Line: Duke -5, Total: 139 (current lines for Saturday’s Final Four games) Michigan State (27-11, 22-16 against the spread) has played Duke nine times dating back to 1998, according to the OddsShark NCAAB Database, including four within the past five years. The most recent game between the teams took place earlier this season, on Nov. 18 in the State Farm Champions Classic at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indy, with Duke topping Michigan State 81-71 and covering the spread as an 8....

Though Mickey may be one of the most instantly recognizable characters in the history of cartoons, he has had a number of image changes across nine decades as he has evolved from black and white to colour to CGI. How Mickey Mouse has evolved over 91 years 1928: Steamboat Willie Though Steamboat Willie was the third Mickey Mouse cartoon to be produced, it was the first to feature synchronised sound and the first to be publicly screened, as Walt Disney himself realised that sound was the future after seeing first “talkie” The Jazz Singer....

In recent years, increasing attention has been drawn to the impact of microplastics—tiny fragments of plastic—on the environment and the potential risks they pose to biodiversity and the functioning of ecosystems. Scientists have recognized that soil ecosystems—particularly agricultural land—can absorb large quantities of microplastics. However, the effects of microplastics on these ecosystems—both above and below the ground—have remained relatively unknown. “There is quite a lot of evidence of how microplastics are affecting animals and plants in aquatic ecosystems—like oceans, lakes and rivers—but only recently have scientists been focusing on what actually may happen in terrestrial ecosystems such as soils,” Bas Boots, lead author of the research from Anglia Ruskin University in the U....

But there’s no denying that some of us are in for a bumpy ride, even clinical depression, maybe for the first time in our lives. Some women’s moods are much more sensitive to hormonal changes than others, and they have a particularly rough time during perimenopause, when zig-zagging hormones are the rule. Hot flashes, night sweats and insomnia have been known to leave more than a few women moody and depressed....

“My fellow New Yorkers, we are in a crisis situation. New York City now has more than 61,000 people in our shelter system. That includes thousands of New Yorkers experiencing homelessness and thousands of asylum-seekers who have been bused in over the past few months from other parts of the country,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Friday. Adams continued, “Hundreds of buses have arrived in New York City....

Bennett finally got his wish in April, who did a mass exodus of cuts due to COVID-19. Along with getting his walking papers, WWE also let go of his wife, Maria. Now, Bennett has a clean slate as he’s back in Ring of Honor for the first time in five years. Ahead of ROH’s final pay-per-view of the year on Friday night, Final Battle, where Bennett teams with his best friend Matt Taven against Vincent and Bateman, Bennett talks with Sporting News about his return, his WWE exit and why he chose to return to the company that put him on the map....

The five-time Grand Slam champion was provisionally banned by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in March after testing positive for meldonium at this year’s Australian Open. The former world No. 1 claimed to be unaware that meldonium had been added to WADA’s prohibited list at the start of 2016. MORE: Sports world reacts to Orlando shootings The ITF announced last Wednesday that an independent tribunal had handed out a two-year suspension to the Russian, backdated to January 26 — the date of her positive test in Melbourne....

The Russian tennis star announced on her Twitter account that she will attend a two-week business program at Harvard this summer. MORE: Maria Sharapova through the years | Serena has to work for opening win The 29-year-old will be taking two classes on campus, her agent Max Eisenbud said, via ESPN.com. He didn’t specify which classes or what other qualifications the program entailed. Sharapova owns her own candy company, Sugarpova....

That’s pretty difficult, seeing as how Sharapova is 6-2 with cover girl looks. Too bad Mr. Oblivious was so engrossed in what he was doing. Which was? Reading a newspaper that included Sharapova’s picture. Sharapova even has photographic evidence that ignorance is bliss and the route to a rapid head slap. Sharapova lost in straight sets at the Wuhan Open, a fault that might have given her reason to go incognito....

A Christie’s auction house estimate had valued the jewelry at $2 million to $4 million before they were sold. The bracelets, which had been in the possession of Antoinette’s family for over 200 years, sold for far more than expected to an anonymous telephone bidder when the auction took place in Switzerland on Tuesday. “A very dynamic saleroom coupled with strong online and telephone bids from around the world, resulted in lively bidding and a very high sell-through rate of 93 percent by lot,” Rahul Kadakia, International Head of Christie’s Jewellery, said in a statement obtained by Newsweek....

