Defending champion Cleveland and season win leader Golden State, each seeking a third consecutive NBA Finals appearance, are well rested as the second round of the playoffs begins Sunday. They were the only clubs to advance through the first round without dropping a game and are again favored in their best-of-seven second round matchups. Cleveland … Read more
Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas plans to travel to the American West Coast to attend his sister’s funeral after playing in Friday’s NBA playoff game at Chicago, the Boston Globe reported Friday. Thomas plans to fly from Chicago to Tacoma, Washington, to attend his sister’s funeral Saturday afternoon, according to the newspaper. Thomas, who … Read more
Posting a smartphone video online has never been so easy — even if the video shows a murder. After two recent cases that shocked the world, this has become a tricky but urgent problem for Facebook to tackle. On Monday, a 20-year-old Thai man broadcast live video on the world’s most popular social media platform, … Read more
Sales for the signature basketball shoe of NBA Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry have been below expectations, Under Armour chief executive officer Kevin Plank said Thursday. Curry, the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 campaigns, has the league’s top-selling jersey and has sparked the Warriors to an NBA crown in 2015 … Read more
A Thai man filmed himself killing his baby daughter on Facebook Live, before taking his own life, Thai police say. The 21-year-old hanged his daughter, and then himself, at a deserted hotel in Phuket on Monday, reportedly after an argument with his wife. Facebook sent condolences to the family for the “appalling” incident and said … Read more
LeBron James scored 33 points and made key plays late to give the defending NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers a 106-102 victory at Indiana and a sweep of their playoff series. The Cavaliers defeated the Pacers 4-0 in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round matchup and will next face the winner between the Toronto Raptors and Milwaukee … Read more
Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that suggests Russian operatives tried to use Trump advisers, including Carter Page, to infiltrate the Trump campaign, according to US officials. The new information adds to the emerging picture of how the Russians tried to influence the 2016 election, not … Read more
Facebook’s chief has paid his respects to the family of a man whose killing was filmed and posted onto its site. “Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Robert Godwin Sr,” said Mark Zuckerberg near the start of Facebook’s annual F8 developers conference. His social network had been criticised over the amount … Read more
The boy drove about a mile to the restaurant A craving for a McDonald’s cheeseburger apparently prompted an 8-year-old Ohio boy to take his 4-year-old sister for a ride in his dad’s van, which he learned to drive on the internet. East Palestine police Officer Jacob Koehler tells WJW-TV in Cleveland the father went to … Read more
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday vowed to work to keep the world’s leading social network from being used to propagate grisly acts like the murder of an elderly man on Easter Sunday. Zuckerberg’s comment came during the opening of Facebook’s annual developers conference in the heart of Silicon Valley, where he focused on technology … Read more
Steve Stephens, the Cleveland murder suspect accused of posting video of the killing on Facebook, was found Tuesday in Erie County, Pennsylvania, state police said on Twitter. “After a brief pursuit, Stephens shot and killed himself,” Pennsylvania State Police said. The nationwide manhunt for Steve Stephens has led to a spate of dead ends, forcing … Read more
A man suspected of broadcasting a murder on Facebook was being sought Sunday by police in the US city of Cleveland, Ohio. “Suspect did broadcast the killing on Facebook Live and has claimed to have committed multiple other homicides which are yet to be verified,” police said on Twitter, as they searched for Steve Stephens. … Read more
The NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers escaped with a 109-108 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday in the opening game of the 2017 playoffs. Indiana’s C. J. Miles missed a wide-open jump shot at the buzzer after the Cavaliers, as they often did in the waning stages of the regular-season, let the game get complicated … Read more
Paul George delivered 32 points and 11 rebounds as the Indiana Pacers punched their ticket to the NBA postseason on Wednesday with a 104-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. Jeff Teague added 19 points and seven assists before twisting his left ankle and leaving the game in the fourth quarter as the Pacers grabbed the … Read more
Gerald Green scored 18 points as the Boston Celtics clinched their first Eastern Conference title in nine years with a 112-94 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on the final night of the NBA regular season. The Celtics finished with a 53-29 record as they claimed the top seed in the East for the first since … Read more
The Atlanta Hawks, with 19 points and 12 rebounds from center Dwight Howard, beat the Charlotte Hornets 103-76 to set an NBA playoff date with the Washington Wizards. The Hawks’ fourth straight victory assured them of the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference and guaranteed they’ll play the fourth-seeded Wizards in the first round when … Read more
Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue called the Cavaliers’ loss to the Hawks on Sunday “stupid.” If only he waited a couple days for perspective. Cleveland lost again to Atlanta on Sunday, blowing a 26-point fourth-quarter lead. LeBron James stewed after the game, taking issue with three specific calls down the stretch. All quotes via Joe Vardon … Read more
Russell Westbrook capped his history-making 42nd triple-double of the season with a game-winning three-pointer on Sunday as his Oklahoma City Thunder knocked the Denver Nuggets out of NBA playoff contention. Westbrook scored 50 points, pulled down 16 rebounds and handed out 10 assists to break the single-season triple-double record set by Oscar Robertson in the … Read more
Folk legend Joan Baez called for a new era of activism and slain rapper Tupac Shakur was hailed as a nuanced hero Friday as they entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Grunge icons Pearl Jam, progressive rock leaders Yes, the experimental Electric Light Orchestra and arena packers Journey also were inducted into the … Read more
Father-and-son filmmakers Carl and Rob Reiner were honored Friday for a joint 130 years in showbusiness when they sunk their hands and feet into cement on Hollywood Boulevard. The celebration, organized as part of the TCM Classic Film Festival, marked the first time in the 90-year history of the imprint ceremonies at the TCL Chinese … Read more