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Alexander, the 6-9, 240-pound power forward prospect from Curie Metropolitan in Chicago, is considered a heavy Kansas lean for two reasons -- his girlfriend, Caelynn Manning-Allen is a freshman there and in a recent interview, he couldn't stop smiling when asked about the Jayhawks. MORE: Mike DeCourcy’s Top 25 prospects for 2014 Alexander's decision to make a decision comes just couple days after his trip to Lawrence, where he took in Late Night in the Phog, Kansas' midnight madness event....

During Tuesday’s Sounders-Timbers U.S. Open Cup match, Seattle’s Clint Dempsey tried another approach: taking the ref’s notebook and ripping it up. MORE: Jamaican goalie gives up goal in the worst way possible | Real Madrid unveils new kits for 2015-16 season Dempsey’s style didn’t get him far, either. The midfielder received a red card, which made three for the Seattle on the night. The Sounders finished the match with seven men on the field (another player was injured after Seattle has used all its substitutions)....

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is demanding that the filmmakers add a disclaimer to the film acknowledging that it represents an inaccurate take on some of the real-life events it dramatizes. The film is based on the story of Richard Jewell, who was falsely named as a suspect in a deadly bombing at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In particular dispute is the characterization of journalist Kathy Scruggs, who first reported the allegations against Jewell....

Barnes has been out since suffering an eye injury that needed surgery in a game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Nov. 18. Clippers coach Doc Rivers didn't speak with reporters so it is not clear when Barnes will return to the court. This injury was one of several trying events for Barnes, who was suspended and fined after a brawl with the OKC Thunder. He now has to work through the discomfort of wearing goggles....

Gallinari was one of three Clippers to record a double-double as they won their ninth straight home game, defeating the Phoenix Suns 115-99 on Wednesday night. Los Angeles improved to 14-6, which ties the fourth-best record after 20 games in franchise history. Along with being the surprise leaders in the West, the Clippers own the NBA’s longest active home winning streak and have won 10 of their last 12 overall....

Los Angeles is down 2-1 in the Western Conference finals, but the Clippers are coming off an impressive Game 3 win in which they held the backcourt of Chris Paul and Devin Booker to 10-of-40 shooting from the field combined. Paul George and Reggie Jackson have been carrying the offense with Leonard sidelined, and both players delivered stellar performances in the team’s 106-92 victory. MORE: Clippers’ trust in Reggie Jackson has paid off...

HTC U11 Huawei P10 Plus OnePlus 5 Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus Sony Xperia XZ Premium Xiaomi Mi 6 Jim has been testing and reviewing products for over 20 years. His main beats include VPN services and antivirus. He also covers smart home tech, mesh Wi-Fi and electric bikes.

This is the same Mike Scioscia who jerked around Frieri and Jordan Walden before him when they weren't even pitching poorly, so it's tough to take his word when he says Frieri is still his closer. Despite the manager's comments, the L.A. Times' Mike DiGiovanna suspects Joe Smith will soon take over the ninth inning. MORE FANTASY BASEBALL: Stock Watch | DraftStreet | Join Fantasy Source At the very least, Smith should get a few save chances this weekend while the Angels give Frieri a mental break....

In the United States, no hereditary illness takes a greater toll than CF. One in 2,500 newborns is afflicted, and most die before turning 30. Some 12 million Americans-5 percent of the population-carry a single copy of the culpable gene, but only those with two copies develop the disease. The dynamics of cystic fibrosis are no mystery. In healthy people, a protein called CFTR provides a channel by which chloride (a component of salt) can pass in and out of cells....

Ever since Pakistani financier Aga Hassan Abedi founded the bank in 1972, BCCI has been unorthodox. In the mid-1970s, U.S. regulators blocked it from buying two New York banks after Abedi refused to disclose BCCI data. In 1977, he secretly aided Saudi entrepreneur Gaith Pharaon’s purchase of National Bank of Georgia from President Carter’s budget director, Bert Lance, and five years later secretly backed a hostile takeover of a major Washington bank, later renamed First American Bankshares....

