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Orlando is wrapping up a four-year, $53 million contract extension with the 24-year-old center, the Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday night. The deal will begin with the 2015-16 season and keep Vucevic from becoming a restricted free agent next summer. All of the money will be guaranteed, and Vucevic will not be able to opt out of the deal before it expires, according to the Sentinel. Vucevic has become the most significant piece that Orlando acquired in the Dwight Howard trade....

Vucevic got the ball on the right block as time wound down in the third quarter. The Orlando big man gave Gasol a jab step to the baseline, then drove to his left to put home a slam. MORE: KG headbutts Dwight Howard | Knicks kiss cam snub | Injury bug hits ‘14 class Although Gasol tried to contest the dunk, he ended up on his butt on the baseline wondering what hit him....

The attack occurred at around 10 p.m. in Sun City, Beaufort County. The woman was walking by a pond close to her home, the county Sheriff’s Office said. Officers said that the animal bit the woman on her wrist, hand and legs but did not reveal the extent of her injuries, ABC News reported. However, an official from the Bluffton Township Fire District—which responded to the incident—indicated that her wounds may have been significant....

Unlike with Sony’s ongoing Black Friday event (which is accessible on the publisher’s website and via the PlayStation Store), you won’t actually be able to purchase any of these discounted items from Nintendo directly. Each of the discounts will last until November 27, or until the stocks have been totally depleted. To help you decide if you want to take advantage of any of these official Black Friday deals, Newsweek has compiled a breakdown of everything that is currently on offer....

The betting favorites are 21-3 straight up and 16-8 against the spread in college basketball’s second-tier postseason tournament. The OVER has also gone 16-8. MORE: Sweet 16 betting lines | Odds to win NCAA Tournament That doesn’t mean every top seed has advanced, though. Eight teams and seven games remain — No. 4 Creighton vs. No. 2 BYU, No. 1 Valparaiso vs. No. 2 St. Mary’s, No. 4 Georgia Tech vs....

It might not be the end goal for every Division I team at the start of the season, but any opportunity to play basketball beyond the regular season is one to be seized, especially after COVID-19 completely denied players, coaches and entire fan bases the opportunity in 2020. That begins with the reveal of the 2021 NIT bracket. Though it will lack the fanfare of the NCAA Tournament selection show, it nevertheless marks the continuation of several lucky teams’ seasons....

Four teams in the NL East are going to vie for a division crown in 2019 in one of the most loaded and improved divisions in all of baseball. Just check out the starpower among the five teams: J.T. Realmuto, Robinson Cano, Bryce Harper, Max Scherzer, Ronald Acuna Jr., Juan Soto, Jacob deGrom, Aaron Nola. It’s an Avengers-like roster of quality names. But that doesn’t mean the teams aren’t without their weaknesses and questions....

The bad news for the Cubs is that, a night after striking out nine times in 7.2 innings against Matt Harvey in a 4-2 loss in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, Chicago has to deal with Noah Syndergaard.MORE: Best photos from the NLCS | Matt Harvey leads Mets over Cubs | Series schedule “Syndergaard, I know he’s a soft-throwing right-hander, right?” Cubs catcher Miguel Montero said sarcastically....

A recent survey from Kaiser Health Foundation found that 66% of parents with children between the ages of 5 and 11 were worried that the COVID-19 vaccine may negatively impact their child’s fertility in the future. This concern poses a serious challenge to getting most U.S. children vaccinated, which is a crucial part of increasing national vaccination rates and ending the pandemic. And it’s based on a claim experts say is simply untrue....

Though the arrests began before Bush’s April 14 arrival, the Kuwaitis didn’t alert U.S. authorities until he was about to depart. U.S. Embassy officials immediately asked to interview the suspects, but the Kuwaitis did not permit the FBI to begin questioning them until last week. The delay “is troubling,” says a U.S. intelligence official. “You don’t know what the Kuwaitis did to them during those weeks.” The CIA notes the suspects carried a type of explosive Iraq used in the gulf war....

