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BREAKING: Jalen Brunson is signing a 4-year, $156.5M extension with the Knicks, per @wojespn. $113M pay cut 🤯

🚨📺 OFFICIAL: letter sent to the Premier League regarding scrapping VAR. "Wolves have formally submitted a resolution to the Premier League to trigger a vote at the league's AGM in June, on the removal of VAR from the start of the 2024/25 season. The introduction of VAR in 2019/20 was a decision made in good faith and with the best interests of football and the Premier League at its heart. However, it has led to numerous unintended negative consequences that are damaging the relationship between fans and football, and undermining the value of the Premier League brand, which include: • Impact on goal celebrations and the spontaneous passion that makes football special. • Frustration and confusion inside stadiums due to lengthy VAR checks and poor communication. •A more hostile atmosphere with protests, booing of the Premier League anthem and chants against VAR. • Overreach of VAR's original purpose to correct clear and obvious mistakes, now overanalysing subjective decisions and compromising the game's fluidity and integrity. • Diminished accountability of on-field officials, due to safety net of VAR, leading to an erosion of authority on the pitch. • Continued errors despite VAR, with supporters unable to accept human error after multiple views and replays, damaging confidence in officiating standards. • Disruption of the Premier League's fast pace with lengthy VAR checks and more added time, causing matches to run excessively long. • Constant discourse about VAR decisions often overshadowing the match itself, and tarnishing the reputation of the league. • Erosion of trust and reputation, with VAR fuelling completely nonsensical allegations of corruption. The decision to table the resolution has come after careful consideration and with the utmost respect for the Premier League, PGMOL and our fellow competitors. There is no blame to be placed - we are all just looking for the best possible outcome for football - and all stakeholders have been working hard to try and make the introduction of additional technology a success. However, after five seasons of VAR in the Premier League it is time for a constructive and critical debate on its future. Our position is that the price we are paying for a small increase in accuracy is at odds with the spirit of our game, and as a result we should remove it from the 2024/25 season onwards."

26-4 run over the last 6:34 🔥

“If I was playing, Boston would be at home. NY damn sure would be at home.” Jimmy Butler talking crazy 😳 (via @RockTheBells)

A hunter while aiming at a deer, pulls down his weapon, and she peacefully approaches him.

Joel Embiid is out vs. Nuggets, source says.

NEW: 26 year old woman has been sent to jail for throwing her Maltese shih-tzu named Princess off of a parking garage in Australia. What a disgusting person. The 10 year old dog plunged about 30 feet to the ground where she was later found by someone passing by. Princess was later put down due to the injuries. In a now-deleted Facebook post, the woman said she did the dog a favor because "all I did was hurt her and abuse her." The woman was sentenced to 12 months in jail and can't own an animal for 10 years.

A restaurant in Prague where food and drink orders are delivered to your table by train

If you could make a 5-a-side team with any footballers in the world, who would you choose?

Joel Embiid, the NBA’s reigning Most Valuable Player, has committed to play for Team USA at the Paris 2024 Olympics, sources told ESPN on Thursday. Embiid informed Team USA executive director Grant Hill of his decision on Thursday morning, sources said, just days after the two quietly met for close to an hour in Ft Collins, Colo., where the Sixers are holding training camp. Embiid, who was born in Cameroon and holds both French and American citizenship, has been at the center of an intense recruiting battle over which country he will represent at the Olympics. He ultimately chose to represent the United States, sources said, because he wants to help the United States return to the top of the international basketball world after it failed to medal at the World Championships in Manila this summer.