NBA Notebook: Remaining East matchups set: Heat-Pacers, Celtics-76ersRemaining East matchups set: Heat-Pacers, Celtics-76ers
The Eastern Conference playoff field is set, and the final day of the regular season will bring a preview of a first-round matchup.
Indiana's win over Houston on Wednesday set what had been the last two unknown series on the East bracket.Read....
Thunder-Clippers Friday game time setBy Ryan AberThe Thunder's Friday seeding game finale against the Los Angeles Clippers will be played at 5:30 p.m., the NBA announced Monday.The game will be broadcast locally on Fox Sports Oklahoma and nationally on ESPN.Game times for Friday's matchups were held back until Monday to optimize the te....
Huge fight between teams at MLB game is definitely not socially distancedMajor League Baseball's 2020 season has been marred and delayed by COVID-19 outbreaks — the virus has raised questions about the viability of having a season at all. So it's probably not ideal that a bench-clearing brawl — a fight apparently partially instigated by a coach, no less ̵....
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Texans' J.J. Watt expresses optimism for start of 2020 seasonHouston Texans star J.J. Watt expressed optimism about the 2020 NFL season starting on time despite the coronavirus pandemic potentially putting a damper on the college football season.....
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Qatar Airways continues to grow US presenceThe carrier will add three weekly flights to Houston from September 2nd, while four weekly flights to Philadelphia will be on offer from September 15th.....
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Morning Roundup: Oakland, Houston clear benches as tempers flareMLB
Tempers flare between Astros and Athletics
Benches cleared during the seventh inning of the Astros-Athletics series finale Sunday, tempers flaring at last between the AL West rivals months after Houston's sign-stealing scandal was brought to light by Oakland pitcher Mike Fiers.
Oakland's Ramo....
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Florida Teacher Writes And Shares Her Own Fake Obituary To Protest Schools ReopeningA Jacksonville, Florida teacher named Whitney Reddick is not in favor of schools reopening amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to protest this the special education teacher wrote and later shared a fake obituary for herself. The obituary was meant to prove the point that she felt her l....
Whitney Simmons Stuns In Green Sports Bra & Spandex Shorts For Gym WorkoutFitness model Whitney Simmons added a new workout video to her large Instagram collection on Thursday, August 6, that featured her activating her glutes at the gym.
For the workout, Whitney showed off her sculpted figure in a light-green sports bra with spaghetti straps and a thick strip of mater....
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Thomas and Matthias astro chats: space photographyVideo:
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Join ESA astronauts Thomas Pesquet and Matthias Maurer at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, USA. In part four of this video series, the astronauts discuss taking photos on the International Space Station.Though mission details and dates are yet to be confirm....
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'Indian Matchmaking': Aparna Shewakramani Hints At Moving To New York With Jay WadhwaniAfter appearing on Netflix’s reality dating series Indian Matchmaking, Aparna Shewakramani is opening up about life off-screen with her potential match, Jay Wadhwani, according to a report from Screen Rant.
Indian Matchmaking follows Sima Taparia, a popular matchmaker from India, as she tra....
NBA Rumors: Kevin Love Would Be 'Match Made In Heaven' For Rockets, Per 'Fadeaway World'The Houston Rockets may have somewhat managed to establish an impressive performance despite parting ways with Clint Capela before the 2020 February NBA trade deadline, but they are still expected to find ways to address the major problem at the center position this fall. Though the season is still....
Disparities in a common air pollutant are visible from spaceAs a global center for petrochemical manufacturing, Houston, Texas, experiences some of the worst air quality in the country, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Evidence suggests that air pollution disproportionately affects low-income, non-white and Hispanic residents, but it's ....
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Sony to Release Whitney Houston Biopic 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'A new Whitney Houston biopic is coming. Sony and TriStar Pictures won a bidding war for I Wanna Dance With Somebody, based on the life of the late icon, and it will be released Thanksgiving of 2022, Deadline reported on Tuesday (August 4). Stella Meghie is set to direct, and the movie has the suppor....
Whitney Houston Biopic 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' Lands at SonySony has bought the upcoming Whitney Houston biopic, titled “I Wanna Dance With Somebody.” The studio plans to release the movie in theaters around Thanksgiving in 2022. Stella Meghie (“The Photograph”) directed the film from a script by Anthony McCarten (“The Two Popes....
