shouted President Joe Biden Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, now a Republican megadonor and surrogate to Trump's campaign, for hypocrisy on immigration on Saturday, saying Musk began his long profession within the U.S. as an “illegal worker” before becoming the richest man on the earth became.

The president made the remarks at a campaign rally in support of Democrats held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

Calling Musk a wealthy recent “ally” of former President Donald Trump, Biden said, “The richest man in the world turned out to be an illegal worker here while he was here,” referring to Musk.

“He was supposed to be in school when he came on a student visa. He wasn't at school. He broke the law. He's talking about all these 'illegals' coming our way,” Biden added.

He then criticized Trump and Republicans for failing to sign laws that may solve “the problem with the border.” He added: “We now have fewer people crossing the border illegally – or crossing the border – than at any time since his third year as President of the United States.”

The Trump campaign didn’t immediately reply to CNBC's request for comment on Biden's comments.

Musk recently accomplished a series of town hall events within the swing state of Pennsylvania wherein he sought to persuade voters to support Trump and his policies. Musk also gained his following there by handing out $1 million in lottery prizes to registered voters in swing states who signed a petition distributed by his pro-Trump group America PAC.

According to at least one Analysis of According to the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Trump's recent immigration policy proposals include plans for the biggest deportation operation in U.S. history, abolishing primary citizenship, and revoking visas and deporting foreign students who’re pro-Palestinian protesters.

Biden's comments on Musk, his Trump alliance and immigration hypocrisy followed a Washington Post report that quotes correspondence, legal documents and several other individuals who helped Musk get a piece visa in 1996 after he had already worked here and not using a work visa.

Musk got here to the United States within the mid-Nineteen Nineties with the stated intention of attending graduate studies at Stanford. He didn't enroll in this system he said he'd been accepted into and as an alternative began constructing a enterprise capitalist-backed startup called Zip2 along with his brother.

The Washington Post wrote that investors in Musk's first company were apprehensive that their “founder could be deported” and gave him a deadline to use for a piece visa.

Zip2 was sold for approx $300 million in 1999, a windfall that later allowed Elon Musk to change into one among Tesla's first investors and CEO and to found his capital-intensive aerospace company SpaceX, now a serious U.S. defense contractor.

These deals have made Musk, on paper, the richest person on the earth. According to Forbes, the Tesla CEO's net value is around $274 billion Today.

At the top of 2022, Musk used this considerable fortune to amass the social network Twitter in a $44 billion takeover.

Musk has been on the platform because it was renamed

He has also shared the false claim that non-citizens systematically vote in US elections, a Conspiracy theory from conservative groups to offer the legal basis for difficult the election results if the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, wins the presidency.

In the United States, it’s already a federal crime and against the law under the laws of all states for non-citizens to register or vote in federal elections.

According to studies by the Brennan Center for Justice, “extensive research shows that fraud is very rare, voter impersonation is virtually non-existent, and that many cases of suspected fraud are actually errors by voters or administrators. The same applies to Mail-in ballotsthat are safe and essential to conducting a safe election amid the coronavirus pandemic.”

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As depressing because it is to discuss a legendary faceplant of the 49ers Consider Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams how bad it will be in the event that they hadn't give you the money to sign their best receiver.

We're not talking about Brandon Aiyuk, who caught five passes for 48 yards and signed a four-year contract value $30 million per season in the times before the season.

The player who mattered essentially the most was Jauan Jennings, the previous third-and-jauan who was a go-to guy for all downs with Deebo Samuel, George Kittle and Christian McCaffrey out. Jennings set profession highs with 11 receptions, 175 yards and three touchdowns.

Jennings and quarterback Brock Purdy (22 of 30, 292 yards, three touchdowns) carried the 49ers' passing game and each did enough to win. Instead, Purdy stood on the postgame podium and declared the 49ers' second consecutive loss and Jennings left the locker room without chatting with reporters after the sport of his life.

In the offseason, Jennings, a seventh-round draft pick in 2022, was a restricted free agent and the 49ers gave him a two-year contract value $15 million with $8.4 million guaranteed.

“Jauan was incredible,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “I think the numbers show it, but more than the numbers, he was a fighter the whole game. He's always like that, but today he had a lot of chances and he took every single one of them automatically.”

Jennings caught touchdowns of 13, 4 and 31 yards from Purdy, the last of which gave the 49ers a 21-7 lead with 7:01 minutes left.

He scored his first touchdown on a very open play during which Aiyuk drew coverage.

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“It started with BA on the backside, and JJ kind of bluffed like he was blocking and slid up the seam,” Purdy said. “He was my second read and he was completely open. Great play.”

Jennings' most impressive performance got here when he wasn't on their lonesome. He by some means stole a ball from Quintin Lake and gained 32 yards, establishing the sector goal that gave the 49ers a 24-13 lead with 11:57 left.

He caught the ball on a minimum of two occasions when he was surrounded by three defenders. Shanahan said afterward he wondered if it was clever to throw him the ball in the primary place.

