Sheriff’s certification of ‘unlawful criminal restraint’ would open the path for U-visa, which usually leads to a green cardA Texas sheriff has certified that 48 migrants who were involuntarily flown to Martha’s Vineyard were victims of a crime, a procedure that would immediately qualify them for a US visa or green card.The certification by the Bexar county sheriff, Javier Salazar, would open the path for a U-visa, which usually leads to a green card, for the victims. Continue reading...
We would like to hear from people in the US about the House committee’s investigationThe House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol ended its likely final public hearing by subpoenaing former US president Donald Trump to give evidence.We would like to hear what readers in the US think about the committee’s investigation so far. How many of the televised hearings did you watch? What did you make of the evidence presented? Did it change your mind on anything? Continue reading...
The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol wrapped up what may be its last public hearing when it voted to subpoena Donald Trump to give evidence. Here are the key takeaways from the two-and-a-half-hour hearing
Kwarteng is out, Hunt is in, and the farcical merry-go-round keeps spinningTo Westminster, district of the damned, where the Conservatives are plotting to commit leadercide yet again. They’ve dispatched so many over the past few years that it’s possible they regard Harold Shipman as the real opposition. You certainly get the feeling he could poll higher than them.This morning, hot-mess chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng landed back in the UK, ready to drop the corporation tax cut in a joint announcement with Liz Truss, the new prime minister, whose central leadership pitch it was. Long story short: former Rishi Sunak-backer Jeremy Hunt is now chancellor and Truss has given one of the worst press conferences in the entire history of the genre, shortly after sending Kwarteng a letter “deeply respect[ing]” his decision to get knifed by her. Even Kwarteng’s predecessor, Nadhim Zahawi, held the office longer. Continue reading...
White juvenile male arrested with one survivor in critical condition after shooter opens fire on walking trail in RaleighFive people were killed by a shooter who opened fire along a walking trail in North Carolina’s capital city and eluded officers for hours before he was cornered in a home and arrested, police said.A 15-year-old white male suspect is in custody and in critical condition, the Raleigh police commissioner, Estella Patterson, told a press conference on Friday. Continue reading...
More than 100 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year. Where is the accountability?It was early April 1988, at the height of the first intifada, and the hills were awash with spring flowers. I took the professor and activist Noam Chomsky to visit the Palestinian village of Beita near Nablus. He wanted to speak to the villagers about a recent incident in which a group of Israeli settlers from Elon Moreh, 10km (6 miles) from Beita, had got into a confrontation with some villagers while out hiking. Two of the Palestinian villagers and one of the Israeli settlers were shot and killed. The army initially blamed the Palestinians for the settler’s death. It emerged later that she – like the two dead villagers – had been killed by a bullet fired by one of the men guarding the settlers. But, by then, the army had invaded the village, destroyed at least 14 houses, killed a third villager, arrested dozens of men in the village and deported several of them. Chomsky listened attentively and was saddened but not surprised. He had anticipated that an increased rate of settlement-building would place the occupier and the occupied, the land confiscators and those who lost their land, close together physically – with predictable results.
The more wealth Ye acquired, the more he moved right. Is his billionaire status to blame?I remember when it started. Kanye West appeared on TMZ live years ago with a Black rightwing political commentator. He said that he liked that she was a “free thinker”. This commentator in particular had boisterous critiques of the Democratic party. She argued that the party uses Black people for political gain. Kanye seemed moved by the boring and accurate claim. But the tragedy is that he accepted her conclusion: that Black people should embrace openly racist Republicans instead.I had not thought of their budding friendship until last week. The pair reappeared at Paris Fashion Week wearing contrasting long-sleeve “White Lives Matter” shirts. Backlash ensued, to which Kanye responded with defense, jest, appreciation, online bullying against fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, and now, antisemitism. Continue reading...
