There are 1,300 Nintendo Switch titles on sale starting today and ending June 16, encompassing a variety of genres and studios. Nintendo Switch owners will want to take a look at what’s being offered, especially while people are quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic. Whether you want to try out a game that you may have been on the fence about or are looking to try something completely unfamiliar, odds are you’ll find something worth your time during the Nintendo Switch summer sale....

“I think I speak for the entire city of L.A. when I say that we’ve always known that Hussle was destined for greatness. This moment only amplifies that for us,” Lauren London, Hussle’s longtime partner, said during a ceremony for the unveiling of the star. “Nip would’ve been honored by this moment.” Who Was Nipsey Hussle? Hussle was a famous rapper of the West Coast hip-hop scene who initially achieved acclaim based on numerous mixtapes he released....

This article will discuss the differences between nitrites and nitrates, whether nitrites are bad for you, and why they can be beneficial. It will also discuss the sources of these chemicals and how to reduce exposure. A Little Bit of Chemistry Both nitrites and nitrates contain nitrogen and oxygen. Their difference comes in the number of oxygen atoms they carry. Nitrite’s chemical makeup has one nitrogen and two oxygen atoms (NO2), whereas nitrates contain one nitrogen and three oxygen atoms (NO3)....

SAN FRANCISCO — The wind was whipping in hard off McCovey Cove at the start of Tuesday’s Game 3 of the NLCS, and while it may have meant a quiet day for the kayakers hoping to catch home run balls, the Giants reaped the benefits of their home park’s waterside location in their 5-4, 10-inning victory. Travis Ishikawa’s deep fly ball to right field in the first inning appeared catchable for Cardinals right fielder Randal Grichuk, but then the ball kept drifting toward right-center field, and drifiting, and drifting, and drifting, until it wound up out of Grichuk’s range, bouncing off the wall for a three-run double....

Well, he said it definitively only once. The two other times, he included the phrase "as of right now" before saying Nolasco was his starter. So, yeah, speculation continues. MORE: Fagan’s 5x5 recap | LA pitchers dominating | Freese iffy | Schedule | Gallery Mattingly’s team cut its NLCS deficit against the Cardinals in half on Monday night with a 3-0 victory, behind a huge effort from starter Hyun-Jin Ryu....

On the surface, Game 5 seems to set up well for the Giants. Bumgarner, the Giants’ ace, is 3-1 with a 0.59 ERA and .152 opponents’ batting average in his last four postseason starts. Wainwright, meanwhile, may be watching his reputation has a big-time postseason pitcher slip. He’s started two games in these playoffs, failing to make it through five innings in either. He’s 0-1 with an 8.00 ERA this postseason, and he allowed three runs – two of them earned – on six hits in 4 2/3 innings in a Game 1 loss in this series....

More than 900,000 acres have burned and 500,000 people have been evacuated from their homes as a result of multiple wildfires breaking out across the state amid strong winds and hot, dry conditions. There have been widespread rumors online that people linked to the far-left movement have been responsible for igniting fires, prompting police to issue statements telling people to stop spreading falsehoods and only get their information from official sources....

Flacco completed fewer than 60 percent of his many pass attempts (32 of 55), committed three turnovers and took four sacks, but he also threw for 376 yards and two touchdowns in a valiant comeback effort. The QB situation in Baltimore simply comes down to this: Now that the Ravens have fallen to 1-1, one game behind the 2-0 and AFC North-leading Bengals, would Jackson coming in for more than the handful of snaps he’s getting as a gadget player make them a better team?...

After years of mindful neglect, the computer-software industry is finally paying attention to girls. This fall a handful of companies are releasing PC games and multimedia entertainment products aimed specifically at females 8 and older, the rough equivalent to the Nintendo crowd. it’s a huge untapped market. According to one estimate, by the end of this year, 6 million U.S. households with girls 8 to 18 win be equipped with multimedia PCs....

