The best thing about starring in your own movie: “I’m a really big perfectionist about what I do, making sure everything is in its place. I was, like, ‘Dang, it’s finally perfect and I’m not able to see my show. I want to see it!’ Finally, it was like I was at my own concert, which is, like, wild. You literally feel like you’re in the front row.” She’s kind of a geek: “My favorite thing to do in my spare time is write....
That is, Bango, Milwaukee’s mascot. MORE: Plumlee commits the ultimate party foul | Kings reportedly having ‘intense conversations’ with George Karl As Chin was doing a stand up during the game, Bango rode into the back of her shot on a Segway. After giving a little wave, Bango drove off but it shows why he’s one of the best mascots in the NBA. Let’s hope he doesn’t have any beef with Robin Lopez....
With a final score of 152-79 – and no, there is no typo there – the Grizzlies handled the young, rebuilding Thunder in the most dominant fashion the league has ever seen. The craziest part? They didn’t even have superstar guard Ja Morant. (To be fair, Oklahoma City was missing star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and reigning Rookie of the Month Josh Giddey, but that’s beside the point). Jaren Jackson Jr....
Mike Ellis resigned his position as senior associate athletic director after a two-month leave of absence, according to the (St. Paul) Pioneer Press. MORE: Sex scandals and sports Ellis’ resignation comes almost two months to the day after his former boss, Norwood Teague, resigned as athletic director after being accused of sexual harassment. “Recent events relating to the former Athletic Director . . . have resulted in me being investigated for certain unsubstantiated, anonymous allegations,” Ellis wrote in his resignation letter....
A 21-year-old from suburban Edina, Minn., Lynch was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman, 19, on May 8 in a campus apartment building in Minneapolis. “We found insufficient evidence to prove that a crime was committed,” spokesman Chuck Laszewski said. MORE: College basketball’s most impactful players heading into 2016-17 Lynch, a 6-10 power forward who sat out last season after transferring from Illinois State, was released from jail May 10, but the County Attorney’s office continued its investigation....
According to the Star Tribune, Gazelka made the statement, suggesting legislators and Capitol workers be considered essential, during a forum on Friday. He spoke about committees and how some met via Zoom or in-person as a hybrid, before speaking about vaccines. “I’m encouraging the vaccines, as one of the priority groups, after elderly and some of our front-line workers that we think about the people that have to be essential at the Capitol,” Gazelka said in the forum, shared by Minnesota Public Radio....
This four-bed, three-bath in Rochester looks fairly innocuous from the outside, yet step inside its impressive original carriage doors and you’ll find a whopping 3,600 square feet of connected caves. The $550,000 hillside home, located at 933 11th Street SW, was built in 1926, and is up for sale for the first time in 34 years. The real estate listing, on Edina Realty, says: “One of the most enticing features are the attached caves, the opportunities are endless for this additional 3600 square feet of space....
A late-night summit between university president Eric Kaler, athletic director Mark Coyle, two university regents and members of the football team — which has threatened to boycott the game — did not result in the parties finding common ground, the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune reported late Friday. Sources close to the situation told the newspaper the university has until noon CT (1 p.m. ET) Saturday to decide whether it will participate in the Dec....
Representative Jeremy Munson introduced a bill on March 25 that would create a constitutional amendment to allow counties to vote on whether to break away from Minnesota and join a nearby state: either South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa or Wisconsin. Munson has created a petition on his campaign website to rally support for the bill, titled HF2423. As of Monday morning, the petition had garnered 6,475 signatures, with the goal of gathering 10,000 names....
On Sunday, the bombastic skipper lost his mind, and part of his uniform during an epic tirade with the home plate umpire during his team’s game against the Salem Red Sox. MORE: Best MiLB states | Major MiLB brawl | Triple play bean ball Mikulik is no stranger to temper tantrums. In 2006, while managing the Asheville Tourists, he removed the second base bag and hurled it towards the outfield, then poured water all over home plate....
That trip might take even longer. Tickets for the team’s June 6 home opener are due to go on sale Wednesday, but Biloxi’s acting mayor says the stadium may not be ready. “There has been no agreement to pay any extra costs to open up early,” Robert Deming told WLOX-TV in Biloxi. “We’ve discussed it. And there’s going to be a large added cost. And right now, we haven’t agreed to pay it....
The founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, started in 2012 to collate women’s experiences of sexism, spent months undercover in the darkest depths of the internet to lift a lid on the “manosphere”, an online community made up of various sub-groups including men’s rights activists, pick-up artists, incels or involuntary celibates who blame their lack of sexual activity on women, and MGTOWs, the “men going their own way” who have vowed to abandon all romantic relationships with women and believe society has been destroyed by feminism....
The Associated Press reported that the contestant has not been named and that it is unclear whether she had the variant. Though Israel closed its borders to foreign travelers after finding an omicron case, the Miss Universe Organization said most of the 80 contestants have already arrived and the pageant will continue as scheduled on December 12 with strict COVID protocols. The event is being held in the southern city of Eilat....
On CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper asked the Republican governor whether he believed Joe Biden is the “legitimate, lawfully elected president of the United States.” Reeves began by stating Biden is “the president of the United States” until Tapper interjected to ask: “But was he legitimately and lawfully elected?” “In our state, we do not allow mail-in voting, and the reason we don’t allow mail-in voting is because we think that it allows for lots of opportunities for fraud and other things, and I don’t think mail-in voting should be allowed in other states around the nation,” Reeves answered....
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency shared a copy of the letter, with the word “FAKE” stamped over it in red lettering, on Facebook and Twitter on Sunday. The agency warned that the letter was not written by Reeves or anyone else in his office and that the mandate is still in effect. “A ’letter’ claiming to be from the governor’s office is circulating on social media,” the agency wrote. “The letter is a FAKE....
Collins will make $575,000 next season and $625,000 in 2015 — $1.2 million over two seasons. MORE: Top 10 teams for 2014 | College football icons “I am proud to be a Mississippi State Bulldog,” Collins said in a statement. “We have a talented group coming back next season and believe it can be a special year for us. I look forward to continuing to develop our players both on and off the football field....
But that doesn’t mean the 43-year-old coach doesn’t run often or can’t achieve his goal. It’s just that organized running events usually take a backseat to his football career. MORE: Ranking top college football states | Dak’s final MSU pick But on Monday morning near his hometown of Manchester, N.H., Mullen will try to run 26.2 miles under his goal time of 4 hours, 30 minutes as he seeks donations for his family’s Mullen 36 Foundation....
Local elections in April generally suffer from low voter turnout, but in La Russell (population: 70) it can’t get lower. The Joplin Globe reported that Ray Miller and Brandy Carter, who were running unopposed to fill open seats on the La Russell Board of Trustees, didn’t even vote for themselves. With no votes recorded, the board will have to consult state law on how the seats should be filled, according to Jasper County Clerk Charlie Davis....
“Golly, we couldn't be any happier,” Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson said. “I can't answer what the other coaches think, but I know me, I've got my chest poked out there. I couldn't be any happier. I went on "Outside the Lines" and talked about those guys and fought for them, and I will continue to do that.” Evansville coach Marty Simmons was asked, in the press conference after his Aces beat Drake on Thursday night, if he thought Wichita State deserved a No....