Slavery and civil war tested us 160 years ago. Again, we are being tested. Midterms are less than a month awayThursday’s House select committee was one like no other. Shortly after 1pm, Liz Cheney, the daughter of a vice-president and Republican grandees, warned that the US, as a constitutional republic, was in danger. Two-and-a-half hours later, seven Democrats and two Republicans unanimously voted to subpoena Donald Trump. In all likelihood, he will never appear. Regardless, history had again been made.“Why would Americans assume that our constitution and institutions of our Republic are invulnerable to another attack?” Cheney pondered.Lloyd Green is a regular freelance contributor and served in the Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992 Continue reading...
Democrats finally seem to realize that accountability is more important than risk aversionOne of the first things that most pundits will tell you about Thursday’s January 6 committee broadcast – the first since August, and probably the last before the November midterms – is that the committee’s subpoena of Donald Trump won’t go anywhere.Sure, there were other notable moments in Thursday’s hearing. The committee presented a thorough summary of their findings, seemingly aiming to remind voters ahead of the midterms of the depth of Donald Trump’s commitment to his plan to overthrow our democracy in the service of his own ego.Moira Donegan is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading...
The option to bypass the legislature, which allowed for marijuana legalization and minimum wage increases, is under threatIn November, voters in Arizona will decide whether to limit citizens’ ability to get measures on the ballot, a change that could severely curtail direct democracy.Three upcoming measures, referred to the ballot by Republican state lawmakers, would require a supermajority to approve any taxes on the ballot, limit initiatives to one topic and allow lawmakers to alter ballot measures if any language is illegal or unconstitutional. Continue reading...
American Shields and Britain’s Marshall headline the first all-female UK boxing card with 11 bouts and 22 womenTwenty-four years ago, in August 1998, women’s boxing was still banned in Britain. It was only in the middle of that month that, finally, Jane Couch became the first woman to be granted a licence to fight professionally by the British Boxing Board of Control. Couch had been forced to take the board to the high court where she won her case after male administrators tried to argue that women were too “emotionally unstable” and “frail” to become boxers.On Saturday night, at the O in London, a different kind of history will be made as the first-ever all-female UK boxing card features 11 bouts and 22 women fighters. Claressa Shields, from America, and Britain’s Savannah Marshall will become the first women to headline a boxing promotion at the O. Even more powerfully, their fight has the ingredients of a compelling contest which could echo some of the most intense and fierce rivalries between great male boxers. Continue reading...
With so many pubs facing closure this winter, some are trying to create the new WFH – let’s call it WFP“I guess you can just sit wherever, really,” the woman says, seeming a little nonplussed as she gestures at the dozens of empty tables. I booked a slot at this London pub on its “work from the pub” scheme, but it seems I needn’t have bothered with the planning. I am the only customer in here. Which makes sense – because this is a pub, and it’s 11am on a Tuesday.Trouble is brewing for pubs. Earlier this year there were 7,000 fewer of them in England and Wales than a decade ago. Pubs were bruised by the pandemic, and now, like all hospitality venues, they are staring down the barrel of the cost of living crisis, which will mean vastly increased energy bills and customers with less beer money in their pockets. More than 70% of pubs do not expect to survive the winter, according to one survey.Imogen West-Knights is a writer and journalist based in London Continue reading...
In an extract from his new book, Jonathan Gelber explores the events leading up to the death of a Black football pioneerUpstairs in his room, Jack sat at a small desk. Unable to eat with his teammates because of the color of his skin, his mind turned to greater things. His was no stranger to prejudice; after all, no Black man was. But the divide between him and those around him seemed to be widening. Maybe not physically but certainly culturally.Students would later recall Jack strolling through the south side of campus. He worked out in the gym. He attended convocation. He rubbed elbows with them. But he never stepped over “the invisible barrier.” He “lived alone and apart.” Like his high school yearbook, the college newspaper commented on his smile. Even the students on campus who didn’t know him personally still experienced his smile. But to many, that was as close as they could get to Jack. It was true: There was a barrier. But it wasn’t invisible. It was black. Jack worked for the greater good, to lift up those around him. He was an idealist.This is an extract from The Idealist: Jack Trice and the Battle for A Forgotten Football Legacy by Jonathan Gelber. Available to buy now. Continue reading...
