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With less than a minute to go in regulation and LA up double digits, Lakers guard Dennis Schroder drove into the paint against Suns star Devin Booker. As Schroder began to elevate toward the basket, Booker delivered a two-handed shove to Schroder, who hit the court hard and rolled out of bounds. MORE: Harrell seems to be enjoying Clippers’ playoff struggles After the officiating crew reviewed the play, Booker was given a Flagrant 2 foul and ejected from the game....

But the Timberwolves wouldn’t have been in that position if it wasn’t for the young star in Anthony Edwards. The 20-year-old exploded for 40 points, 14 of which came in the fourth quarter, which helped Minnesota win consecutive games in Portland for the first time since the 2004-05 season. He also stuffed the stat sheet with nine rebounds, three steals and three blocks but zero assists. This is the second 40-point game of his season and fourth of his career, tying him for the second-most games of 40 or more for players before turning 21 years....

Fury took Wilder’s WBC title with a seventh-round knockout in Las Vegas in February. Rewatch classic fights on DAZN Joshua, who holds the WBA, IBF and WBO belts, felt his fellow Brit was able to take away the American’s only weapon. “We’ve seen in some of his fights, it’s been difficult for him and then he lands his punch and he’s been victorious, but I always believe that when you go to war, you can’t have one weapon in your arsenal, which was his right hand,” Joshua told Sky Sports....

Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are at risk for high blood pressure. Also known as vasopressin, ADH promotes smooth muscle contraction of the blood vessels and causes the body to retain water, helping to prevent dehydration. ADH secretion is activated when specialized cells in the brain or heart detect a change in the concentration of the blood or blood pressure. Once released, ADH travels to the kidneys where it signals specific cells to reabsorb water from the kidneys, preventing water from being lost through urination....

The DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google, a 64-page suit, cites Section 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2, to restrain “Google LLC (Google) from unlawfully maintaining monopolies in the markets for general search services, search advertising, and general search text advertising in the United States through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices, and to remedy the effects of this conduct.” Also Read: Bill Gates Calls India Inspiring: Commends Modi’s Governance...

Griezmann was also the striker who ended Barcelona’s chance of progressing into the final four of the UEFA Champions League with a brace in the second leg of the fixture. The Frenchman is also one of the ‘undroppables’ for his national team given his influence on the game when on the ball. The Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United target has scored a whopping 29 goals for Diego Simeone’s side this season....

The wide receiver’s unceremonious exit from the Buccaneers led to lots of finger-pointing, he-said-he-said dynamics and a cloud of doubt around both sides’ stories. Brown, though, isn’t done trying to prove he was in the right for his exit from the team. MORE: Did Brady’s relationship with Arians lead to announcement? The free agent wideout posted an MRI image of his injured ankle on a now-deleted Instagram post on Monday, with a caption that said the Buccaneers “intentionally” tried to injure him knowing he was playing banged up....

“Network TV is something we (boxing) really needed,” Tarver told Sporting News. “There wasn’t enough visibility for boxing. I think everything went to pay-per-view. Everybody wanted to do pay-per-view. There’s only a few pay-per-view type fighters. When your asking folks to dig into there pockets and get that money, it just wasn’t the time for it. I think when America fell on tough times, it was really hard for us then....

The 58-year old New Yorker has been steeped in the foreign policy business ever since he was a Clinton administration staffer on the National Security Council. His previous stints include being the chief foreign policy adviser to then-Senator Joe Biden, the deputy national security adviser to former President Barack Obama and the deputy secretary of state during Obama’s second term. The Blinken family name is virtually synonymous with diplomacy: His father served as U....

Heche was critically injured after her Mini Cooper crashed into a home in Los Angeles on August 5, setting it on fire. TMZ also shared footage showing that Heche’s vehicle had reportedly hit an apartment complex’s garage shortly before the crash. Footage captured from doorbell cameras at the time caught what appeared to be Heche’s car traveling at a high speed in the moments before the collision, in the neighborhood of Mar Vista....

