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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — These are the moments around which movie scripts are written. When the bases are loaded with two outs while your team trails by two runs. When you’re returning from injury, struggling to get into a groove, and your team is in a slump. Mike Hessman from a 2008 Tigers game during spring training (AP Photo) MORE: Photos of Mike Hessman | Best baseball movies When you’re at the plate with a chance to win the game and one good swing can make you the night’s hero....

As reported by Deadline, Free will take the lead in the picture, which sees Arkasha Stevenson making her feature directorial debut and co-writing with Tim Smith, who will also serve as executive producer. The Dark Knight trilogy writer David S. Goyer and Keith Levine will produce for Phantom Four, with Gracie Wheelan overseeing the film for 20th Century Studios. RELATED: The Invitation Wins One Of The Worst Box Office Weekends This Year...

Johnson recently choked on the 72nd hole at Chambers Bay where he three-putted to give Jordan Spieth his second Major. He also lost the 2010 US Open, which he led by three shots after 54 holes. The 31-year-old lost a chance to compete in a playoff after the unfortunate grounding of his club at the 2010 PGA Championship. Johnson failed to birdie until the 15th and it looks like his first Major win has to wait....

Chances are most gamers have moved on from the 2015 PS4 exclusive about immortal Knights of the Round Table fighting werewolves in an alternate history 19th century England. The Order 1886 largely failed to impress players when it first released, due to issues like a short length and bland gameplay that often took a backseat to cutscenes and quick-time events. Despite this, it’s possible fans may be getting a multiplatform sequel, according to NeoGAF user OsirisBlack....

One of the latest TikTok trends is all about “The Fine Print,” a song by The Stupendium, made as a tribute to The Outer Worlds. The lyrics of the song reflect The Outer Worlds’ anti-capitalist themes. The specific lyrics of the song used in most of the TikTok videos are as follows: RELATED: The Outer Worlds: Peril on Gorgon DLC Adding a Level Cap Increase and More Did you not read the colony policy?...

In December 2001, two Pentagon Mideast experts—Larry Franklin and Harold Rhode—secretly traveled to Rome. They met with a group of Iranians who supposedly had information about plans by Iranian-backed terrorists to attack Americans—including U.S. troops who were then closing in on Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The meetings were approved by high-level officials at the White House and the Pentagon. The CIA, however, was kept in the dark. When the CIA and the State Department found out about the meetings a few weeks later, they strenuously protested to the White House and demanded that the contacts be terminated immediately....

The Hot Shots! films were written and directed by Jim Abrahams, one third of the legendary Zucker Abrahams Zucker trio who created spoof classics like Airplane! and Top Secret. Both films saw substantial success at the box office and mixed to positive critical reception. RELATED: Rick And Morty: 10 Best Movie Parodies From The Series Spoof movies are, tragically, a dying medium. The concept of films that exist to mock, satirize, and point out flaws in other films seems like it should be evergreen, but the genre has struggled for years....

Energy dependence has become a deterrent. Consider the reluctance of our European allies–as well as China or India–to impose serious sanctions on Iran for its nuclear program. The European nations have become far more reticent regarding autocratic tendencies in Russia since the slowdown in gas deliveries in early 2006. Even the United States, less inhibited about such matters than the others, is cautious about pressing democratic reform on Saudi Arabia, for example....

Few decades later Wahab Riaz heard something similar. This time it was the white ball instead. “It’s the white thing, you have to hit it”, said Mitchell Starc at Adelaide in the World Cup semi-final. Before that, Watson had politely inquired from the slips, “Are you holding a bat?”. Faulkner gave Wahab a stare later and Haddin, as usual, had a few things to say. Unlike Viv, Wahab Riaz did not have the ability to smack Starc out of the park....

