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Trading a 26-year-old All-Star for a 36-year-old All-Star sends a certain message. That’s not something you do when you’re satisfied just competing. The 64-win regular season, the three consecutive playoff berths, the preseason Eastern Conference favorite status, that sort of trade essentially renders all of that stuff meaningless. It’s the sort of move you make when the only acceptable outcome is the Finals. Literally anything less is a failure.The Cleveland Cavaliers spent the first two rounds of the 2026 NBA Playoffs teetering on the edge of calamity. They very nearly lost to Toronto. They looked dead early against the Pistons.…

[Today’s Iran war post will again be final a bit after its initial launch time. Please return for the completed post at 8:00 AM EDT or refresh your browser then] Due to the US/UK long holiday weekend, there is comparatively little new news about the Iran deal, save Trump moving the schedule goalposts and depicting signing a deal later as fine and Iranian sites, including official ones, objecting to claims made about the content of the supposed memorandum of understanding (MOU), that Iran has or every would agree to ceding control of the Strait of Hormuz or removal of its…

Sonny Rollins, the tenor saxophonist and restless genius whose bold, distinctive tone and constant experimentation kept him on the cutting edge of jazz for more than 50 years, died Monday at age 95. Spokesperson Terri Hinte said in a statement that Rollins died at his home in Woodstock, New York. She cited no specific cause of death, but said he had been largely housebound over the past couple of years because of various physical problems.From his early days as a teen phenom to his more measured solo work and experimentation with free jazz, Rollins was revered for his improvisational skill.…

Chelsea travel to the North East to face Sunderland on the final day of the Premier League season.  The Blues have endured a difficult campaign, during which both Enzo Maresca and Liam Rosenior have been sacked. Calum McFarlane is now in caretaker charge of the west London club, but he will take charge of his final match at The Stadium of Light on Sunday before Xabi Alonso takes the hot seat this summer. Ahead of their trip to face the Black Cats, it has emerged that one of Chelsea’s biggest stars could join a fierce rival. As per Football Insider,…

Hundreds of billions of dollars are flowing through the artificial intelligence industry and new AI tools seem to be popping up everywhere you look — but most Americans are not big fans of where things are headed. Nearly half of the country holds a negative view of AI, and seven in 10 Americans do not want a data center built in their area. The battle over the construction of these centers has been heating up in recent months, and opposition to them is notably bipartisan. From red states like North Carolina to blue states like Oregon, communities are forcefully pushing…

By Jonathan Klotz | Published 21 seconds ago Throw a rock and you’ll hit a Stephen King adaptation. Welcome to Derry, The Shining, IT, Carrie, Misery, Rose Red, there’s over 80 films alone, and nearly as many television shows. It’s understandable that some would fall through the cracks. Kingdom Hospital is a unique case since it’s adapting a Dutch series, The Kingdom by Lars von Trier, but the version that aired on ABC in 2004 was developed by King. You can tell because now the haunted hospital is located in Maine, or rather, you would be able to tell, if…

On May 18, the 46th anniversary of the Gwangju Democratization Movement, Starbucks Korea ran a tumbler promotion called “Tank Day.”  The promotional copy included the phrase “Bang on the Desk” – a phrase instantly recognizable to any Korean adult as an echo of the police cover-up following the 1987 torture and death of democracy activist Park Jong-chul. Park’s interrogators told the public that they had slammed the table and he had died on the spot. Within hours, what the company framed as a routine product launch had become a national scandal. The May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement remains the most…

Rashid Khan is the standout spinner to watch in both XIs tonight. He has taken 19 wickets this season at an average of 21.94 and an economy of 8.71, with a best of 4/33. Dharamshala’s surface grips and slows under lights — conditions that suit wrist spin perfectly — making Rashid significantly more dangerous here than at most other IPL venues. From RCB’s side, Krunal Pandya’s left-arm spin against GT’s right-heavy top three is the secondary spin battle worth watching, particularly in overs 7 to 10.

The failing chemical tank in Southern California that caused tens of thousands of people to evacuate is no longer presenting a threat of catastrophic explosion, according to officials.The temperature is declining within the chemical tank at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California, about 30 miles south of Los Angeles, eliminating concerns that the tank could explode and cause of a catastrophic fireball, local authorities said on Monday morning.”We are happy to report that the threat of a BLEVE [Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion] is now off the table,” Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) Interim Chief TJ McGovern said during…

Boxing art collector Ingo Wegerich explores the stories behind iconic fight artwork, drawing on his extensive private collection. This piece centres on the legendary rivalry between Tom Cribb and Tom Molineaux, one of the most controversial and mythologised contests of 19th-century prizefighting. Few fights in boxing history have generated as much debate and mythology as the two contests between Cribb and Molineaux. More than 200 years later, details remain disputed, stories continue to evolve, and the rivalry still stands as one of the defining chapters of early prizefighting. This painting by Stanley Weston captures the second meeting between the English…