For the second time in less than a year, Laviolette kept his word to his players and did something completely out of character after the team stood up to a challenge from its coach. SN EXCLUSIVE: Hall-of-Famer Mike Modano breaks down top players in NHL Saturday night, after the Preds completed a sweep of their two-game trip to Alberta with a 3-0 win over the Edmonton Oilers, Laviolette stunned reporters by showing up his postgame briefing wearing a bull head mask....

His work on the Fox show might even have gotten him an Emmy nod next summer. After all, Hollywood loves to reward the reformed. On top of that, there has been talk of a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Downey for his appearance in “Wonder Boys,” a film he made with Michael Douglas before going to prison. Forget all that. Downey’s arrest over the weekend on suspicion of possessing cocaine and methamphetamine may have soured his chances of earning awards next year....

Don’t get me wrong. Whether it was Nikita Khrushchev’s first step into the United States or that eerie dawn when Richard Nixon was seen disembarking from Air Force One in China or the sight of the surreal ceremony with Rabin and Arafat and Clinton on the White House lawn the other day, I was as struck as everyone else by the historical resonance and magnitude of these moments and a feeling of relief that something better might be at hand....

The 17-year-old suspect in a January killing was identified in charging documents as Locke’s cousin, WCCO reported. Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was shot and killed less than 10 seconds after police entered the apartment listed in the warrant. Locke did not live in the apartment, which belonged to the suspect’s brother, WCCO-TV reported, but family members said Locke was staying there with a friend. “A criminal history review of the known suspects in this homicide revealed that they have history of violent crimes,” the request states....

But this fall, Kyle and hundreds of thousands of other kids are switching to a new time-release version of methylphenidate, the main ingredient in Ritalin. The new drug, Concerta, approved by the FDA in August, can be taken before school; the effects last 12 to 14 hours. “Longer-acting drugs that avoid school administration are the wave of the future,” says Harvard child- psychiatrist Timothy Wilens, who has studied Concerta. Indeed, in its first two months on the market, sales of Concerta soared to $24....

Fifty years after the destructive power of science exploded over Japan, the Nobel prize for peace has gone to a scientist who worked on that first atomic weapon. The committee, condemning France and China for continuing to test such weapons, honored British physicist Joseph Rotblat, 86, and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, an anti-nuclear-weapons group he helped found in 1957. Rotblat was originally part of the Manhattan Project–which developed the atomic bomb during World War II–but resigned when it became clear that Germany was not developing a nuclear weapon....

The scene was already set for an epic matchup when Kansas and Oklahoma were ranked first and second, respectively, in Monday’s afternoon’s new Associated Press poll. Kansas ultimately prevailed on its home court, 109-106 in triple overtime. MORE: AP Top 25 for Week 9 | Get all the stats from this game “This was the toughest game I’ve played,” senior forward Perry Ellis, who led the Jayhawks (13-1, 2-0 Big 12 Conference) with 27 points and 13 rebounds, told ESPN after the game....

In the top of the fifth inning, Syndergaard went deep against D-backs starter Braden Shipley — a shot estimated at 415 feet — tying him with Tom Seaver (1972) and Walt Terrell (1983) as the only Mets pitchers to hit three home runs in a season. Syndergaard, who now has four career home runs, trails only Dwight Gooden (seven) and Seaver (six) for most by a pitcher in franchise history....

The Mets righty recently propositioned comedian, actress and screenwriter Amy Schumer to appear in her next flick, and she didn’t completely turn him down. MORE: Jon Stewart and the Mets; 10 memorable moments The hashtag #LGM stands “Let’s Go, Mets!” which leaves Schumer’s response to Syndergaard completely open. Schumer’s movie “Trainwreck” featured LeBron James and was a hit in theaters this summer. Surprisingly, James’ acting chops were finely tuned for an athlete whose previous roles were a bit part in an “Entourage” episode and a gig on “SpongeBob Squarepants....