Zinedine Zidane’s men became the first side to successfully defend their Champions League title by routing Juventus 4-1 in Cardiff in May and were just as emphatic victors in our poll to decide the top 30 clubs on the planet, which was based upon squad strength and recent success. PSG, of course, have yet to win the European Cup but they finished second in our vote, no doubt thanks to the recent acquisitions of Brazilian superstar Neymar and French sensation Kylian Mbappe....

Clubhouse Announces Partnership With TED Throughout the summer season, media organization TED will be bringing exclusive online chats to Clubhouse, the audio app that popularized the speaker-and-listener(s) voice chat format that’s spread across social media like wildfire. TED will be hosting numerous rooms in its official Clubhouse Club starting June 12. The first room is “Thank Your Ass Off” (hosted by author AJ Jacobs and Clubhouse creator Mir Harris), which will open discussion every Monday at 11am ET....

The former WWE champion stated on Thursday during the UFC Unfiltered podcast that he will fight Mickey Gall at UFC 203 on Sept. 10 in Cleveland. MORE: Brock Lesnar returning in July | McGregor-Diaz rematch Punk (0-0), whose real name is Phil Brooks, left the WWE in January 2014 because he was unhappy with a variety of things going on in the company at the time. Brooks announced in December 2014 at UFC 181 he was signing with the UFC....

Cabana later filed a lawsuit against Punk for promising to pay his legal fees and then backing out. Cabana sued for $1 in punitive damages and $200,000 for legal fees. We now have an update on the situation. In case you didn’t know… CM Punk left WWE in 2015 and appeared on Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast soon after, making some controversial comments about WWE, which led WWE doctor, Dr....

A carbon trader buys and sells pollution credits, purchasing them from relatively clean countries and selling them to nations that have lots of pollution-spewing plants. It is Russia’s great fortune that the Kyoto Protocol’s ceiling for greenhouse-gas emissions is pegged to 1990 levels–the Soviet Union’s last full year. Since then Russia’s factory output has fallen, and carbon emissions have dropped at least 30 percent. Russia, therefore, has lots of pollution credits to sell to other countries....

Sources close to Starr told NEWSWEEK they find Bakaly’s ouster perplexing. The information, even if it was disclosed by Bakaly, appears to be legal opinions, not grand-jury secrets. Moreover, the Times story was old news; NEWSWEEK had reported Starr’s conclusions about indictment back in August. The whole fiasco may have more to do with the ongoing leaks investigations of the OIC than with Bakaly’s own role. At the OIC last week, the mood was grim....

The Good Beautiful, iPhone-specific interfaceProductivity-focusedExcludes unnecessary features The Bad No group/shared to-do featuresTask-based lists only (no date-specific lists)To-do length limited to screen width A Quick Look Priced at less than $5, Clear is unlike any other to-do list app we’ve used. It takes the fullest advantage of the iPhone’s multitouch interface of any to-do list app we’ve tested, using swipes and pinches to not just control the screen you’re looking at but not also navigate through the app....

Speaking at media day Saturday in Arizona, Lawson started by telling reporters there is a “very good chance” he will play Monday, but followed it up by saying there is a 60-percent chance he plays as he continues to recover from a sprained MCL in his left knee he suffered early in the Tigers’ Orange Bowl win over Oklahoma. MORE: 20 things to know about Clemson | Clemson-Bama by the numbers...

The former walk-on who eventually played on a national championship-winning Alabama team appreciated the fact that the award is named for the legendary Crimson Tide coach. MORE: Defining photos from Clemson-Alabama clash | Top 25 active coaches in sport “He was larger than life to me,” said Swinney (via the Houston Chronicle), an Alabama native who played for Gene Stallings in Tuscaloosa. Swinney, 46, adds to his collection of honors for leading Clemson (14-1) into the CFP national championship against, yes, Alabama, which defeated the Tigers, 45-40....

Swinney, who has guided the No. 1 Tigers (13-0) into the College Football Playoff, has won the Home Depot Coach of the Year award, which will be presented Thursday as part of the College Football Awards Show on ESPN (7 p.m. ET). MORE: 2015-16 Bowls: A reason to watch EACH game | The final Top 25 In addition to Swinney’s honor, it also was announced Wednesday that Arkansas’ Hunter Henry is this year’s winner of the John Mackey Award, given annually to the nation’s top tight end....