Albert was wrapping up his final call for the network, the Bucks’ clinching victory over the Hawks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals in Atlanta. Miller, his last analyst, briefly touched on what Albert contributed to the history of the NBA. MORE: NBA Finals times, TV channels, live streams “You gifted the game of basketball with your voice,” Miller said. Albert then got the last word as he signed off for the last time before retirement....

Mendoza, who is running in the State House Legislative District 9 race, hasn’t yet commented on the photos, which began circulating last Saturday. She was one of former President Donald Trump’s “Angel Moms,” a term used to describe mothers who have lost a child due to an illegal immigrant. She started speaking out about illegal immigration after her son, Mesa Police Sgt. Brandon Mendoza, was killed in a head-on crash with an undocumented immigrant in 2014....

The Damascus High School student who posted the avatar, described as “a cartoon image of a Nazi” by administration officials, was not identified by name. However, Kevin Yates, Damascus High School’s principal, reportedly confirmed the student will face consequences for violating the district’s code of conduct in a letter issued to families and obtained by WUSA9, a CBS-affiliated news station based in Washington, D.C. “I am writing to share information about an incident that occurred during your child’s third-period art class today and how it is being addressed....

The new executive order, which also contains several other measures intended to improve safety at assisted living facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, was announced by Hogan at a press conference on Wednesday. “I’ve issued an executive order requiring universal testing of all residents and staff at all Maryland nursing homes, regardless of whether they are symptomatic or not,” Hogan said. Hogan said that the order will require facilities to comply with “strike teams” that were created earlier in the month....

MORE: Candidates for the South Carolina job | Highest-paid college coaches Kiffin’s first head coaching gig came in 2007 when he left his offensive coordinator job at USC to lead the Raiders in the NFL. He was fired after just 20 games and returned to the college ranks to become the head coach at Tennessee in 2009. He then left Tennessee after one season to take the same position at USC, where he lasted just over four seasons before being fired....

Texas lawmakers have been at the forefront of the nationwide push to loosen coronavirus restrictions, citing the catastrophic damage done to businesses since the pandemic took hold in the U.S. last year and prompted shut down orders. The Texas statewide mask mandate ended on March 10 and businesses are now being encouraged to operate at full capacity as long as hospitals in their region are not reporting a large share of COVID-19 patients....

According to a paper published on September 14 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, pretending to be a neutral object, like a leaf, twig, or rock, is a better tactic to avoid being spotted by predators than attempting to blend in with the background. “A comparison between the types of camouflage had never been done,” João Vitor de Alcantara Viana at the State University of Campinas in Brazil, told New Scientist....

Journalist and human rights researcher Kareem Chehayeb told Newsweek from the Lebanese capital Beirut that the size of the movement has been “unprecedented” over the past few days. “Local media has said there was about a million people in Beirut alone today. Yesterday was about 1.2 million across the country,” Chehayeb said. “The diversity and the scale of the protests nationwide is unprecedented for sure,” he added. Although Lebanon has not held an official census in decades, the official Lebanese population is estimated to be comprised of just over 4 million citizens....

The state’s Executive Office of Administration and Finance announced Tuesday that it will begin sending the payments as part of a $4 billion COVID-19 relief plan signed by the governor in December. The effort is meant to help some 500,000 workers who fell below the state’s poverty line in 2020. “I was pleased to sign the COVID-19 Essential Employee Premium Pay program into law in December, and our Administration has worked quickly to design the parameters for the program with plans to efficiently begin distribution of these payments by the end of March,” Baker said in a statement....

The human rights organization said dozens of civilians were “stabbed or hacked to death” in one town with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accusing fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) for the massacre. Tigrayan officials have denied involvement in the atrocities and the region’s leader, Debretsion Gebremichael, told AFP news agency that the accusations were “baseless.” In a statement broadcast on Facebook, Abiy said that TPLF fighters went on a rampage after government troops had “liberated” the western part of Tigray, “brutally” killing innocent civilians in Mai-Kadra, a town in the southwestern zone of Tigray....