The standout Mariners rookie had been thrown out trying for a triple against the Blue Jays on Friday night after taking a spill and then attempting to swim his way to the third-base bag. Before Seattle’s contest vs. Toronto, there was a chalk outline where he took his tumble; floaties for the 21-year-old outfielder; and teammates working to make sure he can swim out of the deep end next time....

Mario Lopez is being criticized for claiming it’s “dangerous” for parents to support children who identify as transgender. The 45-year-old television personality made his comments in June during an appearance on The Candace Owens Show, a video series on the PragerU YouTube channel, but they sparked blowback on social media this week. During the 40-minute interview, Owens brought up the “weird” Hollywood trend of stars like Charlize Theron saying their children are “picking their gender....

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Friday that 101,789 “obsolete and outdated voter files” will be removed from the state’s voter registration rolls in order to ensure that Georgia’s voter files are “up to date.” On Saturday, Greene tweeted Raffensperger and asked: “Why are you just now removing 100,000 “voters” off of Georgia’s voter rolls?” She added: “We know that these ‘voters’ should not have voted in the November 2020 Presidential election....

Greene has been a vocal critic of Fauci throughout the pandemic and has opposed measures and restrictions meant to protect people against the coronavirus, including the wearing of masks. The attacks against Fauci from Greene and other right-wing figures have intensified in recent days after thousands of his emails were released via Freedom of Information Act requests. One of the biggest revelations from the cache of emails was the suggestion that Fauci was informed that the virus could have originated in a lab in Wuhan, China, before he publicly acknowledged that possibility....

The Georgia congresswoman introduced legislation to reduce the salary of Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), to $0 in April. A month after being introduced, Greene only had four cosponsors, but since the release of some of Fauci’s emails, her legislation amassed support from 13 of her Republican colleagues. Representative Jeff Duncan from South Carolina is the latest Republican to sign onto Greene’s legislation, according to Congress....

Controversial Rep. Greene encouraged Americans to emulate Italians in Rome and protest against vaccine mandates being introduced across the country. In a tweet uploaded late on Sunday, Rep. Greene shared a viral video of Italians taking to the streets to oppose the country’s Green Pass, which they must show if they want to attend indoor venues, cultural and sporting events. The green pass is a digital or paper certificate that shows the holder has been vaccinated, has tested negative or has recovered from COVID-19....

Greene maintained that a legal remedy was required to stop children from “stuffing” money into “a drag queen bra” while sharing a video purporting to show the practice at an all-ages drag show by the conservative Libs of TikTok social media account to Twitter on Tuesday. Greene is one of many conservatives to have recently railed against events like “Drag Queen Story Hour,” while also saying that the LGBTQ community is attempting to “indoctrinate” or “groom” children....

Georgia representative Greene drew criticism after she accused GOP senators Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins of being “pro-pedophile” for backing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation. This is based on disputed claims that Jackson gives lenient sentences to child sex offenders. “Wow, where is Will Smith when you really need him?” Kimmel quipped on his talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, on Tuesday, referencing Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars in reaction to a joke made about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith....

In an email, Cuban reiterated holding if it’s doable. “Its the same for any falling stock. If you can afford to hold. You hold,” he wrote. When asked why you hold and if it’s with the anticipation that the stock will go back up, he responded in an email, “You certainly hope it goes back up. But stocks don’t always move on the timetable you want. Like I said in the ama, if the reason for your purchase is still valid, why would you sell if you can afford to hold it?...

Hamill alluded to the villainous Galactic Empire from the Star Wars films in a statement on Thursday after he was named an “ambassador” to Ukraine’s United24 fundraising platform. The actor famous for playing Luke Skywalker will focus his attentions on promoting the Army of Drones program, according to a release from Zelensky’s office. The program calls for international monetary donations that the Ukrainian military will use for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), as well as direct “dronations” of UAVs....