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These two teams squared off in the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup as Argentina advanced to the final on penalties, while Netherlands were banished to the third-place match. Only three total players across either squad were on the field that day, but the memories live on. Messi has once again shouldered the load for Argentina as they have reached the final eight of this year’s tournament. In likely his final World Cup, the PSG forward will have to push onwards past the Oranje again if he hopes to hoist the trophy before bowing out of the game....

With segments from Barkley’s recent appearance on a podcast with Taylor Rooks circulating on Twitter, Durant made time to respond to a clip in which the TNT analyst refers to him as “insecure.” “I actually like Kevin, I think he’s a great player,” Barkley said of his past exchanges with Durant. “I think he’s actually a good dude — I think he’s insecure at times. You know, he gets mad when the old guys like myself say that he’s gotta win a championship outside of the Golden State Warriors....

The Nets coach said Saturday point guard Deron Williams is no longer a franchise player, according to ESPN New York. MORE: Antetokounmpo suspended | Can Donovan keep Durant happy? | First-round photos “He’s not a franchise player anymore,” Hollins said one day after his Nets were eliminated from the NBA playoffs by the Hawks. “He’s a good player, he’s a solid player, but I don’t think he’s a franchise player anymore....

But then came the postgame interviews, where another of the Nets’ stars said something that nudged the Durant story to the side. The statement became one of the three main takeaways from the ABC prime-time matchup. Plot twist: Brooklyn has new look in backcourt Kyrie Irving casually let drop that the Nets’ offense has undergone an important change: He’s now playing off the ball and James Harden is the primary ballhandler....

For people with NMOSD, the body’s immune system begins to attack the healthy cells and tissues (specifically, the covering of the nerves called the myelin sheath) instead of only attacking foreign invaders such as viruses. This results in inflammation and injury to the nerves in the eyes (causing visual problems or blindness) and the spinal cord (causing muscle weakness, paralysis, and more). With each episode or relapse, a person has a higher risk of becoming visually impaired, blind, or disabled (this often occurs within five years of diagnosis)....

What is it about this iteration of Scream that inspired you to reprise your role? I love playing Sidney Prescott. She’s a badass, she’s wonderful and she’s an icon to a lot of people. It’s an honor to have the opportunity as a woman to play someone who isn’t a victim in this kind of genre. So coming back is always exciting. I had been hesitant obviously after Wes Craven passed away....

“In Germany, you can still keep your private life separate from your public life,” Karsten Voigt, now 56, said in a recent interview with NEWSWEEK, describing his romance with his new wife, Brigitta, 41, in more detail than he has ever revealed before. German press interest in their love story has flagged, in part because they refused to talk about it. But it’s a timely tale, showing how sex and spying were intertwined in the divided Germany....

The 2021 film from Nia DaCosta with Jordan Peele co-writing and producing follows Anthony McCoy (played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) as an artist who becomes drawn into the legend of Candyman as part of a new project. His partner Brianna (Teyonnah Paris) watches as Anthony deteriorates, seemingly into an obsession with the urban legend as more bodies start dropping around him. However, this story has more to it than obsession, and for Anthony, Candyman is much more to him than he initially realizes....

BMW will sell the latest iteration of the luxury large car in three versions: 740i, 760i xDrive, and i7 xDrive60. The first two are powered by gasoline engines and the third is an all-electric model. The differences extend further than the powertrain. The 2023 BMW 740i and 2023 BMW 760i xDrive have different fasciae as well. Its look is anchored by a vertically prominent kidney grille that takes its origins from the reinterpretation of the classic look that debuted on the 4 Series a few years ago....

One big reason? His hitters weren’t drawing enough walks. MORE: Alderson defends use of Wheeler | How big of a deal is spring failure? | Pinkerton’s preseason picks According to ESPNNewYork.com’s Adam Rubin, Alderson was quoted in “Baseball Maverick,” written by Steve Kettmann, as saying Collins’ chances of returning to the Mets were “51 percent.” Alderson was upset with a drop in walks during a sixth consecutive losing season, and the fourth during Alderson’s time in charge of the front office....

