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A fight during an NBA game stole the headlines for the second night in a row. Friday night, Minnesota Timberwolves protect Austin Rivers and Orlando Magic center Mo Bamba traded blows in the third quarter before the brawl spilled onto the court, resulting in five players being ejected from the game. Orlando Magic's Jalen Suggs #4 (L) gets into a scrum with Minnesota Timberwolves' Austin Rivers #25 in the third quarter of play at Target Center on February 3, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Suggs and Rivers were ejected from the game. (David Berding/Getty Images)The altercation began when Rivers approached Bamba,…

When Joy Woo started in the entertainment business as an executive assistant, her family didn't understand how the industry worked and "it wasn't something they were proud of or could brag about to their friends."But when Woo, a 27-year-old living in Los Angeles, was fired from her studio in December, she began to debate whether she should leave the industry altogether. “It was the second time I've been fired in entertainment,” she said. “I wondered: what am I doing wrong? Is this a reflection of me? But along with the self-criticism came concerns about how her family would respond. “My…

Concussions increased 18% in the NFL during the 2022 regular season over last year.The NFL reported that 149 concussions were diagnosed in 271 regular-season games compared to 126 in 2021. The total is also 14% higher than the three-year average from 2018 to 2020. Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) is assisted off the field during the first half of a game against the Buffalo Bills on September 25, 2022 in Miami Gardens. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)Dr. Allen Sills, the league's chief medical officer, said the increase stems from a protocol change that "expanded and strengthened" the definition of concussion following…

A powerful arctic gust will bring "dangerously cold freezing temperatures" to the Northeast through Saturday night along with blizzard conditions in northern Maine, forecasters warned. “Temperatures will be 10 to 30 degrees below average in parts of the Northeast to the mid-Atlantic coast,” the National Weather Service said in a bulletin early Saturday. Wind chill warnings and advisories are in place throughout New York state and New England, he said. The weather service added that the strong winds could cause power outages and damage property on the northern front of the Rocky Mountains and High Plains. It comes after temperatures…