According to WDJT-TV, recipients of the letter have a yard sign in front of their homes which readers “For Sale Unless Politicians Keep Tosa Safe (Paid for by Tosa Taxpayers fed up with Mayor and City Council).” The signs are meant to criticize Wauwatosa Mayor Dennis McBride for his response to ongoing protests in the city following the police shooting of Alvin Cole, a 17-year-old from Milwaukee. Many protesters have called for the firing of the officer who fatally shot Cole....

Travis McKie added 19 points in his final scheduled home game for the Demon Deacons (16-14, 6-11 Atlantic Coast Conference). Coming off a home loss to sub-.500 Boston College, they shot 46 percent from the field and overcame their largest deficit of the game by scoring 17 straight points and holding Duke without a field goal for 5 critical minutes down the stretch. Codi Miller-McIntyre had 13 points to help Wake Forest claim its first win over Duke since 2009 and its biggest win since an upset of No....

Sources close to Coelho say the SEC inquiry involves “warfare” among rival ITB board members. They say there are no allegations of personal wrongdoing by Coelho. But the probe could be embarrassing. Corporate minutes show that Coelho, who had a $120,000-a-year consulting contract from ITB, presided over board meetings where transactions under review were approved. Among them: large compensation packages for DeSantis and other firm officials and corporate jet expenses to a firm owned by DeSantis’s son....

An announcement last week put an end to any notion of the world’s most famous semi-active player staging a comeback at the Masters. Too bad, because plenty of people — fans and detractors — want to see Tiger in action. MORE: 2016 Masters schedule | Multiple Masters winners | Green jackets fit them “After assessing the present condition of my back, and consulting with my medical team, I’ve decided it’s prudent to miss this year’s Masters,” Woods announced through his website....

But mounting rumors suggest that it will be making a comeback on 2021’s next-gen iPhones. In a report, the Wall Street Journal says that Apple has been working on in-screen fingerprint technology, and is currently considering including both Touch ID and Face ID on the same device. Touch ID Could Make a Comeback The report is based on conversations with two former Apple employees, presumably with knowledge of Apple’s plans....

Because of its essential function in supplying blood to the brain, disorders or trauma to the anterior cerebral artery can lead to serious consequences. In particular, clotting of this artery can lead to stroke, a dangerous “brain attack” caused by inadequate oxygen supply. In addition, due to the regions supplied, problems here can affect gait, movement of the legs and proximal arms, speech ability, and upper-level reasoning. Anatomy Structure One of the larger arteries tasked with supplying blood to important brain regions, the right and left ACAs are major components of the circle of Willis....

The game’s Day One patch is to go live alongside the official release of Anthem on Friday, February 22. So far, the patch includes five high-level fixes for some of the more pressing issues such as challenge tracking problems, infinite loading screen and disconnect issues, and one of the biggest reported problems, the lengthy loading times. Details on what is specifically changing were not provided, but players should see improved load times across the entire game....

To gift friends a copy of the Anthem VIP demo, players must first link their pre-order to their EA account. If pre-ordered through a retailer like GameStop, players will have a code that they can enter on EA’s website to give their account demo access. It is worth noting that players who pre-ordered through their console store will get the ability to share codes when the demo goes live....

The loss was Toronto’s first at home this season and also snapped a six-game winning streak. The Pelicans carried a slim lead into halftime, but they took control in the third quarter and pulled away midway through the fourth. Davis wasn’t the only New Orleans player to have a big game. Jrue Holiday scored 29 points and dished out 14 assists while E’Twaun Moore chipped in 30 points. Julius Randle also recorded a double-double with 17 points and 12 rebounds....

DeSclafani struck out a season-high nine to outduel Clay Buchholz and singled before scoring one of Cincinnati’s two runs on Billy Hamilton’s suicide-squeeze bunt to help the Reds beat the Diamondbacks 3-0. DeSclafani (6-3) allowed three hits and no walks while pitching into the eighth inning of his second straight shutdown outing. He limited Washington to one run on six hits with a walk and two strikeouts in seven innings of a 7-1 victory last Saturday....