Oklahoma City Thunder vs Golden State Warriors - Game 1 - Full Game Highlights | 2016 NBA Playoffs
TORONTO, Ontario -- The NBA suspended Cleveland Cavaliers bench player Dahntay Jones for one game for punching the Toronto Raptors Bismack Biyombo in the midsection in the waning moments of Cleveland"s first loss of the playoffs Saturday night.
Sunday night in Oklahoma City, Draymond Green gave the Thunder"s Steven Adams the second part of the old "one-two" when Adams" groin apparently leaped in front of Green"s foot.
The first part -- the old "one," came when Adam" groin intruded on the space reserved for Green"s knee in a game last Wednesday at Golden State.
Green, a former Michigan State player who, as the 35th pick in his draft year is one of the NBA"s great success stories, was not suspended despite being a serial below the belt striker.
The NBA supinely upgraded the call to a Flagrant Foul 2 and fined Green the equivalent of tip money for the maid at the typical NBA player"s Ode to Me mansion -- $25,000.
Kiki VanDeWeghe, the NBA dean of discipline, must have miscreants lining up happily outside his office, like college players at North Carolina for that class with no attendance requirement and no academic merit.
Personally, I agreed with VanDeWeghe"s view of the physical action in the Sunday incident, which was that Green was flailing his legs while trying to draw a foul call and did not mean to kick Adams.
On the first incident last Wednesday, a driving layup against Adams, Green cocked his knee like a fixed bayonet before crashing into Adams and releasing the shot.
To me, the track record of the volatile Green in this series and over the course of his career should have been a consideration.
To me, this sets a precedent for stars with a Charles Barkley cheap-shot disposition.
But the league has been leery of suspending impact players ever since former commissioner David Stern changed the course of the 2007 playoffs.
Phoenix"s Boris Diaw and Amar"e Stoudemire left the bench in the final minute of a series-tying Suns" victory in the fourth game, protesting Robert Horry"s hockey-style check of Suns" point guard Steve Nash.
The ruling eviscerated the Spurs, who claimed San Antonio center Tim Duncan left his team"s bench too, but not as aggressively. The incident occurred when the game had already been decided. It propelled the Spurs to the championship, won in a sweep of the Cavaliers.
Since then, players who are starters or in the rotation have received the benefit of the doubt.
J.R. Smith of the Cavs, however, did receive a two-game suspension after a Flagrant 2 foul and ejection when he elbowed Boston"s Jae Crowder in the biker bar rumble that was the fourth game of that opening series in 2015.
The instigator Crowder was not punished. Smith"s foul was more forceful than Green"s, felling the Boston swing man, but it was to a less sensitive area.Smith"s track record certainly was part of the decision.
The Warriors are NBA champions. Ratings are at stake. An epic dynasty for the 73-9 Warriors is on the line.
Perhaps the lenient Green ruling is part of the divine right of kings, and I don"t mean LeBron James.
Céline Dion on Her Emotional Billboard Awards Performance, Praises Prince Tribute
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Cline Dion"s performance at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards was incredibly moving.
The singer became visibly emotional afterwards, though, when her son Ren-Charles Angelil surprised her on stage to present her with the Billboard Icon Award. She struggled to holdback tears as she accepted the award, and per her request, Ren-Charles stood beside her as she gave a powerful speech.
Everyone took note of Cline"s sincerity, and they were also very curious about her eldest son! So, without further ado, hereare five things you need to know about Ren-Charles.
1. He"s Still in High School: Twitter had a collective freakout over Cline"s handsome son last night. Ren-Charles is, indeed, a good-looking young man, but this 15-year-old seems focused more on high school than Hollywood right now.
2. He Plays Hockey: Ren-Charles and Cline"s 5-year-old twins Eddy and Nelson live in Las Vegas with their mom, but they haven"t let go of their Canadian heritage! According to Ren-Charles" Instagram page, he plays ice hockey for the Nevada Storm Midget AA league.
3. He Has a Down-to-Earth Upbringing: Sure, mom"s an international superstar, but you (almost) wouldn"t know it based on Ren-Charles" pics with friends. Like most teenagers, there are plenty of selfies, group shots and images from sporting events. Nothing too crazy happening here...
