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The five-time NBA champion died on Sunday morning when the helicopter he was flying in crashed in Calabasas, California, northwest of Los Angeles. Bryant’s 13-year-old Gianna and the other seven people that were onboard also all perished in the crash. Fox, who played for the Los Angeles Lakers alongside Bryant for seven seasons, was rumored to be among those on board. “This has been a lot to process for all of us,” the 50-year-old said, while speaking during a special segment of Inside the NBA on TNT on Tuesday night, recorded on the Staples Center floor....

Obviously Dale Earnhardt Jr. missing races because of concussion-like symptoms is on a different level. The team is working diligently to get Jeff Gordon up to speed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for his relief driving role this weekend. Earnhardt is missing his second consecutive race and will be out next weekend at Pocono as well, but he did visit the team shop on Wednesday. MORE: Gordon sails on tracke | 10 drivers to watch | Fast trek from France to Indy...

The 72-year-old Jeanneret will work one period on Saturday against Toronto, and more should be coming soon after, he told the Buffalo News: Jeanneret was diagnosed during the offseason and says he’s cancer-free. Doing play-by-play when the Sabres are stuck in their end for 90 seconds will be a cakewalk. By that, he means he plans to do a full game for the Thanksgiving Eve home game with Winnipeg on Nov....

He told ESPN’s Jay Bilas in an ESPN interview that a lie detector demonstrated he had no knowledge that one of his assistant coaches allegedly became involved in an arrangement for the family of McDonald’s All-American Brian Bowen to be delivered $100,000 in exchange for Brian’s commitment to play basketball for the University of Louisville. MORE: Louisville fires AD Tom Jurich amid pay-for-play scandal He insisted his contact with adidas as a company was “very minimal," though its contract to pay millions annually to U of L wound up primarily on his pay stub....

Beleaguered Truss announced her resignation while standing outside No. 10 Downing Street in London on Thursday, following a brief yet calamitous stint that sparked economic uncertainty and saw the value of the pound plummet. Noting that she came into office “at a time of great economic and international instability,” Truss said in her resignation speech that the U.K. “had been held back for too long by low economic growth.”...

The program is beginning the eventual transition from the Lone Star Conference in Division II to the Southland Conference. It will be fully eligible for NCAA championships in 2017-2018. Helping them get there will be Williams, whose professional career took many odd turns. He was the 1998 Heisman Trophy winner and was the NCAA career-rushing leader when he left Texas as the No. 5 NFL Draft pick of the New Orleans Saints....

Right now, fans can experience Dune in theatres and witness Villeneuve’s adaptation of the novel many people once deemed impossible to film. However, long before Villeneuve was attached to direct Dune, Scott once believed the novel could be adapted for the silver screen, and his reason for backing out had more to do with location. RELATED: Gucci Family Issues Angry Statement Over Ridley Scott’s House Of Gucci Speaking with Total Film magazine, Scott shared that he intended to direct Dune between his other two sci-fi classics Alien and Blade Runner....

The difference in class and quality between the two teams was clearly on display as World No.3 Australia scored through Kathryn Slattery (fifth minute), Georgina Morgan (ninth), Jane Claxton (35th), Georgina Parker (36th), Jodie Kenny (43rd and 46th). It was world No.13 India’s second loss in three matches and they are now fifth in the Pool B standings. They will face world No.5 United States (Thursday) and world No.2 Argentina (Saturday)....

Djokovic, who had lost only four games so far this year, was on Sunday eliminated in his quest for the elusive Olympic gold, the only major tennis title so far missing from his incredible record, reports Xinhua news agency. Del Potro left the Olympic Tennis Center in high spirit, hoping the first-round victory will reactivate his career which has been lately ravaged by a string of wrist injuries. The 2009 US Open champion was haunted by chronic wrist injuries which forced him to step into the operating room several times and had him contemplating retirement from tennis....

On Monday morning in India, Phelps and the U.S. relay team of Caled Dressel, Ryan Held and anchor Nathan Adrian won the 4x100 meter freestyle relay gold. Phelps punched the air, but then began laughing an old winner’s laugh before shouting, “Come on, boys!” and hugging Ryan Held. While Adrian punched the waters, Dressel shouted, “Brazil!” at the camera. Brazil is Michael Phelps’ fifth Olympic games. It is also the one he has had to fight the most to reach....

