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The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office Shave for the Brave team received 2021 top team honors during the recent St. Baldrick’s Foundation fundraising event held in Martinsville at the Brickhouse on Main. The team raised more than $1,300 for childhood cancer research. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-powered charity that...Read Full StoryPat WilliamsFundraisingDean MintonCharityTeam MembersMartinsvilleJosh SparrowDan DowningDon FogelmanWayne SankeyBrickhouseChildhood Cancer ResearchResearch GrantsBlake Long

Hris Paul dribbles on. The 11-time All-Star point guard – or, “Point God,” as he is known – is midway through his 16th NBA season and his first with the Phoenix Suns, his fifth team and third in three years. The Suns are currently flying high in the Western Conference after a decade of disappointment, and have resumed playing at home before modest crowds of 3,000, in deference, of course, to the coronavirus.Read Full StoryNbaBlack PeopleGame PointWNBAPoint GuardLove And BasketballThe Phoenix SunsHBOInstagramThe Dallas MavericksDisney WorldBlack AmericansThe Los Angeles ClippersThe Milwaukee BucksNHLAntoine FuquaRudy GobertMark CubanAdam SilverGeorge FloydJacob BlakeLizzoDoc Rivers

In their first interview since the tragic death of vocalist Riley Gale, Power Trip admit that it's a hard subject for them to talk about. This was their first time together since their bandmate and friend's funeral. The metal group is nominated for a Grammy for Best Metal Performance with...Read Full StoryPower TripPerceptionsMetal BandThe BandMusicChangedShow TimeAxeThe Los Angeles TimesThe LA TimesBest Metal PerformanceSongDrummer Chris UlshTourGuitarist Blake Ibanez

Injuries to more key contributors likely won’t make the Vancouver Canucks’ push toward the playoffs any easier. Then again, it hasn’t mattered who they’ve had on the ice during their extended home struggles against the Winnipeg Jets.With offensive threat Bo Horvat potentially unavailable because of an injury, the Canucks look to avoid an eighth straight home defeat to the Jets on Wednesday night.Already minus centers Elias Pettersson (upper-body injury), Jay Beagle (undisclosed injury) and Brandon Sutter (undisclosed), Vancouver lost Horvat, second on the team with 14 goals and fourth with 12 assists, early in the third period of Monday’s 4-0 home loss to Winnipeg after he took a slap shot to the foot or ankle. His immediate status is uncertain.The Jets scored three times in the final period to hand the Canucks their first regulation defeat in five games and second consecutive loss after winning four in a row.Losing another valuable center is obviously not ideal for a Vancouver club that’s gone 8-3-1 in March to put itself back into the playoff conversation. Yet, it’s also a chance for others to contribute and keep the playoff push going.“We need guys to step up to the plate,” Canucks forward J.T. Miller, who has six goals and 10 assists in his past 18 games, told the official website of the NHL.“A much as it (stinks) to lose pretty much all of our centers at this point, this stuff happens. This is the hard part of the season. We just need to literally challenge ourselves to be the best version of ourselves right now.”The Canucks haven’t been good enough to beat Winnipeg in Vancouver since Dec. 20, 2016. Since then, they’ve managed nine goals and been shut out three times while going 0-6-1 at home — including 0-2-1 this season — against the Jets. Monday marked the second time this season that Vancouver was blanked there by the Jets.Winnipeg’s Connor Hellebuyck allowed at least three goals in each of his previous eight starts, but stopped all 22 shots he faced for his first 2020-21 shutout on Monday. He’s stopped 53 of 56 shots in winning both starts at Vancouver this season. Backup Laurent Brossoit has stopped all but two of the 62 shots he faced in winning both season starts — home and away — against the Canucks.In addition to Hellebuyck’s effort, Adam Lowry scored twice Monday as the Jets avoided a third straight defeat by improving to 4-2-0 against the Canucks this season.“I thought it was a complete, pretty solid effort,” said Lowry, who snapped a four-game point drought.“(Vancouver) is missing some pretty key guys in their lineup, but they’ve still got some good firepower up front. … We’re not really going to change how we want to play or dictate the style regardless of who they have in the lineup.”Winnipeg’s third-period breakout battered the Canucks’ Thatcher Demko, who made 25 saves but had not allowed more than two goals in any of this previous four starts. He stopped 79 of 81 shots while winning two of his previous three starts vs. Winnipeg this season. Backup Braden Holtby is 0-1-1 with a 4.08 goals-against average against the Jets in 2020-21.Blake Wheeler, who scored Monday, has two goals and two assists in his past two games against Vancouver.–Field Level MediaWinnipeg JetsVancouver CanucksNhlHockeyThe JetsAnkle InjuryThe Vancouver Canucks 'NHLJ.T. MillerHomeUndisclosed InjuryMarchElias PetterssonJay BeagleBrandon SutterConnor HellebuyckLaurent BrossoitAdam LowryThatcher DemkoBraden HoltbyBlake WheelerBo Horvat

