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“This is advice,” Bird said. The message to Stewart was clear: At age 24, don’t take for granted that she’s leading the Seattle Storm to the WNBA Finals and expect it to happen all the time. Bird should know. She won a title in her third WNBA season. It was another six years before she was back in the finals winning another title. And it was eight more years on top of that before Bird and the Storm finally made it back to the Finals, where they will face the Washington Mystics in Game 1 on Friday night....

Daniels, an adult film actress who was famously linked to former president Donald Trump, had a public altercation with a Twitter user in front of her 1.2 million followers. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, came to mainstream attention in March 2018 when she alleged that Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen had paid her $130,000 in hush money to deny an alleged affair with Trump. The affair has always been denied by Trump and his representatives....

Lenny Dykstra, the center fielder called “Dude,” really is standing there at home plate wiping the tobacco-juice slobber off his chin. Over in the dugout the team’s manager, Jim Fregosi, is not only smacking on his own cheeksful of disgusting chaw but sneaking a drag on a cigarette at the same time. John (Krukie) Kruk, first baseman of fat and frolic, is scratching himself uncomfortably close to the huge rip in his pants, and relief pitcher Mitch Williams is divebombing off the mound, practically sprawling over his scraggly locks and wearing a tattoo that illustrates both his personality, a cartoon Tasmanian devil, and his nickname, “Wild Thing....

From Final Fantasy Origin’s initial reveal at E3 2021, one of the game’s major takeaways was the edgy nature of the protagonist and setting in general. This became especially apparent when footage from one of Final Fantasy Origin’s later trailers took on meme status, the protagonist Jack totally disregarding the backstory of another character and proceeding to play grunge rock on his phone. While this tone isn’t necessarily a bad thing for a Final Fantasy game, it has had players concerned for what the final product will look like, the game being a pseudo-retelling or prequel to the original Final Fantasy....

The setup for these final two episodes gave the illusion that all the conflicts from all four seasons would conclude, and that audiences would be left with a satisfying sense of closure. Yet, the Duffers made the executive decision to continue the plot for another season. Why? RELATED: Stranger Things: Season 4 Was A Masterclass In Tying Stories Together Season 4 had all the characteristics for a perfect series finale....

In a new Stranger Things featurette released by Netflix, titled Behind the FX, Matt and Ross Duffer revealed that the Demogorgon was first conceptualized seven years ago, and the monster’s journey to season 4 has been an interesting one. While in its first appearance in season 1, the Demogorgon was mostly spotted in the shadows, in the latest Stranger Things season, fans are able to see firsthand how it moves or fights....

Now, we finally have an update on the project - new photos of the Stranger Things Season 4 set have emerged online, giving fans a first look at the new Upside Down. An ’80s-themed trailer park in Griffin, Georgia was pictured being taken over by thick tendrils representing the dark, alternate dimension that has been infiltrating the fictional midwestern town since the very beginning of the series. RELATED: Stranger Things Season 4 Set Photos Show a Favorite Duo Reteaming...

Few games can accurately be described as genre-defining, but Super Mario 64 is widely known for being not just one of the best games of the 1990s, but also the game that showed what 3D games could be. It is jam-packed with secrets that have captivated the hearts and minds of gamers around the world. These secrets are of particular interest to the speedrunning community which has left no stone unturned when it comes to looking for ways to beat the game with seemingly impossible speed....

Streamers CouRage, Lando, Marcel, and Noah worked together to go into quads equipped with that they believe the worst loadouts in Warzone are. Although their interpretations of the rules were different, each loadout ended up with some interesting difficulties and unusual strengths. RELATED: Call of Duty: Warzone Player Gets Crazy Helicopter Self Revive Together, the four streamers entered Verdansk with a goal of finding a loadout drop and using their unusual loadouts....

However, with Street Fighter 6 now under the care of director Takayuki Nakayama and producer Shuhei Matsumoto, Capcom has taken a completely different approach. At Tokyo Game Show, Capcom’s showcase revealed a staggering amount of new information including the return of legacy characters like Ken and Blanka, the multiplayer focused Battle Hub, and an open world single player experience known as World Tour. As if that wasn’t enough, a second livestream gave fans a look at the rest of the roster....

