Warriors writer: LeBron James, Russell Westbrook have "disdain" toward Stephen Curry

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Marcus Thompson is a columnist for the Bay Area News Group, which provides him with plenty of insight into the Golden State Warriors. He wrote a book, released Tuesday, titled"Golden: The Miraculous Rise of Steph Curry."

Curry exploded onto the scene in recent years, winning back-to-back MVP awards, including the first ever unanimous decision. He"s been mostly adored by the media, and this has upset many big players in the NBA, according to Thompson.

The columnist appeared on "The Big Lead" radio show over the weekend and explained why players such as lebron james and russell westbrook don"t like Curry.

"I think if you ask them and they"re being honest, they don"t like all the hype he gets, and they have to direct it that way. I think, out of all of them, if somebody doesn"tlikeSteph Curry, I think it"s probably Westbrook. He just shows no sign of ... this ain"t really about Steph, it"s bigger. His seems to be, "I don"t like that dude." But LeBron and them, I think they will say, "Man, I like Steph. We can have a conversation." But there"s something thatburnsthem about the fact that Steph is the one that isexalted and because of that they want to go at him and demean his hype. They want to take him down."

Thompson brought up a key moment in last year"s NBA Finals when James blocked Curry"s shot in Game 6. After blocking it, James turned back and trash-talked Curry. Thompson noted you "never see him do that against anybody else." He says part of what feeds into that is players want to "go the extra mile to disprove [Curry"s] hype."

Thompson also brought up the history Curry and James have, dating back to the guard"s college days at Davidson. He discussed how James would show up to Curry"s games and would essentionally act as a "mentor" towards the younger player.

But as the two players" NBA careers reached their prime, Thompson says they quit being buddy-buddy, and a rivalry evolved.

"He was a big fan of Curry, he would go to Curry"s games at Davidson, and even when theygot to the NBA, they had moments where LeBron was looking at him like, wow and then Steph kind of like challenged LeBrons status. The part thats odd for Steph why does that mean there has to be some beef between us? He loves LeBron, he respects LeBron, and hes like, because the outside world is pitting us together, why do you and I have to now have this disdain between us, I thought we were cool? Thats the question thats in Currys mind and Currys camp: Why do you not like me when all I did was basically respect everything you did, and kind of follow the model you carried out? So there"s an interesting dynamic there, and its not just with LeBron, Steph wants to be accepted by all these guys. This is what he worked for. For youto say, you"reone of us. Itseems like they dont want to give that to him. Not yet anyway."

Thompson goes more in depth, but explains that Curry"s sudden rise was a big factor into other players not liking him, and that the guard is genuinely upset by it. In addition to James and Westbrook, Thompson says Chris Paul is another player upset by Curry"s rise. He also says Hall-of-Famers have taken notice by his sudden stardom and can"t believe how much respect he"s earned.

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Nancy Kerrigan Opens Up About Her Miscarriages On "Dancing With The Stars" & Delivers A Powerful Message

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Since the Season 24 premiere, Nancy Kerrigan has clearly been working hard and working through whatever insecurities she has as a performer, but it was during Week 4"s Most Memorable Year"-themed night when she really showed her true and vulnerable self by revealing one of the most difficult times of her life. Nancy Kerrigan opened up about her miscarriages on Dancing With the Stars, and it gave viewers a little bit of insight into her life beyond ice skating and beyond her place on DWTS now. It also delivered a powerful message about the very real loss and the physical and mental toll that going through a miscarriage takes on women.

Its been years since the figure skater competed in the Olympics, but Nancy is still remembered for her athletic skills, and also for being attacked after a practice session back in 1994. Despite the famous attack on her knee caps, Nancy has managed to come back with a vengeance and has opened up so much on DWTS already. While she could have picked her most memorable year as the one she competed in the Olympics or recovered from her injury, she instead listed when she finally had her first child, Matthew, in 1997.

But despite having her son, it wasnt easy for Nancy to have her next two children and not only did she talk about it on DWTS, but she danced through it in fluid, smooth movements where you could actually feel her emotions. Nancy gave birth to her son Matthew in 1997, but after that, she had six miscarriages over the course of eight years. During rehearsals with pro partner Artem, she opened up about how she eventually turned to in vitro fertilization.

Just being able to talk about her miscarriages on DWTS was obviously hard for nancy to do, but the way she opened up about them and talked about becoming a mom showed the reality of what so many women go through, but may find it hard to talk about themselves. Judge Carrie Ann said that Nancy always has that incredible vulnerability, but this performance enabled Nancy to also show an incredible courage.