“Even on some bad chances when I didn't know if the ball was going to go there, you quickly realized they weren't going to take the ball away from Jauan,” Shanahan said. “His play today was very inspiring.”

He told us he had these hands covered

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According to Associated Press stats expert Josh Dubow, only three 49ers receivers have ever had a game with 10 or more catches, 175 or more yards and three or more touchdowns. The other two – Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens – are within the Hall of Fame.

Jennings caught his career-high 11 passes on 12 attempts. He also set his previous profession highs at SoFi Stadium as a rookie in the ultimate game of the 2021 regular season: six catches for 94 yards with two scores, a 24-yard pass from Jimmy Garoppolo and a 14-yard pass on a reverse from Samuel.

The 49ers celebrated today with a 27-24 victory in extra time, securing their playoff spot.

It was the alternative of last yr's Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs, when Jennings looked like he could change into the most dear player when the previous Tennessee quarterback threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to McCaffrey and caught a 10-yard pass from Purdy, resulting in a 16-13 lead early within the fourth quarter. The 49ers, in fact, lost in extra time, 25-22.

“I absolutely love Jauan,” Purdy said. “Just the way he comes in and brings energy and his love for the game, you can feel it. You can see it. I'll go to war with him any day of the week.”

As for Aiyuk, he now has 10 pass catches for 119 yards with no touchdowns through three games. It's also value noting that he's never had a game where he caught 11 passes. Never had a game where he scored three touchdowns. Never had a game with 175 yards passing.

That's to not say Aiyuk didn't have an effect against the Rams, because with Samuel, Kittle and McCaffrey all missing, he was actually a focus of the Rams defense on more plays than simply Jennings' first touchdown. He was targeted 10 times, only one lower than Jennings.

Purdy said against the Rams he simply went where the reads and progressions took him, and went where they took him, fairly than specializing in a particular receiver.

“I just think it has to do with the opportunities you get in games with looks,” Purdy said. “It's not like I'm backing off and saying, 'We're not ready, I'm not going to pass him the ball.' It's nothing to do with that. It's about, 'How do I see this? Is it the right thing to do here with BA?' We're making plans to put him in great position to win and pass him the ball, but the defense does a good job of planning some things, they get me off my looks and I go to other guys.

“We will proceed to work to seek out an agreement. I really like BA. He is working really hard right away and I can inform you that we’ll proceed to grow together.”

And if you needed any more proof of what a leader Purdy is, consider how he mastered a drop from second-year receiver Ronnie Bell with 1:08 left that could have set up a game-winning field goal for the 49ers.

“I don't know if I had enough power from where I used to be within the pocket,” Purdy said. “I'm just trying to provide him a likelihood. Obviously I could give him a greater ball and every part. He's a young guy, I really like him. We're all behind Ronnie, so we're going to proceed to want him and construct him up, and we're all on this together. It's a team sport. It's not about one game or one player.”

Not normally, anyway, although for a very long time on Sunday it looked as if Jauan Jennings was the player who made the largest difference.

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PARIS — Van Chancellor knew he wanted Diana Taurasi on the 2004 Athens Olympic team. She was young, talented, confident and courageous. He expected her to change into a central figure in American basketball for years to return, but he also knew she could still contribute to the group of superstars chosen for his team — members of “Dream On” who had helped re-center the world of ladies's basketball by winning gold again in Atlanta in 1996.

On Taurasi's first day with the U.S. national team this yr, only one morning after helping UConn to the national title against Tennessee, she sat next to Chancellor on the bus and asked him a really direct query: “What do you expect from me, Coach?”

“I want you to act like a beginner,” he told her.

“Coach Chancellor,” she said, “if that's all you need, I'm ready to go. I'm ready to help this team.”

That's how Diana was 20 years ago. And that's how she was 4 days ago, when coach Cheryl Reeve benched her within the quarterfinal match against Nigeria after 33 consecutive Olympic starts for the U.S. team and brought in 26-year-old Jackie Young, the second-youngest player on the team. When the team broke up the group, Taurasi hurried back to the bench as if the ball was going to be thrown there. She sat down, rubbed her hands and concentrated.

What did the team need from her on this game? Exactly that. To be one of the best leader and teammate, to pass the torch a little bit and encourage everyone else in the method.

On Sunday, Taurasi will play her final Olympic basketball game. It's hard to assume a U.S. basketball world through which Taurasi doesn't play a task. Of the team's 60 consecutive victories, she has been involved in 43.

“She has left her mark on American basketball,” Reeve said. “I don't know of a stronger competitor. … In that respect, Dee is Mount Rushmore.”

After the team won gold in Tokyo in 2021, Taurasi, then 39, surprised everyone when she stared into the NBC camera and ended her post-game interview with the words “See you in Paris!” before leaving the sport. Sue Bird, who was also present on the interview, looked back on the camera with fun and remarked, “She said what she said.”