New York City FC are looking to defend their title but they will face tough competition from opponents on both coastsRegular season finish: 1st in Western Conference (Supporters’ Shield winners) Continue reading...
Devastating testimony, nearly all from Republicans, will have given attorney general Merrick Garland plenty of food for thoughtAfter more than a year of work that consisted of interviewing 1,000-plus witnesses and reviewing hundreds of thousands of documents, the committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol chose a simple message for its final public hearing: Donald Trump was singularly responsible for the attack.Since its first hearing in June, the committee’s work has been aimed at two audiences. One of those has been the broad American public. Tactfully using video, the committee has told a disciplined, clear story of what happened on January 6, and the days leading up to it, filled with jaw-dropping soundbites from Trump’s closest aides. Continue reading...
In plenty of Tory marginal seats, soaring rents are already leading frustrated voters to look elsewhere for answersWhen Liz Truss met her MPs on Wednesday, the mood, by all accounts, was as if there had been a death in the family.One MP reportedly described “a terrible feeling of sorrow in the room” as backbenchers listened despondently to a leader who has barely been in office a month yet already seems broken beyond repair.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnistDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
In previously unseen footage shared by the January 6 House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, top lawmakers are seen scrambling to respond. The footage shows House speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and others trying to maintain order
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin said multiple people were shot on the Neuse River greenway trail and the suspect had been containedA North Carolina mayor announced that five people, including a police officer, were killed in a shooting in a residential area on Thursday.Raleigh Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin told reporters that multiple people were shot on the Neuse River greenway trail around 5pm, and that the police department told her around 8pm that the suspect had been “contained” at a residence in the area. Continue reading...
House speaker continued to try to find a way for House and Senate to reconvene despite turmoilNew footage of the January 6 riots at the US Capitol shows House speaker Nancy Pelosi calmly trying to take charge of the situation as she sheltered at Fort McNair, two miles south of the Capitol.
Committee wraps up its likely last hearing with a bang when it voted to subpoena Trump to give evidenceThe House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol wrapped up its likely last public hearing with a bang – not a whimper – when it voted to subpoena former US president Donald Trump to give evidence.The move was the culmination, not just of the last hearing, but of the panel’s work so far in placing Trump dead at the center of a conspiracy to steal the 2020 presidential election and then to foment a violent riot in Washington DC aimed at preventing Democrat Joe Biden being certified as the winner. Continue reading...
The committee expressed it had ‘no doubt’ the ex-president led the effort to overturn the electionA congressional panel has voted to compel Donald Trump to testify under oath after naming the former president as the “central cause” of the deadly attack on the US Capitol on January 6.The House of Representatives select committee investigating last year’s riot voted unanimously on Thursday to subpoena Trump for testimony and documents in what may prove a mostly symbolic gesture, given time constraints and his likely legal resistance. Continue reading...
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Senate finance panel chair sends detailed questions to financial firm on deal for property owned by then White House aide’s familyA financial firm that operates billions of dollars in real estate properties around the world is facing new questions from the powerful chairman of the Senate finance committee about whether Qatar was secretly involved in the $1.2bn (£1bn) rescue of a Fifth Avenue property owned by Jared Kushner’s family while Kushner was serving in the White House.Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democrat who leads the finance committee, has given the chief executive of Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management until 24 October to answer a series of detailed questions about a 2018 deal in which Brookfield paid Kushner Companies for a 99-year lease on the family’s marquee 666 Fifth Avenue property. Continue reading...
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FBI has surveillance footage confirming testimony of employee who spoke to investigators, Washington Post and CNN sayDonald Trump asked for boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago to be moved after receiving a government subpoena to return them, an employee of the former president reportedly told the FBI.The Mar-a-Lago employee is cooperating with the US Department of Justice and has been interviewed multiple times by federal agents, the Washington Post said. Continue reading...