Cleveland will unveil its new uniforms Tuesday night, but from the looks of things, you don’t have to wait that long to see them. A number of leaks have been making the rounds over the last few weeks and they’re all starting to look very similar. MORE: Visual history of the Browns | Browns unveil subtle changes It looks like everyone will see plenty of that new, bolder orange next season....

Chelsea are 21/10 to beat Bayern The Blues completed a £70 million deal for the Real Madrid striker on July 21, with the Spaniard signing a five-year contract. And the west London club have revealed that Morata will take the No.9, a squad number that had been vacant over the 2016-17 campaign. The last player to have worn that particular number on their back is Radamel Falcao during what was a disappointing loan spell during the 2015-2016 season....

Arkansas State: Blake Anderson Where he’s been: Anderson spent the previous two seasons as offensive coordinator at North Carolina. He was at Southern Miss as offensive coordinator prior to UNC, working for current Tar Heels coach Larry Fedora, who brought Anderson to Chapel Hill with him. This is Anderson’s first job as head coach. Army: Jeff Monken Where he’s been: Monken was head coach at Georgia Southern for four seasons before taking the Army job....

“Now is not the time,” Didier Houssin, chair of the committee, said during a press conference. “It’s a bit too early to consider that this event is a public health emergency of international concern.” A new strain of coronavirus, temporarily named “2019-nCoV,” originated in Wuhan, China, but has since spread to at least five other countries, including the United States. This is the first time it has been found in humans....

Many residents of the Kentucky nursing home were fully vaccinated, but the evolved virus was able to circumvent their anti-body protection. An investigation by the Kentucky Department of Public Health revealed an unvaccinated, infected staff member initiated the outbreak in early March, resulting in the wave of infections. An article published on Forbes written by William A. Haseltine, a former Harvard Medical School professor, reported that the new variant—named R....

Lincoln would not have minded. Competition was normal and healthy, he thought—in wrestling matches, in commerce, in politics … until the shooting started. After taking down a turkey as a boy, he never shot another living thing. Firing upon federal properties or persons always stirred his wrath. Sourpusses say there is already too much Lincoln worship afoot in the land. They are wrong. In the midst of the Great Depression the world heard a timely question from the first of the scholar-historians to study Abraham Lincoln, James G....

Jeremey Martin and Bailey Lutz were born and raised in Collinsville, Illinois, where they have become the fifth owners of a historical house that has been home to various businesses over the years. The three-story, 4,300-square foot house has been transformed by various owners over the past century, each of whom left their own traces that are now being discovered by the couple. The first floor of the house served as a doctor’s office for around 75 years, before becoming a flower shop with the house’s third owner....

Governor Phil Murphy said there were 3,663 new cases and 86 deaths, bringing New Jersey’s case total to 41,090 and its death toll to 1,003. But he said the country’s second-hardest-hit state is beginning to move closer to best-case scenarios mapped out by Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) models. By comparison, just last week New Jersey was seeing a 24 percent daily increase in positive cases, which was the figure on March 30....

“Look: We’re still not out of the woods. We’re still near the top of some lists we don’t want to be atop of,” the governor tweeted Wednesday. “Social distancing and personal responsibility must remain our priorities.” Murphy sent the tweet attached to a graphic that showed New Jersey ranks second in the country in both the number of daily coronavirus deaths (76) and hospitalized patients (1,786), as of June 9....

New NFL Network analyst David Carr, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2002 NFL Draft by the expansion Texans, believes all four should be starting. MORE: Classic photos of Johnny Manziel | Browns’ worst first-round draft picks The Jaguars picked Blake Bortles from Central Florida third overall, while the Vikings drafted Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater 32nd and the Raiders took Carr’s younger brother, Derek, at No. 36. But before Bridgewater and Derek Carr, the Browns used the No....