What to know about the NBA Play-in Tournament originally appeared on NBC Sports Bayarea For the second-straight year, the NBA is taking a page out of the NCAA’s book and kicking off the postseason with a play-in tournament. Since permanently expanding the field to 16 teams in 1984, the NBA playoffs have continued to evolve, … Read more
Study Population For this analysis, we included persons who, on January 1, 2022, were 60 years of age or older and had received three doses of BNT162b2 at least 4 months before the end of the study period (March 2). We excluded the following persons from the analysis: those who had died before the beginning … Read more
It’s amazing how quickly 25 years can pass. That was how long ago it was for my one and only time to step on the grounds at Augusta National and compete in the Masters. It was one of the unimaginable perks I received as the runner-up in the 1996 US Amateur. Prior to the numerous … Read more
Andy Pollard, pictured with his wife, spent years spraying pesticides on his land Some British farmers are calling for a ban on the UK production of toxic weedkiller Paraquat, saying studies suggest it could be a factor in the onset of Parkinson’s Disease. It comes as hundreds of US farm workers pursue a legal case … Read more
Trucks at a gas station on Interstate 95 near Florence, SC, on March 8, 2022. (Sean Rayford/The New York Times) Wayne Orr did not yet know that his foot was broken as he made his way back from Texas to his home in South Carolina, but he did know that he could not continue pressing … Read more
Real Madrid has won four of the last five Champions League titles. But for the first time since last decade, it will chase European club soccer’s top prize without Cristiano Ronaldo. (Getty) Tea 2018-19 Champions League will come to life on Thursday at noon ET. That’s when 32 teams will be drawn from four pots … Read more
Monday’s games Edgemont 16, Hastings 5 Edgemont evened its record at 1-1 as Iliana Dimopoulos and Penelope Kraus both poured in five goals and Maddy Frain had nine saves. Lela Warnock and Mehek Nanavaty both scored a pair of goals and Isadora Mello and Jordan Ellenberg scored one goal each. Dimopoulos, Kraus and Nanavaty each … Read more
BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow faced global revulsion and accusations of war crimes Monday after the Russian pullout from the outskirts of Kyiv revealed streets, buildings and yards strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, many of them evidently killed at close range. The grisly images of battered or burned bodies left out … Read more
What’s one clear sign that the Kentucky Derby is getting near? The Las Vegas odds sheet goes from fine print to large type. That’s exactly what happened Monday, following the latest weekend of key Derby preps and with the big race now just a little more than four weeks away. On last week’s updated odds … Read more
Republican politicians routinely claim that cities run by Democrats have been experiencing crime waves caused by failed governance, but a new study shows murder rates are actually higher in states and cities controlled by Republicans. “We’re seeing murders in our cities, all Democrat-run,” former President Donald Trump asserted at a March 26 rally in Georgia. … Read more