There will certainly be some contingent of Utah Jazz fans out there disproportionately concerned about the team’s 101-88 loss to the Phoenix Suns in a game played on the HP Fieldhouse in Orlando, Florida on Thursday night. Perhaps most will look at the Ed Davis-Georges Niang-Miye Oni-Rayjon Tucker-Emmanuel Mudiay lineup …
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Mookie Betts, who once said he would always play the anthem, kneels before the Dodgers’ first game.
LOS ANGELES – Dave Roberts and Mookie Betts were raised by parents who served in the military. A few years ago, after Colin Kaepernick knelt down to peacefully protest social injustice and police brutality towards people of color in this country, Roberts and Betts spoke out against failing to uphold …
Read More »Mel Gibson’s representative confirms that he was hospitalized with coronavirus
(Photo: Karwai Tang / WireImage) Perhaps surprisingly, this news did not come out at the time, but apparently Academy Award winner Mel Gibson contracted the coronavrius in April. Not only did he catch COVID-19 at one point, but the actor’s condition was bad enough that he was hospitalized for a …
Read More »US fighter jets near Iranian airliner, state media says
Two US fighter jets approached an Iranian airliner on Thursday, forcing its pilot to quickly change altitude and injuring passengers, Iranian state media reported. Images filmed by an Iranian state television reporter on board the flight allegedly captured the commotion inside the plane. It shows a man with a bloody …
Read More »Don’t wait for the first COVID-19 vaccines until early 2021.
By Stephanie Nebehay and John Miller. GENEVA / ZURICH (Reuters) – Researchers are making “good progress” in developing COVID-19 vaccines, with a handful in late-stage trials, but their first use cannot be expected until early 2021, an expert The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The WHO is working …
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