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A source told Sporting News that the Knicks reached out to Hill on Thursday once it was clear Monroe was going elsewhere. Hill was drafted with the eighth pick by the Knicks in 2009, but he never really meshed with coach Mike D’Antoni and was traded to Houston in his rookie year. MORE: 12 affordable free agents who can really help | NBA free agency tracker Hill eventually settled in with the Lakers for the last four seasons, averaging 12....

And that boils down the issue with Jackson and the Warriors to its essence—Jackson was not well-liked around the team’s front office and even among his own coaching staff, which is certainly cause for a team to move on and find a new coach. MORE: Jackson fired after three seasons | Western playoffs in images Except that, at the same time, Jackson is immensely popular in the Warriors’ locker room and is coming off a season in which he won 51 games and got his team within a whisker of upending the third-seeded Clippers, despite missing starting center Andrew Bogut....

This is the first look gamers have gotten at the little Boomkins, and it’s no understatement to say that the reception has been very positive so far. The image above and the three provided in the gallery below were shared on Battle.net, and the post has already acquired over 350 comments ranging from: “OMG Cute :3”, “Mini-Boomkin is credit to team!” to “i don’t buy pets because i am hardcore but this is for charity so maybe i guess....

The Nintendo Switch Online subscription gives Switch owners the ability to not just play online, but also to backup saves and games in the cloud. Another big incentive to buy in is the service’s growing library of classic games. Prior to the reveal, only NES games were found in the service. However, starting September 5, players will be able to enjoy some of the best Nintendo games ever made....

In Lansdale, Pennsylvania, an accountant still awaiting funding said she has found that the money earmarked for small businesses in the first congressional package seemed to be “applied unevenly.” In Annapolis, Maryland, a law firm filed a class action suit, arguing that a provision making sole proprietors wait an additional week to apply for Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans was discriminatory, because minority- and women-owned businesses make up a larger portion of sole proprietorships....

Egypt, who have not reached a World Cup since 1990, lead Group E with nine points from four matches, two ahead of Uganda. Ghana have five points and remain in contention but bottom side Congo, with one point, have been eliminated. Only the top team in each group advances to the finals in Russia. Liverpool forward Salah scrambled home a rebound in the sixth minute after his volley from Abdallah Said’s chip over the Uganda defence had been saved by goalkeeper Denis Onyango....

Da Silva put Urawa in front in the seventh minute of the match before Syrian striker Omar Khribin claimed his 10th goal of the competition to level eight minutes before half-time. The two teams will meet again in Japan next Saturday, with Urawa seeking to win the title for the first time since 2007, while Al Hilal are attempting to claim their first continental crown since 2000. The opening goal came when Da Silva outpaced right back Mohammed Al Burayk on the outside and, after the Al Hilal defence failed to clear, the 25-year-old rolled the ball into the back of the net....

The home side took the lead after 50 minutes when Dwyer, who was only granted U.S. citizenship in March, got his second goal on his second appearance. Kelyn Rowe whipped in a cross from the left and Dwyer did well to create space and fire home from close range. The goal spurred Panama into action and, after coming close on two occasions, they got the equaliser they deserved 10 minutes later through Camargo....

The Spanish club said in a statement that Navas had been diagnosed with a “swollen adductor muscle in his right groin”. Spanish media reported that the Costa Rican was not set to feature against Getafe in La Liga on Saturday and may not be back in time for the European clash at the Santiago Bernabeu three days later. Navas sustained the injury while on international duty with Costa Rica, whom he helped reach next year’s World Cup thanks to a 1-1 draw against Honduras on Saturday....

A new trailer uploaded Tuesday to Nintendo’s YouTube page showcased a few upcoming Switch games with a video titled “Nintendo Switch - Fan-Favorites & Newest Releases - July.” However, Nintendo would quickly rename the title to say “Summer” instead. This has led many Smash Ultimate fans to speculate the protagonist from the Dragon Quest series is going to be released by the end of this month. More evidence to that opinion comes from the other games shown in that trailer....

