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By now we know Giannis, who continues to forge his path towards all-time greatness and his older brother Thanasis, who has been a serviceable NBA player during his last three seasons with the Bucks, but what about Alex? MORE: Where does Giannis Antetokounmpo rank on our latest NBA MVP ladder? Not to be confused with Kostas, who won an NBA title with the Lakers in 2020, Alex is the youngest of five Antetokounpmo brothers and is halfway through his first season with Raptors 905 of the NBA G League....

Ana Mardoll is largely known for his opinions on writing and social justice online. He began trending on Twitter after he claimed that it was ableist to suggest that one must read intensively to become a good writer. Netizens slammed the online personality, who identifies as a “nonbinary trans boy,” for being too “leftist.” As Ana Mardoll continued to be attacked online, internet users disclosed that the activist worked at Lockheed Martin....

The Old Guard, based on the comic book series of the same name, follows Andy and her team of immortal warriors as they fight evil through the centuries. However, as viewers might’ve learned while watching the new flick over the weekend, there’s a lot of mystery behind Andy’s origins. In the film, we learn about Booker’s (Matthias Schoenaerts) tussle with Napoleon, and the love that Joe (Marwan Kenzari) and Nicky (Luca Marinelli) have shared, dating all the way back to the Crusades, but what about Andy?...

Dak Prescott, whether he likes it nor not, now is Tim Tebow. Or Cam Newton. Or any other big, physical athlete who plays quarterback. MORE: SN’s Twitter follow list | Week 1 picks | College stars’ early NFL projections Because what would happen if we, for a moment, eliminated what could be and focused on what is? “I know who I am,” Prescott says. “Nothing in me has changed.”...

The Houston Chronicle first reported the Texans were on the verge of completing their search for a permanent head coach, before Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh confirmed it to ESPN. “He [Culley] will be who he is every day,” Harbaugh, who had previously described the Texans job opening as a “great opportunity,” said in a text, according to the broadcaster. “Has been that guy every day of his career....

The creative midfielder sticks out like a sore thumb in United States coach Gregg Berhalter’s side, a gifted technician capable of putting inch-perfect passes on the feet of an oncoming striker. Yet, his relative underuse underuse in Berhalter’s World Cup setup — Reyna didn’t play against Wales and came on in the 83rd minute against England — has baffled even the most ardent of American supporters. Reyna is arguably the Yanks’ most talented player....

Rick Carlisle told Mavs owner Mark Cuban on Thursday that he will not be returning as Dallas’ coach for the 2021-22 season. Carlisle had been with Dallas for the past 13 seasons, winning the NBA championship in 2011, and had two years remaining on his contract. MORE: Why the Pelicans fired Stan Van Gundy after one season “After a number of in-person conversations with Mark Cuban over the last week, today I informed him that I will not be returning as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks,” Carlisle said in a statement to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski....

“This wasn’t just a single bad decision. I could have stopped at multiple points, but each time I made the deliberate choice to go forward,” Buckingham wrote in a letter to Talwani. She was one of more than a dozen parents arrested in March for allegedly taking part in a fraudulent college admission scheme uncovered in the FBI operation “Varsity Blues.” Buckingham, who’s published multiple books on parenting tips and dealing with teenagers, is set to be sentenced on Wednesday....

Garoppolo hasn’t tweeted anything since 2019, and he doesn’t post much on Instagram except for 49ers content and advertisements. This makes it even more difficult to find out who Garoppolo is dating. But, if you’re curious, here is a timeline of Garoppolo’s known relationships since he’s been in the NFL, along with any current relationship status he might have. MORE: 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo’s good looks part of reason for lack of respect in NFL, GM John Lynch says...

The only other player on the current roster to have won multiple championships with the franchise is starting center, Kevon Looney. Looney has proven to be an integral part of their playoff push in 2021-22. Averaging 6.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 19.9 minutes per game. He has appeared in 16 games throughout the postseason, including 10 starts and against the Boston Celtics’ big frontline of Al Horford and Robert Williams III, the Warriors’ big man is set to play a big role in the middle for Golden State in the NBA Finals....