During a week when all of the stories the stars tell are emotional, Nancys own story on DWTS was not only brave, but an important story to tell. Her emotions came across in her performance, too, earning her a 33 out of 40 for Week 4. Nancy said on DWTS that shed always had a dream in her mind of having a certain number of children and the seemingly perfect family, but the reality of it is that it rarely goes as planned for any parents. But Nancy never gave up on seeing her family grow and now she has three beautiful children.

Nancys story helped her to work through the real pain she no doubt still feels even all these years later and brought to light some of the struggles of getting pregnant that women face each and every day. But just in doing so, it brought out an obvious strength and empowerment in the former figure skater that viewers may not have seen before.

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United Airlines Caused Outrage by Ejecting a Passenger�And Its Stock Went Up

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United Airlines made all the wrong kinds of headlines Monday after forcibly ejecting a customer from an overbooked flight. Photos and videos of the bloodied passenger being dragged off the plane by security quickly circulated via social media, and soon enough, the company had a PR disaster on its hands.

But you wouldn"t have known that from looking at the stock market on Monday afternoon. Shares of United Continental Holdings closed up nearly 1% Monday, even as Twitter users threatened to boycott the company over its treatment of a customer. The rise wasn"t part of an overall market bump: The S&P 500 was basically flat for the day.

So why did investors deem united airlines to be what turned out to be $355 million more valuable, despite the negative news?

It"s not entirely true that investors didn"t care about the incident. United stock dipped as much as 2.5% in pre-market trading Monday, likely in reaction to video and news of the incident, which broke late Sunday. But some investors swooped in to buy on that dip, sending shares up in trading after the market opened. After all, many are expecting better financial results from United , especially given overall strength in travel and the wider economy. (The company will release first quarter 2017 earnings April 18.) Shares of the company have risen some 33% over the past year.

United released its March traffic figures Monday afternoon, reporting a 3% year-over-year increase in traffic for the month. That allowed United to give a more upbeat first quarter guidance of relatively flat unit revenue. But it also had trouble filling up all its seats, with its consolidated load factor falling 0.3 points to 81.3% in March compared to a year earlier.

There"s evidence to suggest that PR snafus like this weekend"s don"t have a long-term impact on the airline"s stock. An incident nearly two weeks earlier in which United Airlines asked two teenage girls to leave a flight for wearing leggings sparked a media fire storm, but had no effect on the company"s share price.

While a boycott would be bad for the company, it"s still too early to say whether one will materialize, and whether it would be effective if it did. Starbucks, for example, has weathered several boycott threats with no clear effectmost recently over a promise to hire some 10,000 refugees within five years.

Perhaps most important: After years of mergers and consolidation, customers don"t have as many options as they used to for domestic air travel. United is one of the "Big Four" airlines that now control about 70% of the U.S. market, and for some travelers in some regions, the carrier is their best or even only option, no matter what controversies may erupt.

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The incident happened around 10 am local time at the North Park Elementary school in San Bernardino.

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Two adults were shot and killed at a California elementary school Monday in what police believe to be a murder-suicide and two students were rushed to a hospital with unknown injuries.

The incident happened around 10 a.m. local time at the North Park Elementary school in San Bernardino.

"Two adults are deceased in a classroom, believed to be a murder suicide," San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan posted on Twitter. "We believe the suspect is down and there"s no further threat."

Burguan added that two studentshave been transportedto a hospital. Their conditions are unknown.

One of the victims is believed to be a teacher and responders are on scene, Maria Garcia, communications officer at San Bernardino Unified School District, told Fox News.

The school is on lockdown along with two others: Hillside Elementary School and Cajon High School.

Garcia told the San Bernardino Sun that school officials believe the situation is contained.

All other students were safe and were being taken to Cajon High School, where parents or guardians could pick them up, she said. Students gathered on a field and a blacktop basketball court inside the fenced-in grounds of the campus near a line of school buses.

The school has about 600 students in kindergarten through sixth grades.

Marina Ramos told news station KABC-TV that she rushed to the school to try to pick up her grandson after she heard about the shooting. She said she spoke to him, and he told her he was safe but was upset.

"He was crying. He"s scared," she said. "It was a typical morning and then chaos broke out."

Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News that the San Bernardino Police Department is the lead agency responding to and investigating the shooting. The ATF"s Los Angeles division has also lent assets to San Bernardino police and the FBI has offered its assistance, the sources added.

The city of 216,000 was the site of the December 2015 terror attack that killed 14 people and wounded 22 others at a meeting of san bernardino county employees. Husband-and-wife shooters Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik were killed in a gunbattle with authorities later that day.

