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Rafferty cites the departure of DeMarcus Cousins in conjunction with the additions of Elfrid Payton and Julius Randle as beneficial for Davis’ offense in 2018-19. MORE: Davis really wanted Randle to sign with Pelicans Davis, 25, averaged a career-best 28.1 points per game in 2017-18, second to only MVP James Harden. In nine postseason games, Davis led New Orleans with 30.1 points per game, including an average of 33.0 points in the Pelicans’ first-round sweep of the Trail Blazers....

Mickelson was not listed among the participants in the 2022 field on the Masters’ website, and ESPN confirmed Mickelson will not compete this year. Mickelson is one of two legacy stars whose status for the tournament had been up in the air. Tiger Woods is listed among the participants in the Masters, but he has not confirmed whether he will be playing. MORE: Best quotes, moments from Tiger Woods’ Hall of Fame induction, from a lost bet to Tom Brady...

Shiny Pokemon have become an ever-increasingly popular feature of modern games because of the transition from 2D graphics to 3D, fully explorable worlds where pocket monsters run around. Gen 9 is the epitome of this logic because Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s free exploration made it so that Game Freak removed the iconic tall grass from the games, making every encounter with wild critters happen in the overworld. While Pokemon Legends: Arceus’ shiny color palettes were fairly in line with those of past games, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s shinies often sport brighter colors that make the difference between a shiny and the regular form much clearer....

Resident Evil 2’s Tyrant, Mr. X inspired a fear within gamers that very few games have managed to emulate since. Mr. X was a towering, near-human abomination that stalked the player for the majority of their playthrough of Resident Evil 2. While the series has played host to a number of Tyrant’s since, very few have managed to match the overwhelming sense of dread Mr. X is capable of inspiring....

Limited overs legends The fanfare for Rohit Sharma and Dhawan is not surprising. In the 50-over-format, both are two of the world’s best batsman at the moment. As an opening partnership, both have them have arguably been the best over the last few years. In only five years of opening with each other, the pair has become the sixth most successful opening pair in history with 3881 runs at an average of 47....

Social media has put us all literally in the public eye. Every time you post a picture or status update to Facebook, make a tweet, check-in to a location, etc, you could be sharing your location with potentially a huge audience. Here’s why that’s not always a good thing. Where You Are and Where You Aren’t Not only does your social media status update or location check-in information tell somebody where you currently are, but it also tells them where you aren’t....

Maybe you’ve been wondering, what’s that all about? There’s a very good reason why players lie on the turf during free kicks, but it has only become commonplace in the last few years on soccer’s biggest stages. The strategies for defending free kicks have evolved through the years as players have gotten better at finding the net on them. Defenders have had to get creative to adapt. Tactics once reserved for the playground are now being utilized by the best professional players in the world....

343 Industries took over the Halo franchise after Bungie announced that it was going to be splitting off from Microsoft. 343 Industries attempted to kickstart a new era of Halo, but many fans are not onboard with this new direction. Instead, many have chosen to continue playing the games that made the series so popular. The future of Halo is uncertain, but many players seek a future without 343 Industries....

Twitter recently announced the introduction of Super Follows, the ability to charge users a monthly subscription fee to access your content. While rewarding creators for their hard work is always a plus, experts say Twitter could face backlash for monetizing content instead of focusing on features the community has been requesting for years. “Most actual users wanted an edit button before they wanted another way to give Twitter and influencers money directly,” Jeff Ferguson, a partner at digital marketing agency Amplitude Digital, told Lifewire via email....

The conservative account Libs of Tik Tok, which mostly shares content attacking liberals as well as school teachers accused of the alleged “grooming” and “indoctrination” of children on LGBT rights, has become a social media sensation in the past two years, achieving a follower base of some 648,000 on Twitter, over 66,000 on Instagram and over 9,000 on YouTube. The account was also once active on TikTok but was deactivated, the anonymous creator told the New York Post in an interview in February....

This set the stage for the current triple threat tag team match to become a triangle ladder match. Enzo and Cass, The Club and Sheamus and Cesaro will all compete for the Raw Tag Team Championships at the Showcase of the Immortals, and I couldn’t be more excited. Expect high-risk manoeuvres, brutal ladder shots and a match that has the potential to steal the show. Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon redefined what WrestleMania is all about when they fought for the Intercontinental Championship in a ladder match at WrestleMania X....

“Cyberpsychos,” individuals whose cyberpsychosis has manifested as violent or harmful behavior, are essentially pariahs in Night City, especially as there seems to be very few resources for treatment. While Cyberpunk 2077 focuses on the combat potential of cyberpsychos - including them as unpredictable and often powerful enemies for V - the game doesn’t explore the disease as a public health crisis with enormous implications for Night City and the New United States of America....

In the event that Brady decides to change his mind and retires, or moves on and signs with a different team, head coach Bill Belichick needs a replacement to keep the Patriots in competition. Besides Brady, the Patriots currently have Cody Kessler and Jarrett Stidham on their roster. It is safe to say that neither would be capable of taking over the reins after Brady. The free-agent QB market will be hot and there are some names that have come up in trade rumors such as Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton....

While there are plenty of arguments to be made about the strengths and weaknesses of Geralt’s potential replacements, discussions about the future of The Witcher rarely hit one particular reason the series could run into problems when it leaves Geralt behind. Here’s why The Witcher could struggle as an RPG without Geralt of Rivia, no matter how well-written the character who replaces him is. RELATED: 10 Tabletop Games To Play If You Like The Witcher...

Arsenal’s needs seem to have multiplied, not diminished, since the season began, what with Giroud joining Arteta, Gibbs, and Walcott on the injury-list and our pre-existing conditions at striker, CB, and DM still unaddressed. With failing to qualify for the Champions League group-stage now a very real concern, this is a week that could go from bad to worse in a hurry. ?As I’ve argued before, Arsène Wenger seems only to sign players in response to crisis – a shocking result, the looming loss of a player to transfer, or the sudden loss of a player to injury....

Kyler Murray was in attendance at the Arizona Cardinals’ OTAs Wednesday, despite an ongoing contract dispute as he looks for an extension that would get him off his rookie deal. It was reportedly Murray’s second day in Arizona’s facilities, as he tries to get back onto the field. The MMQB’s Albert Breer reported that Murray had already been to OTAs during Phase II, and said that he was one of the few offensive starters that actually had already shown up earlier in the offseason....

Sporting News has Willis going No. 2 overall (to the lowly Lions) in our latest NFL mock draft for next year as both seasons this year are about to kick off. Willis (6-1, 215 pounds) is a lot more than a dual-threat QB with a dazzling small-school highlight reel. He can flat-out throw the ball at an NFL level and matches that with exceptional speed — to the point he will excite pro teams looking for a franchise passer the way the 49ers became enamored with North Dakota State’s Trey Lance....

It is a strange situation for Liverpool. Even victories in all three matches won’t take them any closer to the title, such is Manchester City’s strength. On the other hand, if they drop points more than once, City in all likelihood will be ahead come next Sunday – a huge psychological boost for them given that they trailed by 7 points at the beginning of new year. So, while Jurgen Klopp’s men can’t win the league in these 8 days, they have a huge risk of losing it in this clutch of tricky fixtures....

BAYLOR: 10 Baylor candidates | Learning from football-first mistakes The Bears haven’t named an interim coach and have less than 100 days until the opener against Northwestern State on Sept. 3. While further NCAA punishment is not out of the question, letting the Board of Regents clean up and make sure this kind of scandal doesn’t happen again comes first. Finding the next head coach is a distant second, but the reality is pulling a head coach from another FBS school would be tough this late in the cycle....