4. He Picks Up on a Few Perks: After surprising Cline at last night"s Billboard Music Awards, Ren-Charles rubbed elbows with the stars. He Instagrammed a photo of himself and Rihanna grinning from ear-to-ear, captioning it simply, "What a night! #billboards2016"
5. He"s Strong Like His Mom: As Cline showed us, the show must go on, and Ren-Charles is doing his part to make sure it does. Ren-Charles supported his mom following her emotional performance last night, and back in January, he delivered a touching eulogy at his father Ren Anglil"s funeral.
"Fifteen years is not a long time for a son to get to know his father. You had a busy life, but we were communicating through golf, hockey, poker and smoked meat ... and a lot of other wonderful food, bonding more and more as time went by," he said, per People. "You left me now with enough good memories of you to share with my younger brothers," he said of 5-year-old twins Nelson and Eddy. "As they grow older, without you being around, I"ll make sure to pass on what I"ve learned from you. You are a tough act to follow, but with your help, everything"s gonna be fine. Dad, I promise you here that we"re all going to live up to your standards."
AJ Styles vs. Roman Reigns - Extreme Rules Match: 2016 WWE Extreme Rules on WWE Network World Wrestling Entertainment Superstar John Cena, center, is accompanied by Make-A-Wish participants Rocco Lanzer, left, and and Evan Maher, as he visits the trading floor before ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell, Friday, Aug. 21, 2015. To date, WWE superstars and divas have granted more than 6,000 wishes. This was Cena"s 500th granted wish. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) The Glens Falls Civic Center has announced that WWE is returning to the GFCC.
They say on Sunday, July 17 at 5:00pm. The Summer Slam HeatWave Tour will bring the best in sports entertainment to the area.
WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and The USOS will compete against The Club: AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows.
John Cena will take on Alberto Del Rio; plus your other favorite WWE Superstars will be in action including: Dean Ambrose, Chris Jericho, WWE Tag Team Champions New Day, WWE Womens Champion Charlotte, and more.
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 27 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets range from $15.00 to $100.00. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Glens Falls Civic Center Box Office, charge by phone at 1-855-432-2849, or online at: www.glensfallscc.com
2016 ECF Game 3 - Pittsburgh Penguins vs Tampa Bay Lightning May 18th 2016 (HD) Photo Marc-Andre Fleury, back as the Penguins starter in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals, saved 21 of 25 shots, but not the one above by the Lightnings Nikita Kucherov. Credit Justin K. Aller/Getty Images
PITTSBURGH Marc-Andre Fleury sprinted onto the ice for warm-ups about 40 minutes before Game 5 of the N.H.L.s Eastern Conference finals Sunday night. The home crowd, which featured Shawn Michaels, the former professional wrestler, and members of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was on its feet and roaring.
This was supposed to be the night Fleury, the Pittsburgh Penguins franchise goaltender, who had been backing up the 21-year-old rookie Matt Murray for nearly three weeks, put things back in order for his team.
But the Tampa Bay Lightning had other ideas.
Led by two goals and an assist from Nikita Kucherov, the Lightning stormed back from a 2-0 deficit midway through the game to eke out a 4-3 overtime victory. Now, the Penguins, the hottest team coming into the playoffs, are one loss away from elimination in this best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Tuesday in Tampa, and it is not clear if Fleury will still be defending the Penguins net.
Describing his teams goalie situation as imperfect, Pittsburgh Coach Mike Sullivan said he would settle on a starter Tuesday morning.
We wish the circumstances were different, but theyre not, Sullivan said Monday.
Two games ago, it was Tampa Bay that looked down and out. In the first three games of the series, the Penguins outshot the Lightning, 124-69. Over time, it seemed, Pittsburgh would wear them down with their speed and depth, especially since the Lightning were without their star goalie, Ben Bishop, who left Game 1 with an injury to his left leg, and one of the leagues top goal scorers, Steven Stamkos, who may miss the entire playoffs after having surgery to remove a blood clot.