Former president requested independent arbiter to vet more than 100 documents marked classified seized from his Florida homeThe US supreme court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to let an independent arbiter vet more than 100 classified documents that were seized from his Florida home as he confronts a criminal investigation into his handling of sensitive government records.The justices, in a brief order, denied Trump’s emergency request that he made on 4 October asking them to lift a federal appeals court’s decision that prevented the arbiter from reviewing more than 100 documents marked as classified that were among the roughly 11,000 records seized by FBI agents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach on 8 August. Continue reading...
Alyssa Farah and Cassidy Hutchinson tell January 6 panel former president acknowledged he had been defeated by Joe BidenDonald Trump privately admitted to losing the 2020 election even as he worked to undermine and change the results, according to two top aides who testified before the January 6 committee.During the ninth and possibly final hearing, the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection shared new testimony from Alyssa Farah, a former White House aide, who said that a week after the election was called in favor of Biden, Trump was watching Biden on the television in the Oval Office, and said: “‘Can you believe I lost to this effing guy?’” Continue reading...
Tish James asks court to bar Trump Organization from offloading assets while civil fraud case against ex-president plays outThe New York state attorney general, Letitia James, on Thursday urged a court to appoint an independent monitor to oversee Donald Trump’s family company before a civil fraud case – against the former president, three of his adult children and the family’s real estate firm – goes to trial.James’s injunction also sought to bar Trump’s company from conducting “significant fraudulent and illegal business” of precisely the kind described in the lawsuit filed by her office against him in September. Continue reading...
Video footage obtained from a Danish documentary film-maker shows Trump ally discussing violence after 2020 electionThe House January 6 committee on Thursday played as promised video footage of the Republican operative and Trump ally Roger Stone discussing the need for violence after the 2020 election, before 6 January 2021, the day of the deadly Capitol attack.“Let’s just hope we’re celebrating,” Stone said, in footage obtained from a Danish documentary film-maker. Continue reading...
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Shooting in Bristol also leaves one officer injured, with one suspect dead and another hurtTwo police officers who were shot dead in Connecticut were apparently drawn into an ambush by an emergency call about possible domestic violence, authorities said on Thursday.Connecticut state police said the 911 call on Wednesday night about a dispute between siblings appears to have been “a deliberate act to lure law enforcement to the scene” in Bristol. Continue reading...
Conspiracy theorist has routinely claimed he does not have the money to pay the large damages that he now owesMany people across the US have praised a verdict against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones that will force the rightwing online personality to pay almost $1bn to those affected by his lies about the Sandy Hook shooting being a hoax.But Jones himself has maintained a defiant attitude that he does not have the money to pay. Continue reading...
The ongoing bin fire of Truss’s premiership leaves her cabinet floundering, incoherent and riven by remorseThere have been more welcoming greetings. When Liz Truss met the King at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening for their weekly get-together, the first thing Charles said to her was “Dear oh dear”. The sort of thing he normally says when told Prince Harry has signed another book deal, or that Prince Andrew has agreed to give another interview to Emily Maitlis. Still, he could have been speaking for all of us. And on the plus side, he did refrain from saying “WTF”.Where the conversation went from there we can only imagine, as the cameras were hastily removed. But it’s more than likely that Librium Liz went on to tell him that everything was going to plan and the economy was in line for record growth in time for his coronation next May. And that she had totally nailed prime minister’s questions earlier in the day, had received a standing ovation from her backbenchers at the 1922 Committee and the opinion polls had given her a 25-point lead. Continue reading...
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Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty a year ago to killing 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high schoolA Florida jury on Thursday recommended life in prison for a former student who murdered 17 people in the nation’s deadliest high school shooting.Nikolas Cruz, 24, killed 14 students and three staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school in Parkland on Valentine’s Day 2018, shooting into numerous classrooms with an AR-15 style assault rifle during the six-minute rampage and wounding 17 more. Continue reading...
Inflation rate stubbornness will likely spark a further increase to interest rates which could come in early NovemberThe cost of goods and services in the US continued to go up in September, and though the rate of price increases is starting to temper, high inflation persists as the midterm elections in November approach.The consumer price index (CPI), released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, showed on Thursday that prices in September were 8.2% higher compared to prices in September 2021. The figure is another decline in the inflation rate seen during the three months since June, when the rate peaked at 9.1%, the highest in more than 40 years. Continue reading...
