Miami Heat Fan Curses on Live TV | Heat vs Raptors - Game 7 Preview | May 14, 2016 | NBA Playoffs
The Miami Heat and the Toronto Raptors meet in a winner-take-all Game 7 in their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal serieson Sunday, May 15, 2016.
The winner advances to meet the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals.
Here"s what you need to know:
Who: Miami Heat at Toronto Raptors
What: Game 7, Eastern Conference semifinals
When: Sunday, May 15, 2016
Where: Air Canada Centre, Toronto
Tipoff: 3:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: ABC
Livestream:WatchESPN
Line: Raptors -4.5
History is going to happen.
Either Toronto or Miami will become the 15th NBA team to win two Game 7s in the same postseason. TheRaptorscould go to the Eastern Conference finals for the first time. The Heat have a shot at being the first team ever to erase 3-2 deficits in consecutive playoff series.
And if that wasn"t enough, LeBron James awaits the winner in the East finals.
The stage is set, the stakes are super-high. The final second-round game of this year"s playoffs is Sunday afternoon in Toronto, where theRaptorsand Heat will play Game 7 and finally decide their back-and-forth, black-and-blue series. The winner will join Golden State, Oklahoma City and Cleveland as the four teams left standing in the chase for the NBA championship.
"This is why we"re in this business, to be pushed and tested and challenged," Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said Saturday. "There"s no greater challenge than a Game 7."
The Heat fended off elimination Friday, going with a super-small lineup and beating theRaptors103-91 in Miami to force a winner-take-all game. Miami won a Game 7 in the first round, topping Charlotte at home. Toronto also successfully defended home-court in a first-round Game 7, and this series has gone just as that one against Indiana did Raptorslose at home, win at home, win on the road, lose on the road, win at home, lose on the road.
They hope history repeats itself one more time Sunday.
"Game 7 in the first round was a little more tight,"Raptorsguard Kyle Lowry said. "This one Sunday will be "Just go out there and hoop.""
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
It was a very handsome red carpet at the premiere of The Nice Guys at TCL Chinese Theatre yesterday (May 10, 2016) in Hollywood, California.
Ryan Gosling, Matt Bomer (with his husband Simon Halls) and Russell Crowe all posed for the photographers on the red carpet.
Ryan wore a blue suit and light blue tie with a red flowerwhile Russell kept his sunglasses on walking the carpet. While Matt went for a black suit and blue tie.
The movie is set In 1977 Los Angeles, and centers around a down-on-his-luck private eye (Ryan Gosling) works with a hired enforcer (Russell Crowe) to investigate the disappearance of a girl and the death of a p**n star. In the process, he uncovers a dangerous conspiracy, and that is where Bomers character comes in.
Who do you think was the best dressed on the red carpet. Let us know in the comments below.
Im sorry, but I cant bring myself to hate this song. Go Flex broke my spell of Post Malone dismissal, and I dont know if going back is an option. Until now, Posts career has been anchored by his two wildly successful songs, White Iverson and Too Young, which are essentially the same. He sings in an echoing ballad voice over sleepy, dreamlike FKi beats. The stunt-rap content of his lyrics always made the dramatism of his voice seem funny, if not gimmicky. Like he was almost in tears with hollow longing, but he was talking about swagging upon you.
Go Flex brings that same content to a new sonic palette, a campfire-like acoustic guitar. Its a series of simple, on-beat chords reminiscent of that kid at your high school who always brought out his guitar when nobody asked him. But fused cleverly with FKis drums, it becomes this irresistible, stadium-worthy anthem. You can already see Post cutting out the music to hear thousands of fans scream back the words, Gold on my teeth and on my neck.
People clowned Post when a video surfaced of him playing a cover to Bob Dylans Dont Think Twice, Its Alright, but really it just showed that he had a musical background, the fingerpicking on that song requires legitimate technical skill. Theres nothing shameful about growing up on folk. Finally, it seems, Post has prepared the world to accept his marriage of folk with 2016 drums. And again, theatrical vocals make for a sort of comical compositionlike, his desire to flex matches the emotional response of a loved one dying.
