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Source: Reaves to re-sign with Lakers for $185M

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Austin Reaves is re-signing with the Los Angeles Lakers on a four-year contract worth $185 million, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal is not yet official for Reaves, who cements his status as one of the most successful undrafted players in recent NBA history with this contract. Reaves is declining his $14.9 million player option for the upcoming season to reach this deal with the team that signed him out of Oklahoma after the draft in 2021. The shifty guard ...

The Democrats’ patriotism gap

Democrats take great offense at being accused of being unpatriotic, but the data doesn't lie. A new NBC News poll captured the partisan gap over pride in America. Overall, 56% of Americans are extremely or very proud of the country, but only 29% of Democrats, compared to 90% of Republicans. That's a yawning gap, and about a matter that really shouldn't be controversial. We aren't talking about abortion, or Donald Trump's White House ballroom, but an elemental thing -- pride in country -- that in most times and places has been taken for granted. Once upon a time, that was the ...

Politician names on public works is free advertising

When workers scraped Donald Trump's name off the Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center, they should have kept going. They should have taken Kennedy's name off as well and restored the building to its original, simple title, the National Culture Center. After President Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, Congress renamed the center after him. The New York International Airport, charmingly referred to as Idlewild, suddenly became the John F. Kennedy International Airport. And hundreds of schools across the country plastered "John F. Kennedy" on their facades. ...

McKenna’s journey to potential No. 1 NHL draft pick

BUFFALO — For all the offense, leadership and star-power Gavin McKenna brought to Penn State hockey this season, coach Guy Gadowsky discovered yet another attribute in the celebrated forward's talented arsenal. And it involved ping-pong, of all things. Having dominated most of his ...

When a Giannis-sized opportunity knocks, teams must take leap

MIAMI — Giannis Antetokounmpo is 31 years old. He has a history of injury issues, including calf strains. He played in only 36 games for the Milwaukee Bucks this past season. And he will be expecting an extension that could pay him nearly $1 million per game a few years from now. Some of ...

Putting on a show

Lionel Messi has been mesmerizing. Kylian Mbappe has been, well, magnifique. Two of the biggest stars of the World Cup are setting records with history-making goals in a sizzling start that has even the most casual soccer fans in the U.S. taking notice. Messi has five goals in ...