The Ethiopian, a world champion in the 5,000 meters who was competing at this distance on a track for only the second time, employed a bold strategy in making a break a little over halfway through to leave Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot and 2012 champion Tirunesh Dibaba to complete the podium. MORE: Best images from Thursday | Rio TV schedule for Friday “This means everything for me. God is the one that got me here....

It certainly doesn’t hurt when you can throw the spotlight on one of the most beautiful supermodels in the world, Gisele Bundchen. MORE: NFL players’ wives and girlfriends Bundchen, who is married to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, stole the show during the opening ceremony Friday night, walking out in Maracana Stadium accompanied by a pianist playing the famous Brazlian bossa nova song, “The Girl from Ipanema.” No wonder many people were hailing Bundchen’s walk as the highlight of the opening ceremonies, and it was the top-trending story on social media Saturday morning....

The Fijian told the Golf Channel he would instead work on his game on the PGA Tour. “I would like to play the Olympics, but the Zika virus, you know…” Singh said. “I feel bad, I wanted to play and finally decided against it. It’s in the middle of the Tour over here and I’m trying to figure out my game.” Also read: Organizers reiterate that Zika is ‘under control’...

Phelps, who didn’t swim the 100-meter freestyle at Olympic trials in June, was added to the relay by Team USA men’s coach and Phelps’ club coach Bob Bowman as he looked to add to his haul of 22 Olympic medals (18 gold). Phelps did just that alongside USA teammates Caeleb Dressel, Ryan Held and Nathan Adrian, upsetting reigning Olympic champion France with a time of 3 minutes, 9.92 seconds....

Dorman, 24, and Hixon, 22, scored 450.21 points over six dives in Wednesday’s final, finishing second to Chris Mears and Jack Laugher of Great Britain (454.32). China’s Cao Yuan and Qin Kai took bronze (443.70). MORE: 31 greatest American Olympians | Wednesday’s TV schedule for Rio events It was the second consecutive medal for the U.S. in the event after Troy Dumais and Kristian Ipsen won bronze four years ago in London....

The sport itself breaks up into three categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. The most common is artistic gymnastics, which both men and women compete in. MORE: Must-see photos of Olympic venues in Rio Sticking with the women’s realm of the sport, artistic gymnastics consists of four events: vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise. All are competed at a gymnastics arena, which is called a podium....

It’s one of prosperity’s side effects. When couples feel they need two incomes to survive, more moms lean toward full-time paying jobs. When they can manage on just one income (or one and a half), they lean toward part-time work or staying home full time. A few dads do, too, but it’s predominantly moms. Many mothers, of course, choose to keep working, to maintain their incomes or careers. Of those 36 to 40, more than 40 percent work all year in full-time paying jobs–double the number 30 years ago....

Speaking on what players can expect from the game, the developer revealed it won’t stray too far from what Mizuguchi has worked on previously, referring to it as a multiplayer “synesthesia experience.” Synesthesia is the word used to describe the stimulation of the senses, and according to the CEO, the game will aim to capitalize on that by “visualizing music and sound into tactile sensations.” RELATED: Quantic Dream Opens New Studio in Montreal, Working on New Game...

The report that RG3 is talking about is from ESPN NFL insider Chris Mortensen. The NFL insider tweeted out about the relationship between Murray and the Cardinals. Kyler Murray and his time with Arizona He is in the final year of his four-year, $35,658,014 contract with Arizona. The two-time Pro Bowl quarterback will get a base salary of $965,000 and a roster bonus of $4,524,360, while carrying a cap hit of $11,386,841 and a dead cap value of $11,186,842 in the 2022 season....

Along with the risks this poses to your dental health, including tooth loss, untreated periodontal disease may also make certain RA medications less effective. How RA Affects Your Teeth The link between rheumatoid arthritis and periodontal disease has been well established. RA is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease, and people with periodontal disease tend to have higher rates of chronic inflammatory diseases in general. Some research has shown RA patients to be four times more likely to have gum disease than people without RA, and their gum disease tends to be more severe....