That is why the legacy of the “Dream Team” — which has been brought to light again with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in ESPN’s “The Last Dance” documentary — still carries on almost 30 years later. The team did not just win the gold medal. It left an impact both in the United State and globally that the game of basketball benefits from today, and put up some insane numbers while doing it....
The sports book’s checklist goes something like this: – Staff up for longer hours and more tickets written – Retrain staff in federal and state gaming laws – Clean room and make sure TVs are displaying a brilliant picture – Make sure promotions and contests are being properly marketed -Ensure TV contracts are signed and paid – Once these items and others are checked off, the booking team is ready to go full throttle with in-progress wagering and rapid-fire halftime odds, while keeping an eye on the different wagering options posted for all sports....
Here is a look at four of the biggest before play resumes Saturday. The Riveters are rolling The Riveters are undefeated through the first four games of the season and it isn’t because they’ve been lucky. There is still a lot of hockey to be played, but Newark’s team is without a doubt the favorite to win the 2018 Isobel Cup. Last season rookie goaltender Katie Fitzgerald carried her team and won Goaltender of the Year honors because of it....
NSA officials now suspect human error and a computer glitch may have caused that meltdown. But it wasn’t farfetched to believe hackers were to blame. In recent years, cyberattacks on sensitive government computer systems have become a serious problem. CIA Director George Tenet told NEWSWEEK that foiling hackers is a top law-enforcement priority, with the Pentagon, FBI, CIA and NSA all scrambling to find ways to stay one step ahead of a sophisticated, and often unseen, enemy....
PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): The Galilean or refracting telescope produces an enlarged image with the aid of concave and convex lenses which bend light. In 1609, after fiddling with a telescope designed by an obscure Dutch lens maker, Galileo aimed his creation toward the heavens. By 1610, he had found four moons revolving around Jupiter. DIAGRAM: The Newtonian or reflecting telescope, first made in 1671, uses mirrors and lenses to bounce light and form images....
Seem like forever ago? Imagine how much the digital space has changed since then too. Ten Years Ago is an interactive website that allows users to browse popular websites, frozen in time from a decade ago to the date. Neal Agarwal, the developer behind Ten Years Ago, described the site as “a window to the past” to Newsweek, saying: “I wanted the site to be like a little window to the past, and so I tried to pick a good variety of sites - news, sports, entertainment, ect....
An Impending War? To attack when necessary is bad enough, but to go to war on an if, a might and a maybe leaves me speechless. And now, eloquent speech writers will make something noble out of this macho militancy. Michael G. Driver Ichihara, Japan George W. Bush’s decision on Iraq will be an awful attack for the whole world because, as we know, Iraq has admitted to having at least 3....
The letter was published Tuesday on the website of Canada’s Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a national public policy think tank based in Ottawa. It was signed by more than 100 policy experts, lawmakers and academics who hail largely from North America, Europe and Oceania. “While the exact source and spread of the virus are not clear yet the question of origin is highly important, for the people of China and for all humankind: only by understanding how this global disaster could emerge we can prevent it from happening again,” the letter argued....
In a viral Reddit post published on r/antiwork, Redditor u/Personal-Pound-2260 posted a photo of the gift, which consisted of an assortment of items tucked into a small plastic bag. Titled, “Feeling the #appreciation my employer is showing to our dwindling, overworked nursing staff,” the viral post has received nearly 16,000 votes and 1,900 comments. Included within the photographed plastic bag are seven items, as well as a scrap of paper boasting a handful of quasi-inspirational messages....
The 36-year-old woman, going by the name u/Normal-Respond-7656, shared her experience in the 3.5 million-subscriber-strong AITA [Am I The A**hole?] subreddit. In a Monday post, the woman said she and her co-worker were asked to cover an evening call as the company sometimes dealt with collaborators across various time zones. According to the poster, the co-worker asked if she could take the call on her own, as she wanted to watch her son’s soccer match....