A new version of the Don Quixote yarn will be tilting at U.K. box office windmills soon. London-based international sales outfit The Mise En Scène Company (MSC) has secured a U.K. distribution deal with Signature Entertainment for “The True Don Quixote.”. The film is a modern adaptation of the classic...Read Full StoryDon QuixoteU.kMoviesFilm AdaptationU.K.Spider-ManMise En Scene CompanyThe Mise En Scène CompanySignature EntertainmentVespaMSCAFMEXCLUSIVECervantesSancho PanzaTim Blake NelsonJacob BatalonAnn Mahoney

Not all heroes wear capes. In the case of Gwen Stefani, it's her nail technician who made a super romantic tribute to her fiancé Blake Shelton come to life. On Monday, March 22, the 'Let Me Reintroduce Myself' singer took to social media to share a photo of her current nail set, complete with butterflies, flowers, cherubs, prayer hands and jewels on top of a bubblegum pink base.Read Full StoryFiancéJewelsCelebritiesCountry SingerRomantic LoveTrue LovePinkFlowersAffectionHeroesCapesButterfliesPrayer HandsDesignOctoberBlake SheltonGwen StefaniJimmy Fallon

Danielle Bradbery is opening up about a health issue she's been suffering from over the last year: chronic migraines. The country singer/songwriter covered People Health, with her dog Kaya, as she talked about her experiences with migraines, how she overcomes them, and more including what it was like having Blake Shelton as her coach on The Voice.Read Full StoryCelebritiesChronic CarePeople HealthKayaSpanishVoiceChronic MigrainesFeelingPhotoBeautiful Latin MusicEyesGetty ImagesCountry SingerStageRevealDanielle BradberyBlake Shelton

The first real team-building frenzy of the 2021 NFL offseason is well underway, with teams using the opening of free agency to attack holes on their rosters and overhaul their clubs in an attempt to field improved lineups for the upcoming campaign. It has been a crazy week, with the...Read Full StoryNflWashington Football TeamAmerican FootballNFL FootballPatriots FootballCleveland BrownsThe New England PatriotsTexansNFL Free Agency TrackerARZNYGCardinalsThe Las Vegas RaidersGreenATLANTA FALCONSKelvin BeachumRodney HudsonKyler MurrayMarkus GoldenChandler JonesErik HarrisMatt RyanGrady JarrettJulio JonesRyanTrey LanceKevin ZeitlerCurtis SamuelDeshaun WatsonGabe JacksonJohn BrownCarson WentzMatthew StaffordJonnu SmithChris GodwinTom BradyTrent WilliamsTyreek HillTrent BrownSamuelAllen LazardRiley ReiffKyle FullerKenny GolladayRyan FitzpatrickRussell WilsonNelson AgholorWilliam Jackson IiiKyle ShanahanJason VerrettAndy DaltonAaron DonaldRashard HigginsMalcolm ButlerTyrell WilliamsXavier WoodsRichie IncognitoJeremiah AttaochuTrey HendricksonTrey FlowersDavid BakhtiariJavon KinlawAllen RobinsonTrevor LawrenceEmmanuel SandersLavonte DavidSean PaytonNick BosaRomeo OkwaraCorey LinsleyTerry MclaurinJalen RamseyFrank ReichMike MccarthyPat ElfleinAdrian ClaybornAlex MackMitchell TrubiskyJameis WinstonJohn AbrahamTakkarist MckinleyDrew BreesMickey LoomisDak PrescottBryan BulagaMatthew JudonMario Edwards Jr.Keelan ColeBud DupreeAlshon JefferyVic FangioKyle RudolphMichael BrockersJamaal WilliamsShaquill GriffinChris CarsonNick FolesJoe ThuneyCasey HaywardChidobe AwuzieJacoby BrissettDerek WolfeMatt RhuleFangioDesmond TrufantBlake JarwinRayshawn JenkinsZach BannerJon FelicianoPete CarrollTyson AlualuShelby HarrisKyle LongJoe BurrowAdam HumphriesDavante AdamsRob GronkowskiCeedee LambMarquez CallawayD'andre SwiftAngelo BlacksonMarcus CannonDenzelle GoodAaron RodgersJustin ColemanKeanu NealBrandon AiyukMike HiltonPatrick PetersonDalvin TomlinsonAdam TrautmanRonald DarbyXavier RhodesRobert SalehMatt MilanoTyus BowserRichard ShermanTre'quan SmithDesean JacksonRobert TonyanCameron SuttonHaason ReddickJanoris JenkinsMarcus MayeBen RoethlisbergerJoey BosaJuju Smith Schuster

Everyone loves a good offscreen romance between two co-stars working on the same TV show or movie together — and over the years, there have been plenty. Take Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder, who met and fall in love the set of The Vampire Diaries, or Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth, who were in a on-again-off-again relationship for 10 years (and even got married!) after starring as lovers in 2009's The Last Song together.Read Full StoryCelebritiesGossip GirlThe Vampire DiariesGGA.k.a. Vanessa AbramsLove StoryGlamourInStyleSongRumorMarco MinutoChuck BassPenelope ShafaiEuropeJessica SzohrEd WestwickNina DobrevIan SomerhalderMiley CyrusLiam HemsworthPenn BadgleyBlake LivelyLeighton MeesterSebastian StanAmanda Setton

(CNN) — Members of the far-right Proud Boys -- some carrying firearms and wearing body armor -- massed at a rally on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as counter rallies unfolded nearby and officials in the tense city brac