New poll reflects significant concerns by both Republicans and Democrats about false information ahead of the midtermsAmericans from across the political spectrum say misinformation is increasing political extremism and hate crimes, according to a new poll that reflects broad and significant concerns about false and misleading claims ahead of next month’s midterm elections.About three-quarters of US adults say misinformation is leading to more extreme political views and behaviors such as instances of violence based on race, religion or gender. That’s according to the poll from the Pearson Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Continue reading...
Historic increase means average recipient will receive over $140 extra a month along with a 3% drop in Medicare Part B premiumsMillions of social security recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their benefits in 2023.That’s a historic increase and welcome news for American retirees and others but it is tempered by the fact that it is fueled by record high inflation that has raised the cost of everyday living. Continue reading...
Republican Rick Caruso corrects debate moderator who referred to him as white by saying he is ‘Italian … thank you, that’s Latin’The Republican candidate for mayor of Los Angeles, Rick Caruso, faced criticism and mockery after claiming in a debate that he was not white but “Latin”, because he is Italian American.He was responding to a question about the racial identity of the two candidates: him and Karen Bass, an African American Democratic congresswoman. Continue reading...
By gouging global oil prices, Saudi Arabia has humiliated Biden and boosted Putin. The US must end this unofficial allianceIn July, Joe Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia and shared a fist bump with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. As a presidential candidate, Biden had promised to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” for its human rights abuses and its seven-year war against Yemen. But a devastating global pandemic and Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine forced him to set these concerns aside in favor of realpolitik. Biden needed the Saudis to increase oil production in order to lower gasoline prices for American consumers, so he swallowed his pride and treated the crown prince as the world leader he aspires to be.Unfortunately for Biden, that cringe-inducing fist bump photo op has backfired in spectacular fashion.Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies and a journalism professor at New York University. He is also a non-resident fellow at Democracy for the Arab World Now Continue reading...
Planned Parenthood and doctor with mobile clinic dubbed the ‘Nutcracker’ to offer procedures in midwest, citing high demandAmid a reported surge in demand for vasectomies prompted by the US supreme court ruling that removed the right to abortion, Planned Parenthood and a physician with a mobile vasectomy clinic will offer 60 free vasectomies over three days in St Louis, Springfield and Joplin, Missouri, in the first week of November.Dr Esgar Guarin plans to take his mobile clinic – a vehicle friends have dubbed the “Nutcracker” – on the road the following week, to offer 40 free vasectomies in towns in Iowa. Guarin also plans to offer discounted vasectomies at his regular clinic in the Des Moines area. Continue reading...
Ex-president calls legal system a ‘broken disgrace’ after judge rejects request by his lawyers to delay depositionDonald Trump lashed out angrily on Wednesday, calling the US legal system a “broken disgrace” after a judge ruled he must answer questions under oath next week in a defamation lawsuit lodged by a writer who says he raped her.He also called the 2019 lawsuit by E Jean Carroll, a longtime advice columnist for Elle magazine, “a hoax and a lie”. Continue reading...
Prince Mohammed bin Salman can no longer be allowed privileged access to, and support from, western leadersEvery picture tells a story, or so it’s said, and the photo of a smirking Vladimir Putin shaking hands with the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at the opening game of the men’s football World Cup in Moscow in June 2018 carried a clear warning for the west.The message, for those who cared to heed it: Saudi Arabia, nurtured by the British in the days of empire, defended by the US against Saddam Hussein and Iran, and forgiven its close connections to the 9/11 terror attacks, was no longer the dependent, biddable ally it once was. Prince Mohammed was making new friends.Simon Tisdall is a foreign affairs commentator. He has been a foreign leader writer, foreign editor and US editor for the GuardianDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...
