Day: January 5, 2022

Games

Hall of Fame Case: Tim Lincecum

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Post date January 5, 2022

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Prime Time Sports Talk

It was a tale of two careers for longtime Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum. The first half saw Cy Young Awards and All-Star Games; the second saw injuries and a loss of velocity. Overall, the former Giants great posted a 3.74 ERA, a 3.60 SIERA, struck out 1,756 batters and accumulated 27.5 fWAR in 10 seasons. He won two Cy Young Awards, went to four All-Star Games, led the league in strikeouts and won the World Series thrice. He added two no-hitters in 2013 and 2014––both against the San Diego Padres. Although the numbers look impressive, it’s carried by just four seasons of excellence. What a…

Games

Jeff Gordon: Blues restore order as NHL season goes haywire

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Post date January 5, 2022

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The NHL is an utter mess these days. COVID-19 has depleted rosters across the league and forced postponements. Tighter Canadian pandemic protocols complicated matters, due to restrictions with border crossing and arena attendance. Western Conference teams with postseason expectations — notably the Minnesota Wild and Edmonton Oilers — have fallen into troublesome funks. And the Chicago Blackhawks, Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks are in the midst of high-level management changes. Against the chaotic backdrop the Blues appear locked in and ready to advance. They have lost most of their key pl…

Games

The Low Risk And High Reward Trade For The Lakers And The Celtics: Russell Westbrook For Marcus Smart And Al Horford

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Post date January 5, 2022

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Fadeaway World

By Kyle Daubs View the original article to see embedded media. If the season ended today, the Lakers would be the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference and the Celtics would be the No. 9 seed in the Eastern Conference. Both teams would be forced to play in the play-in game for their spot in the standings. This is quite a dropoff for a Celtics team that made the Conference Finals a few years ago, while the Lakers were the 2020 champions. Before the season began, the Lakers made the move to acquire Russell Westbrook. This was supposed to be the move to form a Big 3 with LeBron James and Anthony D…

Health

NBA Power Rankings: Warriors Remain The Best Team In The League, Bulls Are Serious Title Candidates

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Post date January 5, 2022

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Fadeaway World

By Kyle Daubs View the original article to see embedded media. We are nearing the halfway point of the season and the playoff race is starting to look like another fun year. We are starting to see teams distance themselves into championship contenders and playoff qualifiers. Others are starting to tank their way to the bottom of the standings, which means a firesale could be happening in the next month before the trade deadline. The NBA power rankings are used to rank the teams from worst to best. Keep in mind that the play-in game added four more teams to the playoff picture even though the p…

Technology

Cricut Announces CFO Transition With Retirement Of Marty Petersen

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Post date January 5, 2022

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The Street

By GlobeNewswire SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Jan. 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cricut, Inc. (“Cricut”) (CRCT) , the creative technology company that has brought a connected platform for making to millions of users worldwide, today announced that Marty Petersen, Chief Financial Officer, will retire effective September 30, 2022, and will transition out of the Chief Financial Officer role as of March 31, 2022. Kimball Shill, Executive Vice President of Operations, has been named his successor. Petersen, 61, joined Cricut in 2012 as Chief Financial Officer, and has been responsible for all aspects of Cric…

General

NBA MVP Power Rankings: Giannis Antetokounmpo Has Surpassed Stephen Curry And Kevin Durant

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Post date January 5, 2022

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Fadeaway World

By Eddie Bitar View the original article to see embedded media. The MVP race is heating up this season because every month there are changes to the ladder. With so many superstars competing at a high level this year, predicting who will win the award is nearly impossible with less than half the season completed so far. But we have ranked the updated power rankings to reflect which stars are at the top of the MVP race so far this season. Based on their stats, impact, and all-around contributions for their teams; these could be the final MVP rankings that we can see at the end of the year. Obvio…

Government Policy

Adrienne Adams elected first-ever Black speaker of New York’s City Council

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Post date January 5, 2022

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New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Adrienne Adams was elected the next speaker of the City Council on Wednesday, becoming the first Black woman to ever take on the powerful post after a contentious back-room race that dealt an early blow to Mayor Eric Adams’ perceived influence over the legislative body. Adams, who represents a section of eastern Queens that includes Jamaica, was picked for the speaker job in an internal vote by the Council’s 51 members during their first meeting of the year. In her first floor remarks as speaker, Adams said she was honored by her colleagues’ trust, but did not linger on the celebrat…

Technology

Joshua Wong Promoted To Managing Director

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Post date January 5, 2022

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The Street

By PR Newswire NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — JEGI CLARITY, a pre-eminent M&A advisory firm for the global media, marketing, information and technology industries, headquartered in New York, NY and London, UK, is pleased to announce that Joshua Wong has been promoted to Managing Director. Having joined the firm as Vice President in 2018, Josh leads the firm’s US coverage in gaming and esports and advises media, entertainment, marketing, information and technology companies in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and capital raises. Prior to joining the firm, Josh was a Vice President in…

Affairs

‘Fabrication of reality’: Why the film Amira drew Arab scorn

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Post date January 5, 2022

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Al-Araby

In September 2021, an Arab movie became the talk of the Venice Film Festival. Amira tells the coming-of-age story of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl. Her father, an anti-Israeli freedom fighter, has been sentenced to imprisonment. So, in order to carry on his family line, he has his sperm smuggled out of jail. The eponymous Amira, played by Palestinian-Jordanian actress Tara Abboud, learns that her father is infertile – and that his “smuggled sperm” belongs to an Israeli prison guard. Incredibly, the movie is partly based on ‘true events’, where the controversy – and acrimony – begins. Since 20…

Games

Corey Gamble Shows Off A Tristan Thompson Jersey While Leaving Basketball Game After NBA Star’s Recent Apology To Khloé Kardashian

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Post date January 5, 2022

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OK Magazine

Sending a message? Corey Gambleappeared to be making a statement regarding the ongoing baby drama with Tristan Thompson. In a new video obtained by TMZ, the 41-year-old was seen leaving a basketball game at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles when he pulled out a jersey with Thompson’s name on it. The athlete handed Gamble the jersey at the end of the game. The longtime boyfriend of Kris Jenner appeared to show the Sacramento Kings jersey to the people walking behind him before turning it around for the person filming the video to see. It would be extremely surprising for Gamble — a longtime m…