To this day, the 1979 title game remains the most watched college basketball game in sports history. While there won't be as many eyeballs on the Spartans and Wolverines tonight, it's still the weekend's marquee contest, with both in-state and conference bragging rights on the line.
At 3 p.m. local time, the state reported their total infected at 9,334 cases, an increase of 1,719 over their Tuesday figure, which was 7,615. Detroit, Michigan’s largest city, had the most confirmed positive cases of the coronavirus with 2,472 individuals infected. Wayne and Oakland followed behind with 1,998 and 1,910, respectively. Michigan’s total number of deaths caused by the novel virus climbed by 78 to 337. With these figures, Michigan replaced California as the state with the third-most number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, behind New York and New Jersey....
Nearly 50% of Michigan residents 16 and older have received at least one vaccine dose. “Today, I announced the #MIVaccToNormalChallenge, a pathway to gradually get back to normal as we hit our vaccination targets and push toward our goal of vaccinating 70% of Michiganders ages 16 and older. Please, sign up for your vaccine appointment today. Let’s get it done,” Whitmer tweeted on Thursday. When vaccination rates hit 60%, indoor sporting event capacity can be increased by 25%, the Associated Press reported....
Yet many believe the problem isn’t with ABC’s prime-time lineup but with Disney’s. The network’s woes are ammunition for angry shareholders who want to unseat Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Cable giant Comcast Corp., which in February made a bid for Disney, is telling Wall Street it can do a better job of running ABC. Eisner is wounded–stripped of his chairmanship last month–and Disney is promising shareholders an earnings jump of more than 40 percent this year....
The Xfinity Series will begin action on Friday with practice and end it with qualifying. The race will be held Saturday. MORE: Hamlin wins Watkins Glen race After this race, there will be five more left in the regular season before the Xfinity Series begins its postseason with the Round of 12 Chase, starting Sept. 24 at Kentucky Speedway. This is the first year it has held a Chase-style format similar to Sprint Cup....
John Maldjian, 54, of Rumson, has been charged with reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and two counts of charges relating to violating the emergency orders following an incident on Saturday, April 4. Rumson Police received a call about a group of 30 adults aged around 40 to 50 years old who were gathering on the front lawn of a house on Blackpoint Road and watching a live performance. When police arrived at the scene, they found the crowd watching Maldjian and one other playing live acoustic versions of Pink Floyd songs, complete with microphones and amplifiers for their guitars....
Democrats-with Republican support-voted last week to extend more than $5 billion worth of extra benefits to the long-term unemployed. Bush may sign the bill but not declare the budget emergency necessary to release the funds. Democrats argue that “emergency” exemptions were made for Kurdish refugees, so why not for U.S. workers? Most “tax relief” bills aim at working families with children. A measure sponsored by Sen. Albert Gore Jr. and Rep....
Memphis: It wasn’t easy under Mourinho The 23-year-old forward has been linked with a move to the Premier League and a return to La Liga, having struggled to adapt to life in Ligue 1 following a reported €25million move from Real Madrid. Karanka - who worked with the player while he was Jose Mourinho’s assistant at the Santiago Bernabeu - says he hopes to convince Jese to try his luck in England on what is expected to be a loan deal....
The Reds goalkeeper has slipped out of favour at Anfield, with Jurgen Klopp having turned to Loris Karius as his last line of defence. This is not the first time that Mignolet has fallen down the pecking order, but his chances of forcing his way back in on this occasion are looking increasingly remote – especially with Liverpool being linked with further reinforcements over the summer. The 30-year-old has already insisted that he will not be lodging a transfer request, but he is readying himself to make an important call at a career crossroads....
José, who came to the U.S. four years ago after his village was targeted in a massacre, told the Associated Press that his wife and daughter were turned away at the border in March and displaced to Mexico. His daughter tried to cross again alone, leading to her detention on April 6. He said that the operators on the hotline for parents seeking their migrant children would not tell him her location, and eventually said he would have to cover the cost of the airplane ticket or wait....