Although it is unusual for players to link the PS5 and the Pokemon cards released by McDonald’s together, it appears that both products are now linked by a common denominator: scalpers. Since their respective launch, both the demand for the PS5 and the Pokemon cards by McDonald’s surged, prompting some folks to take advantage of the situation by purchasing them and selling them at a higher price. Here is a brief overview of the PS5 and Pokemon cards’ scalping situation and what Sony and McDonald’s have to say about the situation....

Carlos Tevez might have had more reason than most to curse his luck: having ripped apart the River defence with a late run that seemed to shed 10 years off the rather fuller, ambling silhouette he projects these days, he squared to Dario Benedetto only to see his strike partner thwarted by a fantastic save from River shot-stopper Franco Armani. But the former Juventus, Manchester City and Manchester United star was unbowed after almost stealing the show with his late cameo off the bench....

During the 1996 presidential election the People’s Liberation Army fired missiles into the Taiwan Strait and backed off only when Washington sent two carrier battle groups into the area. Last week China demanded that Taiwan start talks over reunification or face invasion. A White Paper published by the State Council, China’s cabinet, warned that China would be forced to take “drastic measures, including military force” if Taiwan continued to delay talks over eventual reunification....

Time with our family is sacred. That’s why this Father’s Day, we want to celebrate fatherhood by fighting for a national paid leave policy that will make it easier for all of us to show up for our families when they need us most—as we are getting our footing as new dads, or caring for our own aging relatives. The United States is the only industrialized country that does not have a national paid leave policy....

Like a hipper, sleeker Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Mach 5 could leap through the air, as well as drive underwater. If Speed somehow drove off the course and into a forest—wasn’t he supposed to be a professional race-car driver? —the trusty Mach 5 sprouted round, spinning saws near the bumper and cleared the way. When danger lurked on the road ahead, all Speed had to do was push one of the lettered buttons on the steering wheel to activate the appropriate lifesaving gizmo....

Indeed, while not exactly a 1:1, the assassination structure of the Order of the Ancients in Origins and Valhalla, Cult of Kosmos and beyond in Odyssey, and presumably a similar system for the Children of Danu in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Wrath of the Druids DLC all seem inspired by this system. That may not be exactly the case, taking out targets is a simple enough method, but the franchise seems stopped from ever taking this further....

Authorities from the the Hague are now taking Niantic to court over the damage being done by boisterous players to the beaches of Kijkduin, where concerns over protected dunes have been raised in regards to recent crowds of Pokemon GO players. At first, officials attempted to contact Niantic directly to get the developers to tone down the Pokemon spawn rates. Authorities from the Hague didn’t want any beach-based Pokemon spawning between 11:00PM and 7:00AM, which seems reasonable for a protected area....

The heroin trade has no such problem. Mullah Omar, the patriarch of Afghanistan’s state-sponsored brand of Islam, made international headlines a year ago when he outlawed opium farming as “un-Islamic.” The trouble is, he didn’t say a word about selling it. Raw opium is openly available in shops all over Afghanistan, and its heroin continues to saturate the European market. Massive overproduction in the ’90s drove down heroin prices in the West and created huge unsold inventories in Afghanistan....

However, things would go downhill soon after; giving up a goal with 11 seconds left in the second period — followed by three more in the final frame — the game went to a shootout, where New Jersey ultimately lost, 5-4. MORE: New Jersey Devils assistant GM Tom Fitzgerald joins John Hynes’ coaching staff Fast forward five games and the Devils remain the only team without a win so far in this young season....

What, I thought when I heard about the project, is this about? Isn’t the New York Times in the news business? The 1619 Project sounded like something that might come from The History Channel, or BET, or even PBS. Or the halls of academia. But one of America’s biggest news providers? In an effort to clear up any possible confusion, The New York Times described the mission of their project:...

Mega Man X is considered one of the best games of all time, so it may seem odd that this series hasn’t gotten a proper screen adaptation in the last three decades. Technically speaking, the series did get one adaptation in the form of The Day of Σ, a 25-minute-long Original Video Animation released in 2005. The Day of Σ serves as a prequel to the games and explores X and Zero’s first clash against Sigma....