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NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani perked up when he heard his name. “I told him,” Dodgers backup catcher Austin Barnes said after Ohtani’s three-run moonshot iced an 8-0 victory over the Mets in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, “hit the ball over the fence.” “Not bad advice,” Ohtani said. Barnes clapped his…
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Some of CNN‘s biggest on-air personalities are ‘living in fear’ as they brace for inevitable layoffs and massive salary cuts at the hands of the CEO. Mark Thompson, who was hired late last summer as the network’s new chief executive, is poised to overhaul the network – denying raises, trimming positions and moving some operations…
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Marvel Comics “So, you’re familiar with two sins. How about a third?” Okay, that particular “Community” quote is a bit of an ominous way to start an article, but it also felt less hacky than “Third time’s the charm?” Indeed, Marvel is now in the process of bringing…
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It’s the midpoint of the college football season and usually, the coaching carousel is spinning much faster. It’s spinning slower this year for a few reasons. First, the past two seasons had much more turnover than initially expected; second, this is the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, which is extending the potential…
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A grieving mother of a Snowdonia crash victim has released an emotional plea to the government amid calls from the coroner for rules regarding newly qualified drivers offering lifts to be tightened. Hugo Morris, 18 had passed his six months earlier before he and his friends – Harvey Owen, Wilfred Fitchett, both 17 and Jevon Hirst, 16,…
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Static Media There hasn’t been a surer big screen bet in Hollywood over the last 30-plus years than James Cameron — though he doesn’t always make it easy on the studio footing the bill for his latest film on the way to the multiplex. Since recovering from his…
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In spring 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic upended the country, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert was locked down in her New Jersey home. The league was facing a season on the brink right as its stakeholders felt it had begun to gather momentum. In conversations with league owners and players, Engelbert sensed in those early weeks…
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Britain will experience a split in weather conditions tomorrow with heavy downpours set to hit the West while eastern areas enjoy unseasonable highs of up to 22C. The Met Office imposed a rain warning for western England from Manchester down to Plymouth and much of Wales, running from 6pm tonight until 12pm tomorrow. More than…
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Cineverse You might think Damien Leone would run out of ways to depict bodies being absolutely eviscerated. But the director has proven with “Terrifier 3,” one of the nastiest horror movies ever made, that his mind is an endless font of murderous ingenuity. The threequel treats audiences to…
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I always like to start my NBA previews at the bottom and work my way up. And when it comes to bottoming out, nobody does it better than the lottery teams in the Eastern Conference. Last season, four East squads lost at least 57 games, and overall, the conference had seven of the league’s 11…