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A 58.7 percent foul shooter before Saturday, Davis channeled his inner Ray Allen and drained 12 of 13 free throws against Louisville.
"It looked like he was a shaky foul shooter," Pitino said of the UK big man. "Now it looks like he's Jerry West on the line."
The improved stroke from the foul line came the old-fashioned way, Davis said. "I've been practicing," he said. "I know I'm a way better foul shooter than I've been showing."
Even though he spent most of the first half seated directly across from Jay-Z, Davis said he did not realize the singer was at the game until the end.
"That was fun," Davis said. "To come see us, he could be anywhere, making music, an NBA game, but he came here to see us."
After a frustrating first half mostly spent with some of the best seats in the house, Anthony Davis is glad Jay-Z — and everyone else — got to see him actually play in half two.
"My mind-set after I had to sit out so much was that anything that came to the rim I was going to block or rebound," Davis said.
For UK's one-man S.W.A.T. team, it was mission accomplished.
Kevin McClatchy, the former owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates and now the board chairman at the McClatchy Company newspaper chain, said in an interview with The New York Times that he is gay. The interview, which appeared online Saturday and in Sunday print editions, is the 49-year-old McClatchy’s first public acknowledg...
McClatchy led a group of investors that purchased the team in 1996 and served as the team’s managing general partner and chief executive officer until 2007. During his 11-year tenure the Pirates were 783-996 (a .439 winning percentage) wining an average of just 71 games per season.
I don’t get it? Why does it seem that so many people who are gay seem to find the need to announce to the public what they do in the bedroom?
Is there nothing in one’s life that can be private? I don’t care if a dude’s significant other is a woman, a man, or himself.
It’s no one else’s business!
What's Wrong with the Pittsburgh Pirates?
Can the Pittsburgh Pirates Keep this Up?
Warsaw: A Polish priest apologised Wednesday for burning "magic" Harry Potter books, after his actions sparked a wave of protest and comparisons with totalitarian regimes and the Inquisition.
Last Sunday, after mass, three priests in a parish at the Baltic port city of Gdansk presided over the burning of items including books they said were "linked to the occult and magic".
They had burned them in line with Biblical exhortations against practising idolatry, they said.
A post detailing the incident on a Facebook page run by the Catholic "SMS from Heaven" evangelical group went viral, drawing heavy criticism online and headlines around the world.
On Wednesday Father Rafal Jaroszewicz, one of the three priests involved, posted on the same Facebook page that he was "very sorry".
"The fact of burning books and other objects was unfortunate," he wrote.
"However, it was not irreverent to any social group or religion, nor was it aimed at books as such or culture."
The offending post - which included photographs showing two altar boys standing over the fire pit as Jaroszewicz prayed over the "occult" items - had been deleted, he added.
Father Jaroszewicz had appeared unrepentant in a post on Monday.
He "dreamed of the day" when "the killing of unborn babies" would trigger as much outcry as the book burning, he wrote then.
The books burned included some from British author J.K. Rowling's famed Harry Potter fantasy series; and at least one from the Twilight vampire-themed fantasy romance stories.
But other items included a Hindu religious figurine.
The Polish Episcopate declined comment despite calls for it to condemn the incident.
Respected commentator Lukasz Turski described the "participation of children" in the burning as "particularly reprehensible".
"In 1821, Heinrich Heine made a prophetic statement in his 'Almanzor' drama: 'When we start to burn books, we finish by burning people'," he wrote in the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza.
"A hundred and some odd years later, in Nazi Germany, Heine and (Thomas) Mann's books and many other prominent artists were burning in piles in Berlin; a dozen or so years later, crematoria burned... the victims of the ideological madness of the supposedly civilised world."
The top-selling Fakt tabloid daily thundered that "nobody expected a Holy Inquisition", referring to the campaign against heresy led by the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages, which involved burning books and witch-hunting.
The row blew up as Poland's influential church is struggling to deal with the fallout of unprecedented revelations about paedophilia among priests.
A Kantor Millward Brown survey published on Monday suggested that 64 percent of Poles want a secular state, with 29 percent opposed and seven percent without an opinion.
Charity events have been organised in memory of a much-loved dad and postman who died suddenly.
Friends and colleagues of Patrick ‘Paddy’ Painter will hold a golf tournament at Waterton Park Golf Club on Tuesday, June 13, in honour of Mr Painter.
It will be followed by a football tournament at Slazenger’s in Horbury on Saturday, June 17.
A ride out by scooter enthusiasts will also be held from the King’s Arms in Horbury to the match.