Many thought the statement was a joke, nevertheless it wasn't. She said what she said. And then she did it. She got here to Paris and led this team. First from the starting lineup after which from the tip of the bench.

She didn’t play in the primary half against Nigeria, but was the primary to leap out of the reserve when her teammates made good moves and to assist the players once they got here to the bench.

After the semifinal win over Australia, Reeve said when it's throughout, she'll find a way to talk more truthfully concerning the burden of carrying the legacy of eight straight gold medals and the expectations of this program. She barely slept, slaving away within the film room as a substitute, imagining how basketball might be unfair to among the finest teams of all time. She said she received a message from Dawn Staley, who coached the team to its seventh straight gold medal in Tokyo, saying, “I can't tell you anything. I know how you feel. You just have to get through it.”

You can imagine Taurasi saying this.

Being benched, as ambitious as Taurasi is, speaks in some ways to the selfless nature of this team. To be as stable as possible in a world where Reeve has to feel like Atlas at every turn. To be someone that Reeve doesn't need to worry about when she looks on the bench. Because they’ve Dee. She's seen all of it. Nothing fazes her.

Taurasi’s answer could be,

In her sixth and final Olympics (it is a fact—she joked to reporters in London before the Olympics that she could be seen in Los Angeles… “on the beach with a beer”), her inclusion in that squad was contested by keyboard jockeys who couldn’t name three players on the team.

But she's the identical in 2024 as she was in 2004 – she's here to assist this team. It looks different today than it did ten or twenty years ago, nevertheless it's the identical Diana. At 42, she still leads the defensemen and wingers through every drill. She's the primary one to rise up off the bench and clap. The first one to present her teammates a high five. The first one to tug players into the huddle and the primary one to talk in that huddle.

If that sounds trite and unimportant, possibly it's because this team faces its own unique set of pressures. Other teams don't need a Dee because other teams don't operate in that unique space of perfection.

Perhaps there isn’t a higher validation for Taurasi than the indisputable fact that the 2 best players on the earth – A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart – are giving up their space, their speaking time and their opportunity to “be first” to another person.

“What I love most about DT is that she doesn't change,” Wilson said. “She's always so consistent in what she does – that's a sign of greatness.”

Taurasi's greatness was evident in these games. In big and small moments. In the best way she behaved. In the generosity with which she understood her role and the way it modified. In the best way she stayed true to herself not only in these six games, but additionally in her last 43 games.

“Think about it — two decades, not two Olympics,” said Geno Auriemma, a former U.S. national team coach and Taurasi's college coach at UConn. “The commitment and the passion, the love of the game — all of that alone would be monumental. But when you add to that the fact that for two decades she was the face of the team, the best player, the best teammate and the greatest winner in the history of the game.”

With that commitment and time has come age. For several years now, Taurasi has made an effort to care for her body in a special, more intentional way – she goes vegan, does longer stretching and treatment exercises before and after training that last more than the training itself. She has made sacrifices to find a way to maintain playing and to proceed to be there not just for herself but additionally for her teammates.

On Sunday, Taurasi will placed on her No. 12 USA jersey for one final time on the Olympics. No other athlete has ever done what she has done before, and it's hard to assume her doing it again. She has spent nearly half her life representing the USA on the international stage. But before Taurasi got here along, it was hard to assume 60 consecutive wins or eight consecutive gold medals. Now Team USA is on the verge of doing just that.

Her legacy is cemented and has been for a very long time, but in these final Games she has shown each her teammates and the subsequent generation of players what is feasible. Stewart calls her the “gold standard” of U.S. basketball, and he or she is. And not simply because she has already won five gold medals.

Every Olympic coach she's had has asked her to do something different for her team – be a rookie, be a scorer, be an elite passer, be a pacesetter, be a veteran, come off the bench, use her voice greater than her passing skills. In short, be Dee.

“I'm here to compete. I'm here to play at a high level. I'm here to give something to my teammates and I'm here to win a gold medal – that's all,” Taurasi said when she arrived in Paris. “I don't care about the last 20 years. I'm worried about the next 20 years.”

The next 20 years of the US team are in good hands. Taurasi has made sure of that. Just ask Young. Or Wilson. Or Kahleah Copper. Or Sabrina Ionescu.

And in 4 years, when this group is competing for the gold medal in Los Angeles, hopefully they will probably be sitting on a beach somewhere drinking a chilly beer. They greater than deserve it.

PARIS — Manila Esposito, the bronze medalist on balance beam, stared like a deer in headlights in a packed post-competition news conference. As she began to talk, her voice barely audible, Simone Biles reached out, adjusted Esposito's microphone and nodded to the Italian gymnast that she was ready. Later, when the moderator asked an issue of Esposito's teammate Alice D'Amato, D'Amato took a moment to reply. The moderator began to assist her as Biles gently reminded the moderator that translating into the earpieces takes a while.