Biologists at the University of Georgia Coastal Ecology Lab discovered a dead beaver floating at the Okefenokee Swamp Park and decided to leave a camera next to the carcass to review what sort of animal would claim it. “As curious biologists, we placed a game camera on it to see what would happen to it,” the University of Georgia’s Coastal Ecology Laboratory wrote in a Facebook post on Monday. “Our curiosity paid off as the game camera captured the below photos of an adult male alligator eating the dead beaver!...

The space rock, dubbed 2016 CL136, is set to make its closest approach to our planet at 5:26 p.m. on February 1, according to CNEOS. Based on its observed magnitude, astronomers estimate that the asteroid could measure anywhere between around 460 feet and 1,017 feet in diameter. At the upper end of this estimate, the space rock would be around the same size as the Chrysler Building in New York City or the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France....

All he cared about was slipping into that green jacket. MORE: Final scores | Previous champions | Golf Digest: Birdies & Bogeys | Spieth, the new Tiger? | Final-round images Instead of hitting a 40-yard hook out of a forest of Georgia pines — the signature shot in his playoff victory two years ago — the final act Sunday at Augusta National took place on the 18th green. Watson had a three-shot lead and consulted with his caddie on a 15-foot birdie putt....

Koepka has been a winner in three of his last six starts in major championships and the big-hitting American once again excelled on Thursday, coming home in 31 for a 66. Yet he was denied sole possession of first place as DeChambeau also got to six under, birdieing each of his last four holes with some truly dazzling play. In a stunning end to his round, DeChambeau came agonizingly close to an ace at the 16th, having chipped in from off the green at the 17th and then struck the flag with his approach to the last, the ball stopping inches from the hole....

Of course, Matsuyama received another perk as part of his win: He got to choose the menu for the 2022 Masters Champions Dinner. The Masters Champions Dinner is a long-standing tradition that was started by golf legend Ben Hogan in 1952. Hogan suggested that the previous winners of the event gather for a “stag dinner” along with Augusta National Golf Club president Bobby Jones and chairman Clifford Roberts “My only stipulation,” Hogan wrote to Roberts, per the Augusta Chronicle, “is that you wear your green coat....

Among it all, Latos was critical of Reds trainers, alleging that he was rushed back following knee surgery last season. He also took some parting shots at the leadership in the Reds’ “circus” clubhouse during a season in which they finished 76-86, good for fourth place in the NL Central. “You look at the Reds after we lost Bronson (Arroyo). Everything went to s—,” Latos said in a Q&A with FOX Sports....

Postseason play begins on Wednesday, April 16, and runs through June. The Chicago Blackhawks will be looking to defend their Stanley Cup championship from last season, but the Boston Bruins and Anaheim Ducks carry the top record in the East and West, respectively, heading into the playoffs. Here's a complete look at the 2014 NHL playoff matchups (team with home ice listed second): Eastern Conference Detroit Red Wings (Wild card No....

The Argentine sounded more like a salesman excited to get off the road for a few days than a soccer manager. It’s been a brutal stretch for Chivas involving travel to New York and back before going to Tijuana and straight on to frigid Toronto. The end is in sight. Almeyda has two tough matches to prepare for in the next seven days with Friday’s Clasico Tapatio against Atlas and next week’s second leg of the final, but if he draws up game plans like the ones he did in Tuesday’s 2-1 first-leg CCL final win over Toronto, he’ll be the most popular man in Guadalajara....

According to Paul Coro of AZCentral, Barnes was swearing at a fan after getting a technical in Sunday’s game. Coro explains Barnes said three words, two of which were swear words. As he puts it, Barnes said [expletive] you [expletive]. MORE: Kobe’s agent favorite to land Stanley Johnson | Kobe wanted to join Wizards | West reserves After the fine was announced, Barnes took to social media to react. He didn’t deny cursing, but he said his anger wasn’t directed towards a fan....