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Kobe Bryant fans will have a new way of memorializing the late NBA star. Nike has teamed up with Vanessa Bryant, Kobe’s widow, for a new sneaker coming out on Aug. 23, which would have been his 45th birthday. “Partnering with Nike Basketball, Vanessa Bryant imagined and created the Halo shoe concept and launch as … Read more

USA men’s basketball head coach Steve Kerr said Nets cornerstones Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson will play an integral role for Team USA in this summer’s upcoming FIBA World Cup. Both Bridges and Johnson were selected for the U.S. squad this offseason, as well as Knicks guard Jalen Brunson and forward Josh Hart. After the … Read more

People craned their necks and held phones up to record video as a group of men looked on proudly, everyone’s eyes fixed on a scale and a tuna, suspended from its tail by a chain. It weighed 247.5 pounds or, measured another way, $360,000. The road to Ocean City starts along Eastern Shore state highways … Read more

In order to find mecca, one must take a journey. For four Wednesdays this summer, fans in the flyest pairs of sneakers and trendiest fashions lined up at a high rise in the city’s West Loop neighborhood. Some show up an hour or more before the start time of the Jumpman Summer Series to ensure … Read more

While recently going public with their new NBA broadcast teams, ESPN’s Bristol Faculty didn’t add laser beam focus on why they unceremoniously dumped Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson who teamed with Mike Breen for nearly two decades as the network’s No. 1 hoops trio. During that time, the three voices authored a memorable partnership. … Read more

Chicago Bulls fans got a first glimpse at the road map of the 2023-24 NBA season Tuesday as the league announced the schedule for the first In-Season Tournament. The tournament will give fans and players a taste of single-elimination competition by raising the stakes of several early regular-season games. The Bulls will play four games … Read more

Ex-NBA player Tony Allen was sentenced Tuesday to community service and three years of probation for his role in a health insurance scheme. Allen, 41, was one of 18 former players named in an October 2021 federal indictment that charged the ex-hoopers with defrauding the league’s health insurance plan. Allen’s wife, Desiree, was also named. … Read more

In earlier eras, who to bat atop the Orioles’ lineup would’ve been an obvious decision. Cedric Mullins, with his speed and base stealing ability, is a prototypical leadoff hitter — the role he’s occupied for most of his career. Those traits are still valued in today’s game — especially this season with MLB’s new base … Read more

General Motors plans to eliminate about 200 engineering positions, though the employees in those roles will be able to move to other jobs. In a statement, a GM spokesperson said the automaker “is taking steps to rebalance our engineering resources to better align with our growth strategy. This will require a small number of engineers … Read more

It was an eventful two days of joint practices between the Patriots and Packers in Green Bay that quite possibly saw significant growth for the hometown team. The Patriots struggled at times on Wednesday as the Packers went deep for big plays of the team’s young cornerbacks. While quarterback Mac Jones and the Patriots offense … Read more

Few offenses in the major leagues have had its starter’s back more than the Orioles’ for Kyle Gibson. The veteran starting pitcher struggled again Friday night against the Oakland Athletics, allowing nine hits and four runs in five innings, but Baltimore’s bats backed him up with nine runs in the first five frames en route … Read more

No rivalry embodies the current divide in American politics more than the one between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and California Governor Gavin Newsom. The two big-state governors, diametrically opposed to what the other stands for, have spent the past year escalating their attacks on one another – and soon, their contention will come to a … Read more

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running a long-shot campaign against incumbent Joe Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. He’s polling at about 15%, nearly 50 points behind the president. Among the party faithful, his unfavorable ratings are quite high, according to a compilation of surveys published this month on FiveThirtyEight. Nevertheless, the White House … Read more

From hellhole to benign workplace, there’s a Tinsel Town for everyone in new books about making movies. Movie fans seem to think Hollywood is falling short this summer. “Barbenheimer” has helped turn around what was becoming a grim season, with other blockbusters such as the “Mission Impossible” and “Indiana Jones” sequels and “Elemental” not busting … Read more

While everyone was worried about gas stoves and other household appliances, they weren’t watching what the other hand was doing: speeding up the ban on incandescent lightbulbs. The incandescent lightbulb has been on its deathbed since 2007 and officially breathed its last breath on Aug. 1. The rule was initially issued under the George W. Bush administration, sparking … Read more

Tim Anderson sat in the visiting dugout at Coors Field more than three hours before the Chicago White Sox began a series against the Colorado Rockies. The shortstop had just completed fielding drills with infield coach Eddie Rodríguez. But he wouldn’t be participating in Friday’s game as he began serving a five-game suspension. Reflecting on … Read more

