In Game 5, Boston benefitted from the return of Marcus Smart, who had not played since March 11. In his first game back, Smart finished with nine points, five rebounds, four assists and three blocks in just under 25 minutes. Smart’s gutsy effort down the stretch was highlighted by a play in which he recovered a loose ball, pryed it away from three Bucks and found an open Al Horford to put the Celtics up by seven with less than 30 seconds to play....

To make matters worse, his response has ended up going viral on social media, prompting a wider debate around education standards in the process. Dom, a primary school teacher from Manchester in the U.K., found himself at the center of a social media storm after answering a tricky question on the ITV quiz series Tipping Point. In the latest episode, host Ben Shephard asked: “In his epic poems, Homer often refers to nectar as the drink of the Gods and what substance as their food?...

The country music superstar is taking extra precautions and canceled five shows from his stadium tour in August as the COVID pandemic continues. “Stadiums are officially out for this year,” the “Friends in High Places” hitmaker told fans this week on the latest installment of his Facebook series Inside Studio G. The 59-year-old performer, who regularly sells out stadiums, is now set to embark on a dive bar tour. The unusual decision to take his large-scale show to much smaller venues is down to concerns about the coronavirus vaccine....

Gary Sanchez landed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a left groin strain, the team announced. He left Tuesday night’s game against the Twins after grounding out to short for the final out of the eighth inning. Sanchez previously missed two weeks in April with a calf strain, and spent two stints on the IL last season due to a right groin strain. But he told reporters after injuring himself Tuesday night that he doesn’t see much similarity between that and the current issue....

But the surgery, itself, doesn’t take off the weight; the real work happens afterward. While the smaller size of the postoperative stomach will reduce the amount of food you can eat and overall appetite, it will be the lifestyle and dietary changes you make that actually cause weight loss. Critical to success, then, is an understanding of long-term care after this procedure. Benefits of Surgery The most impactful benefit of gastric sleeve surgery is a significant reduction in weight....

Coach Will Muschamp ruled out running back Matt Jones and right guard Jon Halapio on Friday, saying neither will be ready to play next week against Toledo. Muschamp called them "huge absences" for the offense, but added that he has confidence in their backups. MORE: AP Top 25 | Coaches’ Poll | Poll analysis "Would I say that we're going to miss those guys?" he said. "I think we'll play well in their absence, but certainly they are good football players and we want them back playing....

Monaco stars must learn from Martial Coached by Gennaro Gattuso, Pisa’s demotion was confirmed on Monday night following a 4-1 defeat at home by Cittadella. However, despite the heavy nature of that loss, Gattuso has still managed to produce the most resilient defence in the division after conceding only 33 goals in the 40 games played so far. Top-of-the-table SPAL have conceded three more goals than Pisa this season, showcasing the bizarre situation Gattuso’s side find themselves in....

The debate hosted by “Inside California Politics” is set to begin at 7 p.m. Debate organizers said three Republican candidates were confirmed as participants as of Thursday morning: businessman John Cox, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and state lawmaker Kevin Kiley. Neither Newsom nor Larry Elder, the conservative radio host who is leading the field of Republicans campaigning to replace the Democratic governor, have participated in earlier debates....

“Governor Gavin Newsom is just getting started. And so is our California Comeback,” concluded one ad. “The same Trump Republicans who refused to accept the presidential election are back, passing voter suppression laws across the country,” said another. “Now they’ve set their sights on California.” The recall campaign released three advertisements in total, two in English and one in Spanish. The ads “highlight Governor Newsom’s historic California Comeback Plan and explain who is behind the Republican recall,” according to a press release from Newsom’s Stop the Republican Recall campaign....

The World Health Organization calls the Delta variant of COVID-19 the “fastest and fittest,” a term suggesting that this strain of the virus both spreads more rapidly and picks off vulnerable people more efficiently than do its predecessors. California is about to experience Delta’s full force—and the state’s lagging vaccination efforts in low income neighborhoods will once again put those populations at unequal risk. Late last month, Delta became the dominant variant in the state, according to the California Department of Public Health....

The Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) issued a statement condemning a decision by Heritage of Pride, the organizers of the city’s annual Pride events, for prohibiting police from joining its festivities until at least 2025. “[GOAL] is disheartened by the decision to ban our group from participating in New York City Pride. Heritage of Pride (NYC Pride) has long been a valued partner of our organization and its abrupt about-face in order to placate some of the activists in our community is shameful,” the group said....

Tennessee-based Tew, 27, has been documenting her health journey in a series of social media posts since going public with her diagnosis in March. In one TikTok clip, shared on June 11 and viewed over 14 million times, the model showed herself struggling to get up from her bed. Her weight had plummeted to 65 pounds, and muscle atrophy had weakened her legs, she revealed. Her health has bounced back in recent months, she said, with her weight increasing to more than 100 pounds, but Tew continues to deal with other problems, including an inability to walk unaided and blindness in one of her eyes....

A new survey by the Pew Research Center revealed that more Americans believe that a person’s gender is determined by the sex assigned at birth in 2022 than in 2021 and 2017. The increase in the number of people who think someone’s gender identity should reflect the sex assigned at birth is small but significant, having gone up from 56 percent in 2021 to 60 percent this year. Compared with the results from five years ago, the number of Americans who hold this belief has grown by six percentage points....

That lack of interest in social issues could prove significant in a presidential race where both parties are attempting to frame their opponents’ positions on topics like gay marriage as extremist, accenting America’s cultural divide. On the surface, 18-to-29-year-olds’political interests appear remarkably similar to those of older voters. President Bush’s support in the under-30 set has declined considerably in the past month. Less than half (46 percent) of young voters say they approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president, down from 54 percent who approved of the president’s performance only one month ago....

The Kazakhstani scored a unanimous decision to win the vacant IBF middleweight belt in New York City, though he was far from his convincing best and was jeered by fans in the Big Apple. Derevyanchenko upped his work rate after being felled in the first, but the judges felt GGG had done enough to earn the victory. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year After the fight Golovkin tentatively suggested a rematch with the Ukrainian is an option, but a third bout with Canelo is clearly still the main aim....

Any thought of Madison Square Garden playing host to a second consecutive major boxing upset was put to bed — literally — by Gennadiy Golovkin, who delivered a devastating fourth-round KO of Steve Rolls on Saturday night, before calling out his heated rival. After dropping and knocking out Rolls with a scintillating left hook in the fourth round, Golovkin was asked who he wants in the ring next and flashed a huge grin as the Garden crowd of 12,357 roaring fans already knew the answer....

Did Smith lose his best chance to stick as the team’s starting quarterback? Or should we believe his Terminator-like response about his resolve? MORE: NFL’s Top 25 QBs | Meet IK Enemkpali, the man who punched Smith No … and yes. Smith was New York’s easy No. 1; ready to play well in preseason games. Though many figured a real battle would materialize between Smith and free-agent stopgap Ryan Fitzpatrick, it never did....

Padisarah is not only an important Ascension material for Nilou, but you can also use it to cook recipes like Padisarah Pudding, as well as other recipes that require the spice. Unfortunately, getting your hands on Padisarah can be a bit difficult, as it can only be found in very specific areas of Sumeru. Because it’s only found in certain areas, it can also be easy to farm, so long as you know where to look....

The royals were photographed at the $23,000-a-year Lambrook prep school located seven miles from Queen Elizabeth II’s Windsor Castle estate ahead of the children’s first official day on Thursday. This will be Louis’ first day at school, having turned four in April, and George and Charlotte previously attended the central London-based Thomas’ Battersea school a short distance from the family’s Kensington Palace apartment. “Ahead of their first day at Lambrook School, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, accompanied by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, today attended a settling in afternoon for new pupils at the school,” a statement released from Kensington Palace on Wednesday said....