The third-year forward is averaging 18.7 points and 6.5 rebounds as one half of an exciting frontcourt duo with Giannis Antetokounmpo. As a basketball player, Parker takes the lessons learned from Coach Mike Krzyzewski to never put yourself before the unit. As a man from the south side of Chicago, Parker knows he’s part of a much bigger team. MORE: Visual history of overlap between politics and sports Parker is soft-spoken....

Martin, 27, rushed for 1,402 yards and six touchdowns in 2015 while adding 33 receptions for 271 yards and another touchdown. It was his best season since rushing for 1,454 yards and 11 touchdowns as a rookie in 2012. Martin then missed 15 total games during the 2013-14 seasons because of injuries. MORE: Live scoreboard | Best images from Week 2 Despite his injury history, the Buccaneers signed Martin to a five-year, $35 million contract with $15 million guaranteed this offseason....

The team formally announced Tuesday that the nine-time All-Pro linebacker who led the Bucs to their only Super Bowl title 11 seasons ago will also have his No. 55 jersey retired during a ceremony at halftime of a home game against the St. Louis Rams on Sept. 14. Brooks was the 28th player selected in the 1995 NFL draft and teamed with Tampa Bay's other first-round pick that year — Hall of Famer Warren Sapp — to form the foundation of a dominant defense that helped transform a struggling franchise once jokingly called the "Yucs" into a perennial playoff contender....

The Oklahoma guard continued his stellar senior season against Texas on Monday night. Hield nailed a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining in regulation to give the No. 3 Sooners a 63-60 win over the No. 24 Longhorns. MORE: Latest Field of 68 — who’s in? | Hield scouting report Hield finished with a game-high 27 points and has scored 20 points or more in seven of his last 10 games....

The requirement is for all indoor spaces. Those who have been vaccinated can go maskless while outdoors, and those who have not received vaccinations for COVID-19 are required to wear masks—even outdoors. But if you’ve been vaccinated and need to use the restroom, then get ready to mask up. The new rule is in conjunction with the Erie County Department of Health that says mask or face coverings must be worn at indoor settings....

The man who can stop Messi winning the European Golden Shoe The Spanish forward joined Juventus from Real Madrid in 2014 after failing to break into the first-team in the Spanish capital. The €20 million signing became a big hit at Juventus, scoring 15 goals in 46 appearances in all competitions in his first campaign as Juve won Serie A, the Coppa Italia and reached the Champions League final. His success prompted links to a move to Chelsea, but it was Madrid who snapped him up after his second season for €30m....

Jakob Johansson’s solitary goal in Solna on Friday gave Sweden the upper-hand in their play-off, setting alarm bells off in Italian football. Italy 9/2 to win 2-0 That result left the Azzurri on the brink of failing to qualify for the World Cup for the first time since 1958, coincidentally when it was held in Sweden. Ventura has come under significant pressure as a result and is likely to lose his job should Italy fail to overturn the 1-0 deficit, but Buffon believes their support could give them the advantage and called for them to forget their club allegiances when they head to San Siro on Monday....

On Aug. 31, Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer broke the news that Simmons didn’t intend on reporting to Philadelphia’s training camp and “no longer” wanted to be a member of the 76ers. More recently, The Athletic’s Sam Amick reported that Simmons is done playing with Joel Embiid because he doesn’t believe their styles of play mesh. The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor added that it’s believed the primary motivation for his representation, Klutch Sports, is to steer Simmons to “a team built around him on offense....

Rose made the only play that mattered Thursday night, and it was just like old times for the Chicago Bulls. Rose connected on a baseline floater with 5.7 seconds left to lift Chicago to an 82-81 victory over the New York Knicks in his first home game since he injured his left knee 18 months ago. "That's what builds your resume," Rose said. "Leaves a mark on your legacy." The 2011 NBA MVP had 18 points on 7-of-23 shooting and committed four turnovers....

The two highest-leverage moments of Game 3 of the NLCS were bunt situations in the 10th inning. On the first, Juan Perez failed to sacrifice Brandon Crawford to second base after a leadoff walk, and instead singled to move the winning run up 90 feet. Gregor Blanco followed by getting his bunt down, and Cardinals pitcher Randy Choate threw the ball away, giving San Francisco a 5-4 victory. Choate’s sidearm throwing motion makes it an adventure when he throws to first base, as was all too clear on the final play....