Two of the area’s hotels, the Ramada by Wyndham Hotel in Holtville and Travelodge by Wyndham El Centro, currently house migrants awaiting processing, with each hotel at full capacity. While El Centro’s Mayor Cheryl Viegas-Walker told the Calexico Chronicle she does not care who stays in local hotels, she and other Imperial Valley officials do care what happens with funds gathered from the transient occupancy tax, known as the “bed tax,” an 8 to 10% increment added to the total cost of renting a room for less than 30 days....
Mike Budenholzer will take over as team president after the Hawks reached a buyout agreement with former general manager Danny Ferry, Yahoo Sports first reported. MORE: Hawks announce new logos | 13 irreplaceable free agents Budenholzer will be working with former assistant general manager Wes Wilcox, who has been promoted to general manager. The Hawks’ new ownership group, led by Tony Ressler, cannot solidify the changes until the sale of the team becomes final on June 24 in New York....
Ahead of Tuesday’s matchup against Los Angeles, Utah announced on Twitter that Mike Conley would not play in Game 1 because of a right hamstring strain. Conley exited the team’s series-clinching Game 5 against the Grizzlies last Wednesday and, according to a report from ESPN, he was a limited participant during practice Monday. MORE: Siri disses Bucks when asked Game 2 score vs. Nets Conley has been a consistent presence for Utah during the playoffs, scoring 20-plus points in each of his team’s first three games against the Grizzlies and totaling at least seven assists in each game....
A source close to the Memphis program told Sporting News that Dixon had been cleared to play. Dixon was not allowed to play at Missouri last season after reportedly being accused of sexual assault for a second time, although no criminal charges were filed in either incident. A 6-1, 190-pound native of Kansas City, Mo., Dixon averaged 13.5 points and 3.3 assists as the Tigers' sixth man during their 30-win season in 2011-12....
He decided then and there that he would run again for that seat in 2020—and he started that night. Fast forward two years, and he has done just that. Since March, Espy has gone from being more than 25 points behind his opponent, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, to just 1 point back, according to polls of likely voters from The Tyson Group. He also raised 20 times more cash than his opponent in July, August and September....
During the third quarter of Tuesday night’s Game 2 between the Celtics and Raptors, the Boston guard delivered an Oscar-worthy performance when he managed to stop a Toronto fast break opportunity by launching himself into Pascal Siakam from behind and falling out of frame. NBA PLAYOFFS: Full bracket, dates, times, TV channels for every series Siakam was called for an offensive foul on this play. (Seriously, how do you fall for this)?...
Why did you start this project? I wanted to show people that there is hope out there. It comes from the actions of individuals like the women in this book. You have suicide bombers who are ready to lose their lives to destroy, but there are also people who are ready to lose their lives to build. Finding those people—that was my quest. It was personal and professional. What made it personal?...
The NFL hopeful recorded an eye-popping time, according to the school’s official Twitter account. MORE: Clemson’s Barnes under the radar…for now | Mariota has lackluster pro day While the account claims he ran 4.25, Alford told reporters he ran an official 4.28. Both times are incredibly fast, as 4.28 would have tied the fastest 40 time at this year’s Combine set by UAB’s J.J. Nelson. Alford was timed at 4....
For those unaware, March 10 is Mario Day—get it, Mar10 looks like Mario—and each year Nintendo gives fans a chance to play the latest and greatest Mario games on the Nintendo Switch. To continue the 35th-anniversary celebration of Mario, Nintendo is cutting prices of Mario games, and one Luigi game, by 35 percent from now until March 14 at 2:59 a.m. ET. Here are the games on sale and what the new prices are:...
The Georgia representative described the meetings during an appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room, a podcast hosted by the former Donald Trump adviser. Greene said: “There’s a meeting that’s happening every week. “We meet in Kevin McCarthy’s office and it’s called the five families. And the five families—and you know my reference—the five families are parts of our conference, all the different parts, and we are coming together and having discussions on how we are going to govern in the majority and it’s literally my favorite meeting....