Every from time to time, a reminder comes: Simone Biles is 27 years old. This isn't her first rodeo. She knows a thing or two about microphones and translations, about success and even a bit about failure. Biles began competing internationally greater than a decade ago, as a 16-year-old with braces. She wasn't sufficiently old to drive. She wasn't sufficiently old to drink alcohol when she went to Rio in 2016.

Now she's married, but like a young bride asked after the ceremony when she plans to start out a family, Biles was asked what she considered Los Angeles before the competition in Paris had even ended. She initially responded with a non-answer. It can be nice to compete on her home turf, she admitted, but she also acknowledged that age isn't only a number. “I'm old,” she said, laughing.

She later vented her despair on X. “You really need to stop asking athletes what comes next after they win a medal at the Olympics,” she tweeted, adding, “Let's enjoy the moment we've worked our whole lives for.”

That's really the purpose, but in Biles' case, the message must be flipped. Everyone else needs to point out appreciation as an alternative of greedily wondering if we could enjoy more. It happens, after all. We get spoiled after which we're left despondent, desperate to not let go of something we've probably taken without any consideration. Biles is a continuing, a near sure thing in the game. Neither age nor injury nor abuse nor mental health issues have defeated her. She comes back each time, and so we're left with just one worry: What if that was it?

That could well be the case. Her coach, Cecile Landi, is leaving to grow to be head coach on the University of Georgia. Her husband and Biles' assistant coach, Laurent, will join her in a yr after their daughter graduates from college. It looks like the perfect transition. She doesn't have anything to prove anymore, but nonetheless, that's the appeal. Three years ago, there was nothing to prove anymore.

Then, worn out by the curves of Tokyo, Biles dug to the basis of her mental health issues. She confessed to being abused by Larry Nassar and bravely questioned USA Gymnastics' role within the matter before the Senate Judiciary Committee. She questioned her own “why,” a scary query for all of us, one that actually confronts us with what we would like and what we care about. Then she had the courage to confess that she had lost her way, that she had traded her love of gymnastics for answering a bell. Even braver was Biles, who put it right by taking a yr off from a sport where time is already unforgiving.

“Doing the work, the personal work, being here and performing is incredible,” said Laurent Landi. “It just shows how tough the mind is and that if you heal it properly, you can be very, very successful.”

It's barely fading. Biles spent all week here with a stubborn calf injury that she originally sustained before trials and tweaked here during qualifications. Doctors bandaged her leg throughout the competition, and while Biles downplayed the severity of the injury — “You're all curious,” she jokingly chided reporters when asked about it — Landi admitted it was about managing the pain, not eliminating it. Medication, treatment, ice, the same old care, all to make certain it “held,” quite unlike healing. “It bothered her, of course,” he said. “Did it affect her performance? I don't think so.”

Landi then grinned as if to say, “You tell me.” Four medals, three of them gold, greater than all but 22 countries which have competed in Paris to date.

The final day, after all, was imagined to be a crowning glory, a victory lap and a farewell. Instead, it revealed Biles' humanity. She was drained. She had competed here 4 of the five possible days. And she was mentally exhausted. The quest to right the ship in Tokyo weighed heavily on her. The event's finale felt strange, too. Instead of music playing because the gymnasts performed, Bercy Arena transformed right into a church, complete with wannabe church ladies egging on individuals who dared to react because the gymnasts performed a feat on the balance beam.

“We asked several times if we could have music or background noise,” Biles said. “So I'm not really sure what happened there.”

These aren't excuses, they're reality. The balance beam became the Hunger Games, with medals awarded to those that didn't fall. Three women, including Sunisa Lee, fell before Biles and two others were put through serious balance tests. But when Biles missed a landing and fell on her back layout step-out, the sector gasped. Later, after the competition was over and Biles had officially not won a medal, a mother in line on the Bercy Arena concession stand lamented to her young daughter, “I feel so sorry for Simone.” Her daughter responded, wide-eyed, “She fell,” as if she'd just watched DaVinci paint outside the lines or Beethoven miss a chord.

In her defense, the girl couldn’t have been greater than 8 years old, and Biles embodied Olympic perfection in her lifetime. Up until that balance beam final, Biles had competed in nine different Olympic events in her profession, including team, all-around and event finals. She had won a medal in each, and gold in seven of them.

Then her humanity had the audacity to strike again. Two hours after her fainting spell on the balance beam, Biles returned to the ground exercise, an event she has never lost on the Olympics or the World Championships. During warm-up, she landed awkwardly and appeared to sustain the identical calf injury. Despite receiving transient treatment, Biles still went out and landed her first tumble pass, restoring order to the universe. But on the second and fourth, Biles stepped out of bounds twice, costing her beneficial tenths of some extent, barely enough to secure her second place finish behind Brazil's Rebeca Andrade.

It's value noting that she botched two moves which might be named after her and that nobody else attempts. That's Biles' definition of failure.

