BEIJING. The British media is riddled with "barbarians" who would benefit from a lesson in manners from China's ancient civilisation, a state-run newspaper said Thursday after Queen Elizabeth II called some Chinese officials "very rude" ... The remarks made headlines worldwide on Wednesday but initially they were largely censored in China, blacked out of BBC World transmissions, according to the British broadcaster ... "Extraordinary!" ... ....
A Canadian “funeral home’s” use of a dark public service announcement and billboard encouraging drivers to text and drive is causing outrage as well as driving home the message on the dangers of such actions, CNN reported Thursday."It is a horrible thing for a funeral home to do ...It’s not clear who is running the website since no creator is listed ... Next to the piece is a sign saying “DN’T TXT & DRIVE,” CNN reported ... ....
Brazil's Senate has voted 55-22 to impeach the South American giant's first woman president ... The result represents a victory for the pro-impeachment camp ... ....
Thunder live stream online and televised Game 6 of their 2016 NBAPlayoffs series could produce the other half of the Western Conference Finals matchup ... Can the Spurs find a way to win after getting outworked in the final part of the previous game? This 2016 NBA live streaming and TV coverage of the playoffs will be available on the ESPN networks ... Thursday night's coverage of 2016 NBAPlayoffs Game 6 featuring the Spurs vs ... ET. ....
Miami • Coaching changes are constant in the NBA, except in San Antonio. Since Gregg Popovich became coach of the Spurs on Dec. 10, 1996, there have been 233 coaching changes throughout the rest of the league. The most recent of those came Thursday when Scott Skiles resigned in Orlando. After Popovich, the second-longest tenured coach in the NBA is Miami’s Erik Spoelstra... Take away Popovich’s two-decade-and-counting r... ....
Kentucky All-American Tyler Ulis is not the shortest player at the NBA Combine. He was measured as 5-foot-10 (with shoes) and 5-8 ¾ (without shoes) ... Ulis won the award ... Murray and Ingram also declined to be measured in what the NBA calls “anthropometic stats,” which involve the size and proportion of the human body....
Instead, he was left to address another early playoff exit that has become an unwelcome rite of spring ... The Capitals made the playoffs for the eighth time in nine seasons and again failed to get past the second round ... There’s moments in playoff series where you need to rise up, and we didn’t get it done.” ... This string of playoff disappointments ......
Cleveland • LeBron James will soon face a triple-team he can’t beat. The NBA superstar, who is making another run toward a title with the Cleveland Cavaliers, said Thursday that he will extend his playing career only as long as his three children will let him. “It’s kind of up to my kids, really,” said the 31-year-old father, who is in his 13th season as a pro ... So, it’s kind of up to them. They’ll let me kno... ....
High school football in Florida, at least when it comes to the postseason, may be changing soon ... Each district champion and second place team move on to the regional playoffs ... At the end of the 11-week season – teams would schedule a maximum of 10 games with one week off – the points would be calculated and the playoff teams and regional seedings announced, the FHSAA hopes, in a made-for-TV special broadcast statewide ... ....
St. Louis • The St. Louis Blues said goodbye to fan favorite T.J. Oshie last summer and hello to a proven postseason commodity in Troy Brouwer, who has the remarkable distinction of playing in eight consecutive playoff series that ended in Game 7s ... Brouwer got the deciding goal in the deciding game aga... ....
Most of all, it is used to pretend that we are not unlike other towns where sports really matter - which clearly, we are ... "Which is fairly accurate. But we have some crazy passionate fans back in Fargo. ... As they are in Boston, New York and even Anaheim, where they fired the hockey coach, Bruce Boudreau, after the team he guided to four straight division titles again exited early from the Stanley Cupplayoffs ... ....
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — A North Carolina law that critics say can allow discrimination against members of the LGBT community could impact whether the state hosts Atlantic Coast Conference championship events. In a statement Thursday, the ACC says member schools discussed the law during annual spring meetings ...The ACC has deep roots in North Carolina ... The NBA could move the 2017 All-Star game out of Charlotte ... Last week, the U.S ... ....
He added 11 assists after returning to the starting lineup for the first time all series because of a knee injury.Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry celebrates after scoring against the Portland Trail Blazers during the first half in Game 5 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series Wednesday, May 11, 2016, in Oakland, Calif....
1 seed from the Eastern Conference have been in rest-and-recover mode for several days, the Golden State Warriors just put the Portland Trailblazers away on Wednesday night, securing their spot in Round 3 of the 2016 NBAPlayoffs... Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors finished off their series with the Portland Trailblazers on Wednesday evening, winning the series 4-1, continuing their campaign in the 2016 NBAPlayoffs....
But when Curry came back from a knee injury in Game Four, the 28-year-old reigning MVP put on one of the most stunning performances in NBAPlayoff history, particularly for a player in his first game back from an injury, putting up 40 points — including an NBA record 17 points in the first and only overtime period ... To watch the NBAPlayoffsPortland Trail Blazers Vs....