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Despite shooting only 39.4 percent from the field and 26.3 percent from 3-point range against Houston prior to Game 6, Curry’s confidence never wavered. He certainly took his time, but Curry delivered the knockout blow when the Warriors needed their two-time MVP to show up. MORE: Chris Paul kicked Curry off practice court before Game 6 “I’ve heard a lot of noise this series, for sure,” Curry said after the Warriors won in Houston, eliminating the Rockets and advancing to the Western Conference finals....

The wax museum has restyled the Warriors star and Western Conference starter, in anticipation of Sunday’s NBA All-Star game. MORE: Ranking every player in the 2017 NBA All-Star Game The $350,000 wax figure was unveiled in March of last year and took a team of artists and sculptors nearly four months to make, according to Madame Tussauds.

Curry’s Baron Davis-inspired lift of his jersey after a dagger 3-point shot became an instant classic. It will stand out as one of the biggest highlights from the victory that clinched eighth place in the West for Golden State. MORE: Curry wins scoring title in Golden State victory over Memphis But somebody else in the Curry household may have outdone Steph’s celebration: his 2-year-old son, Canon, who clearly enjoyed his father’s celebration enough to mimic it....

The Patriots were able to trade the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday, hours before they were scheduled to release him. They found a taker in the Panthers, who announced via their official website that they had traded a 2023 sixth-round pick in exchange for Gilmore. Gilmore is a native of Rock Hill, S.C., and played collegiately at South Carolina, so this represents a homecoming for him. It also adds to Carolina’s cornerback room, which had been thinned out a bit by Jaycee Horn’s injury....

Manchester City star Sterling has started the new season in scintillating fashion, scoring eight times for club and country. His goal return and overall effectiveness has markedly improved with Pep Guardiola’s guidance and the 24-year-old is now one of the first players chosen for the Premier League champions. Sterling won Europe’s Golden Boy award in 2014 - given to the continent’s brightest young talent - and Xavi thinks the England international is on course to replace Messi and Ronaldo at the front of the queue for further honours....

City forward Sterling enjoyed a brilliant breakthrough campaign at Anfield in 2013-14, when Brendan Rodgers’ side launched a thrilling bid for Premier League glory. They came up agonisingly short after Steven Gerrard’s infamous slip against Chelsea and a surrendered 3-0 lead at Crystal Palace allowed Manuel Pellegrini’s City to steal ahead during the final week of the campaign. That was the closest Liverpool have come to ending a 28-year wait for their 19th English top-flight crown, while Sterling got his hands on a Premier League winners’ medal as he shone under Pep Guardiola last season....

When he walked onto the court for this one, the team on the other side was wearing U-C-L-A across its chests. Not UNCA, not UALR, not even UMBC, whose first-round NCAA Tournament victory over top seed Virginia last March might make the Terriers the reigning power among four-letter Division I teams. Koz was in against the UCLA Bruins, the team that owns more national championships than any college basketball program, ever....

McClaren returns to a club, who under him won their first-ever Dutch title in the 2009/10 season. Thereafter the former England boss McClaren had worked for German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg and English Championship side Nottingham Forest, but he failed at both clubs. At Twente McClaren knows everything and hopes for another successful era after his first two year stint had ended with the Dutch Eredivisie title. McClaren said, “I know the club very well....

The first baseman, who was voted World Series MVP that year, commented on the perception of his former team while announcing his retirement from baseball Monday night. Earlier this year, Boston fired manager Alex Cora for his role in the separate Astros cheating scandal and is awaiting an MLB report on its own actions. Pearce believes that investigation will clear the team’s reputation. “That’s such a joke to us,” Pearce told Boston’s WEEI Radio....

Smith was added to the national squad for the tri-series in Zimbabwe against the hosts and South Africa, and looks set to add to the one ODI cap he has received in the past 18 months - and the 34 he has overall - in Harare Monday. The 25-year-old enjoyed a breakout in the 2013-14 period with the bat in Test cricket, compiling four centuries in nine Tests to establish himself as a permanent fixture of Australia’s middle order....

