Even as countries embark on programs to onshore production and otherwise diversify supply chains, there is a surprising lack of curiosity about why we are in this position. And if we don’t figure out why we ended up in this position in the first place, we are at risk of ending up in this position again. If we examine the shortages of masks and ventilators, we see a common denominator: anticompetitive behavior....
But was it really his last game? Bryant’s former teammate Shaquille O’Neal believes the “Black Mamba” is ready to make a comeback after the Lakers locked up LeBron James this summer. Shaq recently told TMZ Sports he has no plans to return to the league — O’Neal is 46 years old and hasn’t played in the NBA since 2011 — but added, “Kobe coming back. You heard it here first....
The psychedelic series arrives at a time when interest is growing in the therapeutic effects of “magic mushrooms.” Over the past few decades, research has increasingly shown that the drug can assist treatments for depression, anxiety, and addiction. But others fear that the show’s not-always-realistic depictions could “derail” progress made in research. Ever since various psychedelics were criminalized in the late 1960s and 1970s as part of the War on Drugs, which curtailed funding for research, many remain wary of the public’s sway over drug opinion and policy....
Alexis sends Arsenal into FA Cup final The Catalan insisted in the build-up to this FA Cup semi-final clash with Arsenal that he would leave it for the journalists to decide if he has failed in his first season at the Etihad Stadium. There will be many, in the media and in the stands, who will have made up their minds after this defeat, coming as it did against Arsene Wenger’s brittle outfit....
There’s no quit, even in a season that turned ugly on Feb. 4 when the Orange self-imposed a postseason ban. Christmas will play his last game Saturday against N.C. State. MORE: NCAA to announce Syracuse findings | Print your NCAA Tournament bracket today “We’re just going at it,” Christmas told Sporting News. “I told my teammates I wasn’t going to quit on them, and they weren’t going to quit on me....
In another race to the bottom moment for sports media, the Los Angeles-based Chernin Group has bought a majority stake in raunchy Boston-based blog network Barstool Sports for an estimated $10 million-$15 million. MORE: SI’s Peter King shovels dirt of Johnny Manziel | When is a ’lock’ not a lock? Yes, that’s the privately held investment group led by Peter Chernin, the media and entertainment mogul who served as longtime president at News Corp....
At issue is cardiac arrest, when the heart abruptly stops beating. It is rare in young people, especially athletes thought to be at the peak of health. But sometimes the strenuous exertion triggers an underlying heart problem and how to find the young athletes most at risk before a collapse is hotly debated: Do they need routine EKGs added to their pre-sports check-ups? The American Heart Association doesn’t recommend it, but European guidelines do....
If it were possible to be a true war god, to aim every arrow that flies, to smite every foe and avenge every wrong, maybe Donald Rumsfeld would be that man. But it is not, and in Greek tragedies the gods themselves are brought low by pride. In Washington, where the assassin’s weapon is usually a well-placed leak, Rumsfeld last week was left explaining, with uncharacteristic pitifulness, that he had not seen the actual pictures that appalled the world until eight days after the images first appeared on CBS’s “60 Minutes II....
The opening ceremonies of the cash-rich T20 league are a heady mix glitz and glamour with performances by Bollywood stars being the highlight. However, as a mark of respect to the slain CRPF men, it has been decided to scrap the ceremony for the event’s 12th edition beginning March 23. “We will not have any inaugural function for the IPL and the money budgeted for that goes to the martyrs’ families,” said Committee of Administrators chairman Vinod Rai....
Miami or Cleveland? MORE: Akron mayor wants to know | Fans at LeBron’s house | Free agent tracker The same choice he faced four years ago is the one facing the four-time NBA MVP now. He became a champion in Miami. He still calls Ohio home. It’s obviously not an easy decision, and the ramifications of what he’s about to say — it’s still unclear when any announcement will be coming, but it’s more than likely sooner than later — will have a massive impact on the Heat and the Cavaliers....
3.92 will focus on fixing various bugs plaguing the title for quite some time now, the biggest of which was allowing players to kill their companions. There was also a bug where users were taking random damage as they were landing on a planet, along with inventory issues that caused some newly collected items to create a new stack rather than add to existing stacks within the gamer’s inventory....
Having said that, getting a refund may take some time as some players have reported that it took a handful of tries before their request was accepted. With refunds actually now being handed out, this doesn’t bode well for a game that has had its active player base drop by 90% since its release just two weeks ago. For those who aren’t so quick to ask for a refund - such as the player who hasn’t left their starter planet - there are a number of changes coming soon for the troubled game....
title: “No Man S Sky S Leviathan Event Plays With Time Loops” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-23” author: “Clifford Soto” Hello Games revealed its latest expedition event for No Man’s Sky, called Leviathan, which includes a time-looping storyline and loads of new game rewards. Unlike the recent Outlaws update, the Leviathan expedition doesn’t add a bunch of new gameplay elements—it’s more of a special event to earn cool stuff for a limited time....
No More Heroes first released for the Nintendo Wii in Japan in 2007, with the game arriving in Europe and North America in 2008. The game was a major success and propelled the western popularity of game director Goichi “Suda51” Suda. The game was later followed by No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle, which also released on Nintendo Wii in 2010. A remaster of the original game released on PlayStation 3 under the name No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise in the same year....
Eriksen is enjoying another fine season with Spurs and played a starring role in Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Cardiff City, scoring their second goal. That took the Denmark international to four Premier League goals for the campaign, while he has also set up a further seven. The 26-year-old’s contract expires at the end of next season and talks are said to be dragging on, with speculation suggesting a deal is still some way off, but Pochettino is not worried....
In response to some of these fan requests, Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Producer Masayoshi Yokoyama made an announcement in relation to the Yakuza series, particularly to the next Kiwami entry. However, it may be some time before players get their hands on it, or even a chance to see the game, likely due to it still being in fairly early development. RELATED: Yakuza: Like A Dragon Release Date Announced With New Trailer...
Die Mannschaft are currently top of Group C with a maximum 12 points, having scored 16 goals without reply in their opening four qualifiers. Low is in confident mood ahead of Germany’s game against third-placed Azerbaijan at Baku National Stadium, following his side’s strong performance in a 1-0 friendly win over England in Dortmund. Low said: “Our objective is clear. We want to secure qualification for the World Cup without dropping any points....
Beyond that, though, Nintendo seems interested in updating the Switch itself. Switch users just learned about a significant new Nintendo Switch Online feature, for instance. Alongside the service’s other benefits, NSO users now have access to a section called Missions and Rewards. As the name implies, NSO subscribers can now complete certain missions related to Switch play to earn Platinum Coins, which can then be spent on additional Switch avatar options based on Nintendo games....
The Virtual Console was appealing to nostalgic Nintendo fans who wanted to replay classics that sometimes came with a few tweaks, yet those fans were shot down when a Nintendo Spokesperson officially stated, “there are currently no plans to bring classic games together under the Virtual Console banner as has been done on other Nintendo Systems.” Considering rumors since the system’s launch had led many Nintendo fans to believe that the Switch’s Virtual Console would include GameCube games, this could be potentially a hit to the otherwise successful console....
While fans in N.A. envy the likes of Europe and Japan for getting their hands on Pikmin 3 first, the game’s inventor, Shigeru Miyamoto, has revealed that his team actually had the game running on Nintendo 3DS before switching it over to the Wii U. During an interview with 4Gamer, Miyamoto confirmed that Nintendo developed prototypes of Pikmin for the 3DS, but opted out of pursuing the game’s development in favor of the more powerful Wii U....