Post, of course, is not the first to experiment with this kind of sound. Bubba Sparxxx did a prototypical version with Deliverance in 2003. In that case, it fused the folk guitar with Timbalands characteristic, energetic drums, but the sound of it matched the introspective content; he was a weary traveler, not a flexer. David Banners Cadillac on 22s, also from 2003, combined a fingerpicked guitar with his own Southern-informed drums. In that case, though, he was using the idea of flexing in contrast, bemoaning the state of his home, Mississippi, and venting about his rocky relationship with G*d.
Meanwhile, Post Malone told Fader Go Flex is really just about stuntin, showing you got the sauce. In my case, it worked. Im now a convert, and no other song succeeds in making me feel closer to the sensation of flexing than this. Perhaps this is an underrated musical quality. It doesn"t always have to be that deep.
Get your first look at the season 6 finale, from Gabriel to Steve and Danny.
Get your first look at the season 6 finale, from Gabriel to Steve and Danny. (Photo : Norman Shapiro/CBS)
Hawaii Five-0"s double-header finale is still weeks away, but fans can dive into the chaos with a series of advanced clips.
Coming straight from showrunner Peter Lenkov himself, the following teasers give Five-0fans a look at what exactly Kono (Grace Park), McGarrett (Alex O"Loughlin), Danny (Scott Caan), Chin (Daniel Dae Kim), and Grover (Chi McBride) will be up against in "Pa"a Ka "Ipuka I Ka "Upena Nananana (The Entrance Is Stopped With A Spider"s Web)" and "O Ke Ali"i Wale No Ka"u Makemake (My Desire Is Only For The Chief)."
The first hour will dive into the Gabriel storyline. In an interesting turn of events, Five-0 will find themselves protectingthe very man that"s made their last year a nightmare. When Gabriel"s enemies attack him in Chinatown, McGarrett"s team will have to get themselves - and the island"s most notorious criminal - out alive. Unfortunately for the city of Honolulu, this will mean commandeering another bus...
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In the second hour, Danny and McGarrett will go undercover with drug runners to solve Oahu"s burgeoning meth problem. The mission will ultimately go sideways, and, unfortunately for Steve, an injury will cause Danno to break their cover in order to save him. Check out their new gig in the clip below:
While the pair seem in the clear in the sneak peek, Danny"s daughter will soon have a reason to frown.
Find out more when the season 6 finale airs May 13 at 9 p.m. ET. In the meantime, Hawaii Five-0will take on a dangerous vigilante this Friday in "I"ike Ke Ao (For the World to Know)". Check out the promo below!
Shields and Gerson on the Obama transgender decree, Trump’s campaign
TEL AVIV, Israel The young Israeli lieutenant harbored a huge secret for years she was he.
The moment of truth came when a group of cadets asked why the officer they knew as a female was wearing a man"s uniform.
"I [came] to a conclusion that I cannot be an officer and a commander when I"m hiding this major secret," the 22-year-old told NBC News. "If I expect my soldiers to be honest with me I have to do the same with them. I told them I see myself as a man for all my entire life."
As Israel"s first transgender military officer, the lieutenant requested that NBC News identify him as "Shachar," which means Dawn in Hebrew. Shachar said he did not want to garner undue attention while serving.
"Shachar" pictured as a child after asking his parents to shave his head. Dave Copeland / NBC News
Shachar, who was born in a kibbutz in southern Israel, knew from a young age that he did not want to be a girl.
According to his parents, at the age of two he asked to have his hair shaved off. When he was four, he told them he no longer wanted to wear dresses.
From that moment on he looked like a boy, but did not know how to explain his feelings. It wasn"t until Shachar was 16 that he learned the term "transgender" and the missing piece of the puzzle fell into place.
