The reason that matters is because Kevin Durant’s arrival will impact Green’s game in a number of ways. While his shot attempts are expected to dwindle — as will Stephen Curry’s and Klay Thompson’s — his style of play should fit in well with Durant despite there being some skill and positional overlap. Some believe Green’s role will change for the worse because of it, but he could put together better all-around numbers with Durant on the roster by focusing more on what he does best....

“The Astros are offering to do a deal for about $5 million now, according to sources, about $1.5 million less than the originally agreed-upon $6.5 million, sources say,” according to Heyman, who says a deal looked close two weeks ago. But Houston discoverd an issue with Aiken’s left elbow at a medical exam just before they were expected to announce the signing. Aiken was in Houston with his family for the expected announcement, but he went back to the San Diego area when the club called off the deal....

In Sunday’s episode, injured Mets ace Noah Syndergaard was on screen for a few seconds throwing a spear. It looks as though he took down a horse. Then he and his mates got incinerated by a dragon. MORE: Mets broadcaster rips ESPN ‘stooge’ for delay Maybe if his real team was in contention and not getting torched by the Dodgers for a third consecutive night, the comments wouldn’t have been as nast— oh, who are we kidding?...

We knew the Mets’ No. 1 starter is extremely talented. We knew that his ceiling is the roof. We knew that he could have led a rotation to playoff glory. But now we know he’s as stubborn as a coupon-wielding customer at Shop Rite. Syndergaard saying Thursday that he has “no regrets” in declining his MRI is just the latest in a long line of minor, petty but detrimental offenses from him in the past six months....

Nicknamed the “Tornado” for his whirligig windup and explosive delivery, Nomo is blowing through National League line-ups. He has won six straight games, his last two brilliant shutouts. With a 6-1 won-loss record (not to mention three no-decisions that could have been victories if he’d had better offensive support), he’s a shoo-in for this month’s All-Star Game. Nomo’s unusual pitching motion – in which he turns his back to the plate, coils his wiry and superflexible 6-foot-2 frame into a ball, then springs toward home plate – is giving batters fits....

There are plenty of images of ambulances in the media. Paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are usually portrayed as the rescuers in the emergency. But treating emergencies is not the only way paramedics and EMTs contribute to healthcare. In fact, it’s probably not the most common way they care for patients. Ambulances bind modern healthcare together. Without them, many of the cost-savings found today wouldn’t be possible (yes, there are efforts to address costs in healthcare)....

In a Facebook post, the Greenville police department’s Animal Protective Services division reported that they found a black-and-white male goat identified only as “Billy” on the property. The responding officers managed to evade Billy’s formidable set of horns long enough to apprehend him. “We received a report for a possible breaking and entering this morning,” the division wrote. “When we arrived, Billy was hanging out around the windows of the house....

Unfortunately, the Wolfpack were still caught in a storm Sunday in Chapel Hill, as the No. 14 Tar Heels buried the Wolfpack in a scoring blizzard, winning in an historic rout, 107-56. MORE: ACC tops our conference rankings, but not by much The Tar Heels 51-point margin of victory was the most in the modern series history since 1921 between the two schools, according to Sports-Reference.com, and the 107 points are a record for the Heels against their rival in North Carolina’s Triangle area....

Six-graders at Kennedy Middle School were given an assignment to study work by artist Kara Walker that depicted a sexual act, local news station WSOC-TV reported on Thursday. Parents told the news outlet that the assignment was inappropriate for the students with one parent saying that she was “shocked” about it. “I was shocked. I didn’t think I needed to look up what my child was learning in an art class,” said school parent Samantha Davis, according to WSOC-TV....

“If college athletes are going to make money off their likenesses while in school, their scholarships should be treated like income,” Burr wrote. “I’ll be introducing legislation that subjects scholarships given to athletes who choose to “cash in” to income taxes.” The announcement comes just hours after the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) said it will allow student athletes to make money off their likenesses. The debate of whether collegiate athletes should get paid has raged on for decades, especially in the advent of video games with player likenesses, autographs from athletes and jersey sales with athletes’ names on the back....