Shenzhen visitors may not have to endure this trauma for long. Starting in March 2003, the government will be issuing smart-card identification to Hong Kong residents that may make crossing the border not much harder than taking the subway. A computer chip embedded in the new cards will hold, among other data, a digital version of the bearer’s thumbprint. If it matches the real one (as read by an optical scanner at the border crossing) passage is automatic–no need to show papers to an immigration officer....

Plaintiffs Walter Coleman, Marco DiLeonardo, Matthew Fox and Madelyn Salzman filed a class-action lawsuit on March 28 against Burger King Corporation in the Southern District Court of Florida, alleging that Burger King uses “false and misleading advertising concerning the size and/or the amount of ingredients contained” in a slew of different menu items. The plaintiffs seek “to end Burger King’s unfair and materially misleading advertising” and request monetary damages “fully compensating all individuals who were deceived” by Burger King by purchasing “overstated menu items....

The Htoo twins’ saga is at once tragic and scarcely plausible. Can these two waifs really command an adult guerrilla army? Old Burma hands insist it’s no hoax. Little is known about the boys’ family except the rudimentary fact that they are members of Burma’s fiercely independent Karen ethnic minority–a people with ancient traditions of heaven-sent mystical heroes. In this credulous climate, the brothers built and led their own fighting force by a combination of superstitious awe, old-style military discipline and pop-star flamboyance–teen-idol hair and all....

This article will address the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of burning eyes. Burning Eyes Causes Burning eyes can have several causes. Here are some of the most common causes of burning eyes. Blepharitis Blepharitis is an inflammation of the eyelids caused by excess bacteria on the eyelashes or clogged oil glands in the eyelashes. It also can make your eyelids itchy and swollen. Blepharitis can affect both eyes or just one eye....

Residents of Dawa District in the city of Panjin, Liaoning Province, said they had been living with the phenomenon since at least 2018, while one resident said her household had gaseous and “oily” running water for “three to four years,” Chinese media reports said. Identified by her last name Wen, the resident said the highly flammable water streaming from her family’s faucets went unresolved until a video she posted to social media was picked up by major news outlets like state broadcaster CCTV and Chinese Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily....

Even as the First Couple declined to go public and point the finger of blame, the rest of the Bush administration was doing little else. Cabinet secretaries attacked Bush’s manipulative budget chief Richard Darman, nicknaming him “Dick Dahmer, the man who cannibalized the Bush presidency.” Vice President Dan Quayle publicly blasted the campaign staff (translation: chairman Robert Teeter) for never developing a campaign strategy. Jim Pinkerton, a former White House staffer who spent years peppering officials with new ways to address social problems only to be ignored, blasted his colleagues for being intellectually “bankrupt....

George Bush seems to have learned from the mistakes of his predecessors–and from his own experience. During the aborted coup attempt against Manuel Noriega in October 1989, Bush was overwhelmed by raw intelligence data pouring into the Oval Office. According to White House aides, he is determined to take a more hands-off approach toward the operational side of the Persian Gulf War. When the time came to prepare a war plan against Iraq, Bush laid down some general markers: he banned the use of nuclear weapons and ordered the military not to attack civilian targets, particularly mosques....

Now it’s exam time at George W. U–an ad hoc university with a distinguished faculty and a student body of one. With the pace of a bar review and the purpose of a government in waiting, the faculty of GWU has spent much of this year training and focusing the governor on the issues he must deal with as a candidate–and, if he is lucky, as president. It’s an unusual operation in American politics: an almost parliamentary-style “shadow cabinet” stocked with the best and brightest of a GOP establishment that yearns to reclaim power by educating the son of a man many of them worked for....

On the night of May 8, my mother, Nancy Reagan, was given an award for caregiving at a Beverly Hills fund-raiser for stem-cell research. “We have lost so much time,” she said when accepting her award. “I just can’t bear to lose any more.” It was a star-studded event, but everyone there was clear about one thing: Disease doesn’t care about fame, or wealth or even youth. It just is....

But in his mind, he hasn’t truly celebrated the win from last Sunday because he hasn’t spent any time with those who played the biggest role — his team. So that could be why he has been the same Earnhardt his Hendrick Motorsports crew has been accustomed to seeing and working around while preparing the last couple of days for The Profit 500. MORE: Lineup breakdown | Phoenix picks | Jeff Gordon’s outlandish cab prank...