"In a period of three months I told my parents and closest friends and it was a great moment of feeling free," he told NBC News in an interview at Tel Aviv"s Kirya military base.
While Shachar knew from childhood that he identified as a boy, he also knew that his future was in the military, where his mother and father both had been officers.
Israel"s armed forces are among the most accepting when it comes to issues of gender identity, according to Oded Frid, the former CEO of the Israeli National LGBT Task Force rights group.
The army cancelled its equivalent of the U.S. "don"t ask, don"t tell" policy and began drafting openly gay recruits in the late 1990s, Frid said. In America, the policy wasn"t suspended until 2011.
"Compared to other armies in the world Israel"s army is more advanced in its approach and official policy towards the LGBT community but ... in a lot of other areas in the country we are not advanced," Frid said. "Nowhere in the Israeli law is there any recognition for LGBTs in any way and in many areas even discriminates [against] them."
The first openly transgender person enlisted in the Israeli army in 2000. Today there are dozens, according to Lt. Col. Limor Shabtai, the military"s gender adviser.
Shachar knew from childhood that he did not want to be a girl. Dave Copeland / NBC News
According to Israeli law, a citizen can initiate the gender-reassignment process at the age of 18, which coincides with the mandatory draft age.
"The army"s policy is that being transgender is not an obstacle for being enlisted," Shabtai said. "I make sure to talk to every commander where a transgender serves and give them guidelines on how to deal with this situation."
Joining the army was an obvious choice for Shachar, but handling the concept of being a woman was not. However he joined the military, and was drafted as a female.
"My biggest and hardest moment going into the army was standing on line to receive my uniform," he said. "I was listed as female so they gave me the women"s uniform. I took the biggest size you can get so it would not look feminine in any way."
To solve the issue of what to wear, Shachar"s commanding officer allowed him to wear a unisex uniform. They also let him shower at different times in the women"s barracks.
Shabtai says she regularly receives questions from young recruits about coming out.
Shachar, who has started receiving medical treatment, said his colleagues have been supportive.
"My closest commanders wanted to help me however they could and this is very special," he said. "It made me feel that they really wanted me to succeed here in the army and this is what I want young soldiers now to feel."
Update: Bush wascalled up from the minors by the Rangers on Friday.
FRISCO If Matt Bush wants a happy ending to a story fairly desperate for one, he must pass a couple of tests first.
Develop a third pitch.
Stay sober.
And not necessarily in that order.
If its still not enough for you after Bush served nearly three years in prison for a third DUI, the latest resulting in serious injury to a 72-year-old motorcyclist, well, I get it. Even baseball people harbor mixed views, and theyre usually a forgiving bunch when the talent merits it. There are no easy answers here. But theres no question about what happened on a stormy Tuesday night at Dr Pepper Ballpark, either.
As Joe Mikulik, the RoughRiders manager, put it, Its a great story.
An unbelievable one, actually.
Not since Jim Morris came back at 35 have we seen anything like it, and the last time they made it into a movie. Should Bush make it back, his story would be a little more complicated.
Former No. 1 pick flops as a shortstop, converts to pitcher, goes to prison and comes out in October throwing better than when he went in.
All thats keeping him out of the Rangers bullpen right now is a respectable amount of time given his recent status and a slider to complement his 98-mph fastball and hard curve. Bush hadnt thrown anything but fastballs and curves all season, and the results were still good. Hed pretty much never thrown a slider in a game until last week.
Monday, he throws 15 pitches in an inning of relief against Midland, 10 for strikes. Gives up a bloop single to center between an easy ground ball and a couple of strikeouts. Only threw four fastballs, which topped out at 97.
Get this: A couple of the sliders checked in at 92.
Just so you know, the Mets Noah Syndergaard averages 92 mph with his slider, and hes generally considered to have the best stuff in the bigs.
Its a pitch they have to look for, Bush said of the slider after the game.
Gonna be a hard pitch to hit.
