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OKLAHOMA CITY — The earthquake hit around noon. “The smiles vanished,” an eyewitness recalled, “and for an appreciable instant everyone stood transfixed” by “the sound of unearthly thunder.” This thunder struck 94 years ago, when the Great Kanto Earthquake, with an approximate magnitude of 7.9, roiled eastern Japan for between four and 10 minutes on …

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OKLAHOMA CITY — The earthquake hit around noon. “The smiles vanished,” an eyewitness recalled, “and for an appreciable instant everyone stood transfixed” by “the sound of unearthly thunder.” This thunder struck 94 years ago, when the Great Kanto Earthquake, with an approximate magnitude of 7.9, roiled eastern Japan for between four and 10 minutes on …

Read more “Thunder have realistic-yet-firm grip on franchise, future behind Russell Westbrook”

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz will add a corporate sponsorship patch to their jerseys next season and use it to raise money for cancer research. The team has partnered with Qualtrics to put a patch on the upper left-hand corner of the uniform that reads “5 FOR THE FIGHT .” The 5 …

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OKLAHOMA CITY — The earthquake hit around noon. “The smiles vanished,” an eyewitness recalled, “and for an appreciable instant everyone stood transfixed” by “the sound of unearthly thunder.” This thunder struck 94 years ago, when the Great Kanto Earthquake, with an approximate magnitude of 7.9, roiled eastern Japan for between four and 10 minutes on …

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NEW YORK — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver issued the following statement today regarding the situation involving Charles Oakley and Madison Square Garden: “It is beyond disheartening to see situations involving members of the NBA family like the one that occurred at Madison Square Garden this past week. In an effort to find a path forward, …

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Broke the deep lethargy within my head A heavy thunder, so that I upstarted,
Like to a person who by force is wakened; And round about I moved my rested eyes, Uprisen erect, and steadfastly I gazed,
To recognise the place wherein I was. True is it, that upon the verge I found me Of the abysmal …

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — San Antonio Spurs coach Greg Popovich called on President Donald Trump to be more inclusive Monday. Popovich, who graduated from the Air Force Academy, expressed disgust over Trump’s refusal to meet with groups he “disparaged” during the campaign. He was in Indianapolis for his team’s first meeting of the season with the …

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Broke the deep lethargy within my head A heavy thunder, so that I upstarted,
Like to a person who by force is wakened; And round about I moved my rested eyes, Uprisen erect, and steadfastly I gazed,
To recognise the place wherein I was. True is it, that upon the verge I found me Of the abysmal …

Read more “Lakers navigate a sobering, somber (and educational) post-Kobe Bryant path”

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Dwyane Wade is out for the Chicago Bulls’ game at Golden State on Wednesday night with an upper respiratory illness. He also missed the morning shootaround ahead of the game against the Warriors, a team against which he averages 27.3 points for his career – his highest scoring against any opponent. …

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Not again. That was the first thought of so many Milwaukee fans when forward Jabari Parker drove to the basket in the third quarter of the Bucks’ home game against Miami Wednesday, but crumpled to the floor when his left knee buckled. Parker, 21, suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in that same knee …

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