Duke Hold Off Ucf In Thriller

Duke star Williamson finished with 32 points and 11 rebounds. RJ Barrett chipped in 16 points, including the game-winner, for the Blue Devils. Tacko Fall, UCF’s center, tallied 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks in the losing effort. Duke fight off first challengers – barely The Blue Devils were two rolls away from going home early. Duke were trailing by three with 14 seconds left when Williamson was fouled while finishing a layup....

January 10, 2023 · 2 min · 362 words · Lois Herron

Duncan Keith Trade Grades Oilers Add Three Time Stanley Cup Champion In Deal With Blackhawks

Now the first domino has fallen, as the Blackhawks parted ways with three-time Stanley Cup champion Duncan Keith, sending him to the Oilers on Monday. The 2015 Conn Smythe winner requested a move to Western Canada to be closer to his son, Colton, who lives in Penticton, B.C. “Last year was pretty difficult, not being able to see him,” Keith said on a Zoom call with reporters after the trade was announced....

January 10, 2023 · 6 min · 1069 words · Earl Parson

Dune Trailer Promises A Bigger And Louder Duniverse Plus Some Impressive Sandworms

Being one of sci-fi’s most accomplished literary works, Frank Herbert’s Dune novels have always been booth incredibly attractive and difficult to adapt into several media formats with Frank Herbert’s Dune and Children of Dune series being among the best-regarded of them thanks to its impressive technical prowess they accomplished in the early 2000s, even if any Dune adaptation always fail to meet expectations. RELATED: Every Video Game Based on the Dune Franchise...

January 10, 2023 · 2 min · 402 words · Lloyd Goss

Dungeons Dragons 5 Most Useful Fighter Features 5 That Are Useless

RELATED: 10 Ways The Elder Scrolls Could Be A Dungeons & Dragons 5e Campaign Setting Players may realize that certain Fighter features outweigh others in terms of relevance and practicality. In turn, players may leverage on certain insights as to which Fighter features they must work towards or ignore completely. 10 Useful: Defense Defense serves as perhaps one of the most “boring” Styles available to Classes that can choose them – such as the versatile Ranger or the Fighter....

January 10, 2023 · 6 min · 1278 words · Gladys French

Dungeons And Dragons 10 Most Powerful Artifacts How To Obtain Them

RELATED: 10 Must-Have NPCs In Dungeons & Dragons Lore To Make Your Campaigns Awesome Thankfully, the agency D&Dprovides its players can make for some interesting encounters when it comes to ancient artifacts. For instance, just which artifacts would DMs and players consider as the most powerful? Which artifacts would fit great in any story, given their history, nature, and abilities? 10 Gray Portrait Long ago, Belarian the Beautiful sought every mean to keep his beauty to the extent of selling his own soul....

January 10, 2023 · 7 min · 1333 words · David Ragsdale

Dungeons And Dragons Tasha S 5E Magic Item Showcase Baba Yaga S Mortar And Pestle

Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything offers many new artifacts for 5e like the Mighty Servant of Leuk-O and the Crook of Rao. Baba Yaga’s Mortar and Pestle is one of the most interesting in the new book. As with many things in DnD, Baba Yaga is an adaption of older folklore into the popular RPG. Slavic folklore had references to a powerful hag named Baba Yaga, and much of that backstory finds its way into her DnD presentation....

January 10, 2023 · 5 min · 1011 words · Timothy Birge

Dupe What Is The Dupe Trend On Tiktok Challenge Sends The Internet Into A Frenzy

In simpler words, this trend is all about netizens making fun of a copy of a popular branded item. This term is usually common among thrift shoppers. For instance, one might have come across many TikTokers making videos about visiting a thrift store and buying clothes from Gucci, Balenciaga, or Louis Vuitton. The catch, however, is that none of the products are actually made by these brands. They’re fake or low-priced copies....

January 10, 2023 · 2 min · 367 words · Linda Shon

Durant Advises 76Ers On How To Best Endure Tanking

Such is the phenomenon of tanking, folks. And Durant endured two 20-win seasons before he was gifted the full supporting cast of Russell Westbrook, James Harden and Serge Ibaka. This experience gives Durant free rein to speak on the topic, and he used that ability to give advice to the Philadelphia 76ers, a team that stripped their roster in recent years and committed to tanking for years to come. Durant was drafted second overall to a team with Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis, both NBA All Stars at the time, and he expected to fit in as a member of one of the NBA's best combinations....

January 10, 2023 · 4 min · 784 words · Bob Martinez

Durham Bring In Handscomb To Replace Bancroft

The wicketkeeper-batsman - who has represented his country in all three formats - missed out on selection for the Ashes squad but will now remain in England. Handscomb fills the overseas spot at Durham vacated by compatriot Cameron Bancroft, who was picked in Australia’s 17-man party for the five-Test series. “We are delighted to welcome Peter to Durham for the rest of the season,” Marcus North, director of cricket at Durham, said....

January 10, 2023 · 1 min · 144 words · Roy Martin

Dutch Mantell Criticizes Drew Mcintyre Segment

Following Drew McIntyre’s return last week at the Royal Rumble, The Scottish Warrior addressed the crowd for the first time in over a month. However, he was interrupted by Baron Corbin and Madcap Moss, who intended to ambush him but failed. Instead, the former WWE Champion landed a crushing claymore on Moss, sending a strong message. On the latest edition of this week’s Smack Talk on Sportskeeda Wrestling’s YouTube Channel, Dutch Mantell joined Sid Pullar III and Rick Ucchino to recap last night’s episodes of WWE SmackDown and AEW Rampage....