Whitney Simmons Flaunts Sculpted Figure In Skintight Outfit For Latest WorkoutFitness model Whitney Simmons took to popular social media site Instagram on Monday, August 3, to post a new workout video in which she trained her back.
The model flaunted her sculpted figure in a green sports bra and gray shorts. The top included thin straps and showed off plenty of skin along ....
Rockets blast off to winAugust 04, 2020 5:00 AMMIAMI • The Milwaukee Bucks began this National Basketball Association (NBA) season in Houston with a 117-111 win behind Giannis Antetokounmpo's game-high points, rebounds and assists.....
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University of Houston researchers create drawn-on-skin electronicsA researcher from the University of Houston has developed a new form of electronics known as drawn-on-skin electronics. The breakthrough allows multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn directly on the skin using an ink pen. The technique allows for the collection of precise motion artifact-f....
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Noble Midstream Partners: 2Q Earnings SnapshotHOUSTON (AP) _ Noble Midstream Partners LP (NBLX) on Monday reported second-quarter earnings of $48.2 million.
The Houston-based company said it had profit of 53 cents per share.
The provider of oil, gas and water-related midstream services posted revenue of $146 million in the period.
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Lillard and Portland take on Harden and the RocketsHouston Rockets (42-24, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (30-38, 10th in the Western Conference)
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Rotation reports: Cleveland rolling, Houston in fluxCleveland's starting rotation is rolling through the early stages of the season.
The Houston Astros, on the other hand, are having to make do with a group that bears little resemblance to the one that pitched its way to the World Series last year.
Someone forgot to tell the Indians that starti....
Westbrook scores 31 as Rockets get 120-116 win over BucksLAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 31 points and the Houston Rockets used strong defense down the stretch for a 120-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.
It was the 36th straight game with at least 20 points for Westbrook, who led Houston's offense on a night....
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Russell Westbrook leads Rockets past Bucks, 120-116LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Russell Westbrook scored 31 points and the Houston Rockets used strong defense down the stretch for a 120-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.
It was the 36th straight game with at least 20 points for Westbrook, who led Houston's offense on a night....
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Astros outlast Angels 6-5 in 11; Ohtani has arm discomfortANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Houston Astros didn't even need to lift their bats from their shoulders to chase Shohei Ohtani from another wild performance in the second inning.
Almost four hours later, Ohtani provided another worry for Angels fans when the two-way star said he felt discomfort in h....
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Bregman's 11th-inning RBI sends Astros past Angels, 6-5ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Alex Bregman hit an RBI single in the 11th inning, and the Houston Astros rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday.
Bregman also homered, and Josh Reddick delivered the tying RBI single in the ninth as the Astros took two of three at Angel Stadium. ....
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House Dems seek to hold suburbs as Trump's slide worries GOPWASHINGTON (AP) — In a suburban Houston congressional district that backed President Donald Trump in 2016, a twice-elected Republican sheriff is battling a Democrat who's the son of an immigrant from India.Read more on NewsOK.com....
As rapid COVID-19 testing heads to nursing homes, lack of public tests threatens its effectivenessBy Whitney Bryen and Supriya SridharOklahoma WatchFour months after the coronavirus began sweeping through Oklahoma's nursing homes, the federal government is preparing to ship thousands of tests to residential care facilities for the elderly and disabled nationwide.
But even as single shipments ar....
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Texas cave sediment hints that volcanoes caused ancient global coolingResearchers from several Texas universities, including the University of Houston, Baylor University, and Texas A&M University have discovered some new evidence that suggests new scientific theories about why the Earth cooled globally about 13,000 years ago. The sediments obtained from a cave in ....
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Whitney Simmons Flaunts Peach Booty In Skintight Spandex Shorts For New Workout VideoFitness model Whitney Simmons took to popular social media platform Instagram on Friday, July 31, to post a new workout video series in which she flaunted her sculpted backside in spandex shorts.
For the workout, the fitness trainer wore a white sports bra with thin spaghetti straps and a scooped....
Family creates nonprofit honouring Pakistani exchange student killed in shooting at US schoolThe family of a high school exchange student from Pakistan who was killed in a Texas school shooting have started a foundation to honour her memory through providing university scholarships to low-income Pakistani women.
Sabika Sheikh, 17, was killed in a May 2018 shooting at Santa Fe High School....
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has fired fresh criticism at North Korea and China. He reconfirmed Washington's goal of completely denuclearizing North Korea and said the closure of the Chinese consulate in Hou....