That will be followed by an evening fundraiser at Henry Boon’s, on Westgate, Wakefield from 7pm.
Cash will be raised for Wakefield Hospice at the events.
Tributes were paid last October after Royal Mail employee Mr Painter died aged 50.
Mod music fan Mr Painter was a founding member of the Kings Arms Scooter Club, in Horbury, and was a member of Waterton Park Golf Club. He was also a postman for almost 30 years and well known on his Carr Gate post round.
His friend Mark Hargreaves, who has helped organise the events, said: “It is all in tribute to him.
DENVER � Trevor Ariza�s clutch steals are punching a dagger in Denver�s season just as much as Kobe Bryant�s big baskets.
For the second time in three games, Ariza stole an inbounds pass in the final minute to help Los Angeles beat the Nuggets, this time 103-97 at the Pepsi Center for a 2-1 lead that restored the Lakers� home-court advantage in the Western Conference finals.
Ariza, whose steal of Anthony Carter�s lazy lob sealed the Lakers� win in the series opener, sliced in front of Carmelo Anthony to swipe Kenyon Martin�s inbounds pass with the Lakers clinging to a two-point lead with 36 seconds left.
Anthony fouled out to prevent the breakaway basket, and Ariza sank both free throws for a 99-95 lead.
As he did in the first game, Lamar Odom guarded the inbounds, only this time it wasn�t the shortest player on the team he was facing, but the 6-foot-9 Martin trying to get the ball in over the Lakers� 6-10 forward.
Hounded, K-Mart called timeout, but on the redo, he wasn�t so lucky as he led Anthony too much with the pass and Ariza snatched away both the ball and Denver�s shot at a win for the second time in five nights.
�It was kind of deja vu from Game 1,� Anthony said.
Bryant made four free throws in the final 22 seconds to seal the win after sinking a three-pointer over J.R. Smith with 1:09 left to put Los Angles ahead for good at 96-95.
Pau Gasol added 20 points and 11 rebounds.
Anthony scored 21 points but just three after halftime, and Denver lost at home for the first time since March 9.
�I don�t really think they did anything different tonight. But I missed some easy shots,� said Anthony, who had averaged 35 points in his previous five games but went just 4-for-13.
Before Saturday night, the Nuggets, who had won 16 straight games at home, had been dominant in Denver in the playoffs. They ran away with all six games at Pepsi Center against New Orleans and Dallas by an average of 17.5 points.
The Nuggets led most of the game but were done in by poor decisions and a failure to keep their composure. They shot just 5-for-27 on three-pointers and committed three technical fouls.
Game 4 is Monday night, when the Lakers and Nuggets will have the Pepsi Center to themselves after World Wrestling Entertainment moved Monday Night Raw to the Staples Center in Los Angeles because of the double booking.
That doesn�t mean the crowd in Denver won�t see some elbows, forearms and more trash talking like they did Saturday night, when there were five technicals called, including one on Smith for taunting Vujacic after swishing a three-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer.
The Nuggets took a 79-71 lead on Smith�s bucket. Vujacic, who had just hit a three-pointer of his own, his first points of the game, nearly stole Billups� pass, but Smith snared it, spun and swished the three-pointer as the backboard lit up in red and he fell to the floor with the crowd going crazy.
Caught up in the moment, Smith jumped up jawing at Vujacic and was T�d up.
After Bryant swished the technical free throw, Denver would miss its first nine shots of the fourth quarter, finally putting a shot through the hoop on Martin�s dunk with 6:34 left.
�I rank this right up there with some of the biggest road wins we�ve had since I�ve been a Laker,� Bryant said. �Because, in the past we always had guys that had a lot of experience. Robert Horry, Rick Fox, Ron Harper, they�ve all been through this before. For our guys this is brand new.
Harrison graduate Jared Chestnut always wanted to be a part of the University of Evansville's basketball tradition. He's now a walk-on for the Purple Aces in his senior year.
EVANSVILLE — Jared Chestnut’s loyalty to the University of Evansville can be traced back to grade school.
His father, Jeff, has worked there for the past 28 years. He was a three-sport athlete at Bosse High who graduated in 1983 and played alongside Derrick Dowell on two of the greatest basketball teams in city history. He went on to play football at Indiana State, then moved back to Evansville and landed a job at the univ...
Throughout the years, Jeff would often bring his sons with him to watch Purple Aces basketball games at Roberts Stadium in the late 2000s. Since the now-demolished arena also served as the home court to those Bulldogs teams, Jared and his older brother grew up hearing countless stories of their father playing there. Th...