January 10, 2023 · 2 min · 294 words · Joyce Rodriguez

Dwayne The Rock Johnson And Dany Garcia Purchase The Xfl

This was the only bid for the league previously owned by Johnson’s former employer and wrestling co-star Vince McMahon who set up Alpha Entertainment, a private company formed independently of WWE. The transaction is subject to bankruptcy court approval on August 7 and, assuming that closing conditions are satisfied, is expected to close on or shortly after August 21. Both the XFL and WWE have been considerably affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic....

January 10, 2023 · 3 min · 437 words · Kim Kleine

Driver Shot Dead And Body Found In Car Trunk Following Police Car Chase

Dearborn police began chasing a Dodge Charger after carrying out a traffic stop with regards to an endangered or missing person investigation on Sunday afternoon. The suspect then fled before crashing into a home on Tireman Avenue near Wyoming Avenue on the Detroit-Dearborn border. When officers approached the vehicle, there was an exchange of gunfire between the driver and the police. The suspect was fatally shot by police, according to local media sources....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 403 words · William Copple

Drone Strike Kills Senior Al Qaeda Leader In Syria Pentagon Says

The September 20 strike hit a vehicle on a rural road outside the city of Idlib in rebel-controlled northwestern Syria, killing at least one person, the Associated Press reported. That person has been identified as Salim Abu-Ahmad, a senior leader of al Qaeda, a militant multi-national terrorist organization. “Salim Abu-Ahmad was responsible for planning, funding, and approving trans-regional al-Qaeda attacks,” Army Major John Rigsbee, a CENTCOM spokesman told Military Times....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 444 words · Alexandra Wagner

Drunk Men Inject Penises With Cream After Watching Youtube Enlargement Video

The unnamed men—aged 30 and 32 years old, respectively—were drinking and discussing how they wished they had bigger penises. They then searched on YouTube for tutorials on how to achieve this. The friends subsequently injected each other’s penises in a number of areas with an entire 30g tube of anti-hematoma cream, according to a letter to the editor of the Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie journal that documented their cases....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 481 words · Ashley Larios

Dry And Crusty Ear Canal Causes And Treatment

Treatment for dry, crusty ears depends on the cause. Crusty ears are not typically a sign of a serious condition. Treatment for crusty ears typically includes lifestyle changes, over-the-counter (OTC) ointments or lotions, and prescription medications. Dry Ear Canal: Common Causes The ear canal is the passage that runs from the outer ear to the eardrum. It is typically moist with wax, which helps prevent infections or bacteria from getting into the ears....

January 9, 2023 · 6 min · 1206 words · Cheryl Waddington

Ducks Lose Maroon To Potentially Serious Knee Injury

Gorges’ hit appeared to cause Maroon’s left knee to buckle. The forward was helped off the ice after the play. Maroon, who had an assist in the contest, would not return. It’s hard to say at this point how serious the injury is, though it certainly did not look good. If he’s out a while, it would be tough loss for the Ducks. While he only notched 29 points (and 101 penalty minutes) in 62 games last year, Maroon had the highest relative Corsi of any Ducks player who suited up for at least 20 games....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 125 words · Brett Murdock

Ducks Sign Center Ryan Kesler To Six Year Extension

The Ducks secured another piece of their powerful forwards corps on Wednesday, signing Kesler, 30, to a lucrative contract extension through the 2021-22 season. MORE: Adventures with the Stanley Cup | 2015 Hockey Hall of Fame class It’s a six-year deal worth $41.25 million, according to The Los Angeles Times. Kesler had one year remaining under the contract he signed with the Canucks before joining the Ducks at last year’s NHL Draft....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 224 words · Melody Converse

Duke Loses Chance To Upset Louisville On Dodgy Roughing The Kicker Call

The ACC officials thought otherwise. Down 17-14 with a shade over two minutes left in the game, the Blue Devils recorded two tackles for loss to set up a 46-yard attempt for Louisville kicker Evan O’Hara. O’Hara missed the kick wide left, but Duke cornerback Breon Borders was flagged for roughing the kicker. MORE: Best images from Week 7 Borders’ penalty was questionable at best. The missed kick would have given the Blue Devils the ball on Louisville’s 36-yard line with two minutes and two timeouts remaining....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 129 words · Heather Williams

Duke Nukem Forever Party In Vegas

The winners will receive two VIP tickets to Duke Nukem’s “Titty City”, in Vegas. Yea, It’s seriously called Titty City and it’s not really that surprising. Just in case you were wondering what type of time will be had by the contest winners, this is the full disclosure statement from the contest sign-up. I do have to say that this is one of the most interesting press events that I have heard of in quite some time....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 168 words · Monica Stern

Dumb Deals 101

How could so many smart investors have been so foolish? What were they thinking? Martin Fridson, the chief junk-bond strategist for Merrill Lynch, says that already-hot Internet and telecom markets turned incandescent when money came flooding into the United States after the Asian financial meltdown started in 1997. “Ideas that you would have called ridiculous at other times got funded,’’ he says. Another major factor in “smart” money’s flooding into telecom start-ups was that the nation’s biggest telecom, AT&T, bought upstart Teleport, and No....

January 9, 2023 · 11 min · 2164 words · Phyllis Rhoten