Hornets owner Michael Jordan was on hand Sunday for the final All-Star Game Bryant would partake in, and offered up some praise for his protégée and former nemesis. MORE: Best photos from the 65th NBA All-Star Game “He goes out the way he wants to go out,” Jordan told TNT. “He brought a lot of joy to the game." Bryant was treated to not one but two video tributes before the game....
However, it has hampered the career of its main character, Michael Oher. MORE: Ranking the NFL coaches | Cam Newton loves the kids | Athletes who became actors The movie, which grossed over $300 million, was about Oher’s struggle with poverty before being adopted by an affluent white family. He went on to have an All-American career at Ole Miss before the Ravens selected him in the first round of the 2009 NFL Draft....
In the statement, posted on the Duggar family website, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar said that “this entire ordeal has been very grievous.” “Today, God’s grace, through the love and prayers of so many, has sustained us. Our hearts and prayers are with anyone who has ever been harmed through CSAM [child sexual abuse materials].” The Arkansas-based Duggars went on: “In the days ahead, we will do all we can to surround our daughter-in-law Anna and their children with love and support....
Obama made the Friday remarks in the wake of Kenosha, Wisconsin racial unrest which was sparked by the police officer shooting death of 29-year-old Jacob Blake last Sunday. Blake, a Black man, was seen in recorded video leaning into his vehicle as he was shot in the back seven times by a white officer. On Tuesday, two individuals in Kenosha protests were shot to death and a third was injured in an attack allegedly carried out by 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, who was arrested Wednesday....
It was teed up as follows: “Is this a talent gap? Is it a preparation gap? Is it a coaching gap? What is the biggest difference between you and Ohio State at this point?” MORE: OSU crushes Michigan again to show Big Ten talent gap Ohio State (12-0, 9-0 Big Ten) is off to another conference championship game in Indianapolis. No. 13 Michigan (9-3, 6-3) is headed to a second-tier bowl game....
In what he titled “An Open Letter to the Football Community,” Harbaugh suggested eliminating the current system, which prohibits players from being eligible for the NFL Draft until they have been out of high school for at least three years. He also would like to see undrafted players have the opportunity to return to school. NFL DRAFT: 2020 picks by college “The individual could choose to declare for the professional draft after any season he chooses,” Harbaugh wrote Thursday....
Students are being required to download a smartphone app that tracks their location and ongoing COVID-19 health data to help contain the spread of the coronavirus on campus. The college told students in an email obtained by Newsweek that they must have their location services on at all times. The “Aura” app will notify the school’s administration if a student leaves the campus’s bubble. For the entire fall semester, students must stay within the campus’s 4....
The request from Governor Gretchen Whitmercame in response to a spike in COVID cases in the state, the most severe rise in the U.S. The government will send two teams of 22 medical practitioners each to Michigan hospitals to relieve doctors and nurses treating COVID patients and those suffering from other conditions. “I’m grateful that the federal government has granted our request to provide much-needed relief to the health care personnel who have remained on the frontlines of this pandemic,” said Gov....
The diocese released the new guidance in July as a framework for the “pastoral care of persons with same‐sex attraction and persons with gender dysphoria,” and some experts believe that it might be the strictest of its kind in the country. Under the guidance, any person “publicly living in a same‐sex sexual relationship” is not allowed to receive the sacraments of baptism and confirmation “unless the person has repented and withdrawn from the relationship....
MORE: Preseason Top 25 | Good job, CFP The five-star cornerback out of Pennsylvania took to social media Wednesday to explain why he’s not going to his “dreammmmm” school. There was mutual interest, but as Wade said, he didn’t feel like he was really wanted at the university. Wade interacted a lot with his followers, and basically he feels like he was good enough to the point where he didn’t need to show his skills at camp....
The information comes from Zach Shaw, football beat writer and editor of The Michigan Daily. MORE: Top 10 college football rivalries | Harbaugh-themed bus to promote Michigan-Utah game This is not the first time this season a team has put a ban in place for the sake of its players. Earlier this month, Clemson issued a social media ban during the Tigers’ regular season. If we’re to gather anything from this, it’s that college football coaches like a certain degree of control over their team, whether players — or students — like it or not....
Whitmer, 48, has imposed some of the most stringent state lockdown measures in the country amid the coronavirus outbreak, stating COVID-19 has “wreaked havoc” on the economy. Though she has vowed to follow the advice from science over easing the measures, as opposed to political, public and social media criticism of her actions, she has acknowledged the economic issues of the measures. McConnell previously said he would be “in favor of allowing states to use the bankruptcy route,” adding: “It saves some cities....
“This is a political rally, essentially, when the big float rolls in that is about Donald Trump,” she said on Friday in an appearance on CNN’s New Day. Michigan closed down the state capitol, cancelling the day’s legislative session on Thursday in anticipation of the protests. Whitmer said that the legislature decided not to go into work because they did not want to be around the planned activities. The latest organized actions are the third demonstrations against Whitmer’s stay-at-home order, which is currently set to expire May 28....
Shawn Thomason, 39, of Hazel Park, has been jailed for 45 months after he pleaded guilty to repeated interstate stalking on March 20, the Minnesota District of the U.S. Attorney’s Office said in a statement. The defendant admitted to orchestrating a plan to digitally stalk, harm, and abduct his ex-girlfriend, including attaching a GPS tracker to her vehicle so he could monitor her movements and carrying a gun while watching her....
The previous year’s game had been canceled because of COVID issues. When OSU won in 2019, McNamara was redshirting, so that 19-point embarrassment doesn’t go on his record. Now, after 60 minutes of chilly football on that autumn afternoon, he’s one of the few recent UM players who can say he’s got a 1.000 winning percentage against the Bucks. And that means so much more than a single football game....
The state of Michigan initially announced a settlement to lawsuits by Flint residents in August. On Tuesday, Flint officials announced that the city would be contributing $20 million to the settlement after reaching an agreement with an insurance company. McLaren Regional Medical Center and Rowe Professional Services Company also joined in the settlement, contributing $20 million and $1.25 million, respectively, with the total amount of the fund reaching $641.2 million....
With the 2013-14 season now on the doorstep, there’s a lot to like about McGary on and off the court. One, he’s photogenic (the cute kid doesn’t hurt, though). And two, Wolverines coach John Beilein, who spent a few weeks of his summer in Russia coaching the United States’ World University Games team, likes what he sees body-wise from his budding star center. "This summer he looked very good," Beilein said, per comments from the Detroit News....
It’s fitting the Wolverines won that with a formula that still works in modern times at Michigan Stadium. Run the ball. Stop the run. That’s still Big Ten football in any era. Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy said coach Jim Harbaugh put it as only he could in the locker room afterward. “It was a butt-kicking in every which way a butt could be kicked.” With a running start, of course....
Dar Leaf, the longtime sheriff of Michigan’s Barry County, is the federal complaint’s primary plaintiff. His suit presents vague, unsubstantiated claims of “potentially fraudulent” votes cast in Michigan during last month’s presidential election and asks the court to grant him and other plaintiffs access to all voting machines used to tabulate ballots “for expert inspection.” To do that, the suit seeks to reverse a recent order from the Michigan Bureau of Elections to local clerks, which directs them to delete electronic polling data stored after Election Day....