That was part of their childhood and the experience made an impact on Jared.
Chestnut graduated from Harrison High in 2014 and enrolled at UE. He doesn’t pay tuition since his father works there as the director of the fitness center.
Jeff encouraged him to be involved in as much as possible. Jared helps him out at the Carson Center and participates on as many intramural teams as he can. Along the way, he’s practiced with the women’s basketball team and called their home games for the school’s radio station. He’s essentially lived in the gym the pas...
But it wasn’t until after this past semester of his senior year that Chestnut’s dream became a reality.
He’s stayed in shape since his playing days in high school, awaiting any opportunity that could arise by being a fixture during pick-up games on campus. As injuries began to take a toll on the UE men’s team, the coaching staff asked if Chestnut would be willing to fill in during practices to give them enough players fo...
Chestnut is now a walk-on for the Aces who wears No. 20.
He practices on the scout team, goes through warm-ups and sits on the bench at home games. During the week, he tries to guard junior Ryan Taylor, the Missouri Valley Conference’s leading scorer, and simulate how opposing teams are going to defend him. That has proven to be quite the challenge.
UE head coach Marty Simmons said there is no doubt Chestnut has helped the team. The Aces (16-10, 6-7 MVC) have won four of their past five games and will travel to face Missouri State (16-10, 6-7) at 2 p.m. Saturday in Springfield.
When/where: 2 p.m. Saturday at JQH Arena, Springfield, Mo.
Live stream/radio: ESPN3 or WUEV-91.5 FM.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is in Bangladesh on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral issues and visit sprawling refugee camps for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar.
Widodo arrived Saturday and is expected to fly Sunday to Cox's Bazar, the main town near where the camps are located.
Widodo's visit is focused on bilateral cooperation but the Rohingya issue is expected to draw the most attention.
Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar since August, after Myanmar security forces began "clearance operations" in the wake of attacks by Rohingya insurgents on police posts. The U.N. has described the campaign as ethnic cleansing.
Bangladesh and Myanmar have signed a deal to repatriate the Rohingya, though international agencies say few are likely to return voluntarily due to safety concerns.
New Southbound Policy Office Director James Huang (黃志芳) has been named chairman of the nation’s main trade promotion body, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), the Executive Yuan said yesterday.
Executive Yuan spokesperson Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇) said Premier Lin Chuan (林全) approved Huang’s appointment on Friday, but he did not give further details.
Huang, a former minister of foreign affaris, is to succeed Francis Liang (梁國新), who took over as Taiwan’s representative to Singapore last month.
The 58-year-old Huang went into business in 2008 after stepping down as minister when a new administration came in.
“You probably don’t know that I once was in business overseas,” Huang said on a previous occasion, adding that he worked hard to learn Vietnamese and that he had many ideas on how to promote trade.
In related news, the Executive Yuan on Friday said that the nation’s exports under the “new southbound policy” totaled US$5.37 billion last month, up 20 percent from the same month in 2015.
Among them, exports to Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos totaled US$4.72 billion, up 22.9 percent from December 2015.
The “new southbound policy,” introduced by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), seeks to promote ties with the ASEAN nations, as well as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Australia and New Zealand.
However, talent exchanges increased at a much slower pace. Students from those nations studying in Taiwan totaled 29,145 last year, up only 2.1 percent from the 28,550 in the 2015 academic year.
Among them, the number of students from ASEAN totaled 27,264, up 1.9 percent year-on-year. One noteworthy change was that the number of students from South Asia was up 12.4 percent year-on-year, totaling 1,443.
Government agencies are to allocate more resources this year to boost the number of South Asian or Southeast Asian students coming to Taiwan, the office said.
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The tycoon, who had a net worth estimated to be $10.9bn, was detained as part of 'anti-corruption purge' in 2017.
Saudi Arabia has freed Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi, more than a year after the tycoon was detained under the kingdom's controversial anti-corruption campaign.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed Amoudi's release on Twitter on Sunday, saying he had raised the issue with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) during a trip to Riyadh last May.
A family office spokesman told Reuters that Amoudi had returned to his home in the western city of Jeddah.
Amoudi was detained at Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton hotel in November 2017 along with dozens of princes, officials and businessmen after MBS launched his so-called "anti-corruption purge".
Allegations against those detained included money laundering, bribery, and extorting officials.
The crackdown was in response to "exploitation by some of the weak souls who have put their own interests above the public interest, in order to illicitly accrue money," a royal decree at the time said.

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