After a rocky first two seasons in San Francisco that resulted in a 10-22 record, Shanahan righted the ship in his third year. Thanks in part to the return of a healthy Jimmy Garoppolo, the 49ers went 13-3 in the regular season and breezed through their first two playoff games against the Vikings (27-10) and Packers (37-20). Known as an offensive guru, Shanahan led the 49ers to a No. 4 finish in total offense (381....

On Wednesday, Jacobellis earned the gold medal in the women’s snowboardcross, further cementing her legacy as the greatest snowboardcross athlete in history. Coming into the event, Jacobellis had seemingly claimed everything in the sport except the Olympic gold medal. She came close in her first trip to the games, in the 2006 Torino Olympics, but showboated near the end and slid out, settling for silver. She crashed in two other semifinal races and came up just shy of medaling in the 2018 Winter Games....

Banks hasn’t been seen in WWE since her controversial walkout last year. She never turned up despite an entire regime change. While she was away, fans endlessly speculated where she would end up. If the latest reports are to be believed, the real-life Mercedes Varnado will be at NJPW’s mega show. This has been fueled by her recent tweets, wherein she thanked WWE and a couple of the company’s legends....

Sukkot, a Jewish celebration of the fall harvest, traditionally marks the 40 years the Jews spent in the desert before receiving the Torah. As part of the festivities, Jewish people use a specific kind of citron, known in Hebrew as an etrog. The etrog, in combination with a lulav—branches from particular trees bound together with a woven palm branch—is waved in six directions. This action symbolizes the omniscience of God....

Speaking to NBC News’ Chuck Todd during an appearance on the morning’s Meet the Press program, Zients called widespread distribution disparities and access barriers “unacceptable.” His remarks come as reports indicate that vaccine availability and administration rates are limited in low-income communities and communities of color, where COVID-19 has caused disproportionate harm since the beginning of the pandemic. Todd noted pointedly that in Washington, D.C., the eighth ward, where a majority of residents are people of color and more COVID-19 deaths have been recorded than in any other district, received far fewer vaccines than neighboring areas....

As Cafardo points out, Chicago’s interest makes sense considering Paul Konerko is set to retire at season’s end and Adam Dunn has been traded to the A’s. The ChiSox won’t be alone in pursuing Martinez, who is having an MVP-type season for the Tigers with a .335/.406/.575 slash line, 30 homers and 94 RBIs through Saturday’s game. The five-time All-Star, who turns 36 in December, has a 4.7 Baseball Reference WAR....

The opening line of the book by Charles Dickens could equally apply to Ben John, 21, from the English city of Lincoln, whose conviction on August 11 of possessing information likely to be useful for preparing an act of terror, carried a maximum jail term of 15 years. But Judge Timothy Spencer QC preferred literary sentences to jail sentences as he handed John a suspended term as well as a reading list of the leading lights of English writers....

Jesse Benton, 43, of Louisville, Kentucky, who previously campaigned for former congressman Ron Paul and his son Senator Rand Paul as well as spearheading the 2014 reelection bid of Mitch McConnell, has been charged along with Roy Douglas “Doug” Wead, 75, of Bonita Springs, Florida, who worked as an adviser for George H.W. Bush. Benton, who was the former chief strategist for the pro-Trump Great America PAC, was previously convicted in 2016 for attempting to hide $73,000 in payments to an Iowa state senator, Kent Sorenson, in exchange for his endorsement of Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign....

Who Are the New Mutants? The trailer features five mutants who have been brought to a facility in a veiled attempt to help them get better. The movie seems to take a very sharp turn from the comic book series, which was started in 1983 by writer Chris Claremont. Claremont had been put in charge of the X-Men franchise at Marvel after helping the relaunch the team with artist Dave Cockrum....

The youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan sold a 51 percent stake in her billion-dollar beauty brand, Kylie Cosmetics, to beauty conglomerate Coty for a whopping $600 million on Monday. Before the deal with Coty, 22-year-old Jenner owned 100 percent of the business, which Forbes previously estimated to be worth some $900 million, but which the Coty deal placed at $1.2 billion, solidifying Jenner’s reputation as the world’s youngest self-made billionaire....