That's right, 80-20. MORE: Week 13 in photos | Week 13 live blog | Texas A&M “Dark Onyx” helmets | Dantonio interview North Carolina, a team that gave up 55 points to East Carolina, scored 11 touchdowns on Saturday. The 80 points scored was the most by any FBS-level team all season. The beatdown was so bad that the North Carolina and Old Dominion coaches agreed to shorten the clock in the fourth quarter from 15 minutes to ten minutes....

The number of hospitalizations in the state has been on a mostly increasing trend from around May 10, when hospitalizations were at 442, according to figures from the NCDHHS. On May 20, the state government said the trajectory in hospitalizations over 14 days was level. The state recently entered the second phase of its reopening plan on May 22, which reopened more businesses including retail shops, restaurants, barbers, salons and personal care services....

The Tigers are 5-point favorites to upend North Carolina in Charlotte on Saturday night (8 p.m. ET, ABC) with a game total set at 68 points. Visit The Linemakers on Sporting News’ odds page for updated college football lines. More on Clemson: Stats and trends A lot of Clemson’s sluggish play falls on the shoulders of quarterback Deshaun Watson. It’s not that Watson hasn’t done enough, it’s the fact that Watson is being relied upon to do too much....

That’s what North Florida head coach Matthew Driscoll said during the halftime interview of his team’s NCAA Tournament First Four game against Robert Morris on Wednesday night. MORE: Potential Cinderellas | Spreads and picks for Thursday The craziest part? His team led RMU 35-29 at the time. Driscoll is clearly #TeamRealTalk for life. Also, I hate to say I told you so, but, well:

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) warned that “the outlook for arms control is bleak.” It showed that Russia, the U.S. and France have downsized their number of nuclear weapons while six other nations have increased their supplies. Meanwhile, Russia and the U.S. remain the clear global leaders in terms of the number of nuclear weapons they possess. “Russia and the USA have extensive and expensive programs under way to replace and modernize their nuclear warheads, missile and aircraft delivery systems, and nuclear weapon production facilities,” the report, released Monday, said....

When North Korea took its first aggressive steps–by kicking out U.N. nuclear inspectors in December–the Bush administration decided to play it cool. They ruled out military strikes against the nuclear complex at Yongbyon, and instead of rushing to the United Nations for action, allowed the inspectors themselves to take the lead. Now that go-slow approach is going even slower than the Bush administration wants. After a month of diplomacy, the United States has hit a brick wall....

A military official from the South told the agency that the projectiles landed in the waters west of the Korean Peninsula early on Wednesday. The time of the test and the exact type of missiles launched were not disclosed. The cruise missiles were reportedly launched from the province of South Pyongan, northeast of the North Korean capital Pyongyang. “South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities are conducting a related analysis,” Yonhap was told....

And so one can understand the reaction at the highest levels of Kim’s secretive regime when he learned of George W. Bush’s contemptuous comments about him at a meeting of Republican senators in 2002. In a private diatribe that left listeners stunned by its vehemence, the U.S. president called Kim a hateful “pygmy” who behaved like “a spoiled child at a dinner table.” Since those remarks and other personal cracks by Bush were reported in NEWSWEEK and other Western publications, North Korean officials have regularly complained about them to Washington-based Korea scholar Selig Harrison, who visits Pyongyang often....

“In the Democratic Party of Nevada, they had an election recently for leadership, and four of the five people were card-carrying members of the socialistic party,” Lee said on Fox News’ Fox & Friends. He added, “It’s not the party that I grew up with 25 years ago in this environment, and it’s not the party that I can stand with anymore.” Lee’s comments referred to a recent election held to fill leadership roles in the Nevada State Democratic Party, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal....

Such a creepy scene led Disney-Pixar to define North Wilkesboro Speedway as the perfect ghost track. That, in addition to its historical relevance, is why the 0.625-mile oval became the inspiration for Thomasville Speedway in “Cars 3.” The parallel was perfect. Without North Wilkesboro Speedway, NASCAR’s roots either look drastically different or cease to exist. Without Thomasville Speedway, Lightning McQueen has no historical gold to mine during his quest for redemption....