The Lightning bounced back with a 4-3 victory in Game 4 to even the series, but Pittsburgh nearly came back from a four-goal deficit in the game, outshooting the Lightning, 16-7, in the third period on the way to three goals.
The Penguins seemed poised to take control of Game 5 back in Pittsburgh. At first, they delivered, holding the Lightning to only four shots after one period. Midway through the game, Pittsburgh appeared to have the game in hand, holding a two-goal lead.
But then Alex Killorn scored what Fleury called a stupid goal to the top corner of the net. Two of the next three goals were scored by Tampa Bay, sending the game into overtime. It took 53 seconds and a deflection off the back of Tampa Bays Tyler Johnson to quiet the fans and put Tampa Bay one win away from its second straight trip to the Stanley Cup finals.
Pittsburgh had not lost two straight games since mid-January.
Were in a tough position, forward Patric Hornqvist said after the game.
While they have performed brilliantly at times, the Penguins have also suffered from momentary defensive lapses, ill-advised penalties and questionable passes.
If we play right for all 60 minutes, we win, forward Evgeni Malkin said Monday before the team flew to Florida.
But winning will be made tougher by the absence of Trevor Daley, who will miss the remainder of the playoffs after he broke his left ankle in Game 4. Except for Kris Letang, Daley had been on the ice more than any other Penguins defenseman this postseason. In Game 5, Daley was replaced by Olli Maatta, 21, who was a healthy scratch in the previous three games. Maatta responded with an assist and a superb individual play that set up a goal by Chris Kunitz.
Nevertheless, Maatta was barely audible when speaking to reporters after the crushing defeat.
I just wanted to go out there and help the team win, and obviously that didnt happen, he said.
Nobody seemed more disappointed than Fleury, who performed well but not spectacularly after weeks on the bench. He saved 21 of the 25 shots he faced.
I should have been better, Fleury, who led the Penguins to a Stanley Cup in 2009, said Sunday. Its tough to lose.
At the start of the season, Fleury was having a banner year. He kept Pittsburgh afloat during early-season struggles that led the Penguins to hire Sullivan and forced General Manager Jim Rutherford to remake the roster.
Fleury, 31, finished with the lowest goals against average of his N.H.L. career (2.29) and his best save percentage (.921). But he sustained a concussion on March 31, putting an end to his regular season.
Fleurys injury led to a marvelous postseason run by Murray, who turns 22 on Wednesday. Starting 13 straight games, Murray managed a 9-4 record with a 2.33 goals against average and a .923 save percentage after having played only 13 N.H.L. games entering the playoffs. Fleury, meanwhile, sat on the bench after he was cleared to play on May 2.
Against Tampa Bay, though, Murray posted a pedestrian 2-2 record with a 2.75 goals against average and a .896 save percentage. After allowing four goals over the first two periods of Game 4, Murray was replaced by Fleury.
Whoever is in net Tuesday, he may be called upon to steal a game to keep Pittsburghs season alive.
These guys have shown their resilience time and time again, and now it will be tested more than ever, Sullivan said.
Beauty and the Beast Teaser TRAILER 1 (2017) - Emma Watson, Luke Evans Movie HD
Tale as old as time! Belle heads into unknown territory in the first trailer for Disney"s upcoming live-action retelling of Beauty and the Beast, which debuted on Monday, May 23.
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Emma Watson, who portrays the book-loving character, appears just briefly in the sneak peek, but it"s enough to pique our interest. In the clip, she arrives at the Beast"s decaying mansion before marveling over the enchanted rose.
"Look, a girl," Lumiere (Ewan McGregor), the candelabra, says.
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Cogsworth (Ian McKellen), the clock, replies: "Yes, I can see it"s a girl, you fool."
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Ignoring the attitude, Lumiere adds: "What if she is the one?"
The trailer ends with the caption "Be our guest," a reference to the famous song from Disney"s 1991 animated version of Beauty and the Beast.
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The live-action version is set to hit theaters in March 2017. The movie also features Luke Evans (Gaston), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts), Josh Gad (Le Fou) and Stanley Tucci (Cadenza).
Watch the trailer in the video above!
