Two days before the Bucks preseason opener, the team announced superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo’s father Charles died Friday at the age of 54. MORE: From obscurity in Greece to Bucks stardom, Giannis Antetokounmpo just keeps getting better According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Charles, a native Nigerian and former professional soccer player who later moved his family to Greece, suffered a heart attack in his Wisconsin home. He also leaves behind wife Veronica and former Knick Thanasis, Dayton freshman Kostas and a budding high school prospect among his five children....

Bucaneers wide receiver Mike Evans sat out his second consecutive practice Thursday, hinting his strained hamstring could keep him sidelined for Tampa Bay’s season opener against the Titans on Sunday. MORE: Week 1 picks, predictions | How much adversity can Winston handle? Tampa Bay still has two practices remaining before it hosts Tennessee on Sunday. If Evans is not ready to take the field, the Bucs will turn to veteran Louis Murphy to fill his spot....

The receiver was recently placed on injured reserve with a bad ankle but was a solid contributor before the injury. Details and value of the deal were not immediately disclosed. MORE: How Bucs can clinch first pick | Mock Draft | Week 17 picks Murphy caught 31 passes for 380 yards and two touchdowns in 11 games this season. His best came in Week 12 when he finished with 113 yards....

After watching Saturday’s Sprint Unlimited and Sunday’s qualifying session, it’s fair to say the cars are running almost exactly like they did in 2014. In both events, we saw tempers flare with several wrecks, and with some drivers having to stay aggressive to give themselves a chance to make the Daytona 500, it’s a good bet we’ll see a couple more wrecks. Daytona forecast: Wrecks, wrecks, more wrecks Unlike in the Sprint Unlimited, the cars used in the Budweiser Duels will be the same ones used in the Daytona 500....

MORE: Watch the best ads before Super Bowl 56 here Budweiser was one of many high-profile companies that decided not to run an ad for Super Bowl 55 last year amidst fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the iconic horse and his canine friend are back with a commercial. Here’s the latest ad from Budweiser for Super Bowl 56: Budweiser Super Bowl 2022 commercial It’s simple, it’s symbolic, it’s iconic: Titled “A Clydesdale’s Journey,” the commercial for the leading Anheuser-Busch brand is equal parts tear-jerking and triumphant....

The vote to unionize was announced by the National Labor Relations Board, and the world’s largest coffee chain now has 10 days to appeal the decision. The store is in the Buffalo suburb of Cheektowaga, and employees at that shop lauded the decision to form a union. “While most of the world saw us win on Dec. 9, today is a special day – today we put an end to Starbucks’ delay attempts and formed our union at the [Cheektowaga] Starbucks,” Cheektowaga shift supervisor Lexi Rizzo stated....

This article explains bug bites that can leave a bruise, bug bite symptoms, treatment, and possible complications. What Kind of Bug Bite Leaves a Bruise? Various insects can leave behind a bruise after they bite. Sometimes, this reaction is from the injury; other times, it merely appears bruised as the bug bite darkens. Spiders It is not typical for non-venomous spiders to leave a bruise after biting. However, if you are bitten by a venomous spider, like a black widow or a brown recluse, the bite site may turn from red to purple....

Luckily, human beings are built to wrest order out of chaos, hope out of despair. Stability is an achievement, but one that we have reached many times before. For example, the postwar stability of Europe—stability that Vladimir Putin is trying mightily to shatter—was an achievement of robust institutions like the European Union and NATO. Future stability will likewise be a hard-won achievement. We should take a careful look at what authentic renewal would really require....

The league announced the award Monday afternoon. Noah joins Michael Jordan in 1988 as the only Bulls players to win the award. Noah got 555 out of a possible 1,125 points, including 100 out of a possible 125 first-place votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Indiana's Roy Hibbert (166 points, eight first-place votes) and the Los Angeles Clippers' DeAndre Jordan (121 points, eight first-place votes) came in second and third, respectively....

The Clarets will begin the campaign with an away match against defending champions Chelsea and conclude it nine months later against Bournemouth at Turf Moor. Having endured relegation when he took his first stab at the Premier League, manager Sean Dyche brought Burnley back up and secured survival last season. Their full league fixture list for 2017-18 is below. BURNLEY’S 2017-18 FIXTURES

Wood, 25, signed a four-year contract at Turf Moor on Monday to become the club’s sixth signing of the transfer window. Clarets 5/2 to win or draw at Spurs The New Zealand international is in contention to make his debut in Wednesday’s EFL Cup derby against rivals Blackburn Rovers. “My ambition has been to play in the Premier League for years,” Wood told his new club’s website. “I’ve had tastes of being in there but I’ve never had the chance to give it a proper bash....

Burton filled in for Tony Stewart, whose team said he was not ready to race after his sprint car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. in an Aug. 9 race at Canandaigua (N.Y.) Motorsports Park. “This was honestly one of the hardest weeks I’ve ever spent,” Burton said Sunday at MIS. “Coming here on Friday, not knowing what to expect, I think everybody did a really good job, put a great effort out there....

The dress issue was easily resolved. Brown has seldom been spotted in anything but a dark suit and tie, and his visit to Camp David was no exception. Bush has been known to greet guests in casual slacks and an Air Force bomber jacket. This time, in deference to Brown, he wore a jacket and tie. The body language also passed muster. After the helicopter ferrying Brown from Andrews Air Force Base touched down at Camp David, the president put a friendly arm around the prime minister as he escorted him toward Golf Cart One....

He can. The Bush administration has not figured out the “how” or the “when,” say senior administration officials, but the president appears determined to overthrow the Iraqi strongman. The timetable, says one top official directly involved in the planning, is “not days or weeks–but not years, either.” National-security adviser Condoleezza Rice has said that the president is “a patient man,” but another top adviser told NEWSWEEK, “Time is not on our side....

Yet some good could still come from the lingering bitterness over Bush v. Gore. Skepticism about liberal and conservative activism, combined with the near-even Democratic-Republican split in the Senate, could create the strongest movement in memory to fill court vacancies with moderate justices who are genuinely committed to that old conservative motto, “judicial self-restraint.” That description fits none of the current justices on the Supreme Court. Though three are strong conservatives, two are sometime right-leaning centrists and four are liberals, they are all activists who boldly use federal judicial power to displace decisions by elected officials and state courts that offend their personal, philosophical or political values....

“This realignment is the final stage of moving from an access business to a global ad-supported company,” says AOL spokeswoman Anne Bentley, who would not say whether the new focus will result in layoffs at the company. AOL has spent the last year buying advertising businesses—Tacoda, Third Screen Media, Adtech, Lightningcast—and will combine them with its Advertising.com property in a new network they’re calling Platform A. The new group will allow companies to advertise in a variety of spaces beyond AOL’s portal site....

In Minneapolis, the city where the Black Lives Matter protest began following George Floyd’s death, a pizza restaurant has decided to end its police discount. Pizza Luce announced that it was suspending its police discount in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. In a Facebook post, Pizza Luce said: “In the coming weeks, we will take the time to further reevaluate our relationship with the police. We will be looking at existing contracts, regulations, and security stipulations in our operating agreements as well as discussing what our options are....

Start ‘Em Buster Posey is 8-for-14 (.571) with four doubles and a homer in his career against Cole Hamels. Alcides Escobar is 6-for-11 with two doubles against Ricky Nolasco. Meanwhile, Escobar’s new teammate and former Twin, Josh Willingham, is 4-for-10 with a pair of doubles against Nolasco. Jayson Werth (shoulder) is likely to get the day off, but if he plays, it’s worth knowing he’s 4-for-12 with two homers against Charlie Morton....