Nevada Independent obtains letter from Adam Laxalt’s family praising Democrat Catherine Cortez MastoIn the close-run race for US Senate in Nevada, 14 members of the Republican candidate’s family endorsed his Democratic opponent.The polling website fivethirtyeight.com puts the Republican challenger, Adam Laxalt, ahead of the incumbent Democrat, Catherine Cortez Masto, by less than one point. The contest could decide control of the 50-50 Senate next month. Continue reading...
Infowars host punished over promotion of lie 2012 massacre never happened. Plus, 70% of animal populations wiped out since 1970Good morning.A jury has ordered the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay almost $1bn to people who suffered from his relentless promotion of the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre was a hoax.‘I’m done saying sorry’. While Jones acknowledged he had been wrong about Sandy Hook during testimony, he called the proceedings a “kangaroo court”, mocked the judge, called the plaintiffs’ lawyer an ambulance chaser and labeled the case an affront to free speech rights.How much can he afford to pay? Jones has claimed he could not afford any judgment over $2m, but one economist has testified that Jones and his company were worth as much as $270m. He has vowed to fight the decision and put out a fresh call for donations on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Athena Larois and Melanie Swandby, who lost Jacob Gonazalez, 17, in a shooting in 2013, wanted to be more proactive in addressing the issueSince the beginning of this school year, there have been at least two school shootings in Oakland, California.A shooting at the end of August in Madison Park academy in East Oakland, allegedly committed by a 12-year-old student, left one classmate injured. Another, at Rudsdale Newcomer high school in East Oakland, left six wounded. Continue reading...
I raise my lorgnettes to a national treasure who was never fully a leading lady in Hollywood or quite a doyenne of the theatreIf the criterion is grandness and grandness alone, then the grandest dame of them all was someone like Dame Edith Sitwell, the poet, who back in the 1950s, at the height of her grandness, would intimidate her enemies by regarding them through a pair of lorgnettes. These days, it’s a term generally reserved for elderly female actors – hearty, salty, imperious. Americans can do it, of course – Elaine Stritch, so very great, so very grand – but may struggle to ascend to the highest reaches of haughtiness achieved by a Dame Maggie Smith or a Dame Edith Evans. You can be a national treasure, meanwhile, without being a grande dame (fight me on this, but I’d say Dame Judi falls into this category). Which brings us to Dame Angela Lansbury.On Tuesday, news broke of her death aged 96, triggering an outpouring of affection and sadness for a cherished figure and one of the last of her generation of performers. Mind-bogglingly, Lansbury started her career in 1944 after moving to the US from Britain during the blitz and landing a role, as a teenager, alongside Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet (1944). That same year, she appeared in the movie Gaslight, with Joseph Cotton and Ingrid Bergman. She was around for the heyday of MGM musicals – I remember as a child seeing her on TV in the 1946 movie The Harvey Girls, alongside Judy Garland, and finding it impossible to connect her with the character from Murder, She Wrote. By the time she played the teapot in Beauty and the Beast in 1991 – at a mere 66 – her longevity alone had already made her beloved. Continue reading...
As the new season approaches, it’s worth examining how shots from beyond the arc became one of the most important parts of modern basketballWhen the shot went up, so did the voice of ABC’s legendary broadcaster, Mike Breen. “Curry! Way downtown! BANG!” It all happened so fast. It was a regular season game in Oklahoma City on 27 February 2016. The Golden State Warriors were on a magical run that would see them break the single-season wins record, going 73-9, pre-playoffs. That year, Stephen Curry earned his second-straight MVP, unanimously. He achieved that feat because he’d turned the three-pointer into a weapon unlike anyone else in history.The game-winner against the Thunder on that February night marked the beginning of a new chapter in the NBA. Not only did it clinch another win for the Warriors, but it cemented the three-pointer as a play en vogue in the NBA. A season later, after the Thunder’s Kevin Durant defected from the team and joined Golden State, he hit an unprecedented, walk-up three-pointer over LeBron James to all but clinch the 2017 NBA finals. Durant later told GQ, “That was the best moment I ever had.” The modern game was unfolding before our eyes. Continue reading...
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