Spurrier, 70, announced his resignation as South Carolina’s football coach on Tuesday. He will not have to wait five years and would be eligible to be in the 2017 class. Dodd first reported the news on Twitter: SPURRIER: 10 best wins | The troller | HAYES: When he says it, he means it Spurrier has all the credentials to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. He won the Heisman Trophy at Florida in 1966 and compiled a 228-89-2 record through stops at Duke, Florida and South Carolina....

You know that. I know that. You’re next-door neighbor probably knows, too. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney definitely knows it. MORE: Week 2 Heisman watch | Top 25 players | Playoffs: Four in, four out | Ricky or AP? And Steve Spurrier was loud and clear with his assessment of the Georgia running back, who his Gamecocks face Satuday in Columbia, South Carolina. “Obviously, statistically, I think he’s averaging 15 yards a carry, something like that, and he had a 100-yard or 99-yard kickoff return so he’s probably the leading Heisman candidate right now,” Spurrier told reporters Tuesday....

So when Rajasthan Royals get off the mark in IPL 2015 , the players will be aching to change the script of their fortune. Central to the Royals’ fortunes this season, among other important players, will be Shane Watson and Steve Smith. Shane Watson will be continuing his role as captain of the side, while Smith will fit in – rather seamlessly – into this squad that boasts of quite a few stars and many home-grown talents alike....

Muscle strains in the neck typically occur after a specific event, such as lifting a heavy object or sleeping in an awkward position. Stiffness from arthritis has a more gradual onset and often gets worse over time. Less commonly, a stiff neck can occur from infections in your spinal cord and brain. This article will discuss the possible causes of a stiff neck, what this symptom feels like, and how it is treated....

No Windows 11 for Internet Explorers, Says Microsoft The eagle-eyed Taras Buria of Neowin spotted an article on Microsoft Docs that talks about what the Redmond company is doing about Internet Explorer users. As it turns out, bringing the old browser into the new Windows 11 is proving a little difficult. As it turns out, avid Internet Explorer 11 users are losing all of their browser data if they upgrade to Windows 11 without first importing it into Microsoft Edge....

Details of the next relief package have not yet been finalized, but on Wednesday, Democrats reportedly agreed to completely phase out direct payments for individuals who make $80,000 or more per year—$20,000 less than the original cutoff. The changes could leave 17 million Americans who received the first financial assistance in the first two rounds without any money this time. The changes aren’t expected to impact the thresholds for the full payments....

The House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act, the latest stimulus bill in response to the coronavirus outbreak, on Friday. Championed by its supporters as a way to help people impacted by the pandemic, one provision in the bill is economic impact payments, commonly referred to as stimulus checks. Like in the CARES Act, a $2 trillion stimulus package that passed in March, to receive the full amount of $1,200, an individual must have a modified adjusted gross income of $75,000 or less....

Stoke City have been woeful of late, having only managed three wins from their last ten games across all competitions. Michael O’Neill’s side will be heading into the game off the back of a 1-1 draw against Huddersfield last time out. They will hope to turn things around with a win against Wigan on Saturday. Wigan Athletic, on the other hand, have been flying this season. Leam Richardson’s side are unbeaten in their last 20 games across all competitions and will be looking to take that momentum into the game against Stoke on Saturday....

BCCI announced a new head coach for India Women’s Team whereas Australia’s suspended stars David Warner and Steve Smith are expected to make a return to Australian club cricket next month. AB de Villiers has been announced as the ambassador of a T20 league and India’s premier fast bowler has been deemed fit to play in the third Test against England. Without further ado, we’ll go through five of the most important cricket news of the day....

Not so Shaw: Full-back needs to convince Mourinho he is Man Utd’s man The 22-year-old was signed from Everton in a massive deal over the course of the summer and has slotted right into Pep Guardiola’s starting XI, making a total of 19 appearances in all competitions. Stones has filled in capably for injured captain Vincent Kompany, helping City move just one point behind Premier League leaders Chelsea. And Summerbee has been impressed by the former Everton man’s willingness to assume extra responsibility in the absence of Kompany, adding that he is an admirer of the England international’s technical abilities....