BOSTON — With Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks upon us, it’s going to be a tough job for the bull gang at TD Garden to clear away all those rose petals being laid at Kyrie Irving’s feet. First, though, a quick summation of Nice Things Being Said About Irving, Pre-Game 1 edition: …
Uvalde, Texas CNN — A preliminary report by the Texas House investigative committee probing the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre outlines a series of failures by multiple law enforcement agencies, describing “an overall lackadaisical approach” by authorities on the scene of the shooting in which 21 people were killed. Ultimately, the report found “the entirety of law enforcement and its training, …
Only a locked classroom door stood between Pete Arredondo and a chance to bring down the gunman. In the news conference, McCraw referred to Arredondo as the shooting’s “incident commander.” Hyde said Arredondo did not issue any orders to other law enforcement agencies and had no knowledge that they considered him the incident commander. “So while it’s easy to identify …
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I am deep in the Amazon rainforest, anxiously losing my mind as the world begins to disintegrate. A moment ago, I was surrounded by 200 people dressed in white and singing like angels, but now they occupy the same space as me… if that makes any sense.” This is what I wrote in my diary after taking ayahuasca, a hallucinogenic …
Nadeem knows that he is standing on the periphery, which he has been for quite some time now. “And if you are bowling with the wind, the ball generally travels more towards the batsman so you have to shorten the length a bit because the wind will assist it and take it further.” He’s adapted to different surfaces at home …
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