The 29-year-old Paralympian gold medallist faces a minimum 15-year jail term for the 2013 killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, for which state prosecutors say he has shown no remorse. Pistorius, who sat with his head in his hands during the third day of sentencing hearings, says he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four shots through a locked toilet door in his Pretoria home, killing her almost instantly....
The happiness from the canine is palpable in the photo, as he grinned while snoozing away. According to the owner, who shared the moment on Reddit, it was his first night home after being adopted. Posted to the popular Subreddit “rarepuppers,” the post gained over 29,000 votes in less than a day. In the image, the newly-adopted pit bull was pictured happily laying down on his dog bed, appearing with a large smile on his face, safe and rested at last in his forever home....
For the most part, starters have been lousy. Like, crushing their team's chance of a playoff victory bad. In this month's 12 playoff games -- counting the two wild-card contests -- we've seen seven starters yanked from a game after giving up more earned runs than the number of innings pitched. Add in Tampa Bay Rays ace David Price's uncharacteristic start in Boston (seven earned runs in seven innings) and you have eight disastrous starts that so far define a postseason lacking in drama -- outside the Detroit-Oakland series....
The high-tension finale got off to a bright start as Mahender Singh picked up the first point of the night with a tackle on Sachin Tanwar which was soon nullified as Rohit Kumar failed to pick up a point on the Do or Die raid. Bengaluru managed to stay in the lead on most occasions, only be a slender-point as Gujarat managed to pull a point back each time as the two teams went into the first half-time timeout at a deadlock with scores reading 6-6....
Raiders Surender Gill (7 points), Shrikant Jadhav (9 points) and Rishank Devadiga (8points) all stepped up for the UP side as they overcame a stiff challenge from the season one champions to jump to fifth place on the points table. Deepak Hooda secured a Super 10 (13 points including a Super Tackle) for the Pink Panthers but the team’s lack of quality raiders was evident once again as they struggled for inspiration in attack....
Also Read - PKL 2019: 4 players who have been shockingly released by their franchises ahead of the auction As always, the teams would have prepared their strategies and game plans ahead of the auction. The franchises will enter the auction room with the sole purpose of buying the superior quality players but with smart budgeting as well. Last year, we saw 7 players being bought for a price of more than ₹1 crore and this year, the number of Crorepatis can increase given the huge amount of talent that will enter the auction this year....
Flight 2231 was departing for Atlanta at around 6.30 p.m. when it “exited a taxiway” before takeoff, according to a statement posted on the airport’s Twitter page. No injuries were reported and buses were dispatched to the Boeing 717 to help passengers disembark, officials said. Eleanor Sharp, a passenger on the plane, told Newsweek: “We were taxiing about to take off and, all of a sudden, we slid downward abruptly and then there was this horrific noise....
At a news conference on Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, joined by Attorney General Ashley Moody, announced that Florida and 20 other states are suing President Joe Biden’s administration with the aim of ending the universal mask mandate on airplanes. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on March 10 that the federal mask mandates, which were set to expire on March 18, were being extended until April 18 per a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
Without playing nonstop since the game’s release, it might seem like it should be impossible for a player to have reached level 40 at this point. That is likely still true. The player who hit 40 and shared his findings with Reddit and fully admits that he used a Pokemon catching script that allowed his character to constantly catch Pokemon without him doing any actual playing. Although it might sound like flat out cheating to some, Luca (who goes by Reddit name _problemz) promises that he only cheated in the name of research....
The veteran commenced his NBA journey with the LA Clippers in 2009 after he was selected as the first overall pick in the draft that year. He played college ball with the Oklahoma Sooners, where he had an exceptional sophomore year. Blake Griffin won all six of the national player of the year awards in his sophomore year before deciding to go pro. Role with the Brooklyn Nets Blake Griffin plays as a power forward for the Brooklyn Nets, acting as a substitute for Kevin Durant....
The club's prized offseason acquisition was still speaking to the media, much to his restless teammates' chagrin. Johnson, naturally, didn't want to keep them waiting. For all of the goals, caps and accolades that fill his resume, he's still new to the United family. "I'm at 13 years as a professional soccer player," Johnson told Sporting News/Goal USA from the Carolina Challenge Cup preseason tournament. "I know what it means to be a new player....
Gundogan has enjoyed a strong start to the season and suggested Guardiola’s ability to engage with players on their level is key to his success. The 27-year-old thinks the manager’s pedigree as a player at Barcelona, where he made 472 appearances, influences how he is perceived by his squad. “It’s a mix of the fact that he played at a very high level on the biggest stage with Barcelona and the fact that he’s just a great manager and can change his point of view from a player’s point of view to a manager’s point of view, which is sometimes a little bit different,” said Gundogan....
The state is the first in the country to mandate compliance with federal safety recommendations. Some long-beloved fixtures–monkey bars among them–will bite the dust, and others such as swings, slides and seesaws will have to be scaled down or modified. Traditionalists scoff at what they see as undue protectionism, but activists say changes are long overdue. About 150,000 children a year wind up in emergency rooms with playground injuries, and 15 or so die....
French ad agency Dare.Win is one such company hoping to use Fortnite to fill traditional employment positions. The company is hiring interns for a six-month post at its offices in Paris, France and it has asked candidates to play alongside them in the PS4 version of the game. Dare.Win counts Sony PlayStation and YouTube as two of its clients. Given that Fortnite is massively popular on PS4 and has set YouTube records, it makes sense why employees would need to have some familiarity with the game....
The controversial presenter triggered more than 50,000 complaints to U.K. broadcast regulator Ofcom after saying he did not believe Meghan’s account of feeling suicidal. The Duchess of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey she did not want to be alive anymore while experiencing negative press stories in January 2019. Within hours, Morgan told viewers of Good Morning Britain: “I wouldn’t believe her if she read me a weather report.” Morgan quit under pressure to apologize from broadcast network ITV, who had received a complaint from the Duchess of Sussex....
The show isn’t exactly a revival: call it a retrieval. It’s based on the 1945 movie, with the only score that Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote directly for a film. “State Fair” is no breakthrough musical, but codirectors James Hammerstein (son of) and Randy Skinner provide a textbook example of how to do an honest, get-your-money’s-worth touring show. Songs like “It Might as Well Be Spring” and “It’s a Grand Night for Singing” seem like part of America’s DNA code....
Anyone worried about spoilers for Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You! should go watch the movie for themselves, but those curious about the latest outrage directed at the film should read on. As it turns out, Pikachu actually speaks English at the end of the movie, a decision that has been met with much derision from the community, if the not safe for work live reaction below is any indication....
Authorities received reports of a crash Tuesday night and found the pilot of the single-engine air tanker dead three hours later south of Estes Park, the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office said. The pilot was the only person on board, it said. The flight was believed to be the first time in U.S. history that a fixed-winged aircraft was being used to fight a fire at night using night-vision goggles, Denver-based news station KUSA-TV reported....
