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The Game 1 performance was especially encouraging because there has been much hand-wringing in Clipperland about the importance of this postseason. Players are asked, repeatedly, about extra pressure and senses of urgency. Rightly, they shrug. MORE: Can Clippers win without a bench? | 8 teams that can win the title Blake Griffin said he really does not think about it until someone with a tape recorder asks. Team leader Chris Paul said, “It’s not about my sense of urgency....

The photos of the dogs seem to show the pack all with varying degrees of the cobalt tinge to their coats. The pictures were taken in the city of Dzerzhinsk, 230 miles east of Moscow and posted to the Russian social media site vk.com, according to The Moscow Times. While some of the dogs are a dark-colored blue, others are less pigmented. Response to the pictures on social media was mixed—with some saying the dogs looked like cartoon characters, while others expressed concern that their fur was colored blue as the result of pollution and worried about the animals’ health....

At the Blue Jackets home opener against the Rangers, the Columbus superfan was ready to welcome the new hockey season with body paint, Labatt Blues and a bit of good old fashion grinding. MORE: Trevor Gillies gets 12 games for face-smash | ‘Mean Tweets’ for Kings were, uh, not actually mean | Welcome to the NHL’s Non-Stop 90s Rock Concert Series! I wanted to look away, but I just couldn’t....

Seven games in all were postponed Thursday, adding to the three that were called off Wednesday. The Jays and Sox released a joint statement saying they stood behind their players’ decision. The Red Sox were the drivers of the boycott: They voted not to play after center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr., the team’s lone Black player, took himself out of the lineup to make a personal statement. The Blue Jays followed their division rival’s lead after learning of Bradley’s withdrawal....

First baseman Rowdy Tellez took a 1-1 cutter from Red Sox starter Nate Eovaldi high and far over the right-field fence at Fenway Park for a home run. Tellez’s blast was his third of the season, the farthest of his brief MLB career and officially the longest homer in Fenway history. Baseball Savant projected that Tellez’s homer traveled 505 feet — 3 feet farther than Ted Williams’ previous stadium best of 502 feet....

In the ninth inning of Friday’s Tigers-Blue Jays game in Toronto, a fan dumped “what is believed to be cremated remains onto field level, near the Jays’ dugout,” according to the Toronto Star. The fan was not ejected, leaving on his own after speaking with security, the newspaper reports. If the idea was for the ashes to spend eternity with the Jays, well, that’s not going to happen. A hazardous materials team collected them shortly after the game ended....

But things could be looking up. “I’m optimistic that our guys have a chance to come back sooner than we all think,” GM Alex Anthopoulos tells Canada’s National Post. Encarnacion was one of the American League’s top hitters before going the disabled list with a right quadriceps strain. He swung off a tee Sunday. Lawrie is recovering from a fractured right index finger (he had his splint removed Saturday) and Lind is trying to come back from a fractured right foot....

After spending his first four seasons with the Athletics, Donaldson moved to Toronto last offseason after Oakland traded him for far less in return. Donaldson, aka “The Bringer of Rain,” received 23 first-place votes — 16 more than runner-up Angels outfielder Mike Trout. MORE: Worst MVP snubs in history | Sporting News names Donaldson MLB Player of the Year | Bryce Harper wins NL MVP Donaldson sported a .297/.371/.939 slash line with 41 home runs and 123 RBIs....

Griffin, who is still engaged in tough workouts in Los Angeles, insisted the extent of his back injury has been exaggerated. MORE: George has ‘Get well’ banner | George recovery | Cuban on IOC “It’s less than a hairline and my back is not fractured. Everything is still intact,” Griffin said. “I can still come out here and I can do my workouts and I can do everything I used to do....

With injuries to regular defensive choices Virgil van Dijk, Jeffrey Bruma and Stefan de Vrij, Blind selected 17-year-old Ajax prospect Matthijs de Ligt for his debut at centre-back alongside Bruno Martins Indi. It proved a baptism of fire for De Ligt, who was at fault for Spas Delev’s early opener before his weak header led to the Bulgaria striker’s second. Blind replaced De Ligt at half-time, but by then the game was already beyond Oranje, who drop to fourth in Group A and are in real danger of missing out on a second successive major international tournament following their failure to reach Euro 2016....

However, that’s not always the case in AAA gaming, and translators are rarely listed directly in a game’s credits. Blizzard recently faced criticism for continuing this practice with Diablo 2: Resurrected. RELATED: Diablo 2: Resurrected Fans Want to Know When Ladder Will Start The criticism was shared on social media by the Twitter account for Gameloc Gathering, an international group of localizers and translators in the gaming industry. At first, this might sound like an unusual accusation....

Now, the team is teasing an all-new project, with London Studio hinting it has the capacity to be one of its biggest and most expansive ventures to date. Posting an interview on its website with the studio’s new co-heads, Tara Saunders and Stuart Whyte, the developer has made it clear that it’s hard at work on something big. RELATED: Arizona Sunshine Devs Reveal Co-Op PlayStation VR Shooter Game After the Fall...

On my maternal line, I am a descendent of genocide survivors. Pre-1915, my family inhabited their indigenous land of Upper Tyari in the Hakkari region of modern day southeastern Turkey. Up until 1915, the Upper Tyari valley alone contained 20 Assyrian settlements, two of which I can trace back my ancestry to: Koh and Rumta. At the time, the Upper Tyari settlements contained up to 450 Assyrian families and many churches....

When trying to find the reason for your back pain, your healthcare provider will likely take a medical history, do a physical exam, and possibly order some diagnostic tests. While some feel an over-reliance on diagnostic tests exists in our society; such tests generally do not in and of themselves definitely diagnose spine pain. For example, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (which is part of the National Institutes for Health or NIH) says that MRIs can reveal abnormalities in the spine but you may not feel pain or experience other symptoms at all....

For those that aren’t savvy with Bloodborne, Blood Rocks are the only way to max out weapons. There are a very limited number of Blood Rocks available in the main game, which means that players typically have to be very selective when choosing which weapons to upgrade. However, now that Blood Rocks are available to purchase from the Insight Shop, players will be able to max out more weapons than before and at a quicker rate....

Last year, the price of decent graphics cards skyrocketed to an unprecedented high. COVID-19 has had many effects on the world that have not been isolated to public health, and the cost of GPUs is one of these. Enforced quarantine saw increased demand for gaming PC parts, inflating the price as scalpers pounced on the opportunity. This compounded with the new tariffs enforced on Chinese imports, and the 30XX series’ bitcoin mining capability to cause the overall price of GPUs to soar....

Olney doubts Baltimore would allow its executive vice president for baseball operations to leave. But not everyone agrees. Duquette has been at the helm in Baltimore for the past three seasons. In that time, the Orioles have won 93, 85 and 96 wins and made the playoffs twice. He was the 2014 Sporting News MLB Executive of the Year. Duquette previously served as general manager of the Expos and Red Sox....

Navarro will make $3 million next season and $5 million in 2015. The contract's completion is contingent on the free agent passing a physical. Several hours after announcing the deal, the Blue Jays said they failed to offer a 2014 contract to catcher J.P. Arencibia, who became a free agent. Navarro batted .300 with a career-high 13 home runs and 34 RBIs in 89 games for the Chicago Cubs last season....