News anchors have been working tirelessly this election week as the race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump continues and CNN’s John King has become a celebrity in his own right. A silly clip went viral Friday morning that appears to show a notification from porn website Pornhub popping up on CNN’s magic wall. The clip has been cleverly edited to look like King quickly swipes the notification away and the result is pretty humorous....

The return of Jeff Gordon and the dominance of Kyle Busch likely did. MORE: Earnhardt could be out longer than expected | Chase standings The race on NBCSN averaged 5.2 million viewers and drew a 3.1 rating, making it the most-watched and highest rated telecast ever on the cable network, NBCSN announced Tuesday. With attendance for the race disappointing, viewership for the race was up 11 percent over last year’s race on the same network....

Army and Rutgers were scheduled to play at the stadium on Nov. 21, but that won’t happen. The game will be moved to Army’s on-campus stadium at West Point, N.Y., according to the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y. “I don’t think there’s any more games (at Yankee Stadium) for a while,” Army AD Boo Corrigan said. “But if we were going to play one of those games against a bigger school, we would have the ability to do that....

Locke was shot and killed Wednesday morning after a SWAT team from the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) raided the apartment in which he was staying. Body-camera footage released by MPD on Thursday shows officers entering the apartment without announcing their presence, which they were authorized to do under the terms of the no-knock warrant. Locke, who was asleep on his friend’s couch at the time of the warrant, was shot and killed within seconds after an MPD officer saw him holding a gun....

The U.S. Energy Department said that nine Louisiana refineries were forced to close, at least temporarily, due to the storm. Those refineries collectively account for about 13 percent of the nation’s refining capacity, and cannot restart until power and other utilities in the area are restored. However, analysts say they do not expect any major shortages partially because Gulf Coast inventories of gasoline and other petroleum products were higher than normal for this time of year....

The Ligue 1 leaders’ hopes of turning around a 3-1 first-leg deficit in the last-16 tie were dealt a hammer blow when Neymar suffered a broken metatarsal in the 3-0 Ligue 1 win over Marseille a week ago. To compound matters, Mbappe sustained an ankle injury against the same opponents in the Coupe de France but the teenage France forward is ready to face Zinedine Zidane’s European champions. Speaking at a pre-match news conference, PSG head coach Unai Emery said: " Kylian Mbappe trained normally with the squad yesterday....

FIFA’s decision to expand the World Cup to 48 teams is one of the most contentious and significant adjustments to have hit the game for a while, but it seems there are even more to come! While the game’s flagship international tournament is set for an overhaul, FIFA’s chief officer for technical development, Marco van Basten, has said the way the sport itself is played could be altered too....

The three-time African champions revealed their preliminary team for the showpiece in Russia on Monday as they prepare for their sixth appearance at the World Cup. Nigeria Professional Football League hotshot Junior Lokosa alongside Crotone talisman Simeon Nwankwo earned their maiden call-ups to complete the Rohr’s selection. “There’s no surprise. They’re all capable. The coach has made the decision that’s best for the country,” Lawal told Goal. “They need to be at their best because the World Cup is a very big stage for players to show their talents....

The retiree became a viral star thanks to his warmhearted sense of humor. Austin has already collected more than 6 million followers on the video-sharing platform. During his short videos, titled “Cooking With Steve,” Austin stars cooking up a variety of meals, from making a turkey and cheese sandwich to cutting up a banana for his bowl of Corn Flakes cereal. In each video, Austin appears donning a different rainbow-inspired bucket hat, according to CNN....

Will Reichard hit a 33-yard field goal with 10 seconds remaining, and the Crimson Tide (2-0) escaped with a 20-19 victory despite a penalty-ridden performance for most of the game. Reigning Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young made that possible by leading two fourth-quarter drives in front of a crowd of 105,213. It was a missed opportunity for Texas (1-1), which lost Quinn Ewers in the first half with a shoulder injury but still managed to hold a lead into the fourth quarter....