Dear Abby: I’ve been in a relationship with a wonderful man for two years. He’s a minister. He and his late wife used to travel all over the world spreading the word. I’m from a less conservative, more spiritual background. I attend an all-denominational church that accepts everyone. My views on politics are also different … Read more

Seven years ago, Del Grande Dealer Group was as far away from digitized as possible. Daily sales numbers, old automaker statements, payroll, inventory reporting and pricing mechanisms for new and used cars were mostly compiled by hand, recalled CEO Jeremy Beaver. “We felt like there were a lot of inefficiencies in data integration,” Beaver told … Read more

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Multidisc CD changers came and went. In the predawn days of cloud music storage and smartphone-synched cockpit audio, a boxy CD changer in a vehicle’s trunk with eight or 10 music discs carefully loaded before driving down the highway actually looked like a technological sensation. But things changed. Things often change quickly, rendering the hard … Read more

Riverside COO Mike Cass said in an email to Automotive News that the group couldn’t comment. “As you can imagine, the legal process is lengthy and until it has been adjudicated, no one from our organization is authorized to comment,” Cass wrote. Thorn does not yet have a lawyer, according to the clerk’s office, and … Read more

According to a Mesa County affidavit filed Aug. 2, Miller initially denied she was involved in these calls, saying the voice on the recordings belonged to someone named Tiffany who started working at the dealership after she left. Voice recordings of the call indicated that Miller called Credit Union Direct saying “This is Tif … … Read more

Mercedes-Benz is delivering a roomier coupe in the redesigned AMG GT. The second generation of the two-door sports car debuted Friday at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance near Monterey, Calif. The 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT coupe arrives at dealerships in the first half of next year. A four-door grand touring electrified variant could follow. While two-door … Read more

Happy to be home and in need of a win over a division rival and fellow wild card chaser, the Yankees lost their sixth consecutive game on Friday. It didn’t take long for onlookers to realize that the pinstripers were on their way to another defeat, as the Red Sox jumped on Jhony Brito and … Read more

Next year, the Red Sox will, inconceivably, celebrate the 20th anniversary of the historic 2004 season, including their historic toppling of the then-formidable New York Yankees. The game’s greatest rivalry hasn’t been the same since that unparalleled ALCS, when Boston became the first team in Major League Baseball history to come back from a 0-3 … Read more

Tim Anderson sat in the visiting dugout at Coors Field more than three hours before the Chicago White Sox began a series against the Colorado Rockies. The shortstop had just completed fielding drills with infield coach Eddie Rodríguez. But he wouldn’t be participating in Friday’s game as he began serving a five-game suspension. Reflecting on … Read more

Donato Frattaroli and his fiance Magda Mazri went to City Hall to fill out Intention of Marriage forms on Thursday, just days away from flying out to Italy where the couple is set to tie the knot in two weeks. Hours later, a worst nightmare unfolded at their South Boston home. “Our extremely cute 1.5-year-old … Read more

ABINGTON – For the past half century, you could count on a great meal at the Abington Ale House and for head football coach Jim Kelliher to toe the sidelines at Abington High School. But eventually, all great things come to an end. On Sept. 8, the Green Wave’s home opener, Jim Kelliher will be … Read more

By PAN PYLAS and BRIAN MELLEY (Associated Press) LONDON (AP) — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception that saw her prey on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns and their anxious parents. Following 22 days … Read more

Something exciting will be brewing at the TD Garden on Saturday night: UFC 292. The world’s premier mixed martial arts fighters will be fending off against each other, while at the same time, producing massive gains for Boston’s local economy. Returning to the Garden for the first time since pre-pandemic, UFC 292 sold out within … Read more

The size of a program for newly-arrived migrant families to temporarily stay with private residents is unclear a week after the Healey administration called for more people to open up their homes. A spokesperson for the Executive Office of Health and Human Services said state officials have heard from Massachusetts residents “who have graciously offered … Read more

The Boston firefighters union has chosen not to endorse Ruthzee Louijeune in this year’s at-large City Council race, after backing her initial bid for office. Sam Dillon, president of the Boston Fire Fighters Local 718, said Louijeune actively sought the endorsement, but did not receive the vote of the union’s membership at a Thursday night … Read more

Ever since the Yankees drafted Austin Wells 28th overall in 2020, there have been questions about the catcher’s defense. Even the Yankees’ catching coordinator, Tanner Swanson, acknowledged that those concerns existed when Wells left the University of Arizona. But Swanson, who gets progress reports on all of the organization’s catchers and keeps up with what … Read more

EVERETT – Justin Flores’ first audible wasn’t the most popular one, but proved to be the most prudent course of action. The first-year Everett football coach debated whether to tempt fate and hold the team’s first practice outdoors as regularly scheduled or play it safe and move things indoors in the event of rain. Flores … Read more