Is Jennifer Connelly leaving Snowpiercer? Despite her character currently being dead, it seems that the Requiem for a Dream actor is not done on the series just yet. In TV Line’s breakdown of the final two Snowpiercer Season 2 episodes “The Show Must Go On” and “Into the White,” executive producer Becky Clements said, “we are pleased that Jennifer will join us for Season 3.” Is Melanie dead in Snowpiercer? How exactly Connelly will appear in Snowpiercer Season 3, however, is more complicated....

The now-viral Reddit post where the matter was discussed, which has garnered over 17,000 upvotes and 9,000 comments, was shared to the subreddit “Ask Reddit” on February 5 by u/qquackie. The post is titled, “What parenting ’trend’ do you strongly disagree with?” Some examples of parenting trends include the use of kids’ subscription boxes, limiting children’s time with electronics, and parenting apps and software that can track kids’ activities, according to Marriage....

“#BreakingNews another unprecedented boom in class 1 noxious pest in #MurrayDarlingBasin,” the NSW Irrigators’ Council, a group representing Irrigation Farmers in New South Wales, tweeted. “[Picture of] weatherloach having got past fish screens at Western Murray Irrigation to choke pump filters.” Weather loach are an invasive species in Australia, especially in rivers like the Murray. “The weather loach are an invasive species that were introduced to rivers as ornamental releases,” Lee Baumgartner, an executive director and professor of Fisheries and River Management at the Gulbali Institute of Charles Sturt University in Australia, told Newsweek....

Sheamus‘s music hits and he comes out with a mic too. Sheamus delivers the basic Sheamus promo. State something obvious, pander to the crowd. Cody Rhodes tries to impersonate Sheamus (emphasis on “tries”), and says that he will not face Sheamus until Booker comes out. That leads to Sheamus doing a Booker T impression. He then goes on to impersonate Vickie Guerrero. I think we can rule out impersonator as a post-WWE career option for Sheamus....

The Lovecraftian horror is the 110th playable character in the game and its “most anticipated God ever,” according to a press release from Hi-Rez Studios. Known as “the Great Dreamer” in SMITE, Cthulhu was first revealed with a cinematic trailer in May and has a gameplay style that “revolves around aggression” with attacks that invoke insanity and allow him to feed off of it until opponents’ minds “shatter,” granting Cthulhu permanent benefits....

Where they’re heading The Thunder will hope to weather the first four-to-six weeks of the season without star guard Russell Westbrook, who injured his knee in last year’s postseason and required a second surgery this month to fix the knee. That means Oklahoma City will have somewhere in the range of 15-20 games without Westbrook, which of course, means that forward Kevin Durant will take on an even bigger role than usual....

On Monday, the Mustangs named Clemson offensive coordinator Chad Morris as their head coach. Morris spent the past four seasons at Clemson and the Tigers had their three highest-scoring seasons in school history. MORE: Worst teams past 25 seasons | 10 Nebraska candidates | Florida coach search That’s the sort of mindset SMU needs. The Mustangs are 0-11 this season, averaging just 9.6 points per game and 255.1 total yards....

That starts with Alabama, which entering Week 12 still looked to have an outside chance at making the Playoff. But a season-ending hip injury to quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, however, seems to have ended the Crimson Tide’s hopes at a sixth straight Playoff berth, even after their win over Mississippi State. MORE: Week 13 Playoff picture Other significant games include losses by previously unbeaten teams Minnesota and Baylor, which lost to Iowa and Oklahoma, respectively....

Two sources tell Sporting News that Jim Tomsula interviewed earlier this week to become New Orleans’ new defensive line coach. MORE: Will 49ers go after Kirk Cousins? Tomsula, 48, went 5-11 as San Francisco’s head coach in 2015 before being fired after just one season. He spent last year out of football. Tomsula was San Francisco’s defensive line coach from 2007 to 2014. As first reported by Sporting News, the Saints are in the hunt for a new defensive line coach after firing Bill Johnson....