They arrived as two of a kind, played that way as rookies, and were at it again Tuesday night for the Miami Heat at summer league.
Having both joined the Heat a year ago after playing as teammates at Arizona, Pelle Larsson and Keshad Johnson again showed the aggressive promise they potentially can offer beyond meaningless games such as these.
In the Heat’s finale of the California Classic at Chase Center, Larsson and Johnson each went for points in a 93-79 victory over the Golden State Warriors’ summer roster.
Those efforts came with Heat summer-league coach Eric Glass giving 2024...
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General Daily Insight for July 08, 2025
We can be our own worst enemies. With the vulnerable Moon struggling to understand the confident Sun, it may be difficult to be confident in what we have to offer. The parts of ourselves that we’re normally secure about may also be on shakier ground. We can breathe a sigh of relief once Luna soothes aching Chiron with a harmonious trine at 11:04 pm EDT, making it easier to find our footing and to take charge of our emotions. Seek self-love over validation from others.
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TALLAHASSEE — As they urge a U.S. district judge to halt an immigrant-detention center in the Everglades, environmental groups are pushing back against Trump administration arguments seeking to distance the federal government from responsibility for the project.
The state last week began operating what has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” at a remote site surrounded by the Everglades and the Big Cypress National Preserve, as Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials try to help President Donald Trump’s mass deportation of undocumented immigrants.
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By MATT BROWN and MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden’s physician has asked to delay his testimony before the House oversight committee this week, citing the need for an agreement that will respect doctor-patient confidentiality rules as part of the investigation into Biden’s health in office.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, who served as Biden’s physician at the White House, requested a delay until the end of July or early August “to reach an accommodation that will protect the very substantial privilege and confidentiality interests of Dr. O’Connor and...
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General Daily Insight for July 07, 2025
Let’s shake it up, everyone! Zany Uranus enters Gemini today at 3:45 am EDT, shifting dynamics and bringing an inventive, restless energy to the collective until November 8, when it will dip back into Taurus once more. Venus then uplifts magnetic Pluto, transforming us for the better with balance, creativity, and compassion. Things settle down once the Moon trines communicative Mercury, making it easier to express ourselves to the world and get our thoughts and feelings aligned. Brush off the cobwebs and speak from the heart.
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At 21, this hardly is men among boys for Ke’lel Ware. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t oversized expectations for the Miami Heat 7-footer in this, his second NBA summer league.
Back in the starting lineup for Sunday’s 103-83 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the California Classic in San Francisco, Ware closed with 12 points on 4-of-10 shooting and three rebounds in his 28 minutes at Chase Center.
While there was a spinning step-back 3-point conversion early and several quality finishes at the rim from the No. 15 pick out of Indiana in the 2024 NBA draft, it was not exactly the domination...
By RONALD BLUM
NEW YORK (AP) — Marlins third baseman Kyle Stowers, in the midst of a torrid 13-game stretch, was named as the team’s lone representative at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, to be played in Atlanta on July 15.
The 27-year-old Stowers, who is in his fourth season in the bigs, had seen his on-base-plus-slugging percentage (OPS) dwindle to .797 on June 21, has gone 15 for 45 in the 13 games since then, drilling six home runs, driving in 12 runs and seeing that OPS vault to .868.
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