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This recap contains spoilers for the Preacher series premiere, Season 1, Episode 1.
Something is coming war, shouts an African preacher as an unidentified force from Outer Space, as the initial title card suggests, hurtles towards Earth. Midway through his sermon his triumphant speech gets interrupted as hes shell-shocked by that unidentified force, which knockshim to the ground.
While his flock deems this a miracle, its quite the opposite as he stands up and starts claiming hes the chosen one, he explodes. Just. Like. That. That gut-filled, gory explosion, the frightened, blood-soaked flock and a creaky upside down cross outside the church pretty much set the tone for the first season of Preacher.
Meet Preacher, or Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper). The small town of Annville, Texas generally chooses the former. Hes a drinker, a smoker and his past haunts him just a bit. He skipped town for several years but is back in Annville and has taken up his late fathers congregation. But dont let his western boots and silver tipped wing collar fool you hes still a man of G*d. Kind of. When young Chris Schenck (who you may recognize from the annoying Peter Pan Geico commercials) approachesCuster after a sermon and enlists him to hurt his dad because hes been abusing his mother, this preacher entertains the idea but ultimately takes the lawful option, calling on thetowns Sheriff to take care of the domestic situation at the Schenck home to no avail, of course. Pray for me, Preacher, says littleSchenck. If anyone were listening, I would, mutters Custer as the kid walks away.
Meanwhile on aprivate flight, an Irish barman entertains a boozing group of yuppies. But on a quick trip to the bathroom, this Irishman sees a bible and realizes hes been ambushed by these same yuppies. Why? Because hes not exactly like them.
Meet Cassidy (Joe Gilgun), a sadistically cheerful Irish vampire who lives on the run. He singlehandedly kills everyone aboard the private flight in spectacularly unhinged fashion. They try to eliminate Cassidy by pouring Holy Water on him but, clearly, that would have been too easy. Thekiller moment (pun intended), however, is Cassidy annihilatingthe pilot with a broken champagne bottle and then using said bottle to siphon out a few pints of blood so that, hopefully, after the inevitable crashof the now unmanned plane and Cassidys subsequent skydiving escape, he can regenerate himself. Unfortunately, hes completely disfigured upon landing and his elixir is bust, but a passing cow provides enough nourishment to get Cassidy back on his feet. Arent you a sight for sore eyes, why dont you come down here and given good ol Cassidy a kiss? he says before he devours her. So far, so gory.
Back in Texas, Custer goes to visit Walter, an older member of his congregation who apparently isntdoing so well. But when he arrives at Walters home, Custer runs into his past one he clearly isntready to handle, so he ducks out.
Meet Tulip, or should we say Priscilla Jean Henrietta OHare (Ruth Negga), who is, quite simply, a badass and also Custers ex-girlfriend. We get the first glimpses of saidbadassery in Kansas, as she tries to eliminate two thugs in a moving car. She pulls a Mike Tyson and bitesone of their ears off (later telling Custer its simply a leftover piece of shwarma). Awesome! So awesome! yells a little kid who, with his sister, sees Tulips murderous rampage. He was a really bad man, clarifies Tulip. In addition to kicking a*s and shaping the minds of young children, Tulip is a mastermind; she builds a bazooka out of alcohol, used cans, duct tape and tin toy soldiers. But no matter how tough she is, Custer clearly lefta dent in her heart the day he left Annville. But back to the bazooka with it, she takes out a helicopter, more thugs and finishes what we later learn was a job.
Tulip tries to convince Custer to take on one of those jobs. But it looks like hes sticking to being a preacher, although shes heard that he pretty much sucks at it. We get little tidbits of their previous relationship,but were barely scratching the surface.
Meanwhile, in Russia, theres been an incident similar to the one in Africa. Enter DeBlanc and Fiore more on them later we saw them briefly in Africa after the incident with that exploding preacher, so its safe to say well be seeing them again.
