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The NBA All-Star Game is returning to the Southland in two weeks and a part of the annual weekend event that has grown in popularity in recent years is the Rising Stars Challenge, which affords fans the opportunity to watch the leagueโs top rookies and second-year players compete in a four-team tournament. Rosters for the…
Pamela Warner, the mother of late โCosby Showโ star Malcolm-Jamal Warner, looked beyond loss and offered some comfort to his fans as she broke her silence about his sudden death in July. The elder Warner created an Instagram page dedicated to her sonโs legacy and on Friday released a contemplative and lengthy statement saying the…
The family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs and the Angels reached a settlement Friday, ending a contentious trial as jurors had begun a third day of deliberations regarding Skaggsโ drug-related death on the road with the team. Terms of the agreement, which followed 31 days of testimony and four years of legal wrangling, were not immediately…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is using the audio from an argument scene between Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver from Noah Baumbachโs 2019 film โMarriage Storyโ to scare wolves away from cattle. After the wild animals killed 11 cows during a 20-day period in Oregon, the USDA started deploying quadcopters that used thermal cameras to…
The problem with betting on a sure thing over and over is that eventually your luck will probably run out. โSaturday Night Liveโ has bet multiple times on Bad Bunny, an incredibly charismatic performer who was all over the showโs 50th anniversary specials earlier this year and who was an excellent host and musical guest…
The outgoing boss of the British Olympic Association will this week be named as the new chief executive of one of Europe’s biggest e-commerce platforms for sports and outdoor enthusiasts. Sky News has learnt that Andy Anson, who will step down next month as chief executive of Team GB, is joining Sportscape Group, which boasts…
Lin-Manuel Miranda: The Education of an Artist By Daniel Pollack-PelznerSimon & Schuster: 400 pages, $30If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. For a high school assignment, Lin-Manuel Miranda tried to make a film about the 1804 duel between Alexander Hamilton and…
The morning after Netflix clinched its deal to buy Warner Bros., Paramount Skydance Chairman David Ellison assembled a war room of trusted advisors, including his billionaire father, Larry Ellison. Furious at Warner Bros. Discovery Chief David Zaslav for ending the auction, the Ellisons and their team began plotting their comeback on that crisp December day….
The U.S. Justice Department sued California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Thursday for failing to hand over the stateโs voter rolls, alleging she is unlawfully preventing federal authorities from ensuring state compliance with federal voting regulations and safeguarding federal elections against fraud. The Justice Department also sued Weberโs counterparts in Michigan, Minnesota, New York,…
Stephen A. Smith is arguably the most-well known sports commentator in the country. But the outspoken ESPN commentatorโs perspective outside the sports arena has landed him in a firestorm. The furor is due to his pointed comments defending an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot a Minneapolis woman driving away from him. Just…
