While this made the Bulls thin at the power forward position, it also gave an opportunity for some younger talent to shine. Enter 20-year-old Lauri Markkanen, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. The native of Finland wowed the basketball world last season at the University of Arizona and at the EuroBasket tournament this past summer. After showing some flashes during the Bulls’ preseason slate (11.7 points, 5....

"He still has a little bit of soreness," coach Tom Thibodeau said Friday before the Bulls played the Indiana Pacers in a preseason game. "We want to make sure he's completely healed before we move on. We don't want him to re-injure it. We want him to rehab and focus on getting healthy." Noah was injured early in training camp and missed the Bulls' first three preseason games before playing 19 minutes Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons....

Chicago will put center Robin Lopez and guard Justin Holiday back on the floor after sitting them for mulitple games recently, Yahoo Sports reported Tuesday. The league warned the Bulls this week about resting healthy players, according to the report. The NBA NBA MOCK DRAFT: Ayton jumps up board The Chicago Tribune reported both players will play limited minutes under a plan that was devised after “cordial” and"cooperative" discussions between the team and the league....

Following Judge Richard Berman’s decision to overturn the NFL’s four-game suspension of Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for his alleged role in the Deflategate scandal, the Steelers linebacker doesn’t see why other players who have been suspended or fined by commissioner Roger Goodell can’t win, too. MORE: Can the Pats be beaten in 2015? | Obama uses Brady case to argue for unions’ necessity “I’m just wondering how far they can go with it with the other guys that he suspended or fined at his discretion," Harrison told reporters, via Pittsburgh television station WPXI....

A spokesperson for the New York Police Department (NYPD) told Newsweek the suspect, 30-year-old Shanice Aviles, was a known burglar who “was being followed” by officers at the time of her arrest. Aviles was seen entering De Niro’s home from the basement at 2:45 a.m. local time on Monday. Once she was inside, Aviles allegedly tried to steal Christmas presents from the Meet the Parents star’s home. Police said there was no interaction between De Niro, 79, and the alleged thief, though he and one of his daughters were reportedly inside the residence when the break-in occurred....

Jay Leo, who has been driving a school bus for 28 years, told Newsweek that he saw a speeding vehicle behind the bus as he was stopping at the children’s house with his red lights flashing. “I thought he was going to impact the back of the bus,” he said. Instead, the reckless vehicle whipped by the open bus door, took out a mailbox and kept going. Leo stopped the children from going down the stairs by holding out his arm to block them, saying, “Woah, woah....

Privately, Bush’s legal team was worried. A few days before his appearance, NEWSWEEK has learned, staffer Patricia McDaniel was called to a meeting with Bush’s chief counsel, Al Gonzales. What sort of questions would Bush face as a potential juror, he wanted to know. McDaniel had worked for years as a defense lawyer on DWI cases. In court papers filed in an unrelated case last year, McDaniel said she was asked to give “legal advice regarding the possible exposure of the Governor in answering personal questions about his background....

Especially when it comes to figuring out whether she is saying (in the family-friendly version): take me someplace where we can be horizontal and engage in activities that have been known to perpetuate the species. Or as scientists led by Coreen Farris and Richard McFall of Indiana University put it, “Men perceive more sexual intent in women’s behavior than women perceive or report intending to convey.” I don’t mean to make light of this....

One crucial reason is the extraordinary influence of the Joint Chiefs chairman in the Bosnia debate. “I don’t know what the administration would have done without Colin Powell,” says one of Clinton’s most senior advisers. Despite his initially rocky relationship with General Powell over the issue of gays in the military, Clinton has come to rely on him. The result is that Powell’s doctrine of “overwhelming force” has become a pretext for overwhelming reluctance to get involved in the Balkans....

Bydureon BCise is only available with an auto-injection pen. Previously Bydureon came only as a preloaded pen that required you to first insert the needle into your skin, then press a button to deliver the medication. The original pen is no longer on the market and was replaced with Bydureon BCise auto-injection. Bydureon is not available in a generic. Uses Bydureon stimulates the pancreas to secrete insulin when it comes into contact with glucose....