The city is known for its high rates of violent crime, especially homicides, and has struggled to emerge from bankruptcy.

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Bradley Cooper and Irina Shayk Welcome First Child

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Congratulations are in order! Bradley Cooper and his girlfriend, Irina Shayk, have welcomed their first child together, Us Weekly confirms.

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The Oscar nominee, 42, and the Russian supermodel, 31, quietly welcomed their bundle of joy earlier this month, a source tells Us. This is the first child for the couple, who started dating in April 2015 and went public with their relationship last year.Shayk was most recently spotted out shopping on march 30.

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Usconfirmed last November that Shayk was expecting, shortly after she debuted a tiny baby bump at the Victorias Secret Fashion Show in Paris, where she partially concealed her stomach in a beaded and fringed red top.

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The model sparked engagement rumors last December when she stepped out in Los Angeles with a stunning emerald ring on her left hand.

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"Irina is smart and mature. They have a great connection," a source previously told Us of the couple"s romance. "Bradley needs a girl who can keep up with him."

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Why Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2"s Bradley Cooper doesn"t play Rocket on set

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Strangely, Bradley Cooper"s biggest role of recent years has turned out to be the voice of the Guardians of the Galaxy series" talking raccoon Rocket.

But the Silver Linings Playbook star doesn"t get to don a bright green motion capture suit to represent the character on set.

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Director James Gunn was asked during a Facebook Live why his brother, Sean Gunn, is used as a "stand-in" for Rocket instead of Cooper.

"Sean Gunn is not a stand-in," he said (via Heroic Hollywood). "He is a motion reference actor. That means we film everything Sean does on set as Rocket. We film it.

"I don"t stop doing takes of him until we get the performance right and then we use that performance as a basis for much of Rocket"s acting.

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"And he does a fantastic job in that role. He knows it. He understands it. And also very important Sean is able to physically do something most actors aren"t able to do, which is waddle around on all fours.

"He"s always been an incredibly limber guy that can do a lot of strange physical things. And the fact that he"s able to waddle around on his legs all day long at the exact height of Rocket is quite a feat and quite difficult."

Sean Gunn doesn"t only play Rocket in the films. He will also reprise his role as the Ravagers member Kraglin in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.

Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell will also feature in the movie.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 will be released on April 28 in the UK and May 5 in the US.

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Counting down to baby! Irina Shayk and Bradley Cooper leave gym together after enjoying baby shower celebrating ...

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They are about to become parents for the first time.

And Bradley Cooper, 42, was spending some quality time with his baby mama, Irina Shayk, 31, as the two hit the gym together on Thursday.

The beautiful couple were spotted together in Bradley"s Mercedes as they returned home with Irina staying hydrated with a bottle of water in her hand.

Preparing for baby: Bradley Cooper, 42, was spending some quality time with his baby mama, Irina Shayk, 31, as the two hit the gym together on Thursday

The couple have had a busy couple of weeks as they have been preparing for the arrival of their little one.

Just recently to Silver Linings Playbook actor through his pregnant girlfriend a baby shower, along with Irina"s mother.

"She had a beautiful baby shower this month in LA," a source told E! News.

"Bradley was there to help," it was added. "He was hanging with his mother, making sure everything went smoothly."

Ready to be parents: The beautiful couple were spotted together in Bradley"s Mercedes as they returned home

Moving fast: Irina and Bradley started dating in 2015 and are said to be really enjoying this time together (pictured in March 2016)

Family affair: Irina"s mom Olga also joined the pair for the baby recent baby shower

It was added: "He is always very chill and relaxed."

Guests dined on finger foods during the casual daytime event, it was claimed, and in addition to family, there were several friends there.

The source added that the party was decorated around the theme of the gender of the baby, which the couple knows but has not released to the media.

Her baby gifts were "adorable," according to the source.

"There were many designer outfits and toys, all with an expensive price point. She was smiling ear to ear during the whole occasion," it was added.

Big help! "Bradley has been helping Irina and been going with her to doctor appointments and being by her side through this whole pregnancy," a source told e!

she and bradley started dating in 2015 and are said to be really enjoying this time together.

"Bradley has been helping Irina and been going with her to doctor appointments and being by her side through this whole pregnancy. He is as excited as she is to be a parent," said the source.

The star was born Irina Valeryevna Shaykhlislamova in Russia to a coal miner and a music teacher. When she was 14 her father died, leaving the family with little money. So instead of pursuing marketing, Irina tried her hand at beauty contests.

She was noticed by a modeling agent and soon after posed for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue which led to work with Victoria"s Secret.

Fun before baby! Irina recently enjoyed a trip to Disneyland before she gives birth

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