Camille Lacourt won France’s third gold medal of the world swimming championships when he won the men’s 50 metres backstroke. The fastest swimmer of the year in the discipline, who had taken silver in the 100m earlier in the week, lived up to his billing as pre-race favourite as he was able to make up ground in the last 20m to finish just ahead of his countryman Jeremy Stravius in a time of 24....
Ingram came wide open on the winning play after a baseline drive by Lonzo Ball and drained the long ball from the right wing. The matchup in Philly completed the season series between the young and developing squads. The road team won each game. MORE: Lonzo watching extra film to silence critics, improve As evidence of just how young the respective cores are, eight of the 10 players on the court at the finish were under 25: Ingram, Ball, Julius Randle, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Larry Nance Jr....
The Lakers are interested in keeping the 36-year-old forward in the organization as an assistant coach, according to ESPN.com. MORE: MVP, Rookie of the Year and more award predictions World Peace made a huge impact on the Lakers’ rookies and young players last season, which is why the Lakers think he would be a good coach. However, World Peace reportedly wants to keep playing. If that means he doesn’t earn a spot on Los Angeles’ roster, he might look elsewhere....
Expect a meeting Friday between D'Antoni and top Lakers brass. "I don't have any thoughts yet. The biggest thing was trying to get to the end of the year and we got that done," D'Antoni told the Los Angeles Times. Now you go to the next step. Nothing has been talked about or said or looked at." Wednesday's 113-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs left the Lakers 27-55. Usually in such seasons a coach would be headed for a short haircut....
Guards Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash, two of the few veteran players still on Los Angeles' roster, will be re-evaluated for their respective injuries, coach Mike D'Antoni told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Friday. PRINCE: Kobe return ’not in the near future' D'Antoni hopes the two are cleared, which would allow them to return to the lineup sooner than later. But is sooner really better than later? Bryant, 35, returned to the court earlier this season while rehabbing his surgically repaired Achilles' tendon....
Making his first appearance against the Pelicans since the trade that took him to Los Angeles in the summer, Davis was showered with boos by the crowd in New Orleans from the moment the line-ups were announced. The hostility continued throughout the game, with Davis—who spent seven seasons with the Pelicans before joining the Lakers—booed at every possession. The six-time All-Star, however, had the last laugh, finishing with a game-high 41 points, nine rebounds and three steals in 37 minutes as the Lakers racked up a ninth consecutive win and improved to 16-2....
Holding the best records in the NBA at 24-4 apiece, the Western Conference-leading Lakers visit the Eastern Conference leaders at Fiserv Forum. The Bucks and Lakers will meet just twice during the regular season, and both encounters are shaping as must-watch matches. MORE: Three reasons why Celtics are real threat to Bucks, 76ers in East Matchup among the best With a 48-8 combined win-loss record, this clash marks the seventh-highest combined win percentage (....
Fans, players and managers were left stunned by what had happened throughout a pulsating 90 minutes. But what led to the game transpiring in the way it did? On paper, this looked like a comfortable day at the office for Barcelona. The Blaugrana are well clear at the top of LaLiga while Villarreal are hovering just above the relegation zone. But things got interesting about an hour before kick-off when Ernesto Valverde’s lineup saw Lionel Messi, Ivan Rakitic and Gerard Pique on the bench....
Barcelona have won the title in the last two seasons and head into the new campaign as favourites again, having bolstered their squad with the additions of Antoine Griezmann, Junior Firpo and Frenkie de Jong. Real Madrid have spent heavily during the close season in an attempt to close the gap on their bitter rivals, with Eden Hazard among those to arrive, and last term’s runners-up Atletico Madrid also broke their transfer record by bringing in Joao Felix from Benfica....
’No European football an advantage’ They turned up the terror and turned out Middlesbrough’s lights with incisive, electrifying play in a 3-0 victory on Wednesday night. It was a most welcome dismantling of the hosts, amid a backdrop of too much talk and too much distraction, with Jurgen Klopp deciding to remove Loris Karius from the relentless, unforgiving torrent of criticism. Simon Mignolet was back between the sticks to fuel the conversation further, but the Reds offered up more positive talking points against Aitor Karanka’s men....