Back in Texas, Preacher goes to visit the Sheriffs son,Eugene, who is also known as Arseface. His face is permanently disfigured into, wellyou know, because he tried to kill himself. Hes pretty chipper considering the fact he attempted suicide. His castrating Sheriff of a father doesnt think Eugene should be going to church because he might be distracting to other churchgoers. Wow, way to be harsh, pop. But whats even harsher is that Eugenes prayers and conversations with G*d have all of a sudden becomevery quiet.
Do you think that there are some things so bad that even G*d wont forgive? Eugeneasks Custer. Custer reassures him that G*d doesnt hold grudges. His suggestions to Eugene, to really listen to G*d and get down on his knees, are almost self-reflective. But Custer cant even look at Eugene as he talks about G*d a clear sign that Custer is having his own doubts about what he preaches.Eugenes overwhelming happiness at the fact that G*d is willing to forgivefurther oust Custer as a particularly troubled man of the cloth. Custer doesnt feel that same happiness. Eugene thanks Custer with a hug and afinal slurp because, you know, his mouth doesnt close all that well and Custer heads out.
Word has gotten out to Betsy Schencks husband, Donnie, that Custer tried to check up on her about what appeared to be domestic violence turns out Betsy likes it. Either way, Donnie isnttoo happy about the preachers meddlingand meets up with Custer at a bar to lay hands on him in a not particularly healing way.But Custer has the final laugh when Donnie gets too cocky. Custer piquesDonnies interest promisingthat Donniesgoing to be hearing a bunny in a beartrap noise coming from his own mouth. Custer proceeds to beat him and his cronies up, locking Donnies arm into an unholy position that, in fact, ends up eliciting that high-pitched bunny squeal from Donnie.
Custer so far has had a jam-packed schedule. After quite an eventful few days back in Annville, he is thinking of quitting the church. But in one last attempt to regain his faith, Custer heads over to his church and, just like he had told Eugene to do, gets on his knees and prays but instead demands an answer from G*d.
G*d, please forgive me, he says. Yet, still no answer. But when the doors to the church open Custer feels a sliver of hope. But his hope may be misplaced asan invisible force enters, just like with the preachers in Russia and Africa, knocking pews aside as it approaches Custer until it finally enters him and knocks him out. To be fair, he fared better than the other two holy men.
Custer wakes up after three days to find Emily, his church assistant who has major hots for him, and Cassidy, his new vampire friend, at home with him. Preacher isup just in time for the Sunday sermon where hes planning to tell his flock hes peacing out.
On his way to church, however, hes intercepted by oneof his pesky congregants, who has been whiningabout his mother to Custer since he arrived back in Annville. When Custer tells him for the umpteenth timeto be honest and open his heart to her he takes it all too literally and flies to Florida to see his aging mother and tell her the truth. But, to match the gory precedent, he also cuts out his heart with a butcher knife and hands it to his mother.
Back in Texas, Custerlooks upon his congregation and Eugene and realizes he cant leave them. Hes going to avenge the innocent and cool the wrathful and welcome those who are lost and speak the word of G*d This is why Ive come home, to save you.
Just then, it looks like the mysterious DeBlanc and Fiore, who may or may not have a penchant for eating teabags, have arrived in Texas on the trail of the mystery force, ominously stating, Its here. Dun-dun-dun.
It looks like our Preacher has a newfound power, although hes at the moment unaware of it. People do what he tells them to do, so what is the extent of his power? When will he find out he has it? And perhaps most importantly, why Jesse Custer? The show is taking a break and repeating its first episode next Sunday for Memorial Day, so well have to wait until June 5 to find out.
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Joe Jonas & DNCE Talk Performing With Nick Jonas Billboard Music Awards 2016
Joe Jonas leans back against Cole Whittle while performing at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards held at the T-Mobile Arena on Sunday (May 22) in Las Vegas.
The two DNCE band mates along with JinJoo Lee and Jack Lawless, who all wore Moschino hit the stage after walking the red carpet together.
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She was cracking jokes right away and kind of broke the ice, Joe dished on the red carpet about the groups new video with Ashley Graham.
He added, Those things are always kind of uncomfortable. Youve got a full camera crew with you as youre lying in bed and trying to be intimate with someone so its obviously awkward right away. But she was really fun with it and we kept each other laughing.
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