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The Clippers coach denied allegations that he questioned the sexuality of NBA referee Bill Kennedy while coaching the Celtics. MORE: 5 reasons not to expect fireworks this NBA trade season Disgraced ref Tim Donaghy claimed Rivers made comments about Kennedy’s sexuality in the past. Those comments resurfaced Monday as Kennedy came out as gay after he was the target of slurs from Kings guard Rajon Rondo earlier this month....

The NBA announced the sanction on Friday after Rivers described officiating as a “complete joke” against the Rockets. “I don’t say much about officiating,” Rivers said Thursday, via ESPN, before going on say plenty about officiating. “They shot 41 threes, we shot 18. We doubled them in the amount of points in the paint. And it was 24-8 in free throws. “That’s a joke. That’s a complete joke. I thought our guys drove and got hit all game....

The Final Fantasy franchise has a plethora of characters and monsters that fans could use as reference for cosplays and Halloween costumes. Final Fantasy 7 alone has iconic characters like Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Aerith Gainsborough, Barret Wallace, and Sephiroth. The game has become especially popular now thanks to its top-to-bottom remake. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which will feature Cloud’s best friend and mentor Zack Fair, is also coming soon....

After building up in earlier phase four projects such as WandaVision, the MCU’s multiverse was finally introduced in Loki, particularly the series’ epic season finale featuring Jonathan Majors as He Who Remains, a variant of Kang the Conqueror. The alternate realities were further explored in the following films like Spider-Man: No Way Home ( which saw the return of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men), and now of course will be in the upcoming Doctor Strange sequel....

As part of Gallifreyan history, an engineer of the existence of the Time Lords, and the head of Division, Tecteun went from being a one-off character to suddenly redefining what it meant to be The Doctor and a Time Lord. Knowing what we know about Tecteun now and the fact that Russell T. Davies is returning to the show, what kind of scope is there for the character’s return?...

Kelly followed up the inside pitches with a strikeout of Correa to end the frame. He mocked Correa as he walked off the mound and both benches cleared. After the game, Astros manager Dusty Baker said Kelly yelled, “Nice swing, b—!” at Correa following the K. The teams have plenty of bad blood after the Astros were found to have cheated during their championship victory over the Dodgers three years ago....

Ryu will be making first major league start since the 2014 NLDS. He has been out since undergoing shoulder surgery before the beginning of last season. MORE: SN50: Ranking baseball’s best Ryu was supposed to come back sooner, but he has endured multiple minor setbacks on his road to recovery. He threw 84 pitches in a rehab start Friday for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga and has since been given the green light....

Let’s hope that these teams are still battling for first place in the NL West in Game 19 on Sept. 30, because the opener of the season series — which the Dodgers won 11-6 in 12 innings — was electric. MORE: Bellinger saw this coming in the spring A six-pack of takeaways from the best game thus far in 2021, a 4-hour, 57-minute thrill ride that ended at 3:08 a....

Los Angeles erased a four-run deficit and still endured its sixth loss in a row when J.T. Realmuto’s tiebreaking homer in the sixth inning helped Miami win 6-5. “It’s the same story: We just didn’t get it done,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. Miami clinched the series after another last-place team, Cincinnati, swept a four-game set at Los Angeles last week. The Dodgers and the rebuilding Marlins have identical 16-26 records....

Example A: After a slow start, they won 92 games and needed Game 163 to earn their sixth straight division title. Example B: Clayton Kershaw won’t be opening the postseason as the Game 1 starter for the first time in six consecutive playoff appearances. Example C: Kershaw told Hyun-Jin Ryu that the South Korean left-hander was going to take the mound on Thursday night against Mike Foltynewicz and the Atlanta Braves to begin the best-of-five Division Series....

Dodgers players Adrian Gonzalez, Justin Turner and Kenley Jansen all donned “#DONTLOOKATME” T-shirts and covered their eyes prior to Tuesday’s game, an ode to Bumgarner’s remarks to Puig as he confronted the Dodgers outfielder and the two exchanged words. MORE: Scully’s call of scuffle was the best Bumgarner kept saying “Don’t look at me” to Puig after the pitcher got Puig to ground out in the seventh inning. Puig responded, “What are you going to do to me?...

It was reported on Friday that the Dodgers were revealing a statue of Robinson just outside the stadium in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. On Saturday, the Dodgers revealed it, on the 70th anniversary of Robinson making his MLB debut. STEELE: Jackie Robinson’s journey included baseball — and the back of a bus The statue will remain outside of the stadium’s Left Field Reserve Plaza, which is one of the more heavily traversed areas of the park....

It wasn’t just his in-ring work that yielded massive success, but also his character work that often inspired everyone. Throughout his long and illustrious career, Punk has followed a straight-edge lifestyle on television. Enthusiasts recently engaged in a healthy discussion after witnessing a fan offering CM Punk a sip of his beer during this week’s episode of AEW Rampage. The Second City Saint respectfully denied his offer, which led many people to question whether his straight-edge lifestyle is kayfabe or if he genuinely follows it in real life as well....

Feeling nervous about receiving anesthesia and its effects on your body is normal. Several studies have explored these questions, and their conclusions will hopefully help relieve your anxiety. Types of Anesthesia Anesthesia—where medicine is used to block pain—is commonly used during surgical procedures. Some anesthesia is local, where just the area is numbed by an injection, for example, and other anesthesia is general, where the person is medicated to place them in a deep sleep during surgery so they won’t feel pain and they will not wake up until the surgery is completed....

We saw this a few years ago with William Haynes when he was on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” and now we have the same debate with another football player. While stirring up some training camp conversation with his locker neighbor, J.J. Watt discovered D.J. Reader doesn’t believe in dinosaurs. After Watt called him out, Reader received several tweets from people trying to inform him that, yes, dinosaurs did at one point exist....

But ever notice your normally bright-eyed, bushy-tailed dog appear to down or display some other sign of low mood at certain times of the year? Could man’s best friend be suffering from SAD too? Newsweek asked the experts if dogs can get SAD and whether seasonal changes can affect your pet’s mood. What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? Seasonal affective disorder is a type of depression noted by its recurrent seasonal pattern....

This means you’ll have to shop around for insurance. As a general rule, the more a car costs to purchase, the more expensive it is to replace and repair, and the more expensive it is to insure. While it probably doesn’t strike you as surprising that a Porsche is more expensive to insure than a Hyundai, EV insurance differs in several ways. The good news is there are affordable options if you know where to look....

I’m guessing you would be surprised to learn that they play for Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV respectively. Their relative anonymity - for now - is a result of the fact you will never see them on the pitch. Instead, they represent the Netherlands’ three biggest clubs on FIFA 17. Hagebeuk, Van der Most and Abdi are among 18 gamers in the eDivisie, an eSports league fully sanctioned by the Eredivisie and comprising of exactly the same clubs that make up the real-life league table....

Apple wants $672 to replace the keyboard and logic board, which they say is corrupted due to this flooding of my Macbook. He says even if it works fine now (except for the 1/2 numeral keys), the logic board is corrupted and will “go out” any time. Can’t I use the rice bag remedy and avoid paying Apple $672 because “liquid damage” is not covered under my Apple Care plan?...