. Baseball knowledge? Check. Stark is as plugged-in as anyone in baseball and has been for nearly 40 years working at the Philadelphia Inquirer and ESPN.com. Encyclopedia-like knowledge of the Phillies? Check. Stark is a former Phillies beat writer who wrote about baseball in Philadelphia and around the league while at the Inquirer for 21 years. He still lives in the area. Like Glanville, Stark was shockingly let go during ESPN’s layoffs in April. He should still be writing somewhere, surely, but maybe in 2018 he can be like Ken Rosenthal and write for one company while broadcasting for another.

Lawrence also interviewed Joey Davis, the area scout that signed Hoskins and a few other rookies.

The Phanatic got a date with Dodgers reporter Alanna Rizzo prior to yesterday’s game.

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The Eagles are still trying to figure out their situation at safety. Rodney McLeod, Corey Graham, and Jaylen Watkins didn’t practice yesterday with hamstring injuries. Is new arrival Trae Elston ready to play on Sunday? Les Bowen has more:

Would defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz try some sort of four-linebacker look, with [Kamu] Grugier-Hill covering in the box? Is there any way to get Elston ready, even for one specific package?

“I really don’t know,” Elston said, when asked if the Eagles’ defense was similar to what he played in with the Bills. “I’m just trying to run fast, do it full speed.”

With Jalen Mills and Rasul Douglas as the probable starters at cornerback this week, and Sidney Jones waiting to play, are the Eagles grooming their next long-term starters at the position?

Or could they go and get Malcolm Butler from the Patriots? Albert Breer thinks it’s possible:

Who would be the trade partner? The Eagles make sense. And they have a versatile front seven piece that would fill a major need for the Patriots and has been tied to trade talks in the past: linebacker Mychal Kendricks.

Speaking of Jones, Elijah Qualls thinks he’ll be a top corner when he finally plays in the NFL:

DT Elijah Qualls was a terrific guest on Pro Football Report. He's convinced his college teammate, Sidney Jones will become an elite corner.

— Merrill Reese (@mreeseeagles) September 22, 2017

In what might be a historic running back class, the Eagles failed to get an impact running back. But everything will be alright.

We’ll have game predictions later today.

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The Flyers fell to the Bruins 2-1 in overtime last night. Travis Sanheim scored the lone Flyers goal in the third period on a shorthanded opportunity, and Brian Elliott stopped all 18 shots he faced in two periods of work. The big worry was the power play units, going 0-for-9 in the game.

The team also reduced their training camp roster by 18 players. Notables include 2016 first round pick German Rubtsov heading back to Chicoutimi of the QMJHL, Philippe Myers going to Lehigh Valley’s training camp. The roster currently sits at 36 players.

But the toughest decisions have yet to come.

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Chris B. Haynes has a small Joel Embiid update:

chris b haynes reporting on embiid, says he's expected to do some basketball activity during camp, no one has a timetable http://pic.twitter.com/SpCQwp59LE

— Drew Corrigan (@Dcorrigan50) September 21, 2017

One of the big questions surrounding the Sixers that doesn’t involve Embiid’s health is how Brett Brown will use Markelle Fultz, according to David Murphy:

“I feel like the city and the media has to recognize that he just turned 19 a few months ago, and we all get how unforgiving the NBA is,” Brown said, “and there are weaknesses obviously that we have to address in his game, and we really want to go hard at this defense, but I think when you ask what do we see at first glance, I see a person, a real person, I see somebody that is incredibly gifted and the game comes easy offensively, I see someone who will be challenged defensively, especially as it relates to NBA point guards, and then how does he navigate NBA seasons and the rhythm of an NBA season at 19 years old, we will all learn more about.”

The team will also give center Jahlil Okafor every chance to play while he’s being shopped.

A realistic worst-case scenario from the Sixers this season. And be sure to take a listen to Kevin Love’s latest podcast, featuring Tom Moore:

Episode 6 of the Sixers Science podcast is live, featuring the ever insightful @TomMoorePhilly https://t.co/trhYu03iPh

— Kevin Love (@KevinLove_76) September 21, 2017

The team will also hold their Blue x White scrimmage at the Palestra October 1.

Kyle Neubeck of Liberty Ballers is leaving his post as Managing Editor. But he also teased he’ll continue to write about Philly sports full-time somewhere soon.