Her definition of success? If you ask Biles, it's not the medals, but her strength. It's exactly what was on display on the ultimate day of competition: her authenticity. She's happy with what she's achieved, but she's even prouder of who she's grow to be and the people she's – rightly – helped.

“Putting mental health first and taking time for yourself, whether you're exercising or not, that's longevity,” she said. “Longevity in sports, especially, but also just for a better, healthier lifestyle.”

Not removed from Biles' competition venue, a girl walked down a Paris sidewalk, her friendly Australian Shetland Sheepdog trailing behind her. She stopped to talk with dog lovers who needed a fix. She's French, but in Paris to benefit from the Olympics, and when she learned her recent canine friends were from the U.S., she immediately said how much she enjoyed the “American gymnast.” She had seen Biles' documentary on Netflix and praised her for opening up the dialogue about mental health.

“I'm not an athlete,” she said, adding that she was still grateful that Biles made it OK to “talk” about personal issues. “I appreciate that.”

If that is the tip, we should always all appreciate Simone Biles.

Shortly after the U.S. team gathered for the primary time in Las Vegas to vie for Olympic gold, Steph Curry said that “of course” he only desired to play for the Warriors, but within the wild environment of the NBA, “things change quickly.”

It was a slightly non-binding statement, and the quote resonated gently through the fan base. Curry was affirming his loyalty to the Warriors, but wasn't he also opening the exit door ever so barely?

When ESPN/Andscape's Marc J. Spears put much more pressure on Curry this week, he revealed much more about how he envisions the remainder of his profession.

“I always said I wanted to be a warrior forever,” Curry said Andscape“At this stage of my career, I feel like that’s possible.”

“To be honest, I'm taking it one step at a time. I think that's the only way that can keep me happy. And I can enjoy being myself when I'm out there playing. And I'm going to continue to make the decisions that are best for me and my career if it's just in the imagination. I want to win. Let's put it this way: It's a long-winded way of saying that I'd have a hard time if you were a bottom-place finisher just because you want to stay there. But I don't think that's going to be the reality.”

For someone who has all the time said he desired to retire a Warrior whose association with the franchise was truly special, Curry's recent attitude is not any longer unique. His commitment to the Warriors is conditional – correctly. When the team hits all-time low, it could't expect essentially the most loyal, selfless superstar in the fashionable NBA to stay around. The Warriors are more beholden to Curry than he’s to them.

The organization definitely wasn't blindsided by Curry's quotes. They are in meetings with him because he’s aware about the team's decisions and determines its direction. If he didn't mind sharing his feelings publicly, he undoubtedly revealed at the least as much behind closed doors. Unlike a few of his peers, Curry hasn't made public power plays to place pressure on his front office previously.

But that doesn't mean the comments shouldn't put Mike Dunleavy Jr. and Co. on alert. Before this summer, Curry was nothing in need of a fierce fighter for all times. The front office is already under pressure to enhance the roster, and now the results of failing to accomplish that are already clear.

Dirk Nowitzki's last three seasons with the Mavericks ended without playoff appearances. The same was true for Kobe Bryant's last three seasons with the Lakers.

Curry doesn't wish to go the way in which of Bryant and Nowitzki – spending their final seasons on irrelevant teams just to stick with the one franchise they know. The Warriors can't let that occur.

Myths about Draymond’s corporate policy

The Warriors' messages about what went unsuitable last season and what the team looks like for the 2024-25 season mostly revolve around one man: Draymond Green.

Had Green not missed a lot time, the pondering goes, the Warriors would have won about 50 games as a substitute of 46. He will likely be available far more often next season, meaning the Warriors should improve tremendously with more continuity and Green's sheer presence.

Does this theory hold water as an evidence for last season's lottery finish and as a prediction for next 12 months?

Green missed 31 games last season as a consequence of injury or suspension, including the 4 games he was ruled out of. Without Green, the Warriors finished 14-17 (.451).

In the 51 games that Green played, the Warriors achieved a record of 32-19 (.627). With Green, the Warriors achieved a 51-game winning percentage, the variety of games the Clippers needed to succeed in fourth place.

The huge difference shows how useful Green is to the Warriors and the way effective he still is as a player. The Warriors' net rating was 4.6 points higher with him on the court than off it, only Brandin Podziemski (+8.7) was higher in Golden State's predominant rotation.

Green remains to be an integral a part of the Warriors' game. Last 12 months they were borderline elite with him. Without him they were a foul team.

Once that’s clarified, the query arises whether Green can stay on the sphere – provided he stays healthy and doesn’t find yourself in detention by the league management.

That’s a more convincing conversation than “Green plays, Warriors good.”

Green was healthy within the 2022-23 season and played in 73 games. In the 2 full seasons before that, he only played in 46 and 63 games. He is 34 years old and has a history of back problems. He plays some of the physically demanding styles, more often than ever on the much more demanding center position.

Even if Green doesn't should go to the director despite the well-intentioned rehab he has undergone, it is just too much to ask of him at this stage of his profession to play greater than 70 games.

