The biggest upset this March isn’t a wild heave at the horn for a winner from a No. 15 seed or a First Four team somehow weaving into the second weekend — it’s the lack of genuine stunners to shake up the bracket. The top seeds are still at the top of the tourney. The field has the top three seeds in each round in the Sweet 16 for only the second time (2009) since the bracket expanded in 1985....
One brand you might not be familiar with is Urbanista, but the Swedish company is quietly building a strong reputation for solid audio equipment. All the company’s products are named after cities around the world – we’ve already seen buds named after Madrid, Berlin, Athens, Paris and Urbanista’s native Stockholm. Its latest buds are called London, with their launch timed to coincide with Urbanista’s ten-year anniversary. They’re Urbanista’s first true wireless earbuds with active noise cancellation, but how well to they compare to the competition?...
Trump’s bold approach presents opportunities—and risks. With a divisive U.S. election just two weeks away, the geopolitical battle for the Indo-Pacific is dominating the foreign policy track of both candidates, as well the attention of regional countries of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue who seek to avoid submission to and escalation with China as they also pursue their own separate interests. The Quad was established in 2004 but given new life under Trump in 2017....
No games have been close in the final minutes, and only one was even competitive entering the final period. This depleted team that was supposed to be vulnerable has instead been invincible. The Americans believe that tough game is coming Sunday — and so does Serbia, their opponent. “They have supreme confidence and just that expectation, I think, that they feel like they’re going to win,” U.S. guard Stephen Curry said, “and we have that same mentality as well....
Rep. Cicilline made these comments during an interview on a recent episode of The Vergecast podcast. The conversation came up during a discussion regarding Apple rejecting an App for allowing users to register outside of the App Store, thus denying Apple 30% of the fee. Rep Cicilline felt compelled to say that, “because of the market power that Apple has, it is charging exorbitant rents – highway robbery, basically.”...
This time, the Americans failed to reach the final of the event as they finished sixth in their semifinal race. The poor finish Thursday morning (Tokyo time) was sealed when Fred Kerley and Ronnie Baker botched the handoff before the third leg. Anchor Cravon Gillespie wasn’t fast enough to overcome the error. TOKYO OLYMPICS: Track and field results The last U.S. gold in the event was in 2000. The last official medal in the event, a silver, came in 2004....
After 93 years on grass, the US Open moved to clay for three seasons (1975-77) before transitioning to a hardcourt surface called ‘DecoTurf’ and onto its present home at Flushing Meadows in 1978. As the 139th edition of the US Open gets underway next week, let us have a look at the last five men’s singles champions at the last Grand Slam event of the year. #5 Novak Djokovic (2018) Novak Djokovic, on the comeback trail from an elbow injury and subsequent surgery, turned around an underwhelming 6-6 start to the season by winning his 4th Wimbledon title and a maiden title in Cincinnati which made him the first player to win all nine Masters 1000 titles....
Date: 4 September 2021 Tournament: 2021 US Open Round: Third round (Round of 32) Venue: Flushing Meadows, New York Category: Grand Slam Surface: Outdoor hardcourt Prize money: $40,560,000 Reilly Opelka vs Nikoloz Basilashvili preview Reilly Opelka, the highest-ranked American left in the draw, will square off against Nikoloz Basilashvili in the third round of the 2021 US Open on Saturday. Opelka defeated talented teenager Lorenzo Musetti in the second round on Thursday, winning 7-6(1), 7-5, 6-4....
Mourinho’s tribute to Ranieri Jorres had placed a €2 bet on a correct score double - backing Atletico Madrid to beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 and Manchester City to win 4-3 against Monaco in Tuesday night’s Champions League last-16 games. Sane has since apologised for taking the score to 5-3 against the Ligue 1 side, though it will have done little to console the unlucky punter. Now, however, Oliver Kahn, an ambassador for the company with which Jorres placed the bet, Tipico, has provided a silver lining, offering the gambler an all-expenses paid trip to watch Monaco face Man City in the return leg....
