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The TNT broadcaster is about to receive a rare third bone marrow transplant from an anonymous donor, Sager’s son Craig Sager II said Tuesday. The elder Sager began preparing for the procedure in July, which forced him to skip the Rio Olympics. MORE: Sager’s suits light up the NBA world That is one of the few assignments he has missed since being diagnosed. Sager has kept an exhausting schedule as he balances his work and recovery responsibilities, all the while maintaining a powerful positive outlook....

It’s actually unlikely. Industry experts say it would be suicidal for a company with a valuable brand name to dabble in spam, which is about as reviled a sales tool as the intrusive dinnertime telemarketing phone call. Still, spam is now thought to account for one in 10 e-mails over the Internet. As a result, ISPs must buy more hardware to handle the load, and consumers may eventually foot the cost in higher ISP bills down the road....

Crane, who has played two Twenty20s for England, will take on Australia in the fifth Ashes Test starting at the SCG on Thursday. England captain Joe Root backed the leg-spinner, 20, to shine in place of Woakes, who will miss due to a side injury. “I think the way he [Crane] has conducted himself throughout this whole trip and since he’s been involved in our squads, he’s been outstanding,” Root told a news conference on Wednesday....

The show’s co-conceivers are English director Mike Ockrent and American playwright Ken Ludwig. Both have a thing for the ’30s, which figured in Ockrent’s 1986 revival of a classic English musical, “Me and My Girl,” and in Ludwig’s 1989 Broadway farce, “Lend Me a Tenor.” Ludwig has taken the silly book of the Gershwins’ 1930 “Girl Crazy” and mutated it into something so transcendentally absurd that it becomes pure joy....

MGM’s Creed films, which serve as spin-off/sequel films to the Rocky franchise, have been worthy continuations with Michael B. Jordan in the lead role as Adonis Creed, the son of Carl Weathers’ Apollo Creed. Other than reprising his titular role, Jordan will also be making his directorial debut on the upcoming film. RELATED: Michael B. Jordan’s Creed 3 Hires Georgia Film Academy Interns According to Variety, Leyva, Mixson, Moore II, and Davis-Kent will be joining other previously announced stars Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Florian Munteanu, and Phylicia Rashad....

New Zealand seamer Tim Southee said on Tuesday that his side would take nothing for granted when they faced Australia in the Champions Trophy at Edgbaston. The Black Caps come into the Group A clash on the back of a nail-biting one-wicket win over Sri Lanka whereas defending champions Australia, who beat New Zealand in the 2009 final, suffered a 48-run loss to hosts England at Edgbaston last week....

Considered to be the most famous Australian personality in cricket after Sir Don Bradman, Benaud played in 63 international Test matches, captaining Australia in 28 of those. Benaud had a glittering first-class career as he took 945 wickets in 259 first-class matches and scored 23 centuries en route to his 11,719 first-class runs. He is famous for never losing a Test series as Australian captain, winning five matches and losing just two....

While many rivalries have often instigated the controversies over time, the lack of strict rules in the 20th century meant that an incident took place in 1981 that tarnished the image of Australian fast-bowler Trevor Chappell for almost the rest of his career and beyond. Moments leading to the incident The episode took place on the 1st of February 1981 during an international match featuring Australia and New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground....

For one of the teams, however, it will be anything but. Having wobbled against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, England’s World Cup campaign was dealt a major setback by Australia on Tuesday—and a loss to India could extinguish it completely. The loss left England on eight points, just one above Bangladesh and Pakistan, who will face each other on July 5. Their other games are against India and Afghanistan, respectively, which puts Pakistan in pole position to qualify for the semifinals at England’s expenses....

Getting bored during classes? Or traveling along in a train? Switch on Cricky and start playing! Cricky is played by flipping the pages of a book and scoring depending on the page number you stop at, with the score corresponding to 1,2,4 and 6. Lose a life if you stop at a page ending with 0 (say page number:150). The book flips with random speed, testing your hand-eye coordination to the fullest....

