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Adam Silver knew it was going to happen when the NBA decided to bypass forming another bubble to instead return the league’s teams to their home arenas for a planned 72-game season. The commissioner watched MLB and NFL teams lose an unwinnable fight against Covid-19 that led to positive tests…

2021-01-09 13:00:00by Chris Moyse Platforming fun from 1990 Here's a delightful blast from the past. The retro fans over at Hamster has chosen Jaleco's sickening cute single-screen platformer Rod Land as this week's Arcade Archives release. Released in arcades in 1990, before swiftly making the transition to a wide variety…

Last month, in a viral twitter thread commemorating retrospective “UK bops”, two past hits re-emerged from the crop to much fanfare: ‘Lights On’, the Ms. Dynamite-assisted number that taught us it’s about the marathon, not the sprint, and ‘Katy On A Mission’, which broke down the psychology behind frisson. Additionally,…

NewsInsists India "not complaining about anything", but are focused on the SCG Test instead India are finding it challenging that life outside their hotel in Sydney is "completely normal" but the players are being asked to stay indoors during the SCG Test. That is the crux of India's discontent, with…

Sports Jelani Beckles Thursday 31 December 2020Jimmy Adams - CRICKET West Indies (CWI) director of cricket Jimmy Adams has said the regional cricket body recognises that strict covid19 protocols can affect players while touring. West Indies have been one of the busiest international cricket teams during the covid19 pandemic. The…

BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - AUGUST 24: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks (Photo by Ashley Landis - Pool/Getty Images) Use your ← → (arrows) to browse INDIANAPOLIS, IN – OCTOBER 11: A detail view of official Spalding NBA logo basketball on the floor during a preseason game between the…

The 19th-century physicist Hermann von Helmholtz compared his progress in solving a problem to that of a mountain climber “compelled to retrace his steps because his progress stopped.” A mountain climber, von Helmholtz said, “hits upon traces of a fresh path, which again leads him a little further.” The physicist’s…

In Brief And other stories from the stranger side of life by The Week team 9 Dec 2020 The Literary Review’s ‘bad sex’ award has been cancelled because, its organisers say, the public has already been exposed to “too many bad things in 2020”. The prize for “unconvincing, perfunctory, embarrassing…

ByEurosport08/12/2020 at 09:05 | Updated 08/12/2020 at 09:33Stephen Maguire has expressed his frustration at playing snooker in a Covid-secure bubble following his surprise Scottish Open first-round exit to Zak Surety, ranked 119 in the world, on Monday.The 39-year-old lost 4-1 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, which was also…

A life lived indoors has long been viewed as the height of economic attainment: Elites relax in palatial compounds while couriers fetch packages and convey news of the dangerous world beyond the gates. Even the restaurant is a relatively recent invention, a stop for harried travelers looking for a quick…