3/1 Game Preview: Mavericks at Celtics

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Luka Doncic and the visiting Dallas Mavericks will attempt to end the Boston Celtics’ nine-game winning streak when the teams meet Friday night.

Doncic, the NBA’s leading scorer, celebrated his 25th birthday by collecting 30 points, 16, assists and 11 rebounds during Wednesday’s 136-125 victory over the Toronto Raptors. It was the 11th triple-double of the season for Doncic, who is averaging 34.4 points, 9.7 assists and 8.8 rebounds per game this season.

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Raptors all-star Scottie Barnes misses second half of game vs. Warriors due to injury

Toronto Raptors all-star Scottie Barnes missed the second half of Friday’s game against the Golden State Warriors due to a left hand injury.

Barnes, who was averaging 20 points, 8.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists in 59 games, scored 10 points and added six assist in 16 minutes before heading to the locker room late in the second quarter.

Barnes had snapped a streak of 10 straight three-point misses, nailing two in the first half of a game the Raptors led.

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Richard Lewis and Larry David, Best Frenemies Forever

The two comics were born three days apart in the same Brooklyn hospital, and their paths never stopped crossing. They became the best of friends — in their own way.

If ever a Hollywood friendship was destined to be, it might have been the one between the comics Larry David and Richard Lewis, who died from a heart attack on Tuesday at 76. They were born just three days apart in 1947 at the same Brooklyn hospital.

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Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani announces he is married

TOKYO — Baseball star Shohei Ohtani has stunningly revealed he’s married.

Ohtani wrote on Thursday on Instagram in Japanese: “The season is approaching but I would like to announce to everyone that I have gotten married.”

He said his new wife was a “Japanese woman” without identifying her. He said he would reveal more in an interview; presumably at the Los Angeles Dodgers spring training venue.

The 29-year-old Ohtani is Japan’s biggest celebrity,

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Virgil, former WWE wrestling star, dies at 61

The verified Instagram account of Michael Jones, better known by the wrestling moniker Virgil, confirmed his passing on Wednesday. His cause of death is unknown.

Former WWE star Michael Jones, better known by the wrestling name of Virgil, has died at 61, according to his verified Instagram account.

“This is to confirm the sad news about our beloved Meatsauce God and Wrestling Superstar Virgil/Michael Jones has passed away,” the Instagram post read.

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Richard Lewis, Comedian and ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Star, Dies at 76

Richard Lewis, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” died Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home due to a heart attack, Variety has confirmed. He was 76.

Lewis announced last April he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from stand-up comedy. He most recently appeared in Season 12 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” currently airing on HBO.

In 2021, Lewis announced he would not appear in Season 11 of “Curb” in order to recover from three surgeries.

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Goodbye, Pokemon Let’s Go Johto

Pokemon Let’s Go Johto seems to have missed its window, and I am officially giving up

I am officially retiring from rooting for a new Pokemon Let’s Go game. The writing has been on the wall for a while now. The last best chance we had was an appearance at today’s Pokemon Presents, but that has now passed us by. Let’s Go Johto is right there, but it seems to be just out of reach.

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‘Shogun’ Episode 1 ‘Anjin’ Review: A Captivating Series Premiere

Complex feudal politics. A ship lost at sea, most of its crew dead from starvation, scurvy or worse. A nation on the brink of war. Strange customs and perilous encounters as cultures come crashing together like waves on rock. The end of one era and the beginning of another. Feudal Japan in a time of upheaval, its Catholic Portuguese allies and the newly arrived English and Dutch protestants at one another’s throats, and some of the best cinematography,

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Competitive Or Exclusionary? Epic’s ‘Seven Anti-Competitive’ Sins

If you’ve ever visited Epic Systems’ sprawling, 1,100-acre campus in Verona, Wis., you may have been surprised by how rural its surroundings are, maybe even chuckling at the stark contrast between the pace of life happening inside the organization versus out.

The peaceful, bucolic farmlands would’ve likely stolen your gaze on the drive in, with one reporter describing “a meandering road through countryside, dotted with Queen Anne’s lace and farm equipment” when speaking of a 2018 Epic visit.

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Hart makes go-ahead basket after chaotic possession as Knicks beat Pistons 113-111

Josh Hart made the go-ahead basket with 2.8 seconds left after a chaotic possession, and the New York Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons 113-111 on Monday night.

Jalen Brunson had 35 points and 12 assists for the Knicks, and it was his missed 3-point attempt with 20 seconds remaining that started the wild back-and-forth that led to Hart’s basket.

The Pistons chased down the rebound but threw it away, then appeared to recover when Ausur Thompson stole a pass by Donte DiVincenzo.

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