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OAKLAND, CA- JUNE 7 - Toronto Raptors center Marc Gasol (33) chases a loose ball as Golden State Warriors guard Andre Iguodala (9) reaches as the Toronto Raptors beat the Golden State Warriors in game four of the NBA Finals at Oracle Arena in  TORONTO STAR VIA GETTY IMAGES Game 4 was a major turning point in the NBA Finals on Friday night in Oakland, and it put the Toronto Raptors on the brink of history with a chance to become the first team outside the United States to be crowned NBA champions. Teams that take a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals have a 33-1 series record (.971). The only time a team with a 3-1 lead did not win the Finals was 2016, when the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied past the Warriors. Of the previous 34 teams to take a 3-1 series lead in the NBA Finals: 18 teams won the series in five games 13 teams won the series in six games 2 teams won the series in seven games 1 team lost the series in seven games OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 07: Kawhi Leona...

The country singer announced Thursday he'd lost his 3-year-old son River Granger Smith  suffered every parent’s worst nightmare after his 3-year-old son River Kelly died following a “tragic accident.” Smith’s rep confirmed to PEOPLE on Thursday that  River’s death  was  due to a drowning accident at home . The country singer and his wife, Amber, shared the news on social media, where they honored their son as a “special” little boy who brought joy to everyone he met. “Following a tragic accident, and despite doctor’s best efforts, he was unable to be revived,” Smith, 39, wrote on social media. “Amber and I made the decision to say our last goodbyes and donate his organs so that other children will be given a second chance at life.” For those that follow the musician, the loss hits hard, as Smith has made it clear through his social media that being a family man is his top priority. “When she walked in that was it,”  Smith told P...

BOSTON -- The crowd at TD Garden chanted Zdeno Chara's name as he took the ice before the national anthem. Then the arena erupted when Boston's captain was introduced in the starting lineup. The Bruins didn't know what they'd get out of the 42-year-old defenseman, who made the decision to play less than 72 hours after reportedly breaking his jaw, but his presence alone gave the Bruins a lift. "He was medically cleared with some warnings," Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy said. "Made the decision to play. Inspirational for us. Good player for us. We knew he wouldn't be 100 percent, so we were happy to have him." Chara played 16 minutes, 42 seconds in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final on Thursday night, made four hits, three blocks and took two shots on goal. It ended up as a 2-1 win by the Blues that gave St. Louis a 3-2 series win and a chance to clinch their first Stanley Cup on Sunday at home. "He leads the team and everybody follows,...

Black Mirror's  fifth and latest season is out on  Netflix  on Wednesday, and with it comes something special. Like the outstanding USS Callister from season 4, new episode Striking Vipers is another stroke of brilliance from writer Charlie Brooker, who continues to deliver groundbreaking stuff despite the anthology's increasingly familiar tech-gone-wrong formula. With a reduced number of episodes compared to previous seasons, not one story drops in quality. You may have heard that one of those episodes stars Miley Cyrus, who brings star power like never before to classically twisted Black Mirror fare. Let's take a quick look at each episode with as few spoilers as possible. Striking Vipers Black Mirror episodes seem to fall into two categories: the big flashier episodes of its Netflix era (its earlier seasons first aired on Channel 4 in the UK) and the introspective quieter episodes that focus on relationships. Striking Vipers balances a mixture of both....

Packed with All-New Features and Apps, plus Sidecar Expands Mac Workspace with iPad macOS Catalina introduces fresh new apps and powerful technology for developers. San Jose, California — Apple today previewed  macOS Catalina , the latest version of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, packed with cool new features, fresh new apps and powerful new technology for developers. With macOS Catalina, Apple is replacing iTunes with its popular entertainment apps — Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and the Apple TV app. The all-new Sidecar feature enables users to extend their Mac desktop by using their iPad as a second display or as a high-precision input device across creative Mac apps. New security features keep users better protected and Voice Control lets users control their Mac entirely with their voice. “With macOS Catalina, we’re bringing fresh new apps to the Mac, starting with new standalone versions of Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and the Apple TV app,” sai...

Andy Ruiz Jr. pulled off a spectacular upset on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, defeating Anthony Joshua, the previously unbeaten heavyweight world champion, by technical knockout after the referee stopped the fight in the seventh round. No one had given Ruiz, a doughy Mexican fighter, a chance against Joshua, a chiseled, ascendant British star who had been fighting in front of crowds of 90,000 fans in Britain. But Ruiz stunned Joshua with furious punching flurries that left him stumbling and, at several points, on the canvas. The largely pro-Joshua crowd had gone from thrilled to stunned by the time the fight was over. The upset had echoes of Buster Douglas’s shocking upset of Mike Tyson nearly 30 years ago. Joshua scored the first knockdown with a crisp left hand in the third round. But from then on Ruiz delivered most of the damaging blows. After getting off the canvas in the third round, Ruiz knocked down Joshua twice, starting with left hooks that led to relentle...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A municipal building in Virginia Beach, Va., was turned into a scene of carnage on Friday afternoon after a longtime public utilities employee began firing indiscriminately at his co-workers with a handgun, the authorities said, killing a dozen people and injuring several others before dying after an extended shootout with the police. It had been nearing closing time in an office offering some of the most mundane functions of city government, such as paying water bills and applying for building permits, when the employee began stalking through several floors firing at his colleagues, the authorities said. The loud bursts of gunfire sent workers scrambling and barricading their office doors. Zand Bakhtiari, 28, who works on the first floor of the city building where the shooting happened, looked out his window about 4 p.m. and saw people screaming and running. “I thought they were running to the scene of a bad car accident,” he said in a telephone inter...