The Twins’ top minor league prospect was taken off the field in an ambulance after colliding in the outfield with Double-A New Britain teammate Mike Kvasnicka. Twins general manager Terry Ryan, who was at the game, told the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune’s Mike Berardino that Buxton suffered a concussion. Yahoo! Sports’ Jeff Passan has more on Buxton’s condition: The game was delayed more than 30 minutes while medical personnel attended to Buxton....

After a dreadful day of defeats, McCarthy was dealt an even more devastating blow as one of his Republican supporters abandoned him and joined his dissenters in rebuking McCarthy as the next speaker of the House. On Tuesday, the new Congress met to elect its next speaker. Even before the floor vote, it was reported that McCarthy would not have the votes to win his bid for the gavel. With a slim majority, McCarthy could not afford to lose more than four GOP votes....

What you are about to watch is a promo for BYU's upcoming basketball home game against Prairie View A&M on Dec. 11, and it is spectacular. Just make sure none of your friends are around when you hit "play." Yes, that's BYU stars Tyler Haws and Eric Mika, flanked by Skyler Halford and Luke Worthington, lip-syncing the 98 Degrees song "Because Of You." The Cougars have been doing this for all their home games this season, sampling some of the best hits in recent pop history....

Line: Memphis -2, Total: 56 Line movement and notes: Memphis opened as a 1-point favorite at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook and has been bet up to -2, where the line sits at most bet shops in town. The total opened at 57 at the SuperBook and dropped to 55.5, before inching back up to 56. For updated spreads and totals from around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page....

In an interview with CNN, anchor Chris Cuomo asked Maher about parents’ perceptions of the subject, which examines how race and racism intersect with politics, culture and the law. Critical race theory has been an incendiary issue for conservatives and a number of states have introduced bills that aim to place limitations on lessons about race and inequality that are being taught. During the recent gubernatorial election campaign in Virginia, the Republican winner, Glenn Youngkin, said he would ban CRT in schools....

The bill’s sponsor, Republican state Representative Tim Rudd, said that those who break the law may face a class B misdemeanor, despite the penalty going undiscussed during legislative hearings. Before it became law, Rudd had told other lawmakers in March that the bill “does not provide any fines or penalties at this point.” He has since contended that his previous remarks were true because the penalty was later added to a chapter of an existing building code law, which also penalizes violations of smoke alarm and air conditioning requirements....

Everyone also knows him as the guy calling college basketball games on ESPN.
So something will be different for Bill Raftery this week, when he opens his 33yrd season as a broadcaster on an entirely new network, Fox Sports 1, assigned principally to a new league with an old brand name. Fox teamed him with a new partner, electrifying play-by-play voice Gus Johnson.
Raf’s first game with Fox will take him back to his old Big East roots, with Boston College (of the new ACC) taking on Providence (of the new Big East) at 6 p....

The former All-American treats college basketball broadcasts like a choose-your-own-adventure book, often inserting bizarre anecdotes along with game commentary in a way that people either love or hate. No in-between. MORE: Ranking tourney’s best coaches | Bubble watch | Ex-Card Jones wanted on rape, sodomy charges One such example came during Wednesday night’s UCLA-Washington broadcast. Walton began comparing the two schools’ mascots and describing how the battle would play out if they squared off in the animal kingdom....

The “Ocean Eyes” singer took to Instagram late on Monday where she shared a series of photos and videos of her new do along with snaps of her mother sporting the same look when she was younger. The 19-year-old also shared two new posts showing off her new chop with one captioned “gone” and the pixie emoji. In the second post, Eilish captioned some artful snaps with a quote from the Fleetwood Mac song “Rhiannon”: “wouldn’t you love to love her....

Wenger has been in charge of Arsenal’s first-team affairs since 1996, leading the Gunners to seven FA Cups, three Premier League titles, and a Champions League final. Arsenal 7/1 to beat Stoke 1-0 Without a title-winning campaign since 2003-04, though, pressure has grown on the Frenchman to leave his position. Wenger signed a two-year contract extension at the club at the end of the 2016-17 season, despite finishing fifth in the Premier League table....