Gibson, 29, has started rehab and will not be able to return to full basketball activity for about four months. If the timeline goes as planned, Gibson will be ready right before the start of the regular season. MORE: 17 things we’ll never forget from 2014-15 | Gibson bids farewell to Thibodeau Gibson had issues with his ankle all season long and had to miss some games because of it....
The drone is roughly the size of a bumblebee and sports a set of tiny, translucent wings that increase its “maneuverability,” according to an Air Force Technology Transfer and Transition press release. Its form was inspired by the anatomy of insects and birds, the release said, and the drone is capable of swiveling its head to capture photos and videos. “So, whether you are out bird watching or watching out for birds, keep in mind that bird may be out watching you!...
There were 14 caution flags, 11 for wrecks. There were dented fenders, caved-in doors, dangling car parts and enough busted sheet metal to fill a junkyard. And there were plenty of aggravated and angry drivers, including two so mad they were looking to fight. In other words, Sunday’s STP 500 was just another typical race at Martinsville Speedway. Our winners and losers: Winners Kurt Busch — After going winless for two years and getting beat down by numerous setbacks — some of his own doing — no one was more determined to win than Busch....
In a letter, the CEO Burger King Belgium, Kevin Derycke, asked the Michelin guide inspectors to look past the restaurant chain’s lack of solid silver cutlery, cotton satin tablecloths, and valet parking, and to consider awarding them a Michelin star for its new Master Burger. Described as a flame-grilled Angus patty wrapped in a brioche bun, with melting cheddar, old-fashioned mustard and onion mayonnaise, crispy bacon, juicy tomato, and crunchy arugula, the CEO Burger King Belgium believes that this burger is delicious enough to be held up alongside high-end, expensive eateries....
The storm that battered Burma on May 2 left as many as 128,000 people dead, according to the Red Cross, and orphaned children by the thousands. Two weeks on, the scene suggests a halfhearted official relief effort at best. The junta’s strategy: keep it an internal affair—even if that triggers what the U.N. Office of Humanitarian Affairs calls “a second wave of deaths.” To the paranoid men who run Burma, the tragedy unfolding in their heartland is an acceptable price to pay for not welcoming in large numbers of foreign experts....
Dyche showed once again why he is a man in demand as his well-drilled and tenacious side rose to seventh in the Premier League table with a 1-0 win over Newcastle United at Turf Moor on Monday. Burnley 5/1 to beat Soton with dabblebet Jeff Hendrick struck 16 minutes from time on the end of a magnificent cross from Johann Gudmundsson, although the looming Goodison Park vacancy was inevitably on the post-match agenda....
The Bush administration has been careful not to undermine the WTO because it understands that if the biggest player on the block doesn’t abide by the rules, the entire framework of multilateral trade could be destroyed. Even when the administration has pandered to protectionists, it has done so without overturning the rules of the game. “I know it’s fashionable to condemn the Bush administration on trade. But the truth is that it has been extremely good,” says Jagdish Bhagwati, one of the world’s most distinguished economists and a fervent free-trader....
The president did seem mildly chastened by his party’s defeat in the midterm elections–but not inclined to change course dramatically in Iraq. He compared his situation to the crisis Harry Truman faced in the early days of the cold war. Then, as now, Bush said, the United States confronted a dangerous ideological foe. Truman had answered with the Truman Doctrine, a vow to protect free peoples wherever they were threatened with communist domination....
Since its first U.S. store opened in 2000, H&M has transformed the calculus of cheap chic. With an in-house staff of 120 designers and a nimble network of Asian and European factories, the Swedish retailer can move the latest look from runway to rack in three weeks. And H&M sells high style at crazy-low prices ($3.90 necklaces, $29.90 minidresses). America has become H&M’s fastest-growing market, ringing up $231 million in sales this year, up 30 percent over last year....
The first is that it represents what to that point was his biggest professional accomplishment — Davis’ inaugural season as Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator. The second stems from “the toughness and adversity” Davis proudly recalls the 1993 Cowboys displayed and overcame, respectively, en route to repeating as NFL champions. There’s also something that goes unsaid. Davis can use the gravitas provided by the four-diamond sparkler as he undertakes the biggest challenge of his 35-year coaching career: Helping Florida International achieve college football relevancy....
Jones, team captains Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Alvin Kamara, and defensive end Derek Barnett went Wednesday morning to T.C. Thompson Children’s Hospital, where more than a dozen children were hospitalized after their bus crashed on Monday. “It was the least we could do,” Jones said on the SEC teleconference (via SECCountry.com). “I tell you what, it was monumental. For all the individuals at Woodmore Elementary and Erlanger children’s hospital. You sit there, and we’re talking about it as a team and you’re hearing about it and your heart goes out to all the victims and all the families....
7:30 p.m. ET, FS1 Line: Creighton -2.5 Total: 157.5 Last 10: Butler 6-4 (4-6 ATS) Creighton 7-3 (7-3 ATS) MORE: College hoops live odds | ATS standings | Oddsmakers’ power ratings Effective FG percentage: Butler 54.0 (37th), Creighton 55.6 (15th) EFG% against: Butler 47.1 (83rd), Creighton 50.5 (214th) Analysis: The money is pretty split on this game with around 52 percent of the bets coming in on the road team....
Axios first reported on Sunday that an anonymous potential donor to Buttigieg – the mayor of South Bend, Indiana – had sent the news site the email from a fundraiser for the campaign. In a statement to Newsweek, Sean Savett, the Buttigieg campaign’s rapid response communications director, emphasized that the email was “not from our campaign.” “We are proud to have more than 700,000 Americans who have already donated to our campaign and the only promise any donor will ever get from Pete is that he will use their donations to defeat Donald Trump....
Naturally, the Karavayevs are gambling. Who can be sure when Irina will give birth? But the baby bonus is no scam. Backed at the highest level in the republic–by Sarah Nazarbayeva, the wife of Kazakhstan’s autocratic president–the baby campaign is a desperate response to an alarming plunge in the national population. Since the Central Asian nation became independent in the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, its population has dropped by 11....
The Timberwolves held two separate 20-plus-point leads at home with a chance to take a 2-1 series lead over the higher-seeded Grizzlies but they couldn’t close things out. Memphis trailed by 16 points heading into the fourth quarter and star guard Ja Morant couldn’t get anything going, scoring just 11 points on 3-for-10 shooting from the field. The Grizzlies looked lifeless at the end of the third quarter but quickly flipped the script, starting the fourth on a 16-0 run to tie the game in fewer than four minutes of game time....
MORE: Lee Corso terrified this poor dog The Cougar proved it still has the moves it showed off last week, but the Bulldog showed some impressive skills as well. It looks like both mascots appreciated each other’s work, and we ended up with a peaceful dance battle. Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, here’s the initial video of the BYU Cougar: A post shared by BYU Cougarettes 💙 (@byucougarettes) on Oct 7, 2017 at 6:04am PDT
Chatters love the rooms’ low-stress feel. Online, they don’t have to impress anyone. Another big plus is the simplified logistics. “When students and parents need to talk with several different offices simultaneously–financial aid and housing, for example–chat brings them together in one location,” says Pat Bosco, dean of student life at Kansas State University. And chat rooms can obviously be a great place to find friends even before school starts....
The new budget, according to CalMatters, will fund the Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing, an overpass that will traverse the ten-lane 101 Freeway in the Santa Monica Mountains, near the city of Agoura Hills. The project will be afforded $7 million, while another $54.5 million will be allocated to building wildlife passages across the state. Advocates for these animal crossing points, which will come in the forms of bridges, tunnels, overpasses and underpasses, say that they serve a dual purpose....
