The Cleveland Cavaliers are planning to waive Larry Sanders and sign center Edy Tavares from NBA Development League, league sources told The Vertical.
Sanders had no issues in his stay with the Cavaliers and the sides mutually worked out his release as the team had no plans to place him in the playing rotation, league sources told The Vertical.
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NYM@KC: Royals honored with 2015 World Series rings
CHICAGO (WLS) --
"Grandpa" David Ross is a serious contender for the Mirror Ball Trophy on "Dancing with the Stars," but on Wednesday night he picked up the biggest bling of all: his World Series championship ring.
The Chicago Cubs championship team was reunited one more time for a team photo with those rings which were made by the jewelry company Jostens.
Each ring included 108 diamonds and the design was closely guarded until the ceremony. Each diamond represents a year since the Cubs last won a World Series in 1908.
Chris Poitras, Jostens Division Vice President, College and Sports, stopped by ABC 7 to share more about the ring and brought a replica.
The Cubs players got their World Series championship rings Wednesday night during a ceremony at Wrigley Field before their game against the LA Dodgers.
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Replica rings were abound Wednesday afternoon on the streets of Wrigleyville, but the ring maker said Cubs fans can get their own for a mere $10,000.
Coaches, owners, executives and Hall of Fame alumni were presented their 2016 World Series Championship rings as well.
During the ceremony, announcer Len Kasper told the cheering crowd: "Tonight you"ll witness the first championship ring ever presented to Chicago Cubs players."
The Cubs selected 20 fans in a contest to present the rings. Among them was Amy Liss, 34, of Downers Grove, a lifelong Cubs fan who has cerebral palsy.
Another ring bearer was Grace Davis, a 20-year-old who was born with spina bifida, which is a condition that Cubs player Javier Baez"s late sister also had.
"It was amazing. It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I will never forget it," Davis said.
On Monday, Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts said the design was a collaborative effort. The ring maker said it went through 300 different drawings before creating the final design.
"We basically, with the rings, you kind of like try to think of some guidelines and then we turned it over to a committee of players. And they put in a lot of the symbols that they think is important. So it"ll be interesting, when it comes out, to show people all the things that the players thought were important to put in the ring," Ricketts said.
One side features the player"s name set atop the iconic W Flag, which is created from 31 round white diamonds and a fire blue corundum understone that forms the "W." Silhouette images of Wrigley Field"s bricks and ivy surround the flag and the player"s number, which sits below the flag.
The other side features the year 2016 above the iconic Wrigley Field faade and Marquee, displaying the message "CUBS WIN!" A silhouette of the World Series Trophy sits below the Marquee with a large round white diamond set in the center, signifying the 2016 World Series victory. Two princess-cut diamonds flank the trophy, representing the team"s two previous World Series titles. Wrigley Field"s bricks complete the background.The rings were taken from a bank vault to Wrigley Field in an armored car, locked cases and protected by armed guards.
"It"s important to wear it and show it off. It was a long time to get that, so. And we should all be very proud of it. I"m a big believer that if you accomplish something like that show it off. I mean, we did it. And I"m sure that right when we get it all of us will be wearing it all the time, but as time goes on hopefully we have more on our fingers," said Kris Bryant.
Josh Brolin at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) - Opening Gala and "Hail, Caesar!" premiere on Feb. 11, 2016. (Thomas Bartilla/Future Image/WENN.com)
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Apparently not content with playing the big bad of the Avengers movie franchise, actor Josh Brolin has signed on for a role in a second film series based on Marvel Comics characters.
Brolin will play time-traveling, massive gun-toting mutant Cable in Deadpool 2. The characters arrival was teased by Ryan Reynolds Deadpool in a post-credit scene in the first film.
"We have no idea who we"re gonna cast yet, but it could be anyone," Deadpool says in the brief scene. Michael Shannon had been rumored to be up for the gig.
The R-rated Deadpool, featuring Reynolds as an irreverent mutant mercenary with a powerful healing factor, grossed $783 million worldwide and somehow garnered two Golden Globe nominations. The sequel, directed by David Leitch, is planned for release in 2018.
Brolins cosmic supervillain Thanos has briefly been glimpsed in the Avengers films and Guardians of the Galaxy, but he is expected to be the main antagonist in 2018s Avengers: Infinity War.
Reynolds nodded to the potential continuity headaches in a tweet Wednesday: "You can"t play 2 characters in the same universe!! Josh Brolin was in Sicario and I was in Sabrina The Teenage Witch."
