Sports Highlights

Who Was James Wong Howe? Oscar-Winning Cinematographer Honored With Google Doodle Today’s monochromatic  Google  Doodle celebrates the life of the Chinese-American cinematographer  James Wong Howe , who won Oscars in 1955 and 1963 for his innovative work on movies  The Rose Tattoo  and  Hud . Howe, who was born in Guangzhou, China, but moved to Washington state in the U.S. aged five, was a professional prizefighter before he eventually got work as an assistant to prominent filmmaker Cecil B. De-Mille, according to TIME’s 1976 obituary. He became known for his “constant efforts to achieve realism,” the obituary adds, and he once “filmed [the U.S. actor] John Garfield’s boxing scenes in  Body and Soul  by donning roller skates and darting around the ring for closeup shots.” He was also known for pioneering the use of wide-angle lenses as well as the crab dolly, a dolly best used on flat surfaces where three of the wheels turn in the same direction. In spite of his success

Chaos of Las Vegas | shooting promoted fears of wider attack LAS VEGAS –   Gunshots came so rapidly during the deadliest mass shooting in the nation's modern history that one Las Vegas police officer feared he was facing a fully stocked assault team with tactical gear. Other officers raced casino-to-casino, debunking reports of multiple shooters and false bomb threats on the Las Vegas Strip while colleagues put themselves in harm's way to protect wounded and fleeing concert-goers in the Oct. 1 shooting that left 58 people dead, hundreds injured and uncounted others traumatized. "As I was lying on top of them people were trampling over top of us trying to escape the area," wrote one officer, identified only as M. Amburgey. About 2,100 pages of police reports, witness statements and dispatch logs released by police Wednesday under court order paint another partial picture of horror and heroism, chaos and confusion — and shed new detail on how officers and h

NBA star Sterling Brown Tasered in arrest | Police apology as video shows  An NBA player has received an apology from the Milwaukee police chief after his arrest over an alleged parking violation in January escalated into the use of a stun gun. Sterling Brown, a Milwaukee Bucks player, said the incident was "an attempt at police intimidation" and that it "shouldn't happen to anybody". Police chief Alfonso Morales said some officers had been disciplined over the incident as the force released body-camera footage which showed how an interaction over an illegally parked car rapidly escalated. It began at around 2am on 26 January in a Walgreens car park when Brown walked out of the store to find an officer standing by his car asking him for his driver's licence. The video shows Brown telling an officer not to touch him as he approaches the passenger door of his car. "Back up! Back up!" the officer yells. "For what? I ain't d

Washington Capitals | Nothing Matters But Now It’s a funny thing. Year after year you’re told “this is your year,” and it never is, and then, finally, when no one thinks you matter anymore ... it might be your year. The Washington Capitals are going to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in 20 years, after  last night’s 4-0 Game 7 win over the Lightning  that, quite frankly, could easily have seen them down a couple goals heading to the third instead of up by three. Outstream Video   00:00 00:00 Like, how does this physically not go in? And do the Caps get the bounces like this in previous years? Hockey makes no sense, but sometimes the nonsense evens out. After beating Pittsburgh, it felt like it’s anything goes for these Caps. So maybe there’s nothing particularly weird about them winning a seven-game series against a significantly

What's the deal with the Cavs, LeBron, the road and those suits? When  Kendrick Perkins  signed on the dotted line to join the  Cleveland Cavaliers as a free agent on the final day of the regular season, his contract paid him a prorated portion of the veteran's minimum salary, worth a whopping $13,156. A week later, when the Cavs went on the road for their first playoff game against the  Indiana Pacers , Perkins received a fringe benefit from being teammates with  LeBron James  that was worth well more than his paycheck. James, looking to create a unified team experience for Cleveland's postseason run, paired with New York-based designer Thom Browne to gift each of his teammates three of Browne's signature Super 120s twill suits (a light grey, a grey and a charcoal), white oxford shirts, cashmere cardigan sweaters, sunglasses, ties, black pebble grain leather boots (or calf leather low-cut trainers), a black Chesterfield overcoat, a bag and a sweat suit wit