It's abundantly clear that the Warriors are higher when Green is on the market. The concern is how they'll improve than .500 when he inevitably goes down for one reason or one other.

Countdown to August 6

It is senseless for the Utah Jazz to carry onto Lauri Markkanen and never add anyone else to their roster. With Markkanen, they’re too good to let go (they cut him midseason because he won too many games). Re-signing him puts them exactly where Danny Ainge doesn't wish to go: lottery purgatory in what might be a generational draft.

Because of this, the Jazz have an incentive to trade a player they and every other team would love to construct a team around. They would most certainly should accomplish that before August 6, when the Finnish forward is eligible for a contract extension.

If the Jazz resolve to trade Markkanen, the Warriors have the tools and aggressive mentality to make a compelling offer. August 6 is marked on the calendar 1 Warriors Way.

Until then, you possibly can stay up for the whole group stage of the Olympics in basketball, the MLB transfer window and the finale of the second season of “House of the Dragon”.

Connections Answers

Last Sunday we created a Warriors-themed quiz inspired by the New York Times Connections game. Here are the answers:

In 1987, fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier photographed supermodel Naomi Campbell within the desert wearing a gold Chanel jacket. It is a shocking photo and a historic one. This image appeared within the December issue of British Vogue that 12 months – it was only the third time There was a black woman on the duvet of the style magazine.

The image is so iconic that it was acquired by The National Portrait Gallery for everlasting exhibition in 2016. It is currently on display on the V&A in an exhibition celebrating the life and profession of Naomi Campbell.

I used to be born within the Nineteen Eighties myself and my teenage years were within the Nineteen Nineties, when Campbell rose to fame. Back then, it was unusual to see a girl of comparable skin color to me in mainstream media. This cover was groundbreaking, coming at a time when fashion editors believed that black models didn't sell issues. It was also in the primary 12 months of Campbell's profession – a profession that might break so many more barriers.

As a fashion expert and creator Michaela Angela Davies sums it up: “Black and non-white models are still generally seen as a trend – seasonal and largely expendable, as Dior did in the mid-20th century. Naomi Campbell broke through this disregard. It was constant, inevitable and undeniable. Naomi was the catalyst.”

Naomi on the V&A is the primary exhibition ever to give attention to the person wearing the garments reasonably than the designer who created them, correcting a historical oversight of the numerous influence models have on fashion culture.

This exhibition is a testament to how essential the black British model has been to culture at large and its representation in the style world and beyond.

Co-produced with Campbell, the exhibition features pieces from her own wardrobe, in addition to loans from designer archives and objects from the V&A's collections, representing key moments in her 40-year profession. Spread over two floors, these pieces weave within the story of how she succeeded despite the immense challenges of being a young black woman during this time, which inspired her activism.

It begins with a bit on the early years of her life. You can hear Campbell's own voice speaking of “the freedom to express yourself through dance.” Campbell was discovered in 1985 on the age of 15 while pursuing her dream of becoming a dancer. The exhibition shows how this background prepared her for her unexpected profession as a model.

Campbell's first catwalk was for French designer Yves Saint Laurent in 1987. In this section, a photograph of her ticket to that show is shown next to a pair of worn ballet shoes. As Davies said, “Nobody walks like Naomi Campbell. She walks like a warrior, moving through the territory of haute couture with a supernatural flair.”

A video montage of such impressive catwalks greets visitors before they even enter the exhibition. In it, you may see Campbell on the catwalks of Anna Sui, Chanel, Vivienne Westwood and Prada. Each image is sort of a murals and a testament to her impressive presence.

“God bless Yves,” she says in a caption that appears on the label of the feather dress she wore in her first couture cut, citing Laurent because the designer who helped change the course of her profession.

Yves Saint Laurent reportedly threatened to drag his ad in French Vogue if the magazine continued to refuse to forged black models on its cover. But as much because the exhibition is in regards to the clothes, accessories and collaborations, it’s closely linked to current discussions about diversity in the style industry. In Campbell's words:

When I take a look at Iman and Beverly Johnson and Naomi Sims and Peggy Dillard and all of the others, I'm grateful that they opened the door for me. If they hadn't come first, I’d never have gotten to where I’m now. And I hope that I open the door for the people who find themselves behind me.

This exhibition portrays Campbell not only as a supermodel but additionally as a cultural innovator, highlighting her role in disrupting established norms, breaking racial barriers, and using her platform to empower latest creatives, advocate for equality, and drive social change.

As one in every of the primary black supermodels to attain global recognition, she defied convention and broke the mold of what was considered the accepted ideal of beauty on the time. Her skilled success has helped raise the standards for a way other ethnically diverse models needs to be represented in fashion.

As this metamorphosis continues, let's take a moment to enjoy all of the glitz and glamour this exhibition has to supply, celebrating the rise of a supermodel icon – and the transformative power of fashion.

OAKLAND – For JP Sears, this was a day to forget in every respect.