But incredibly, tickets for the Packers’ NFC playoff game Sunday against the Giants, at Lambeau Field, were still available as of late Friday afternoon. Yahoo Sports reports it found tickets on Ticketmaster from the Packers, as well as on the resale market. MORE: NFL wildcard picks against the spread How is this possible? You can’t really blame the weather. Sure, the game-time forecast is calling for 15-degree temperatures, but Packers fans have braved much more frigid conditions....
Set in England following the First World War, Peaky Blinders follows Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby and his Peaky Blinders gang as they grow their criminal organization in Birmingham and beyond. Loosely inspired by a real-life Birmingham youth gang of the same name that operated during that time period, the show became a hit with viewers and critics alike and recently finished its sixth and final season. A spin-off film based on the series is in the works, and London-based developer Maze Theory is creating a Peaky Blinders VR game titled Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom set for release later this year....
A video of this previously unreleased version of Tomb Raider has been released alongside a new way for players to pick the game up for themselves on PC, though not exactly through legitimate means. So, players may wish to download at their own discretion when looking for copies of the game’s files to continue forward with. RELATED: Tomb Raider 2 Movie Director Designs His Sets in Minecraft The game itself is actually the remnant of a Tomb Raider: 10th Anniversary Edition that was originally being developed by Core Design and intended to release back in 2006, when the original would have turned 10 years old....
Thompson scored 52 points in just 27 minutes to help lift the Warriors to a 149-124 win over the Chicago Bulls. Thompson hit 14 three-pointers, breaking teammate Stephen Curry’s single-game record. With 10 three-pointers by halftime, Thompson remained hot in the third quarter, blistering Chicago’s non-existent defense with a bevy of deep shots. He also added five rebounds on the historic night. The Warriors, heavy favorites to win yet another NBA Championship this season, improved to 7-1 this season....
Amy Tersteeg told INFORUM that she did not want to push anyone to get vaccinated, but she felt the urge to share her husband’s story so people could hear about his experience. She said her husband, Rob Tersteeg, was open to getting vaccinated but was not in a rush to do so because he had no underlying health conditions. “He never thought it could happen to him,” she told INFORUM....
Updated card for the September 21st WWE Night of Champions pay-per-view after tonight’s RAW: WWE World Heavyweight Title MatchJohn Cena vs. Brock Lesnar WWE Tag Team Title MatchStardust and Goldust vs. The Usos WWE Intercontinental Title MatchThe Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler WWE United States Title MatchCesaro vs. Sheamus WWE Divas Title MatchNikki Bella vs. AJ Lee vs. Paige Rusev vs. Mark Henry 0 votes
A tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy are sometimes performed at the same time. This surgery is aimed at treating obstructive sleep apnea, a condition where these structures can block the airway and cause cessation of breathing while you are asleep. Due to potential complications involved in this surgery, most doctors recommend other treatment measures for sleep apnea, particularly continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Additionally, UPPP sometimes will not completely cure the sleep apnea....
The study, published Monday in Nature Microbiology, found that the more urbanized a settlement was—meaning the more densely populated—the more diverse the biome of the settlement’s homes and its inhabitants were, especially when it came to fungi. Thus, in their efforts to make their homes more clean or sterile, people living in urban areas may be actually making them more prone to certain kinds of fungi and bacteria. To conduct the study, researchers examined the microscopic materials in homes as well as the bodies of those homes’ inhabitants....
Boudin, Gascón, and Krasner were elected on similar platforms: end cash bail, reduce incarceration, and prosecute police officer misconduct. To their credit, they kept their word. When Boudin won his election in November 2019, San Francisco’s jail population stood at 1,249. As of this May, that figure shrank to 746. Similar trends can be found in L.A. and Philadelphia. The pandemic undeniably contributed to these declines, but so did policies like eliminating cash bail and declining to prosecute entire categories of criminal offenses....
Aguero responds to Messi fight reports A return to South America for the competition’s centenary edition has long been rumored, although an official proposal is yet to be filed or agreed. But on Wednesday Tabare Vazquez signaled Uruguay’s intention to bring the World Cup back where it all began. “It is a natural right because the biggest international competition in the world came to life in our country,” Vazquez declared....