The Marvel Cinematic Universe inhabited by the Avengers is separate from the X-Men universe because the rights to the characters are owned by different studios.
brolin is not the first actor to take on multiple Marvel roles. Michael B. Jordan, who played the Human Torch in 2015s Fantastic Four, will also be appearing in Ryan Cooglers Black Panther in 2018. And long before playing Deadpool, Reynolds was featured as Hannibal King in "Blade: Trinity."
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Survivor Greece: Ολόκληρο το συμβούλιο και η αποχώρηση του Χανταμπάκη 11/4/2017
No matter how heartfelt the outrage was, the controversy itself was premeditated. The Survivor episode was filmed months ago and the producers and CBS had a choice to make about whether to air the footage outing Mr. Smith on national television.
Once the decision to do so was made, Mr. Smith and his defenders prepared responses in the time before the broadcast of the episode. Several opinion columns on the matter were even written in advance, in effect highlighting the outing and stoking the reactions. And some critics have subsequently placed the blame with CBS, for airing it.
Mr. Smith himself wrote a column for The Hollywood Reporter published on Wednesday night, timed to the broadcast of the episode, and he also spoke to People about the episode.
When I got on a plane to Fiji last March, I expected to get voted out third, Mr. Smith, who is an asset manager in Brooklyn, wrote in The Hollywood Reporter. Id return home, laugh at my misadventure, and go about my life, casually trans in the same way that Zac Efron is casually Jewish.
He continued: In calling me deceptive, Varner invoked one of the most odious stereotypes of transgender people, a stereotype that is often used as an excuse for violence and even murder. In proclaiming Zeke is not the guy you think he is, and that there is deception on levels yall dont understand, Varner is saying that Im not really a man and that simply living as my authentic self is a nefarious trick. In reality, by being Zeke the dude, I am being my most honest self.
Reaction poured in.
Zeke Smith, and transgender people like him, are not deceiving anyone by being their authentic selves, and it is dangerous and unacceptable to out a transgender person, Nick Adams, an official with Glaad, the group formerly known as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said in a statement. It is heartening, however, to see the strong support for Zeke from the other people in his tribe. Moments like this prove that when people from all walks of life get to know a transgender person, they accept us for who we are.
Glaad said it had worked with Mr. Smith and CBS; the episode was not broadcast live.
Viewers were unforgiving.
The worst, cruelest moment ever on Survivor, one wrote on Twitter.
Stunned, another fumed. Cant believe anyone would take it to that level.
Mr. Varner, a real estate agent from High Point, N.C., published an apology to his Facebook and Twitter accounts shortly after the episode aired.
Yep. I did that, he wrote. And I offer my deepest, most heartfelt apologies to Zeke Smith, his friends and life allies, his family, and to all those who my mistake hurt and offended. I recklessly revealed something I mistakenly believed everyone already knew. I was wrong and make no excuses for it. I own responsibility in what is the worst decision of my life.
He added, Let me be clear, outing someone is assault.
Mr. Probst, who has hosted the American version of the show since its inception in 2000, told Entertainment Weekly that this was a unique event. In 34 seasons of Survivor, I have rarely, if ever, personally commented on what is said or done in the game, he said. I cannot imagine anyone thinking what was done to Zeke was O.K. on any level, under any circumstances, and certainly not simply because there was a million dollars on the line.
Some on social media pointed out that CBS could have chosen not to air the segment. No Probst, you told millions of people. #survivor, the recent contestant Max Dawson wrote on Twitter. Another former contestant, Eliza Orlins said on Twitter that including the outing moment was unavoidable. No way to edit around it. Yikes.
(Two spokeswomen for the show did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.)
Wild show off speed with three goals in less than two minutes
Standing on the rooftop of Treasure Island Center the former Macys Department Store in downtown St. Paul Minnesota wild owner craig leipold proclaimed the teams future 1,200-seat practice rink a draw for professional free agents, youth teams, college hockey players and the general public alike.
We hope to be playing hockey into June, said Leipold, addressing a sizable audience gathered Tuesday for the rink groundbreaking six floors above Cedar and Wabasha streets.
When the Tria Rink opens in November, the Wild who piece together practice time in metro rinks as far flung as Edina will finally be able to consolidate ice time in one location. Theyll practice a couple of hours each morning, allowing schools, amateur leagues and hockey clinics to rent slots through the day.
The Tria Rink, named after an orthopedic division of HealthPartners that also employs the team physician, will be open year-round, up to 15 hours a day, as a result of a joint venture between the St. Paul Port Authority and the Minneapolis-based Hempel Cos.
Randy McKay, a principal with the Hempel Cos., said Hamline University mens and womens hockey teams hope to use the rink for home games and practices, though an agreement isnt finalized.