Eager to convince people that the Z Flip is more durable than the disastrous Galaxy Fold, Samsung’s website says: “Meet the first-ever folding glass screen on a Galaxy. Yeah, we said folding glass. Made of Samsung Ultra Thin Glass, it sets you up for an epic view with a smooth flat screen.” In our hands-on with the phone we felt the screen was a little more durable at first glance, but not flat like this says – there’s still a visible crease that you can feel....

The study, published in the journal PNAS, involved 187 pregnant women aged between 18 and 45, who filled out questionnaires and had physical assessments. By also studying their medical documents, the researchers looked at how 27 indicators of stress affected their labor and offspring. These included potential stressors, like their job, their physical health, and their lifestyle—such as diet, their social support network, and how much their exercised. The majority of the women—66....

Back in 2005, Sarah Reinertsen was among those mighty competitors and became the first female leg amputee to complete the Ironman World Championship. Reinertsen shows no signs of slowing down and is training to make the 2016 Paralympic Team. Developed by Chicago-based Intersport in 1991, “Courage in Sports” is entering its 26th year of celebrating the most incredible athletes in the world. Traditionally a one-hour television special aired each fall, Sporting News will be the official online home for “Courage in Sports....

The 14-time major champion had struggled through the opening two rounds to only just make the cut, but he was back to his best early in the weekend and hit six birdies down the front nine. Although that form slowed later in the round, Woods had few complaints and enjoyed playing some of his most impressive golf in recent years after starting well. “I finally got off to a good start, birdied the first couple of holes and kept it rolling from there,” he said, when asked for the reason behind his improvement....

Kansas and Missouri, one of the most heated rivalries in the country, may never happen again because of scorn, jealousy and a broken heart. When Texas A&M fled to the SEC, their rivalry with Texas went the way of the BCS, with the powers that be refusing to acknowledge that the other school meant anything to them. But new Longhorn head coach Charlie Strong wants to see the Aggies on his team's schedule in the near future, a sentiment shared by many avid college football fans....

Frey and pioneers beyond the bike world are discovering that bamboo may be the most useful raw material ever to be overlooked. Although a common building material in many tropical countries, it’s considered “the poor man’s timber,” and in the West it’s mainly decorative. As the world goes green, however, bamboo’s essential qualities are beginning to win converts. Environmental organizations are promoting its use as a building material, architects are putting it into green homes, and makers of flooring, furniture and now bikes are quietly setting up their industries for a bamboo revolution....

It shouldn’t be like this. Objectives and key results (OKRs) should be clear, defined, and agreed upon. To bring better structure to your performance management, consider Zokri. The Truth About Performance Management No one likes performance management. But that could be because few people properly understand it, often mistaking it for annual reviews and other methods to deal with employee under-performance. So, performance management isn’t about under-performance or pay-linked annual assessments....

Civil rights group American Atheists announced on March 29 that they had successfully reached a settlement with 12th-grade sociology teacher Benjie Arnold at Klein Oak High School. According to the Texas Education Code, during the one-minute pledge, each student may “reflect, pray, meditate or engage in another other silent activity that is not likely to interfere with or distract another student.” Despite the law, American Atheists said Arnold “singled her [the student] out” and “retaliated against her for sitting out the pledge....

He just doesn't know where it'll fit in his house. RJ Curcio won it through a promotion by TigerDirect, a store that invited fans to text and enter a contest to win a TV, the size coinciding with the 15th-ranked Hurricanes' point total last weekend. MORE: Week 4 photos | Cheerleaders They scored 77, and the closest TV size to that was 80 inches. Curcio takes delivery Friday. Curcio says he has "no idea where we can put it....

The study, conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, cross referenced blood samples taken from the mother after the baby’s birth and samples taken from the babies’ umbilical cords, which were used to assess how much acetaminophen the mother had ingested. A mother-to-be who takes Tylenol during their pregnancy is liable to have some of the medication reach a developing fetus, as the drug has been demonstrated to cross the placenta, according to United Press International (UPI)....