“I wish I could take it back. My kids tease me about it,” Iverson said after being selected for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (via CSN Philly). “It makes me so mad. I’m a Hall of Famer and I can go outside today and go to a restaurant or wherever and somebody will come up to me and say, ‘PRACTICE? We talkin’ bout practice?!’ Man, I am a Hall of Famer and that’s all you can think about?...
The debate will begin at 6 p.m. local time on August 4 and is expected to last 90 minutes, according to a press release distributed by The Richard Nixon Foundation, which is organizing the debate. The foundation’s president, Hugh Hewitt, will serve as the debate moderator. Former National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien will be a panelist, as will KTTV anchors Christine Devine and Elex Michaelson. Voters will be able to watch the televised event, which debate organizers said will be broadcast by KTTV....
The news came as part of the campaign’s announcement that it reached the 2 million signature mark, far surpassing the number it must collect ahead of its March 17 deadline. Orrin Heatlie, the lead proponent of Recall Gavin Newsom, celebrated the petition breaking the 2 million signature threshold in a Wednesday news release. “The People of California are speaking loud and clear,” Heatlie said. “We have cleared another milestone. Politics as usual in California are over as we know it to be....
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JON MEACHAM: Rick, since you’re the home team, we’ll start with Sam. Sam, is there a God in the sense that most Americans think of him? SAM HARRIS: There’s no evidence for such a God, and it’s instructive to notice that we’re all atheists with respect to Zeus and the thousands of other dead gods whom now nobody worships. Rick, what is the evidence of the existence of the God of Abraham?...
Fifty-eight percent of those polled say America’s relationship with Israel is a big reason terrorists attacked the United States on Sept. 11. Forty-seven percent say the terrorists acted because of their opposition to he Gulf War and U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf. And 62 percent say general resentment of U.S. military and economic power drove the terrorists to attack. Asked whether the Unites States should consider changing its policies in the Middle East to try to reduce anti-American sentiment, 46 percent say change should be considered....
Remember this, the next time you see or hear one of us so-called experts on television or radio confidently predicting a future we don’t understand. With the backdrop of the emerging coronavirus threat, the wild swings in the stock market, the signing of an Afghanistan peace plan, the Chuck Schumer attack on Supreme Court justices, here is what happened in seven short days. Vice President Joe Biden went from being almost out of the race to being the front runner and probable nominee....
Biden wrote: “Did you see the video of our friends and allies in London this week? World leaders were LAUGHING at the President of the United States, after he once again embarrassed himself and tarnished the reputation of the United States at a summit.” The Democrats desperate desire to be loved by foreigners runs through the entire email. In effect, Biden is promising to have policies which would lead President Macron of France to like him....
Now he’s on the verge of closing every intellectual loophole. One of the first things the pope is expected to do upon his return to Rome is apply his editor’s pencil to a new encyclical on moral principles. A working version of “Veritatis Splendor” (“The Splendor of Truth”) has been circulating for weeks among bishops and theologians. Those who have seen the 130-page document say it could provoke a greater controversy than “Humanae Vitae” did a quarter century ago....
The Paris Saint-Germain forward has resumed training as he continues his return from foot surgery, having sustained a broken metatarsal in February. It was expected Neymar would be back for Brazil’s friendly against Croatia on June 3, but the 26-year-old is not quite at full fitness just yet. “I’m still not at 100 per cent,” Neymar told reporters on Sunday. “This will come with time, although there is still an element of discomfort when I make certain moves....
Goal understands the Brazil international’s legal team made the request to European football’s governing body as part of the ongoing row with his old club. Neymar 14/1 to be CL top scorer It is understood UEFA is yet to respond to the letter from Neymar’s camp. The 25-year-old left Barca for Paris Saint-Germain in August for a world-record fee of €222 million, less than a year after signing a new five-year contract at Camp Nou....
The cost of buying the Brazilian out of his contract has been automatically raised as part of his current deal at Camp Nou. When putting pen to paper in October 2016, Barca inserted a €200m buy-out clause in Neymar’s terms. Bellerin shrugs off Barca talk It was stipulated that regular rises would be made to help keep the forward in Catalonia. One of those has now kicked in, with Barca understandably reluctant to part with a prized asset....
The 25-year-old made a world-record €222 million move from Barcelona to PSG last week but was unable to play because final details of his registration had not been completed. Those issues were ironed out on Friday and PSG confirmed he would be allowed to play at Stade du Roudourou this weekend. Neymar evens to win the Ballon d’Or by 2020 “The FFF and the LFP have finalised the procedures allowing the qualification of the Brazil international,” PSG said in a statement....
Unai Emery’s men were beaten 2-1 by Strasbourg, but there was some positive news for the capital side as their lead was not significantly cut as second-placed Marseille were held by Montpellier. Neymar, who is suspended from next week’s home fixture against Lille, had surprisingly little impact at Stade de la Meinau. But while he endured a quiet time on the field, he showed that it is not just at football that he possesses impressive finishing instincts....
The world’s most expensive player suffered the injury in action for PSG on February 25 when they beat Marseille 3-0, the former Barcelona forward given a recovery timeline of three months after then undergoing surgery. PSG coach Unai Emery had suggested that Neymar will be able to return before the end of the season, though the 26-year-old says he is scheduled for a final examination on May 17, meaning he is unlikely to return to training before that date....
According to the statement issued by Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, voting twice in the election is a class 1 felony, “with intent to commit a fraud to register or vote at more than one precinct or more than one time…in the same primary or election.” “There are numerous checks in place in North Carolina that prevents people from double voting,” Bell wrote in the statement....
Rocker had been scheduled to sign autographs and throw out the first pitch before the Mudcats’ game Thursday in Zebulon, N.C., against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. MORE: Most infamous moment for every MLB team | Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West sues Little League The Mudcats did not give a reason for the cancellation, but it comes amid ongoing controversy over the Confederate flag and two days after South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced her intention to remove the flag from the State House grounds....
Line: Villanova -9.5, Total: 139 (current NCAA Tournament spreads and totals) N.C. State Record: 21-13 ATS 16-14-1 OVER/UNDER 13-12 Overview: N.C. State had a number of impressive performances down the stretch of the regular season, besting Louisville and North Carolina on the road and hanging with a tough Virginia team. The Wolfpack covered the spread in seven of their last 10 games, but they have lost ATS in their last two — in a 24-point loss to Duke as 8....
The centre-back hurt his right ankle following a seemingly innocuous challenge with Las Palmas defender Alejandro Galvez in the 3-0 win in the Canary Islands. Nacho was withdrawn for Achraf Hakimi just before the half-hour mark, visibly worried about the extent of the problem as he was seen crying. But any long-term concerns have been assuaged after he was passed fit to take a place in Madrid’s squad for the trip to Turin in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals....
“Early this morning, an assailant broke into the Pelosi residence in San Francisco and violently assaulted Mr. Pelosi. The assailant is in custody and the motivation for the attack is under investigation,” Nancy Pelosi’s spokesman, Drew Hammill, said in a statement. According to the statement, Paul Pelosi was taken to a nearby hospital, “where he is receiving excellent medical care and is expected to make a full recovery.” Speaker Pelosi was not at the home when the attack occurred, the statement said....