Finally, Benjamin Simmons:

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Temple got crushed by #21 South Florida 43-7 in Tampa. The Owls recorded 89 yards in the air and -4 rushing yards. Their defense gave up 408 total yards to the Bulls, including 312 on the ground.

Speaking of the Owls, even though Matt Rhule has yet to win a game as Baylor’s head coach, he’s still the right pick to lead the Bears. I wish he never left Temple.

Tim Reilly reminds you Joe Paterno may not have been the perfect head coach at Penn State.

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In other sports news, last night’s Thursday Night Football game between the Rams and the 49ers was…entertaining?

First play INT✅ 10 TDs✅ 80 points✅ Muffed punt✅ Fumbled kickoff✅ Missed 2pt conversion✅ Onside kick✅ Game-sealing sack✅#LARvsSF

— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) September 22, 2017

This is some incredible football. Gotta be one of the highest effort games I've seen in a while.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 22, 2017

Amazing how all the people who complain about Thursday Night Football spend their Thursday nights tweeting about Thursday Night Football.

— Peter Schrager (@PSchrags) September 22, 2017

It was the highest-scoring TNF game in the history of the series.

Former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had a severe form of CTE in his brain when he committed suicide in April.

Jose Baez, Hernandez’s lawyer, said Hernandez’s brain showed a level of damage that was seen in players with a median age of 67 years.

Baez said he had filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Patriots and the N.F.L. on behalf of Hernandez’s daughter, Avielle. The suit seeks unspecified damages for loss of parental support. The suit alleges that the Patriots and the league were “fully aware of the damage that could be inflicted from repetitive impact injuries and failed to disclose, treat or protect him from the dangers of such damage.”

The Giants offensive line, as explained by a New York radio host.

Andre Ward, the undefeated light heavyweight boxing champion that was considered as one of the best in the world, unexpectedly announced his retirement.

Golden State head coach Steve Kerr said the team will discuss if they will visit the White House when they all meet later in the fall.

Screw the NCAA:

Texas A&M distance runner Ryan Trahan says that he has been ruled ineligible and warned by his university for using his name, image and likeness as an athlete on his YouTube page to promote a small company that he started. NCAA bylaw 12.4.4 rules that an athlete “may establish his or her own business, provided the student-athlete’s name, photograph, appearance or athletics reputation are not used to promote the business.”

In addition to his running, Trahan has his own YouTube channel with 14,000 subscribers and nearly one million views where he shares tips and insight into his training. He also promotes Neptune water bottles, a company that co-founded with a friend in 2016. Trahan just started his freshman year at Texas A&M after a successful high school career.

Clemson kicker Greg Huegel is out for the year after tearing his ACL on the last play of practice.

From being a running back on the Steelers to being one of the main minds behind Ballers, Rashard Mendenhall has found his dream job.

An interesting read by Nick DePaula on the race for sneaker companies to sign Giannis Antetokounmpo to a deal:

To kick things off this week, Bucks teammate (and Adidas endorser) Thon Maker walked Antetokounmpo out to the parking lot of the team’s practice facility after a Tuesday morning workout. Awaiting him was a truck full of size 16 Adidas sneakers, including everything from pairs of the coveted Yeezy Boost series to Adidas Originals staples like the Stan Smith and running models like the UltraBoost.

With his current Nike endorsement deal set to expire on September 30, Antetokounmpo is assessing his options. Rather than take brand pitches at their headquarters, as some players do, he insisted on hosting the meetings in Milwaukee, in order to not disrupt his no-frills workout schedule leading up to his fifth season — a season in which he has MVP aspirations.

Loving these new Colorado State unis:

Colorado State will wear these special State Pride uniforms Nov. 11 vs. Boise State. Love the helmet look http://pic.twitter.com/u7HeVW9IQm

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 21, 2017

LaMelo Ball got roasted and it’s beautiful:

LaVar's gotta find this clown and whoop him for disrespecting LaMelo like this. http://pic.twitter.com/OkJxqGZzNS

— Thomas Duffy (@TJDhoops) September 21, 2017

The NHL might want to let their players go to the Olympics in 2022:

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In the news, Philadelphia police have charged a man after a pipe bomb scare Wednesday in East Oak Lane.

Two men are on the run after stealing about $2,000 worth of cigarettes at a Wawa.

North Korea could test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.

Hurricane Maria left a devastating mark on Puerto Rico.

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