He said other uses for the massive, blocklong department store building will begin opening shop by September. Six leases have been signed, with additional tenants in the wings. Among them, Stacked Deck Brewing formerly Looney Bin Brewing will occupy four large glass bay garage doors along Cedar Street.
Theyre going to be making Cedar Street interesting again, McKay said.
The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency will situate more than 200 employees in 61,000 square feet of office space directly beneath the rooftop ice rink. Elsewhere in the building, aTria Orthopaedic medical clinic and the St. Paul Police Department will have a presence, as well.
Capital Real Estate bought space on the ground floor and skyway for a two-level Walgreens store off Wabasha Street. Next to it on ground level, a Tim Hortons doughnuts and coffee shop will soon lure passersby.
Major changes to the buildings concrete exterior are readily visible along Wabasha Street. Jamie Spencer, a vice president with the Wild who helped shepherd the practice facility into reality, said large panels of illuminated glass will soon rise above the roof line, almost like a lantern for the city at night.
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman said Rice Park and Mears Park have long anchored downtown, but the spaces between them suffered from disinvestment. Coleman pointed to Metro Transits Green Line light rail, the newly-opened Palace Theatre and now Treasure Island Center as fresh opportunities to connect the dots.
This was not an easy project to do, said Coleman, who recalled failed efforts to attract developers after Macys vacated the space in 2013.
When the state of Minnesota suggested the vacant department store could house a sizable outpatient treatment facility for s*x offenders, Coleman recalled making a quick phone call to the St. Paul Port Authority with other ideas in mind.
Rather than situate s*x offender treatment next to the Minnesota Childrens Museum, maybe the Port Authority could step in and buy the building from Macys instead?
Louis is rarely speechless, said Coleman on Tuesday, recalling the discussion with former Port Authority CEO Louis Jambois.
On Tuesday, hockey fans, business leaders and members of the development community got their first glimpse of the result, still under construction.
Coleman, Leipold and McKay were joined by Port Authority president Lee Krueger and Jessie Stomski Seim, general counsel for the Prairie Island Indian Community, which recently bought the naming rights for Treasure Island Center for an undisclosed sum.
Krueger recalled broaching the possibility of a professional hockey practice facility with developers, who told him the chance of success was 20 percent.
Half tongue in cheek, he responded: So youre telling me theres a chance? He then thanked Jambois for not firing me when I brought this project to him.
The Hempel Cos. also needed some convincing. Coming up with the idea of a rink on top of a roof it was almost outlandishly crazy, McKay said. Once I heard of it, I said good luck.
Maundy Thursday - A Video Devotional ROYAL RING OF STEEL
Soldiers and police officerswere picturedchecking drains and searching bags around the city centre
POLICE have formed a ring of steel around Leicester Cathedral for the Queens visit today.
Security has been stepped upas Her Majesty takes part inMaundy Thursday.
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The Queen meets former servicemen during Maundy Thursday at Leicester Cathedral today
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The Queen handed two purses one white and one red to each person during the Maundy Thursday service
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Her Majesty carrying a bouquet of flowers after the ancient service
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The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh outside Leicester Cathedral
Crowds of cheering fanslined the streets to welcome Her Majesty who arrived with Prince Philip around 11.30am.
Soldiers and cops were seen checking drains and searching bags around the city centre.
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Crowds of cheering fans lined the streets to welcome Her Majesty who arrived with Prince Philip
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A police officer checks a mans bag in Leicester city centre today
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Police patrols have been stepped up around the city ahead of the Queens visit
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Police officers look through bags outside the cathedral
A delivery sack was also inspected amid growing terror fears.
The Queens visit comes just three weeks after the Westminster terror attack which left five people dead.
Emergency services are on high alert following the atrocity.
Her Majesty wasaccompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh for the ancient tradition of handing out Maundy Monday to 91 men and 91 woman representingher age.
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The 182 recipients of the Maundy money are senior citizens and weregiven the gifts in recognition of the service they have given to the church and their local area.
The Queen handedtwo purses one white and one red to each person during the service.
The red purse contains a 5 coin, commemorating the Centenary of the House of Windsor and a 50p coin commemorating Sir Isaac Newton.
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Royal fans gather ahead of the Queens visit
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Cops inspect a drain during security checks in Leicester
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A soldier patrols the streets as security is heightened
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Police inspect a Royal Mail delivery outside Leicester cathedral
The Royal Maundy is an ancient ceremony which originated in the commandment Christ gave after washing the feet of his disciples the day before Good Friday.
The Queen last visited the East Midlands city in March 2012 as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour, while the cathedral is the final burial place of King Richard III, whose remains were discovered in the city in September 2012.
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