The woman, who goes by u/basketsoftough on Reddit, received more than 14,600 votes and 1,570 comments since posting about her situation in the popular “Am I The A**hole” subreddit on Sunday. In the post, she explained that when she was 18, she was in an accident that caused a traumatic brain injury (TBI). She said the TBI resulted in hearing loss in both ears leaving her Deaf and she did not qualify for cochlear implants....
U/JimmyJimJ35 took to Reddit’s “AmITheA**hole” forum, which has over 3 million followers to explain her situation to the community. The Redditor explained that she works in the retail business and lives in an apartment with her husband, who is unemployed. She admitted that it’s tough paying all the bills with just her salary. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the United States Department of Labor, there were 6....
The 37-year-old woman took to popular Subreddit “Am I the A**hole” to ask exactly that, garnering over 12,000 interactions on her story. Now married with two children, the woman shared that she was “wild” in college, including sleeping with “multiple guys” and partying, but added that she didn’t ever do “anything illegal, dangerous or immoral.” “A few months ago, some guy I hadn’t talked to since I was 18 and a freshman in college sent me messages on social media in the middle of the night that were horrible....
A Redditor who goes by the user name “u/Throwaway4773782” found herself in a bit of a situation that involved this non-communication. In the now-viral thread posted to “Am I the A**hole (AITA),” she explained an uncomfortable situation between herself, her husband, and the neighbor’s youngest child. “I (30F) and my husband (30M) recently moved into this neighborhood in this small town and we’re not loving it. The whole town gives off extremely cult-ish vibes tbh,” she wrote....
In an explosive Reddit post, u/Mother_Put_1042 explained that her eldest daughter, Brooke, had passed away when she was just five years old and that, in the years since Brooke’s death, she had honored the memory of her deceased daughter at every holiday celebration and family event. “I was blessed with three beautiful children and unfortunately, my eldest, Brooke, passed away when she was 5 years old. It rocked my world and I know I haven’t been the same since,” she wrote....
In a viral thread posted on Reddit’s r/AmITheA**hole, user u/MajorOverreaction9 asked the subreddit’s 3.4 million members if she was wrong for going behind her husband’s back to have her months-old baby’s ears pierced. Receiving over 8,500 votes and 6,300 comments on the thread, the Redditor said that she and her husband discussed piercing their infant daughter’s ears in the past, but said he “didn’t like the idea,” and that “he needed time to think about it....
Redditor u/NightTrain915 shared the post to the subreddit “Am I The A**hole” on January 25. The original poster (OP) titled the post, “AITA for refusing to give back a book owner sold by mistake after I purchased it?” The OP goes on to account that they are a 29-year-old female that’s “an avid buyer of sales and being part of different social media where people sell items.” A woman, who happened to be a friend of the Redditor’s, put 20 books up for sale for $5....
“If you were Chris, what would be the first joke you’d tell, assuming you’d want to acknowledge Will Smith’s slap?” a user asked in the popular AskReddit subreddit. The post has over 47,000 votes and more than 5,000 comments with an array of responses. The question posted on Reddit comes ahead of Rock’s show on the evening of Wednesday, March 30, at The Wilbur Theater in Boston, Massachusetts. The now-sold-out show will be the comedian’s first time on stage since he was slapped by Smith at the 94th Academy Awards after making a joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith....
Throughout middle school, I mainly hung out with girls because the boys laughed at me. While I hadn’t come out yet, I guess they just saw I was a little bit different. For me, sexuality was just something you did not mention. My dad is very old fashioned, and while now he’s the most amazing, supportive person, back then he would make comments without realizing their impact. That’s just how it was growing up....
You may also be able to find flavored varieties of castor oil at a pharmacy. Some people may prefer to take castor oil right before bed so that it works in the morning, but that may not be a good option for people who sleep longer than 6 hours. Adults, for example, will probably take about 15 milliliters (0. 5 fl oz), while children should take less. A syringe intended for liquid medications will make it easy to measure out the oil....