Before you get the wrong idea about Bush, the statement didnt come with any bravado. Hes more understated than a blank wall. Polite, soft-spoken and as surprised as everyone else at the level of his comeback and how good his powerful right arm feels.
As Jon Daniels told our Ballzy podcast this week, Bush still has some issues to work out as a pitcher. For one thing, he doesnt have a lot of experience with it. When he gets ahead 0-2 or 1-2, he tries to put away a hitter by throwing a curve for a strike. He needs to bury the pitch instead and make hitters chase.
On the other hand, if he can master the slider, it gives him the option of a pitch that looks like his fastball but doesnt have to be thrown for a strike. Everyone in the Rangers system believes it can be his out pitch.
When he does throw a good one, Mikulik said, its really, really nasty.
And to think he just started using it last week.
It feels like Im throwing a fastball, Bush said. Little different grip, little different release.
The ball is moving so late and still hard, I can tell its a pitch thats only going to benefit me.
The RockHounds no doubt would testify as much. With two outs in the fifth, Matt Chapman, Oaklands sixth-ranked prospect, fouled off a fastball, then took a slider for a ball.
The next three pitches went 97-mph fastball, 90-mph slider, 96-mph fastball on the hands, with Chapman waving meekly as it roared past.
Considering the state of the Rangers bullpen so far, with the leagues worst ERA and Keone Kela on the shelf and the rest on fumes, now would seem a perfect time to bring up a 30-year-old reliever with the kind of stuff Jeff Banister called as good as any he saw all spring.
Like weve established, though, its complicated. Even the baseball stuff. Guy doesnt pitch for four years, and his feel for his pitches remains spectacular. If anything, his command has been toogood.
Everythings around the strike zone, which has allowed some minor leaguers to cheat on the fastball. Moving hitters off the plate would help immensely.
Then it becomes only a matter of time before Bush takes the next step in his comeback.
Last week in Detroit, Banister called it was probably best to give Bush time to experience baseball and life. He also said Bush needs to prepare himself for the attention sure to come should he make it back. To that end, the Rangers have less information at their disposal. Theyve kept him in a cocoon in Frisco. No questions from the media about his past or personal life. Only baseball.
But they have a little experience in this realm, too. Maybe you remember Josh Hamilton.
Take baseball out of it, Daniels said of Bush. Hes an alcoholic. Theres going to be that element to his life regardless of his occupation. Hes continuing the process day to day. We have a support network here and he has one.
Knock on wood, everythings been very good.
Of course, as Hamiltons case reminds us, we know how it can go. Whatever your feelings about Hamilton, he proved worth the risk. Whether Bush fares as well remains to be seen.
Asked for a timetable on Bushs call-up, Daniels declined. Could be any time. The stuff is already major league-caliber, he said. In some ways, its out of the Rangers hands.
Bushie"sthe one wholl let us know when hes ready, said Brian Shouse, the RoughRiders pitching coach. When he goes out there and has 12-pitch innings and is pretty dominant with everything, thats how you can tell when a guys ready to take the next step.
So the question is: Does Bush think hes ready?
Im having a lot of fun here, he said. When that day comes, I have no idea.
Its just really going to be an extremely special moment for me.
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A view of downtown Cincinnati as seen from the banks of the Ohio River in Covington, Ky.(Photo: The Enquirer/Sam Greene)Buy Photo
It"s a true hashtag bonanza for Greater Cincinnati today: #TGIF, #Fridaythe13th and our very own #513Day.
It"s our area code and that makes May 13 our day. There"s probably a mayoral proclamation out there somewhere making it official too (isn"t there @CityofCincy?)
Is there a Snapchat filter?Well, there IS a Facebook group:513Day-CelebrateCincinnatiDay
And, yes, you can celebrate even if you live and work in the 859; 812, you get your own day.
Other things of note today:
It"s Friday the 13th AKA paraskevidekatriaphobia day. Ever wonder what"s behind the fear of the day?
