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According to USA Basketball Managing Director Jerry Colangelo, Anthony requested to join the team through a representative, but Colangelo said the team was moving in a different direction. “I love Carmelo,” Colangelo told Sports Illustrated. “He made a great contribution. He was a very good international player. But for where we are and what we’re doing, that conceivably could have been a distraction. I understand why the request was made....

Wait? Is that Carmelo Anthony? MORE: Carmelo fears cats | Twitter rips Knicks for No. 4 pick | NBA All-Defense teams Anthony received an All-NBA third-team vote despite playing 40 games before undergoing season-ending knee surgery. There isn’t exactly an argument to be made for him being an All-NBA performer when he was on the court either. His points per game and shooting percentages were down across the board from last season for a Knicks team that finished with the second-worst record in the league....

This article explains the purpose of a carotid ultrasound, what to expect during the procedure, and how the results are used. Purpose You have two large carotid arteries in your neck that supply blood to the brain. A Doppler, or ultrasound, uses sound wave imaging technology to monitor these arteries. A physician prescribes a carotid ultrasound for a variety of reasons, including if: You have an increased risk of having a stroke....

According to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday, the FBI was first notified that Andrew Taake, of Houston, was present during the Capitol attack after an anonymous Bumble match shared screenshots of their conversation in January. During the conversation, the unnamed Bumble user asked Taake whether he was “near all the action,” on January 6, to which he responded by saying that he had been there “from the very beginning.”...

Law enforcement officials are preparing for potential violence at the “Justice for J6” rally on Saturday that’s intended to support defendants who argue they’re being held unfairly in the wake of the Capitol riot. Matt Braynard, the rally organizer, told anyone intending to commit violent acts to stay away, but law enforcement is taking no chances, putting every Capitol Police officer on duty and erecting fencing around the Capitol....

Tokitae, also known as Lolita, is one of the most famous captive orcas in the world. The 56-year-old killer whale has lived at the Miami Seaquarium since 1970. She is the last surviving orca out of 45 that were captured and delivered for aquariums between 1965 and 1973. Animal welfare groups continue to be concerned about Tokitae. Her circumstances have been a controversial matter for years, with many campaigning for her release....

Recently, the first-ever Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy, a type of gene therapy for blood cancer treatment, was performed in India. The CAR-T Cell Therapy for cancer treatment was conducted at the Bone Marrow Transplant unit at the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai in collaboration with IIT-Bombay. Seeing the positive results, the Central government has decided to allocate a sum of Rs 19....

If you’ve been diagnosed with carcinoid lung tumors, it’s important that you understand the unique aspects of this type of cancer, keeping in mind that your experience will be different than that of most other lung cancer patients. It will not be an easy journey, but the survival rate with a lung carcinoid cancer is better than that of other types of lung cancer. Types of Carcinoid Tumors of the Lung Carcinoid tumors are a form of neuroendocrine tumor....

The Arizona quarterback was penalized for his thrust toward the stands as he celebrated a go-ahead fourth-quarter touchdown. MORE: Cam Newton’s celebrations | Steele: Players, fans need to stop worrying about dancing, trash-talking Palmer told ESPN the move was intended for some of his friends in the stands, not toward Seahawks fans. “I had my buddies in the sideline, right four or five rows up,” Palmer said. “I saw them pretty excited and (that) got me excited to see them excited....

Arians will be hard to replace, given he led the team to a 48-31-1 record, including a wild-card playoff berth in 2014 and an NFC West division title in ‘15. His offensive acumen and likeability as an older leader who could relate well to younger players are the two assets that will be missed most. The short list of the best candidates to replace him (and his Kangol) starts with his right-hand man in Arizona....

A source told Sporting News on Tuesday that Michael will be joining the staff of new Arizona head coach Steve Wilks. He will replace Rick Christophel, who wasn’t retained by Wilks. MORE: Ranking NFL coaching hires for 2018 Michael, 39, had spent the previous two seasons as the Titans’ quarterbacks coach after serving as their offensive coordinator in 2014 and 2015. He previously served as tight ends coach with the Chargers (2011-13), Titans (2008) and Jets (2007)....

The Cardinals’ second-year quarterback picked up chess in the fourth grade, according to ESPN. It’s a hobby he still plays does now, mostly via an app on his phone. Murray’s chess playing has gotten a bit more attention recently thanks to the streaming series, “The Queen’s Gambit,” which prompted the Week 10 CBS broadcast to put together a segment called “Kyler’s Gambit” where he was pictured moving around on a chess board....

Left untreated, diabetes can cause serious health problems such as kidney disease, nerve damage, and eye problems. Approximately 9.4% of the U.S. population lives with diabetes. Although there is no cure, there are ways to manage diabetes and stay healthy. A caregiver can help. Caring for a loved one with diabetes can include administering or tracking medications, encouraging changes to diet and activity levels, and ensuring regular monitoring by a healthcare provider....

Hillsong Church has become known for its reel of celebrity attendees. It previously counted the likes of Selena Gomez, Bono and the Jenner sisters among its members. Leona Kimes, who was a pastor at Hillsong Boston, made the allegations in a lengthy essay on Medium, titled “Writing My Voice Back.” She did not name him in the post but she did later confirm to the Religion News Service that she was speaking about Lentz....

Your Name is a film about two teenagers, Taki (voiced by Ryunosuke Kamiki in Japanese and Michael Sinterniklaas in English) and Mitsuha (voiced by Mone Kamishiraishi in Japanese and Stephanie Sheh in English), who discover they are intermittently swapping bodies. After getting past the initial confusion of the situation, the two learn to communicate with one another and slowly start to form a friendship. As the mystery unravels, it later becomes apparent that the two are not only separated by distance but by time as well....

"I want to retire in New York," Melo told TNT in an interview that aired during the Knicks' 82-81 loss to the Bulls in Chicago on Thursday. (per the New York Daily News ). "I mean, let’s just be quite frank.” MORE FROM THE DAILY NEWS: Melo misses at buzzer after Rose’s bucket The speculation about Anthony's potential landing spot has stretched from coast (staying with the Knicks) to coast (maybe signing with the Lakers)....

MORE: American basketball thriving despite doom and gloom The Knicks forward said he has talked to the free-agent-to-be about his team, but he’s not pressing the issue. “We’re friends. We hang out,” Anthony told ESPN. “It’s magnified now because he’s a free agent and we’re in New York. But last year nobody was talking about us hanging out, going to work out or going to dinner or things like that....

Jesse and I have something in common. I’m a kid from Queens, I started as a secretary, barely went to college and I’m at Harvard speaking to a group of students that includes the former governor of Minnesota, who is the high priest of third-party politics. The office I’ve been assigned for an afternoon at the Kennedy School of Government’s Institute of Politics is next to Ventura’s, where I hear him regaling a constant stream of wide-eyed students with tales from his wrestling days mixed in with his take on politics....

On the eve of Pikmin 3’s arrival in Japan, Sakurai has revealed that franchise protagonist, Captain Olimar, will be rejoining the fray with his trusty Pikmin in tow. The character originally made his Smash debut in Brawl, and many fans were worried that he may be replaced by the likes of any one of the three new protagonists in Pikmin 3 — fortunately, that’s not the case. [gallery columns=“2” ids=“194271,194272,194273,194274,194275,194276,194277,194278,194279,194280”]...