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A monstrous tornado at least 800 meters wide roared through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds of up to 320 kph. At least 91 ...
If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn’t very healthy. To combat that the Pomodoro technique recommends that you work in intervals with regular breaks — for example, 25 ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
"Outsider art" is relatively new in Japan and, as a genre, works made by self-taught Japanese artists are still not very well known on the category-delineating, label-loving international art scene.
After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final from start to finish to win 6-1, 6-3 Sunday for his seventh Italian Open title. “Rafa was just ...
The Japan Times features periodic interviews with players in the bj-league. Marcus Cousin of the Kyoto Hannaryz is the subject of this week’s profile. Position: Center Age: 26 Ht: 211 cm Wt: 116 kg Hometown: Baltimore College: Houston (final two seasons), Seton Hall Noteworthy: ...
Looking up to someone for one of the few times in her basketball life, rookie Brittney Griner leaned into the 218-cm man in front of her, watching and listening as he flipped in one hook shot after another. Once he was done, Griner took ...
The Knicks talked a good game but did not play one. After their Game 3 loss at Indiana, New York’s players seemed to understand their problems. They talked about making the extra pass, hitting the boards and playing with a sense of urgency in ...
After three seasons in charge, Zeljko Pavlicevic is leaving the Shimane Susanoo Magic. The bj-league team, which reached the Western Conference playoff semifinals for the first time last week, made a formal announcement on Monday. Pavlicevic has accepted an offer to coach an NBL ...
They have called David Stern “King David” around the NBA at times, though quietly when he was nearby. It’s been a successful reign for Stern, who said he will step down next February as commissioner. But Stern may need the wisdom of King Solomon ...
LeBron James and the Miami Heat didn’t even give the Chicago Bulls room to breathe, practically squeezing the playoff life out of them to take a commanding lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal. Another effort like this will seal it. James scored 27 points ...
Toyama Grouses coach Bob Nash guided his team to its first winning season, and that’s something the franchise, which began play in the fall of 2006, can consider a major accomplishment. Call it a big step in the right direction. The Grouses, who went ...
His spirits down, his left ankle limp and his team’s season hanging in the balance, Stephen Curry wondered whether he could recover for the biggest game of his career until a text message popped up on his phone around 2 a.m. Saturday. Curry called ...
He grabs rebounds and blocks shots inside, he sprints as fast as anyone else and he hits jumpers with a silky shooting touch. That’s what 18-year-old Yuta Watanabe does. He does it all and has everything a basketball player could hope to have, and ...
The Final Four is set, with a pair of returning teams and two which haven’t been to the big show for a few seasons. There will be a first-time champion this season. The reigning champion Ryukyu Golden Kings were knocked off by the fifth-seeded ...
The Memphis Grizzlies call it grit and grind, and it got them through another ugly game. Marc Gasol scored 20 points and hit two free throws with 1:03 left to put Memphis ahead to stay, and the Grizzlies held off Oklahoma City 87-81 Saturday ...
The B-Corsairs come through in the clutch to reach the bj-league's Final Four.