Новости за 31.12.2017

NEW ORLEANS — The irony is Mavericks point guard Dennis Smith Jr. likes Frank Ntilikina a lot. On and off the court. Forever inextricably linked, Smith and Ntilikina were in the same city again Friday as they were on draft night in June. With the Pelicans facing a Mavericks-Knicks back-to-back, Smith lit up the Big...

From spectacular fireworks in Hong Kong and Australia to a huge LED lightshow at the world's tallest building in Dubai, a look at how revelers around the world are ringing in 2018: ___ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, has again served as the focal point of New Year's Eve celebrations — though this year authorities decided against fireworks and chose a massive LED lightshow on the structure. That was in part due to safety in the city-state in the United Arab Emirates... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON—An intoxicated man was taken into custody at a Houston hotel ahead of New Year’s Eve festivities Sunday, police said. Police were called after the man became aggressive at the bar in downtown Houston’s Hyatt Regency Hotel. The hotel’s annual New Year’s Eve party is one of the city’s largest. Responding officers found a rifle, shotgun and handgun in his room, including ammunition, according to Police Lt. Gordon Macintosh. The man, whose identity has not been released, was arrested for unlawfully... Читать дальше...

Two of our all-time favorites were made this season.

ECS have always been known for their tifo, both the big choreos that go up before the game and the many flags, rail-banners and two-poles that pop up during the match. This year had an especially impressive collection.

As the gallery above shows, there were several inventive and inspiring tifo as well as a couple that immediately shot to the top of our list of favorites.

Top 5 ECS tifo of all time

We thought Emerald... Читать дальше...

While I was never the greatest fisherman (and quite frankly had no idea what was going on half the time), taking to my local streams with my dad and his friends was a favorite pastime of mine when I was younger. But if I had to deal with the unique finds this avid fisherman does, my fishing excursions would have felt more like monster hunting. Deep-sea fisherman Roman Fedortsov may earn a living by hitting the waters, but it's his social media accounts that are taking the Internet by storm. Fedortsov... Читать дальше...

TheWrap’s compiled a list of 12 of the biggest and best viral videos from late-night TV in 2017. There were some tearjerking monologues, the best “Carpool Karaoke” segments to date, and enough Trump commentary to last us a lifetime. Click the links to watch each video. “Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: This Monologue Goes Out To You, Mr. President — “Face the Nation”s John Dickerson took President Trump’s insults in stride during their sit down at the White House. Stephen Colbert did him the courtesy... Читать дальше...

Le septième poète officiel du Parlement du Canada tire sa révérence à la fin de 2017. Au cours de son mandat de deux ans, George Elliott Clarke n'a pas hésité à aborder de front les dossiers délicats, comme la légalisation de la marijuana, les paradis fiscaux et l'attaque terroriste à la grande mosquée de Québec. Rencontre avec un poète hors du commun.

Even with over a month to prepare and a season's worth of tape to analyze, the game plan for 14th-ranked Notre Dame and No. 16 LSU is straightforward heading into Monday's Citrus Bowl _ have success on the ground and stop the run

The New Year has officially begun, as midnight passed in Samoa, Tonga and Christmas Island/Kiribati, the first places in the world to welcome in 2018.  The last places on Earth to see in the New Year are minor outlying US islands like Baker Island and Howland Island - although these are uninhabited. The last inhabited island is American Samoa which will welcome 2018 when it's 11am in London on January 1.  When major cities will welcome 2018 11.00 GMT Auckland, New Zealand 13:00 GMT Sydney, Australia... Читать дальше...

Cops seized a stash of guns — including an AR-15 — from a Houston hotel room on Sunday, officials said. Police were called to the Hyatt Regency Houston to help deal with a drunken, belligerent guest at the hotel bar, officials told the Houston Chronicle. A search of the man’s room uncovered ammunition, the AR-15...

Here are nine New Year Rules teasers to get you thinking (answers below);

1. May a player test the condition of a bunker by raking it during play of a hole
2. Four players playing in the same group/flight in a singles stroke play competition are a foursome. True or False?
3. Two players could not decide whose turn it was to putt, so player A laid his club directly along his straight line of putt and then along his fellow competitor’s straight line of putt to determine which ball was the farthest from the hole. Читать дальше...

WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a global outage for about an hour on Sunday before the problem was fixed. "WhatsApp users around the world experienced a brief outage today that has now been resolved", a WhatsApp spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. The cause of the outage, about an hour long, was not immediately known. In India, its biggest market with about 200 million of its billion-plus users, the app was down just a few minutes past midnight into the new year. Читать дальше...

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say men in stopped cars on South Carolina roads have twice fired shots after people pulled over and got out to help. York County deputies say no one was hurt in either shooting Friday night on roads in rural areas west of Rock Hill. Investigators say in both cases, a car was stopped either in the middle or on the side of the road and when someone got out of their vehicle to check, three men came out and started firing. Deputies said in a statement the shootings... Читать дальше...

If this is Jim Caldwell's last game as Detroit's coach, the Lions are sending him out in style so far

Police are warning Austin residents about two robberies that happened in the last week in the West Side neighborhood.

The “Norman Lykes home,” a 2,900-square-foot curvaceous house, sits at the edge of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.

Gabby Williams scored 20 points to lead six UConn players in double figures as top-ranked Huskies routed Memphis 97-49 the conference opener for both teams

The Baggies made one change to the side which drew 0-0 with Everton, with the injured Salomon Rondon replaced by Hal Robson-Kanu. 
 The visitors also showed one alteration, with Mesut Ozil (knee) absent from the match-day squad altogether and Alex Iwobi handed a starting role. 
 Arsenal enjoyed the better of the early possession, before Petr Cech dropped a high ball to give the visitors a problem, before they managed to clear their lines. 
 Fifteen minutes in Alexis Sanchez... Читать дальше...

The first day of 2018 will be the 17th Spare the Air day of the Bay Area winter season. The alert for Monday, announced by the Bay Area Quality Management District, will remain in effect for 24 hours. People may not burn wood or other solid fuels, indoors or outdoors. During the winter season, which is from Nov. 1 to Feb. 28, wood smoke is the largest source of air pollution in the Bay Area, according to the district. This has... Читать дальше...

Nate (Nick Jonas), “Kingdom”: After finally coming out to his father (Frank Grillo) in the show’s penultimate episode, Nate is shot and killed after getting into a fight with a bouncer. Martha (Laura Wilson), “The Handmaid’s Tale”: Ofglen/Emily (Alexis Bledel) and her lover are both put on trial for “gender treachery,” but only Martha is sentenced to execution by hanging for her homosexuality. Mr. Kaplan (Susan Blommaert), “The Blacklist”: Mr. Kaplan narrowly escaped death several times before... Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (CBSNews) — Police in Houston say they arrested a man found with guns and ammunition in his hotel room early Sunday (Dec. 31), as authorities across the country remain on high alert ahead of planned New Year’s Eve celebrations. CBS affiliate KHOU-TV reports that police responded to the Hyatt Regency Houston around 1:30 a.m. local time Sunday. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo tweeted Sunday morning that the situation was “contained” and there were “no specific threats to [Houston].” Houston... Читать дальше...

Tel Aviv (dpa) - In a landmark decision, the strongest political party in Israel - the Likud party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - has called for the annexation of a large part of the West Bank.Since a war in 1967, the West Bank has been occupied by Israel, which still controls large parts of it although it is regarded in international law as Palestinian territory.More than a thousand members of the right-wing Likud party adopted a resolution on Sunday evening calling for Israel to exercise... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES -- Defensive end Aaron Lynch won’t play today in the regular-season finale against the Rams in what could be the final game of his four-year tenure with the 49ers. Lynch, a 2014 fifth-round pick who is in the final year of his contract, is a healthy scratch for the second straight week and the fourth time in the past six game. Lynch has endured two consecutive disappointing seasons after collecting a combined 12.5 sacks in his first two years. Last year... Читать дальше...

Tens of thousands of people braved the wind and rain to ring in the New Year at Edinburgh’s legendary Hogmanay celebrations last night.