Sears allowed eight earned runs in 1 1/3 innings, probably the most of his profession, and made the shortest start of his profession because the A's were beaten 10-2 by the Twins on the Coliseum on Saturday.

The left-hander lacked control and feel with the primary batter, allowing two singles and striking out two batters in the primary inning. Despite allowing 4 baserunners in the primary inning of the sport, Sears allowed only one run to start out his afternoon. The second inning, nevertheless, wouldn’t be so kind.

Sears' second inning went like this: double, hit by pitch, three-run home run, single, single, two-run double, fly out, single, RBI double. When Sears got here off, the A's trailed 7-1. That deficit widened to 8-1 when long reliever Osvaldo Bido allowed a run to a baserunner he took on.

Sears has had a rocky start this season – he allowed seven earned runs on April 27 – but Saturday's performance was particularly atypical considering Sears is Oakland's workhorse.

Although Sears recorded only 4 outs, he still leads the A's by a large margin in innings pitched (84). The only other A's starter to have thrown 60 innings in any respect is Mitch Spence (63). Coming into the sport, Sears pitched no less than 4 innings in all but one among his starts this season.

With Sears recording just 4 outs, Bido helped rescue Oakland's bullpen by getting length out of the bullpen, throwing five innings with two runs and 6 strikeouts. Bido's 106 pitches were a profession high, the primary time he had broken the 100 mark in a serious league game.

While Sears had the worst start of his profession, Minnesota's Bailey Ober had arguably his best. Despite allowing two solo home runs to JJ Bleday and Tyler Soderstrom, Ober pitched the primary complete game of his profession, needing just 89 Pitches to do that.

Armando Alvarez, who had just been called as much as the team for the primary time, made his major league debut, coming on as a defensive reliever within the eighth inning. In his first profession at-bat, Alvarez was sent to the bottom after a check swing.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The 4 members of the Swedish pop quartet ABBA, who triumphed on the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the upbeat love song “Waterloo,” received one in all Sweden’s most prestigious knighthoods from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf on Friday.

The Vasa Order was awarded for the primary time in almost 50 years. Agnetha Faltskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad were awarded “Commanders First Class” of the order for “very outstanding services to Swedish and international musical life”.

Sweden has several orders, including the Royal Order of the Seraphim, which is awarded to heads of state and foreign royalty, and the Royal Order of the Polar Star, which is awarded to foreign residents and stateless individuals.

The Royal Order of Vasa, which is awarded in recognition of non-public services to Sweden or Swedish interests in addition to the successful performance of public duties and tasks, was dormant until the tip of 2022, when it was reactivated after the royal orders were reopened to Swedish residents through appropriate regulations.

At the start of the yr, the candidates were nominated by the general public and the Swedish government and the King confirmed the nominees, which included the 4 ABBA members.

The medals were awarded at a solemn ceremony within the royal palace within the gilded Vita Havet assembly halls. The monarch presented them with the medal in a red box, while Queen Silvia presented them with a diploma.

“The medal you receive today is Sweden’s thanks for your extraordinary efforts,” said the monarch before awarding medals to “13 extraordinary Swedes.”

Andersson, Faltskog, Lyngstad, who now uses the surname Reuss, approached with a stick, and Ulvaeus took the order at an event broadcast survive the Swedish media.

Coincidentally, the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest took place in southern Sweden. Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th contest with “The Code,” an operatic pop-rap ode to the singer’s journey toward a gender-neutral identity.

The Swedish band members haven’t performed live together for 4 many years, but released a comeback album, “Voyage,” in 2021. The digital “ABBA-tars” opened in London in 2022.

Two other winners were two Nobel Prize winners of 2023: the French-Swedish physicist Anne L'Huillier and Svante Pääbo, who received the coveted award in physics and medicine. Both received the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star for “outstanding research achievements”.

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BASEBALL: Quite a ride for the GRANADA STAR

It finally dawned on Parker Warner when he saw his Senior Day poster.

The five-foot-tall banner featured two pictures side by side.

On the proper was an elementary school photo of Warner in his Little League uniform. On the left is a photograph of Warner from this season in his black and gold Granada jersey.

As the senior walked off the sphere Thursday after Granada's final home game of the regular season, he quickly realized how much time had passed since he first wore Granada's colours 4 years ago.

“It seems like yesterday when I was a freshman watching the seniors being celebrated on Senior Day,” Warner said. “But being here with all my friends that I played Little League with and seeing everyone come in and do well was definitely a cool moment for all of us.”

Warner, a Stanford commit, had his own struggles as a freshman. Like a minor player attempting to stay within the show, Warner was bounced backwards and forwards between JV and varsity during his first 12 months on the Livermore school.

But since then he has turn into the undisputed leader of the Matadors. His 1.39 ERA and 49 strikeouts make him a powerful candidate for East Bay Athletic League Player of the Year.