Lallana has not played since the defeat to Swansea City on January 22 after suffering a “little tear” in his thigh, and his comeback was cut short just past the hour when he reacted angrily to a challenge from Tottenham Under-23 captain George Marsh. After the pair went up for a header, a furious Lallana jumped on Marsh’s back and wrapped his hands around his throat, with referee David Rock issuing a straight red card....
Jackson set the mark for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single season. MORE: Jackson close to being most dominant ‘Madden’ player ever The Ravens QB surpassed the 1,039 set by Michael Vick, then with the Atlanta Falcons, in 2006. Jackson only needed 23 yards against the Jets and he managed that on the Ravens’ first drive at M&T Bank Stadium. Vick tweeted congratulations soon after Jackson broke the record....
Odom continues to recover his full faculties after a drug overdose last October nearly killed him. And yet, in a sideline interview with Entertainment Tonight on Wednesday, Odom weighed a notion that months ago seemed at best improbable and likely impossible: He plans to play again. “I still got it,” he said. PHOTOS: Odom through the years | Cute athlete-celebrity couples Of course, Odom’s ongoing, on-again, off-again relationship with Khloe Kardashian makes him even more of a public figure than both athletes....
In November, LaMelo predicted his former teammates would fail in his absence: MORE: LaVar Ball loses it after seeing LiAngelo’s tattoos On Saturday, Chino Hills defeated Bellflower St. John Bosco to reach the state title game in Sacramento. Last fall, LaVar Ball pulled LaMelo from the school over a disagreement with new head coach Dennis Latimore, who wouldn’t let LaMelo take 50 shots a game. Chino Hills was not able to win the championship during LaMelo’s sophomore season....
Mourinho questioned Lampard’s decision to leave a number of experienced players out of his starting line-up at Old Trafford, including the half-fit N’Golo Kante, with Chelsea collapsing to a 4-0 loss. The defeat marked an unwelcome start to Premier League management for Lampard, but Chelsea’s all-time leading goalscorer does not plan on getting involved in a slanging match with the Portuguese, who coached him at Stamford Bridge. “I was very ready for that,” Lampard told reporters ahead of Sunday’s game against Leicester City....
He found a home in New Orleans in 2006 and spent the next eight seasons there, catching 346 passes for 4,281 yards and 38 TDs. On Friday, he reached a two-year deal with Pittsburgh. MORE: Schaub to Texans | Vick’s next shot? | Draft: Top 100 non-QBs Moore caught 37 passes from Drew Brees in 2013 for 457 yards and two scores. That was one season after he had his only 1,000-yard season in 2012 when he caught 65 passes for 1,041 yards and six TDs....
Don’t be discouraged if it takes some time to adjust to life with a Lap-Band. Regular physical activity, proactive stress management, and a positive mindset can help you manage any challenges that accompany the procedure. By anticipating the typical (and uncommon) side effects of surgery, you can prepare yourself to embrace the journey ahead. Benefits of Surgery The benefits of Lap-Band surgery begin as soon as your procedure is complete....
“As far as I know, there are no plans for Donald Trump to be back in the White House in August,” Lara Trump told Fox & Friends on Thursday morning. She continued: “Maybe there’s something I don’t know…but no. I think that is a lot of folks getting a little worked up about something just because maybe there wasn’t enough pushback from the Republican side. So no, I have not heard any plans for Donald Trump to be installed in the White House in August....
It’s not very common for video game studios to be extremely responsive to any kind of feedback from players to the point that it becomes a priority to work on and implement. Yet, this is what Impulse Gear has been doing since Larcenauts released just about one week ago, be it working on things to implement shortly or be it trying to fix the Steam VR issues that are currently preventing some Steam users to actually play the game....
On October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock fired more than 1,000 bullets from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. Sixty people were killed and at least 413 people were wounded by gunshots, along with hundreds more injured from the crowd’s panicked response. Paddock was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and no motive has been determined for his actions. Clark County, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, the Clark County Fire Department and the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center are co-hosting the “Sunrise Remembrance” ceremony at 7:30 a....
