When Camilla and Giulia Venturini, the Italian twin sisters behind Medea, first saw a photo of their tiny tote on Rihanna’s Instagram page, a drooping red rose held within, their reaction was nothing short of shock. “It gave us a little bit of a heart attack,” Giulia says. Yet Bad Gal RiRi’s […]
Warriors star DeMarcus Cousins won’t need surgery on torn left quad, but unlikely to return for NBA playoffs
The Golden State Warriors received a glimmer of hopeful news regarding the injury fate of DeMarcus Cousins on Wednesday, but are still expecting to miss their powerful big man for the remainder of the postseason. Cousins fell to the floor with a torn left quad muscle early in the team’s defeat at home to the […]
James Harden has triple-double as Houston Rockets cruise to Game 2 win over Utah Jazz
HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden and the Houston Rockets didn’t talk about their defeat at home by the Utah Jazz in the second game of their second-round playoff series last season before Game 2 of their first-round matchup on Wednesday night. The Beard and his teammates were certainly thinking about […]
Noah Lyles is just the guy to pick up where Usain Bolt left off
CLERMONT, Fla. — Even with all those Olympic gold medals and all those world records, it took more than Usain Bolt’s dazzling speed to make him an international icon. It took his personality. The way he turned each race into a theatrical event, preening and posing before settling into the blocks, […]
Patriots to open their 2019 season vs. Steelers in first of five prime time games
The New England Patriots will defend their Super Bowl championship with a regular-season schedule loaded with prime time games and manageable travel. The NFL on Wednesday released its regular-season schedule for all 32 teams and all 256 games, and the Patriots will play in five prime time games, starting with their season opener against the Pittsburgh […]
Scammers use tax-themed emails to infect PCs with malware
Watch out for tax scams popping up in your email inbox. They can often be rigged to secretly install malware onto your computer. As the April 15th filing deadline approaches, IBM says it’s recently detected a wave of tax-themed phishing messages targeting both businesses and personal email addresses. The emails […]
You will not believe this Joey Votto statistic
Cincinnati’s Joey Votto made his big-league debut back in 2007 and has played 1,592 games but had never popped out to first base until Wednesday – in his 6,828th career plate appearance. It’s an absolutely insane statistic considering there were 2,206 pop-outs to first base in the majors in 2018. On a 3-1 […]
Walmart battles online retail by adding more robots to its stores
Brick and mortar stores have been hit hard by online retailers like Amazon. Walmart (which has its own online presence) believes it has an answer to dwindling sales. Its solution, robots that take care of mundane jobs (like cleaning up spills) while its staff spends their time helping customers. The retailer announced […]