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The Lakers game wasn’t on either screen. Instead, both TVs were showing the Texas Rangers-Chicago White Sox baseball game. I ordered my scotch and popped for a sizeable tip in the hopes that it might abet what I was now certain would prove to be delicate negotiations. Only then did I comment on my surprise–“Ha-ha, is there some mistake here?”–over the TV selection. After all, we were talking about the NBA’s showcase team in the Western Conference finals versus a meaningless, early-season, baseball game....

The actor’s manager, Joe S. Montifiore, confirmed the news of his passing, describing Freeman as an “extraordinarily gifted actor and producer, consummate cook, and man with the most infectious and spectacular laugh.” “We are truly devastated at the loss of our beloved Heath Freeman,” Montifiore said in a statement to Deadline. “A brilliant human being with an intense and soulful spirit, he leaves us with an indelible imprint in our hearts....

With as many as a dozen televised college basketball games to select from on any midweek evening, sometimes it’s necessary to filter down the list by making assumptions about what games will be most compelling. Wednesday evening, one of those that seemed safe to ignore was North Carolina’s visit from the Miami Hurricanes. This Miami team began the season by losing to St. Francis. No, not the one in Pennsylvania, the other one....

Carl Edwards led the field to green after he took the pole position for Sunday’s Bad Boys Off Road 300 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Get live updates now. Edwards and his Joe Gibbs Racing team posted the top qualifying time on Friday afternoon. He’ll start alongside fellow Toyota driver Martin Truex Jr., who won the opening Chase race at Chicagoland last weekend. Richard Childress Racing’s Ryan Newman, Hendrick Motorsports’ Jimmie Johnson and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin round of the top five....

On Tuesday, Trump celebrated Putin’s aggression against Ukraine as “genius” and “wonderful,” lauding Putin as “tough” and patriotic while speaking on the conservative talk radio program The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Video of Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, calling Putin “very shrewd” and “very capable” during a January Fox News interview, has also recently aired on Russian television. When asked about Trump’s and Pompeo’s recent compliments for the Russian president, state department spokesperson Ned Price replied, “I have no response....

A recent letter from our organization, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), was signed by over 200 state legislators and 1,300 other state leaders and concerned taxpayers. It explains how federal bailouts decrease state sovereignty, incentivize future fiscal irresponsibility and reward fiscally reckless states at the expense of fiscally responsible states. As some organizations and policymakers lobby for the bailout package, the ALEC letter highlights that many state and local officials are increasingly concerned with another round of federal spending....

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Current Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the recent inclusion in the list who reached 8000 runs in his 214th innings which he played against New Zealand yesterday (31.01.2014). The other notable names in this includes, Sachin Tendulkar, Jacques Kallis, Ricky Ponting, etc. *Stats updated till 1st February, 2014 0 votes

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Mahela Jayawardene too joins the elite after he scored a century against Bangladesh in his 667th innings in international cricket. *Stats updated till 4th February, 2014 0 votes

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Below is the list of the lowest totals scored in ODI cricket so far. Zimbabwe holds the dubious record of being bowled out for the lowest total of 35 against Sri Lanka. 0 votes

Kane Williamson who has been going through a great run of form equalled the legendary Martin Crowe’s record for the most number of Test centuries by a New Zealand batsman in the history of cricket. He did so by scoring a magnificent century against South Africa at the Seddon Park in Hamilton on March 27th, 2017. With 17 centuries to his name, he is still 56th on the list of the most number of Test centuries ever scored....

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He said, “We do follow the rules of IPL strictly. The rules laid down by the ACSU (Anti-Corruption and Security Unit of IPL). There are some protocols in place. There is a system in place which tries and prevents a lot of these things from happening again”. Dravid further added, “The IPL took a lesson from the issues of match-fixing and spot-fixing. RR is alert and on vigil and we will try our best to stop such menace....

The idea of developers providing unfettered access to their projects might seem to some like paid-for admittance to a tour of a building site but for others it’s just a way of getting the things that they want months, sometimes years in advance. However, between those who are sceptical about Steam Early Access and those just hungry for in-the-works titles, there is a bit of confusion as to what an Early Access title is meant to be, leading Valve to clarify....

Seasonal sales are a big part of the Steam experience at this point, and many users have learned to save any non-essential purchases for the deep discounts that are implemented on a few select dates each year — even if not everybody in the industry is a fan of the practice. We now know exactly when the 2016 Steam Winter Sale will get underway, thanks to a tweet from the online payment platform PayPal....

What Is Steam Playtest? Steam Playtest, as announced on Steam Community, is a brand new service from Steam. It essentially puts some of the game testing responsibility in the hands of the players, rather than just accessing game demos or overriding the release date with a Steam Key. Lots of people already buy games from Steam, and it is these very customers who will now be able to play games that are in development....