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Irving, who signed for the Nets alongside the injured Kevin Durant for the upcoming season, was trying to play through a facial fracture suffered in a pickup game last month, wearing a clear mask. However, the former Boston Celtics star appeared to aggravate the issue early on as he clashed with Rajon Rondo and was immediately withdrawn. The contest at least finally meant some basketball was played amid a week of controversy stemming from a since-deleted tweet by Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey supporting anti-government protesters in Hong Kong....

Sean Jerome Essex, 51, was arrested as part of an internal investigation into the allegations. He was booked into jail at 11:10 a.m., and released from the Norwalk Sheriff’s Station’s jail at 4 p.m. on a $100,000 bail, the Los Angeles Times reported. The deputy was arrested on suspicion of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, and committing oral copulation with a child under the age of 14, according to the L....

The Clippers have been slow starters throughout the entire 2021 NBA playoffs so far. However, they were able to rally back from being 2-0 against both the Dallas Mavericks and the Utah Jazz. The Clippers are coming off a 4-2 series win against the Jazz in the Conference semi-finals. They will be in great spirits despite losing Kawhi Leonard to a knee injury recently that will see him ruled out for the third straight game on Sunday....

They've got the chance to lift the Stanley Cup at Staples Center again when they host the New York Rangers in Game 5 of the finals on Friday night, giving the ultimate celebration to their long-suffering fans for the second time in three years. MORE: Puck luck for the Rangers | Snow stops puck | Stanley Cup gallery Yet the Kings' memories of that night in June 2012 weren't a popular subject Thursday as they prepared for the chance to finish another draining, two-month postseason with one big party....

The constant woes that have plagued the LA Lakers, who have an average player age of 30, are inescapable injuries. LeBron James is the latest victim of this foe. His team has played nine games, lost four and won five of them. The former Cleveland Cavaliers star missed three of those games, two of which resulted in a loss. According to the latest injury updates, LeBron James is all set to miss his fourth game of the season....

From jumping off a ladder to diving off the ledge wall, the former WWE Superstar has continued to pull off high-risk taking maneuvers throughout The Hardys’ feud with AFO. While his breath-taking performances are reminiscent of his early days, it has raised concerns over the 44-year-old star potentially risking his body. Speaking on the Keepin It 100 podcast, Konnan asserted that Jeff Hardy has already carved an unmatched legacy for himself....

The Asians come into the game on the back of a resounding 5-1 victory in another friendly against Iceland on Saturday. Five different men got on the scoresheet for the Taegeuk Warriors, with Sveinn Aron Gudjonsen grabbing a consolation goal for the Europeans. Moldova played out a five-goal thriller in which they fell to a 3-2 defeat to Uganda. Patrick Kaddu’s brace from the spot helped the East Africans overturn a two-goal deficit to secure victory....

According to The Baltimore Sun, the deal is for two years and $7 million and is pending a physical. MORE: Top 14 remaining free agents: Who’s available? | O’s pull offer to Chris Davis Kim, 27, hit .326 with a .438 on-base percentage, 28 home runs and 128 RBIs in 141 games last season in the Korean Baseball Organization. He also walked 101 times with just 63 strikeouts. For his career, he has more walks (597) than strikeouts (501)....

The Twins won the negotiating rights to the 29-year-old slugger earlier this month with a bid of $12.85 million. MORE: Worst November trades of all time | MLB to investigate Puig’s role in brawl Park could be introduced next week as the newest Twins player if “negotiations proceed smoothly,” the South Korean report says. According to the Pioneer Press, “Whether that means the Twins and Park have already come to an agreement or merely have made substantial progress is unclear at this point....

The former France international has been sidelined with an Achilles rupture that required surgery since May, the central defender missing his country’s World Cup triumph at Russia 2018 as a result. Unai Emery has slowly reintegrated the 33-year-old, who last featured for the Gunners in a Europa League clash with Atletico Madrid on May 3, into training and the Spaniard says Koscielny is almost ready to be considered for selection....

Having powered Leicester City’s fairytale title win last season, Kante looks set to lift the Premier League trophy again this season with Chelsea. The diminutive midfielder has enjoyed a stunning season, helping Antonio Conte’s 3-4-3 system flourish with a catalogue of all-action displays. And, though Arsenal boast the likes of Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez in their ranks, Koscielny believes his France colleague is the division’s premier performer. “For me he is the best player of the championship,” Koscielny told a news conference ahead of Les Bleus’ World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg....

ROGANE, Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo’s 400 metres runner Vijona Kryeziu has been training for the Olympic Games in the mountains around her native village of Rogane, fulfilling a dream that until recently seemed impossible to many of her country’s athletes. The Rio Games will be the first to host athletes competing under the flag of Kosovo, which proclaimed independence from Serbia in 2008, nine years after a NATO bombing campaign to drive Serbian forces from its territory....

The Partenopei travelled to Turin at the back of a three-game winless run in all competitions, but the defender set the tone for the tie with an early opener. In the fourth minute, the 26-year-old powered the ball past Salvatore Sirigu from Allan’s flick, off a Jose Callejon corner kick. While Piotr Zielinski and Marek Hamsik added two goals in the 25th and 30th minutes respectively. Andrea Belotti’s strike in the 63rd minute was mere consolation for Sinisa Mihajlovic’s side as their visitors ran out 3-1 victors....

This acquisition was announced through Krafton’s website. The decision was made in a bid to expand the company by securing and investing in studios with high pedigree and top tier talent. This makes it the sixth developer under Krafton’s umbrella, joining alongside others such as Striking Distance Studios, which is currently working on The Callisto Protocol, a sci-fi horror adventure from the original creator of Dead Space, Glen Schofield. Other developers a part of Krafton include PUBG Studios, Bluehole Studio, RisingWings and Dreamotion....

Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Russian state media organization RT, revealed that she had hired an American to teach her kids English during a television appearance as she boasted that Russia’s COVID vaccine was the most effective at preventing the spread of virus. “Let’s not forget about large-scale tasks we’ve accomplished during this time: How we hosted the Olympics, how we created the first and the coolest vaccine, Sputnik V....

“Obviously, everything possible needed to defend the rights of our athletes and the Olympic team is being done and will be done at a legal level,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told a conference call with reporters. Russia is bracing itself for a decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) later on Friday which could determine whether its athletes can take part in the Rio Olympics in August....

Did you have any reservations about playing someone so iconic? Yes. It was kind of a catch 22 in terms of how much time we had to get ready because I needed the solid six months of physical prep, but mentally a certain kind of hunger and desire starts and you want it now. So for six months, I woke up scared. You have no idea that you can actually do it....

Titled Spencer and directed by Pablo Larraín (who previously directed the 2016 biopic Jackie), the movie will explore the end of Princess Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles. Specifically, it will be set over the course of a single weekend when Princess Diana re-evaluated the couple’s union, during one of her final Christmas holidays in the House of Windsor in their Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England. “Kristen is one of the great actors around today,” Larraín said in a statement, according to Deadline....