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Late game mistakes vs. Cavs extend Knicks' losing streak to 5 games
The Knicks botched this one. Especially RJ Barrett. A series of late-game mistakes and turnovers cost the Knicks against the short-handed Cavaliers in a 106-103 loss Friday night, a gut-wrencher that left the Knicks on a five-game losing streak. Barrett committed two of the turnovers in the final 80 seconds, including dribbling off Andre Drummond’s foot on a possession with the Knicks trailing by one. Later, with about 20 seconds left, his errant pass sealed the defeat. Among the other late-game gaffes from the Knicks: — Julius Randle committed a clear path foul with 1:18 left and the Knicks t...
New York Daily News
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Debra-Lynn B. Hook: COVID was not the only thing that happened in 2020
I was surprised, looking back at the photos I took this past year. There were a lot of masks — homemade ones, paper ones, ill-fitting ones, a December mask that said “Let it snow!” That isn’t what surprised me. What surprised me was everything else. That someone in our family graduated from college during the Year of COVID. That two of us relocated across the country. That we had semblances of Thanksgiving and Christmas, Easter and five birthday celebrations. That we experienced a bunch of other major life moments that had nothing to do with COVID. My youngest, a college senior, took the most ...
Tribune News Service
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Georgia pulls off incredible comeback in Peach Bowl to down Cincinnati
Georgia insisted it was plenty motivated for Friday’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl matchup against Cincinnati. But the Bearcats definitely looked like the more inspired team for the first three quarters. Fortunately for the Bulldogs, there was a fourth quarter, and that one belonged to them. At the very end of it, Jack Podlesny nailed a 53-yard field goal to assure the come-from-behind win. But then, fittingly, Azeez Ojulari made one final play for the defense — capping off the game with a sack for a safety to make the final margin 24-21. It was the third sack of the game for Ojulari and the eighth ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Debra-Lynn B. Hook: When reverting to childhood is a good thing
My book club pals are busy reading all the edgy titles. I, meanwhile, just finished “Heidi, the Great Illustrated Classic.” My friends are discussing books about wars and overcoming abusive childhoods. My speed of late is to join a Nancy Drew book club. Same with movies. The kids are upstairs doing a retro thing with Hitchcock movies; I can hear the screeches of “Psycho.” I’m downstairs falling asleep to “The Sound of Music” and “The Walton’s Christmas Movie.” Life as a pandemic adult is grueling. And the antidote, I’ve found, lies in childhood. Never mind the famous quote: “When I was a child...
Tribune News Service
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With Pandemic Surging, Ohio Gov. DeWine Dials Back His Aggressive Response
Eric Shanteau didn’t know he was about to create a viral pandemic meme when he made a cutout of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s head with two fingers pointing at his eyes, photographed the smiling visage in various strategic, comedic locations around the Toledo suburb of Maumee, and then posted the images online. This story also ran on U.S. News & World Report. It can be republished for free. He also didn’t know that the Republican governor was that day in mid-November visiting Toledo after announcing new coronavirus restrictions to counter an alarming surge in the state’s infection rates. Shanteau, a...
Kaiser Health News
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History of second Tommy John surgeries raises questions about Mike Clevinger's future
Tommy John surgery has become so ubiquitous and the procedure so advanced, it is largely seen as little more than a nuisance for those who don’t have to endure the months of inactivity and then grueling rehabilitation.From the outside, it seems the procedure essentially requires a pitcher sit for a year and then return to eventually throw as well as ever — and in many cases better than he did.Jacob deGrom, Stephen Strasburg, Adam Wainwright and David Wells are among several well-known pitchers to have thrived after the surgery. Just since March 2018, 36 pitchers have had the surgery and pitche...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Jeep Wrangler gets first V-8 in nearly 40 years
Jeep’s concept of powering its flagship Wrangler SUV with a V-8 engine for the first time in nearly 40 years just became a reality.The Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV brand said Tuesday it will produce the four-door 2021 Wrangler Rubicon 392 for sale with the 6.4-liter V-8 engine after teasing the possible product in July just hours ahead of Ford Motor Co.’s reintroduction of the new Bronco to the off-road SUV segment that Jeep dominates.The 392 production model offers 470 horsepower and 470 pound-feet of torque for a 40% faster 0-60 mph time than the V-6 Rubicon at 4.5 seconds, surpassing even t...
The Detroit News
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Is Ohio, long a US bellwether, slipping out of play for Democrats?
Youngstown (United States) (AFP) - Four years after carrying bellwether Ohio and winning the US presidency, Donald Trump again needs the support of disenchanted Democrats in the critical state if he is to earn a second White House term.Ohio has been a political prize for generations of candidates wooing the state's diverse voting demographic, which closely mirrors the nation and has offered a reliable quadrennial gauge of American sentiment.Trump has visited twice in six weeks. And while Ohio might have been low on Biden's priority of states that give him a path to electoral victory on Novembe...
AFP
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Is Ohio, long a US bellwether, slipping out of play for Democrats?
Youngstown (United States) (AFP) - Four years after carrying bellwether Ohio and winning the US presidency, Donald Trump again needs the support of disenchanted Democrats in the critical state if he is to earn a second White House term.Ohio has been a political prize for generations of candidates wooing the state's diverse voting demographic, which closely mirrors the nation and has offered a reliable quadrennial gauge of American sentiment.Trump has visited twice in six weeks. And while Ohio might have been low on Biden's priority of states that give him a path to electoral victory on Novembe...
AFP