By MARK STEVENSON and JULIE WATSON (Associated Press) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary churned off Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday as a powerful Category 4 storm threatening to unleash torrential rains on the mudslide-prone border city of Tijuana before heading into Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years. Forecasters warned the … Read more

Caesars Sportsbook pulled out of a deal to run a retail sportsbook at Raynham Park just as regulators were in the process of reviewing the race track’s bid for a sports betting license, regulators said. Caesars Sportsbook notified the Massachusetts Gaming Commission it has terminated an agreement with the Massasoit Greyhound Association, the company behind … Read more

By MARK STEVENSON and JULIE WATSON (Associated Press) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary churned off Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday as a powerful Category 4 storm threatening to unleash torrential rains on the mudslide-prone border city of Tijuana before heading into Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years. Forecasters warned the … Read more

Daniel Wheeler, a tag-team champion in All Elite Wrestling, was arrested Friday morning by the Orlando Police Department and charged with one count of aggravated assault with a firearm. He was booked in Orange County Jail, according to county records. Wheeler, 36, better known in wrestling circles as Cash Wheeler, is a member of the … Read more

By MARK STEVENSON and JULIE WATSON (Associated Press) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly into Category 4 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, which forecasters warned could cause extreme flooding, mudslides and even tornados. Hilary had sustained winds … Read more

Karu F. Daniels | (TNS) New York Daily News Leave it to Dolly Parton to revive The Beatles — like never before. The recent  Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee has reunited the two living members of the Fab Four for her rendition of the band’s 1970 hit “Let It Be.” Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr joined Parton on a new recording … Read more

Vehicles — whether human-driven cars, robotaxis, bicycles or scooters — are required to yield to emergency vehicles operating in emergency mode, Winters said. Video from the scene’s aftermath showed a side-curtain airbag deployed in the Cruise vehicle. A firefighter can be overheard telling a police officer “it looked like it lurched” in reference to the … Read more

Linda Gassenheimer | Tribune News Service (TNS) I tasted some shrimp tacos that were packed with flavor at a Coyo Taco restaurant and asked the co-founder and chef behind the Coyo Taco chain, Scott Linquist, how they are made. He gave me a simple recipe and I’ve adapted it here. Scott also advised that you … Read more

Joel Streed | (TNS) Mayo Clinic News Network At some point in their lifetimes, most people will experience a nosebleed. It’s common for adults and children, especially during dry winter months. Although rarely life-threatening, nosebleeds can cause anxiety and sometimes are difficult to control. Why do nosebleeds occur? Epistaxis, more commonly known as a nosebleed, occurs … Read more

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities are searching for a member of the Proud Boys extremist group who disappeared days before his sentencing in a U.S. Capitol riot case, where prosecutors are seeking more than a decade in prison, according to a warrant made public Friday. Christopher Worrell of Naples, Florida, was … Read more

By PAN PYLAS and BRIAN MELLEY (Associated Press) LONDON (AP) — A neonatal nurse in a British hospital was found guilty Friday of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others during a yearlong campaign of deception that saw her prey on the vulnerabilities of sick newborns and their anxious parents. Following 22 days … Read more

The Bentayga EWB Mulliner’s cabin is designed with a choice of eight curated tri-color themes, or a color combination of the customer’s choosing, featuring “Mulliner” badging throughout. Four-seat or 4+1 seating configurations are available. Bentley’s exclusive airline seat, with 22-way adjustments, are standard in the Mulliner edition, as are the branded 100 percent wool floor … Read more

Patriots rookie Malik Cunningham is already playing quarterback, wide receiver and gunner, but he’s taken on another responsibility among his rookie class: mentor. Wide receivers coach Ross Douglas said Friday that Cunningham is helping out fellow rookie wideouts Demario Douglas and Kayshon Boutte. All three players have been standouts for the Patriots this summer. “The … Read more

A dozen current and former dealership employees at Nissan of Shelby face more than 400 criminal charges following a monthslong investigation by the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles License and Theft Bureau. The misdemeanor charges primarily involve alleged rebuilt salvage vehicles that were offered for sale at the dealership and the documentation used to … Read more

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Hilary grew rapidly to Category 4 strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and could reach Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years, causing “significant and rare impacts” including extensive flooding. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said a tropical storm watch has been issued for Southern … Read more

By TAMMY WEBBER (Associated Press) Firefighters worked to keep open the only route out of the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a wildfire moved closer to the city of 20,000 and residents rushed to beat a noon Friday deadline to evacuate. Airtankers flew missions overnight to keep the highway out of Yellowknife open, and … Read more