Phoenix Suns Best-case scenario: The best outcome for the Phoenix Suns is similar to the Sixers’—lose so many games that they benefit from futility. Maybe Andrew Wiggins, Jabari Parker or Julius Randle are waiting on the other side of that uphill climb. Phoenix won’t know until its first lost enough games to fall downhill into a pit of despair. Through their travels, the hope for the Suns is that Eric Bledsoe will develop into a point guard....

The NFL is “close to an agreement on a contract” with Hyundai, sources told Yahoo! Finance. South Korea’s largest auto maker would replace General Motors Co. (GMC) as the league’s featured brand of wheels. MORE: Johnny Manziel gets help from LeBron James’ business partner GM reportedly paid more than $25 million per year for its association with the NFL, a deal that ended last season. Hyundai also has a sponsorship contract with FIFA....

In my own case, my former wife chose not to remain married to me. That is her right and I do not fault her decision. My problem is that I do not believe it is her right to deny me the privilege of raising our children. Some fathers want to go to the parent/teacher conferences, school plays, carnivals and to help their kids with homework. I have always looked forward to participating on a daily basis in my children’s lives....

But now, the Boy Scouts of America, the national governing body of the Boy Scouts, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to settle a landslide of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse under its programs. The more than 100-year-old organization said last week it hopes to move forward, but enrollment is spiraling, sponsors are leaving and the devastating sexual abuse scandal is unfortunately only one of the reasons for its decline....

Get Real Madrid title odds Although Bale returned to take a seat on the bench for last month’s Champions League final victory against Juventus, Isco had filled the Welshman’s usual place to great acclaim during his injury-enforced absence. Madrid have now been linked with a world-record move for Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe, but Bale is unconcerned about having to fight to be selected next season. “I think that’s just football these days,” Bale told ESPN....

Santosh Kashyap responds to Mumbai FC fans’ ire: ‘I respect it and I clapped for them’ Coach Santosh Kashyap had informed the above mentioned trio to not turn up for training sessions last week as he believed that they weren’t required for the rest of the 2017 I-League season. Interestingly, Mumbai FC fans launched a verbal tirade against Kashyap for his decision to let the famed trio leave the club....

Chencho Gyeltshen’s solitary strike in the 80th minute was the difference between the two sides and it consolidated Minerva’s position on top of the I-League table. After the match, the ex-Benfica B coach showered praise on his opponents, especially on Bhutanese striker Chencho. “The strong points of Minerva are throw-ins, free-kicks and corners, as they are a tall team and they play well in these situations. Also, Chencho is a beautiful player....

TV CHANNELS & LIVE STREAM The Star Sports Network have the exclusive broadcasting rights of the I-League. All the matches will be telecasted Live on Star Sports 2 and HD. TEAM NEWS NEROCA predixted XI: Lalit Thapa (GK), Thangjam Saran Singh, Kallon Kiatamba Jr., Ngasepam Tondonba, Govin Singh, Aryn Williams, Subhash Singh, Ningthoujam Pritam, Fabian Vorbe, Yumnam Gopi Singh, Odili Felix Chidi. Injured - None Doubtful - Gouramangi Moirangthem Key Players - Felix Chidi, Aryn Williams...

Aguero’s responding to Guardiola’s demands After struggling on and off the field last season, Sterling has quickly emerged as one of Guardiola’s key men at the Etihad Stadium this term. Sterling has scored four goals and recorded two assists in 12 Premier League appearances, with City third in the standings and only a point off top spot. And the 21-year-old England international has credited Guardiola for his resurgence, revealing the Catalan encourages him to take risks....

It feels like there’s a cost to being an American now, and it’s affecting my sense of personal security. I’m always watching my back. I’m on high alert. As an immigrant, I wanted to be as mainstream American as possible. I wanted to fit in. I joined sports leagues, I had my fair share of McDonald’s and I cared about being a well-rounded person—more than the model minority stereotype. I officially became an American citizen before I turned 13, embracing what was opposite to my parents’ Korean culture, which was all about Confucianism, staying quiet and conformity....

Last Halloween, for instance, as I was walking on New York’ Fifth Avenue, I suddenly stopped, startled. Right outside an apartment building, a human-sized mannequin of a Gypsy woman, holding a crystal ball, was seated before the closed door. I went into full investigative mode, treating the Halloween decoration like a crime scene, snapping photos and inspecting the Gypsy woman more closely. She was supposed to represent a Roma like me!...

It’s a perception many northerners share. Those of us who don’t live in the South often talk about it as if the whole region is frozen in 1965 Selma. So the question of racism in the South was very much on my mind when my wife and I decided to spend the summer in Charleston, South Carolina. I had been to the South on several occasions, but this was going to be different from a visit or a weekend trip; I was hoping to see if there was truly a different America with respect to race in the South than where I was coming from, New York City....

After the death of Mark Duggan, a 29-year-old man who was shot and killed by police in Tottenham, London, riots that first started in the local area expanded throughout London and major English cities in August 2011. The reasons behind what happened are complicated—the prevalence of systemic racism, a lack of socio-economic opportunities and an increasing distrust of police action, particularly against Black British men—and are still debated today. Many of the underlying issues are still very present with the Windrush scandal, the Grenfell fire and the British arm of the Black Lives Matter movement....

Andy Gresh and Rich Keefe — co-hosts of the “Gresh and Keefe” show on Lawrence, Mass., radio station WEEI — found that out the hard way Thursday. They were in the middle of conducting a live radio with the the NFL insider when he paused mid-sentence and dropped an S-bomb. “Oh s—t I just got a text,” Rapoport said. “I gotta go.” MORE: Who is Matt Eberflus? Bears hire defensive minded head coach after stints with Browns, Cowboys and Colts...

There doesn’t appear to be a link between having IBD and being more susceptible to becoming infected with the coronavirus. For the most part, there also does not appear to be a link between IBD and having a worse course of COVID-19. IBD and COVID-19 Risk There are two considerations with COVID-19 and IBD: if patients with IBD are at increased risk for being infected, and if the course of the infection would be worse than it is for those who don’t live with an IBD....