“Parker was an exemplary example of what we expect from our baseball players,” Granada coach Corrigan Willis said. “It’s fun to see a guy who does everything right in the classroom, in the community and on the baseball field win some accolades.”

Granada and Warner usually are not finished yet.

The Matadors, who secured the league title within the regular season, have high goals. They hope to complete the season by winning the EBAL Tournament, North Coast Section and NorCal Regional Championships.

“We set goals at the beginning of the year and it was never our goal to go undefeated or anything like that,” Warner said. “But we have a lot of talent. But I definitely knew that if we played the way we were supposed to play, we would go into the playoffs with a lot of confidence.”

– Nathan Canilao

SOFTBALL: THE INJURED WOLICZKO FINALLY TAKES A BREAK

McKenna Woliczko is as busy as a highschool athlete may be: She's gone from a nationally recruited basketball player within the winter to a premier softball star within the spring.

If you mix school and social life along with her sporting commitments, the result’s a young woman who at all times has something to do.

“I really had to learn time management,” Woliczko said. “You can’t hesitate.”

This busy schedule continued unabated until a slide into second base against St. Ignatius on April 17 resulted in a serious knee injury and a number of weeks of inactivity. For the primary time in years – or possibly ever – Woliczko needed to decelerate.

She hates it.

“That sucks,” Woliczko said. “I want to be out there and play with my team.”

The excellent news is that Woliczko didn’t suffer any serious tears or sprains and is anticipated to be back on the softball field inside the following week. The sophomore was seen catching together with his teammates between innings of a game against Willow Glen this week.

After the softball season, it's on to AAU basketball.

In other words, Woliczko can be back to her normal, busy self.

—Joseph Dycus

BASEBALL: A'S BLCKBURN HONORED BY HERITAGE

Paul Blackburn, surrounded by family and friends at Heritage in Brentwood, hoisted his framed number 24 at the tip of Wednesday's pregame ceremony. On the A's pitcher's time off, his highschool alma mater retired his number before a crosstown rivalry game Liberty back.

“I haven't been here for a while. The opportunity to come back here and make these memories is more than I could have ever imagined,” Blackburn said.

He didn't should think long before he remembered his fondest memory from his time playing at Brentwood Public School.

“I still remember my no-hitter against Deer Valley because one of my best friends played for Deer Valley,” Blackburn said, referencing his eight-strikeout performance against Blake McAuley’s Wolverines on May 1, 2012.

Blackburn was a 24/7 starter as a prep star, posting a 1.04 ERA. Blackburn, a two-way player, hit .347 as a senior in 2012. A number of months later, the Chicago Cubs chosen Heritage's ace with their first-round pick.

He has spent his entire major league profession (2017-present) with the A's, was named to the All-Star team in 2022 and began this season 2-1, the A's last in Blackburn's Bay Area.

“I grew up playing there at the Coliseum and saw some really good teams,” Blackburn said. “I remember when there was an all-you-can-eat area in the third deck behind home plate that many of us frequented when we were in high school. The move is bittersweet.”

—Joseph Dycus

SOFTBALL: NO FACT IN SECOND YEAR FOR WILLOW GLEN STAR

Alanna Clincy of Willow Glen had a freshman season that saw her go from an unknown newcomer to the ace of the NorCal Division II champions.

She was even higher as a sophomore this season, striking out 146 in 85 innings for a team on the lookout for further postseason success.

After counting on her heater last 12 months, Clincy has now added devastating breaking pitches to her arsenal.

“I'm trying to work more on my own because that's how you should compete against good teams,” Clincy said. “You don’t want to send them anything outside the box.”

However, that fastball remains to be very effective, as is her bat. She posted a .508 average with two home runs and 25 RBIs.

—Joseph Dycus

SOFTBALL: PRESENTATION HAS ITSELF A YOUNG LEADER

Even though she is simply a sophomore, Julia Simón is already the most effective young players within the West Catholic Athletic League.

The presenting catcher leads her team in batting average (.469), on-base percentage (.542), hits (23), RBIs (20), slugging percentage (.795) and extra-base hits (11).

Simón attributes her dominant 12 months to a change in approach from her first season.

“I was a big home run hitter last year,” she said. “But this year I got more base hits and did my job at the plate. I focused on getting a runner in scoring position because we don't have the biggest hitters on our team. So I just played small ball, got on base and did my job.”

Although Simón will not be quite halfway through highschool, he has already taken on the leadership role on the team.

“This year it was easier because I was named co-captain,” Simón said. “I communicate very well with my coaches about what everyone on my team needs. That comfort alone has also helped me be a leader on the field.”

While Presentation (5-13, 1-6) remains to be an up-and-coming team, the core group of players is primarily made up of underclassmen. The Panthers will only graduate three seniors this 12 months, meaning this group can have experience next season.

“I’ve seen a lot of our freshmen really grow since the beginning of the year,” Simón said. “We're not the biggest team at Presentation, but there are so many girls who have so much potential. I really hope we can all grow in the coming seasons.”

– Nathan Canilao