On Monday’s edition of “The MMA Hour”, Cyborg said she weighed 165 pounds heading into her fight against Lina Lansberg at UFC Fight Night 95. Then on Tuesday, MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani said on Twitter that Cyborg woke up at 160 pounds. I’m told Cyborg weighs 160 pounds this AM. 19 pounds left, 72 hours to go … Also on Tuesday, a video blog was posted to Cyborg’s YouTube page. In the video, Cyborg and her nutrition coach George Lockhart were shown arguing about her taking birth control pills....

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion was a surprise announcement during the Final Fantasy 7 25th Anniversary Celebration. After being announced with a tentative release date of holiday 2022, it was confirmed to be coming out on December 13, 2022. This may just be the release date to save the game, as many believed that Crisis Core Reunion was set to release in an already stuffed November. RELATED: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Mod Brings Back Polygonal Characters From the Original...

Earlier this year however, Square Enix made the surprising announcement that the PSP title Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 was being remastered. The game’s graphics have been converted to HD along with all new 3D models to better match what fans are seeing in the core Final Fantasy 7 Remake titles. In addition to full voice acting, the game’s combat systems have been overhauled to also match the modern games....

Chelsea legend Lampard joined the likes of former England teammate Steven Gerrard, 2007 Ballon d’Or winner Kaka and iconic Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo by heading stateside last year. MORE: Soccer officials who have gotten in trouble | FIFA must tackle corruption to rebuild trust And Lampard believes global superstars Messi and Ronaldo may follow in their footsteps. “I think Messi and Ronaldo moving to MLS is a real possibility,” Lampard told CNN....

The 29-year-old missed the team training on Friday after struggling with muscular pain in his left thigh. “He [Ronaldo] will be with us but he will not compete,” Bento was quoted by the Daily Mail. When asked about Ronaldo missing Portugal’s World Cup opening match against Germany on June 16, Bento said, “I don’t think so but I have to consider every scenario. What I don’t want to do is put any sort of pressure on a player that causes them to compete when they are not in a right state to do so....

How will BBC fit in the new Madrid? It has been a memorable year for Ronaldo as he added a third Champions League trophy to his collection before leading Portugal to Euro 2016 glory. The 31-year-old is widely regarded as one of the best players in the game after years of success in Madrid and Manchester (with United), but Figo feels there is still more to come from the prolific attacker....

And as always, there are stories which will have huge repercussions on the transfer market. After scorching through papers and sources from all over Europe, we have managed to find transfer stories that made headlines on July 6, 2018: Premier League PSG keen on landing N’golo Kante Goal reveals that Paris Saint Germain have made Chelsea’s N’golo Kante as their priority of the summer. Chelsea are hell-bent on keeping the midfielder in their ranks and will demand over £100 million for their star player....

Bale, Iniesta, Kroos and the players set to miss El Clasico The Brazilian has truly come of age this season, firing the Reds to Premier League title contention before suffering an untimely injury last weekend against Sunderland. Coutinho’s performances at Anfield have reportedly seen long-term suitors Barcelona renew their interest in signing him to boost their own charge for silverware, with Neymar thought to be urging his compatriot to join him at Camp Nou....

Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw made the comments to Newsweek after GOP lawmakers in Idaho moved to ban the theory from being taught in the state’s schools and universities. The academic theory “maps the nature and workings of ‘institutional racism’” in America, according to Kendall Thomas, co-editor along with Crenshaw of Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement. The theory dates back to the mid-1970s, but has become a politically charged topic in recent months....

Now, Mysterio is free to choose where he works. He has already signed with AAA in Mexico and made his return to the promotion where he got his start on March 18 at their “Rey de Reyes” show. MORE: Listen to entire interview with Court Bauer | Devon Dudley on giving back, interest in WWE | Former WWE champ Mickie James on being a mom and wrestler Next up for Mysterio is WaleMania in Santa Clara, CA on Thursday, March 26 where he will conduct an interview in front of a live audience following by a performance by Grammy-nominated artist Wale....