The Lakers star electrified the crowd at King Drew Magnet High School when he surprisingly joined DeMar DeRozan for a July 16 game. James made his first appearance at the pro-am league since 2011 and didn’t disappoint in his return. Now that the NBA has partnered with the Drew League to stream games globally, there will be plenty of speculation about James (and other big NBA names) potentially playing in future contests....

Fuguet’s story skewers not only Hollywood hype and fools in paradise but also a fantasy called Latin America. Magical realism, it says–the literary style that made the mundane seem marvelous and put Latin American fiction on bookshelves everywhere–is dead. As dead as jackbooted generalissimos, as passe as Colombian coffee’s poster boy Juan Valdez and his mule. Fuguet’s message is that life’s secrets are far more likely to be revealed in a bottomless cup of bad gringo coffee than in a burst of iridescent butterflies....

After seeing a TV news report in February 2005, Odom became convinced she was suffering from Morgellons, an unexplained condition that has sparked debate and controversy within the medical community. Some doctors and researchers believe Morgellons is an emergent disease characterized by nonhealing skin lesions, crawling or itching sensations, fibers and black granules emerging from the skin, and neurological impairments such as short-term memory loss. The problem, for Odom and thousands of others who believe they suffer from the disease, is that most dermatologists think there is no such thing as Morgellons....

Johnston also reported representatives from the league and the PA met throughout the summer and will sit down together again this week. Meanwhile, both sides have an opportunity next month to exercise their respective early-out options. The current CBA expires in just over three years. However, the league can opt out Sept. 1, while the PA can do so on Sept. 15. If one or the other goes that route, the CBA will expire in Sept....

“Many government offices close on federal holidays and some private businesses may close as well. If the holiday falls during the weekend, the government may observe it on a different day. Federal employees receive pay and many receive time off for federal holidays,” explains USA.gov. Why do we celebrate Presidents Day? The federal holiday was established in the late 19th century to honor the birth of Washington on February 22, 1732....

Shakespeare did his cause no harm by guiding the defending Premier League champions to an impressive 3-1 victory over Liverpool on Monday night, but reports in the English media have claimed ex-England boss Hodgson will hold talks with the Leicester hierarchy. WATCH: Neymar schools Pique News of the apparent consideration of the 69-year-old has been met with a mixed reaction among fans, but would Hodgson be a good fit for the King Power Stadium hotseat?...

Users reported outages with the workplace communication platform as the working day began on the East Coast, and in the middle of the afternoon in Europe. According to Downdetector’s outage map, users across the U.S. are having issues accessing their accounts, including in New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., Dallas and Atlanta, with most issues being reported in the northeast of the country. Downdetector, a website tracking reports of internet service outages, recorded a spike in issues at 9....

Considering that there still isn’t a final outcome, it’s safe to say that many Americans are feeling a little stressed, and in a state of disbelief that it’s been two days since Election Day and we still don’t know who will be the president next year. One Twitter user realized that the past couple of days are reminiscent of the 2004 film The Notebook. “It just occurred to me that this election is following the plot of The Notebook,” the user wrote on Wednesday evening....

Here's a look at some of the latest rumors and just what to make of them: Yankees president Randy Levine told the New York Daily News, “We’re not waiting around. If guys start to come off the board we’re going to sign them, which will affect the amount of money we have left for other players including (Cano).” This is true, but what will really affect the amount of money the Yankees have in their budget, and possibly how true they stay to their goal of staying under $189 million in payroll to avoid the luxury tax, is the Alex Rodriguez arbitration hearing, where Levine testified on Tuesday....

Now that the NCAA bracket is set, it posed the question for many of, will there be a National Invitational Tournament (NIT) this year for the teams that just missed out on the NCAA tournament? The answer is yes. However, things will be wildly different in 2021 than they have been in the past. First, there are just 16 teams this year, which is half the usual NIT field of 32 teams....

credible only if you ignore a couple or three centuries of established science. That alone does not mean that the claims reflect self-deception or hoaxes, as skeptics assert. But it does mean that the standard for accepting the claims is higher than it is for, say, accepting that aspirin reduces a man’s risk of a second heart attack. As Cornell University astronomer Carl Sagan puts it, ““extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence....

Therefore, if you’re expecting mail or need to send mail with USPS, or are planning a trip to the post office today, you may need to alter your plans. However, as UPS and FedEx are private companies, the same rules do not apply as they do to federal services like USPS. The mail services available today will therefore vary by mailing company. Find out below which mail services from USPS, UPS, and FedEx will run on Martin Luther King Jr....

He’s also putting together a strong case to be rewarded with the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award. In an era of great defensive players that includes the likes of Rudy Gobert, Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ben Simmons, Green may very well be the best of the generation. And as time goes on, Green continues to make a case to be included among the all-time great defensive players this game has ever seen....

Expectations are high for the show. WWE executive vice president and the godfather of NXT, Paul “Triple H” Levesque calls NXT the “alternative style,” which is what a lot of fans prefer to what they see on WWE’s two flagship shows Raw and Smackdown. While there’s good to come with the move, there may also be some bad. Sporting News takes a look at the advantages — and disadvantages — of WWE moving NXT to two hours on the USA Network....

Austin underwent facial scanning with 2k complete with his signature glasses and according to a release from 2k, he will also be available in the MYTEAM feature. MORE: Where could Lance Stephenson end up? | Charlotte fielding offers | Hornets’ struggles could mean trade for shooter It’s a classy move by the video game company and should be fun for Austin. After ending his basketball career Austin was promised a full-time job post-graduation with the NBA by Adam Silver....

But once it was clear that he still would be on a tight minutes restriction, and would not play against the Celtics in the second half of a back-to-back, Thomas resigned himself to a night in which he would remain stapled to the bench, pushing back his celebration of a Boston return to the Cavs’ next game here, on Feb. 11. “There was no way I was going to come back against Boston and only play 17 minutes,” Thomas said....

The 5-9 point guard for the Celtics is doing just fine at his current height — he made the All-Star game this season — but in the sport of basketball, you can never be too tall. That’s why when Thomas saw that astronaut Scott Kelly grew two inches during his year in space, he got ideas. MORE: The tallest athletes in sports history | Kobe makes some kids’ day...

Thomas served as the Knicks’ president of basketball operations from 2003-08 and head coach from 2006-08. In 2007, a jury found that Thomas had sexually harassed a Knicks’ employee. That ruling ultimately cost Madison Square Garden a total of $11.5 million. MORE: Women’s Sports Foundation petitions to deny Isiah ownership | Phil Jackson upset about Isiah’s return The female employee said Thomas oftentimes addressed her as “b—” and “ho” in outbursts over marketing commitments....

“Top-level leaders who fled secretly in the direction of Gaziantep [in Turkey] and other areas are key funding members of the organization, and they have vast amounts of money,” Iraq’s Lieutenant General Saad al-Allaq told CNN in an interview aired Monday. The general warned that these leaders have significant investments in Turkey and said Iraq had given the names of several key individuals to Turkish officials and is seeking their arrest....

Bose, who missed out on Bengaluru’s ISL final defeat against Chennaiyin FC due to a suspension, was a first-team regular under Albert Roca and played 18 games for The Blues. The 22-year-old full-back had an impressive season for the ISL runners-up and will be very good addition to Guimaraes’ side, provided they can complete the deal. Souvik Ghosh impressed at left-back in Jamshedpur’s backline under Steve Coppell, managing 10 appearances alongside the likes of Tiri and Andre Bikey....