NEW ORLEANS — Ryan Arcidiacono had that One Shining Moment in the blink of an eye when he flicked the ball to Kris Jenkins for that forever shot that won Jay Wright and Villanova their national championship in 2016 against North Carolina — and now little brother Chris will be trying for his moment in…Continue Reading
BOSTON — The Devils never had a chance in this one and are now officially eliminated from the playoffs. Former Boston College captain Marc McLaughlin scored in his NHL debut Thursday night, capping a five-goal second-period outburst that propelled the Bruins to an 8-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils. Brad Marchand had two goals…Continue Reading
NEW ORLEANS — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has called his state “the center of the college basketball universe,” as its two bitter rivals face off in the Final Four. With that in mind, the winner of this intergalactic battle could be determined by Westchester County, located more than 1,300 miles to the northeast of…Continue Reading
The Nets endured two hard fouls but the gut-punch loss hurt most. Kevin Durant missed game-winning shots at the end of regulation and overtime on Thursday night as the Nets could not recover from a blown nine-point lead in the final three minutes of the fourth quarter and lost 120-119 to the Bucks at the…Continue Reading
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets did not escape spring training without a Jacob deGrom scare. One week before the season begins in Washington, there is suddenly a question of whether their ace will be ready for Opening Day after deGrom reported some tightness in the back of his right shoulder while long-tossing Thursday. Buck…Continue Reading
To those who live in wildfire-prone areas, the prospect of wildfires, though certainly not welcome, are expected. An odd canter emerges from an otherwise seasonally pleasant rhythm. Yet it now appears destabilized. What semblance of security snow cover once provided evaporated this past weekend as Colorado’s second major fire threatened roughly 8,000 residential buildings. And perhaps…Continue Reading
It was the Queen of Sheba’s cameo that got me, unexpectedly appearing more than midway through HBO Max’s “Julia” premiere. In this telling, Julia Child (Sarah Lancashire) has an uphill climb to win over dismissive male producers at WGBH, Boston’s public television station, eggheads who pooh-pooh the intellectual value of a show that demystifies the…Continue Reading
Nurses across the United States are up in arms over the trial of a former nurse named RaDonda Vaught, whom a jury found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse after she made a fatal error in giving a drug to a patient in 2017. Yet numerous nurses and nursing associations fear that the guilty…Continue Reading
“Saturday Night Live” comedian Kate McKinnon summed up Hollywood’s indignation at Florida’s controversial new “Don’t Say Gay” law on “Weekend Update.” “If the 90’s were right and gay means bad, then this is the gayest law I have ever seen!” she said, pointing to the camera with a defiant head shake on an SNL episode…Continue Reading
The Dutch National Security Advisor (NSA) Geoffrey Van Leeuwen on Thursday held talks with India’s NSA Ajit Doval during in which the situation in Ukraine and Afghanistan dominated. It was the first such visit by the Dutch NSA to Delhi and comes even as the Indian capital has seen a slew of visits, including by the…Continue Reading
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