Rhett Wilkinson

NBA Rumors: Knicks To Contact Villanova’s Jay Wright On Replacing Jeff Hornacek As Head Coach — NY Daily News

The New York Knicks are going to reach out to Villanova’s Jay Wright about their head coaching position, which is open after Knicks management fired Jeff Hornacek, the New York Daily News reported. Knicks executives consider Wright to be just the man to revive a franchise that has struggled in recent years, according to a […]

6y ago

‘Avengers 4’: The Conversation Begins

Avengers: Infinity War is out this month, but this isn’t a trilogy. Avengers 4 concludes the superhero film series next year, and the plot of Avengers 4 is already being discussed, The Independent reported. A key is learning how Infinity War concludes. Given that Marvel is going to great lengths to keep the ending of […]

6y ago

Aleppo|holocaust|israel|syria

Israel’s Chief Rabbi Declares Jews Must Act Against Reported ‘Genocide’ In Syria

Jews have “a moral obligation,” Israeli Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef said, to attempt to halt what he described as a genocide occurring in Syria. “I have said in the past and I will say it again, what’s happening in Syria is genocide of women and children in its cruelest form, using weapons of mass […]

6y ago

al pacino|hbo|jerry sandusky|Joe Paterno

Joe Paterno: A Look At The Famous Coach’s Fall From Grace

Joe Paterno became the winningest coach in Div. I college football history in Oct. 2011. It was a highlight of a 46-year head coaching career at Penn State in which Paterno won two national championships. A week later, Paterno was out, his image to no longer be the same due to questions about what he […]

6y ago

glenn beck|south park|youtube

‘South Park’-Like Series Looking For Tips On Possible LDS Church Tax Fraud

When new policies of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints were leaked two-and-a-half years ago, the public learned that children of gay parents could only be baptized when they turned 18, and Mormons in same-sex relationships would be considered heretics. That led Fred Karger “to go after something that’s sacred to (the church), […]

6y ago

LDS Church: Woman Speaks On Why She Yelled ‘Stop Protecting Sexual Predators’ At Mormon Prophets

An advocate did something rather unconventional during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ General Conference. “Stop protecting sexual predators!” Crystal Legionaires yelled as leaders of the church walked up to their seats overlooking the 21,000-person audience Saturday afternoon at the LDS Conference Center in Salt Lake City. The General Conference is a semiannual […]

6y ago

religion

One Of The Programs Of The LDS Church Has Been Dashed

Following several notable alterations to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, its prophet, Russell Nelson, started the second of its two-day General Conference with another stunner. “Visiting teaching,” by women Mormons, and “home teaching,” by male Latter-day Saints, is over, reported The Salt Lake Tribune. Going forward, the church will have a “ministering” […]

6y ago

Donald Trump|LGBTQ|Mitt Romney|United States|White House

On The LDS Church And Obama, Mormon Historian Provides Insight

“The highest-ranking Mormon in the White House was an intern.” Gregory Prince pointed out his daughter’s distinction. Prince, a historian of the Latter-day Saint movement and a Mormon himself, was talking with Mormon Stories host John Dehlin about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being on the “world stage.” “There was a time […]

6y ago

LGBTQ|Politics|supreme court|utah

Utah Politics: These Women Are Part Of A Democratic Candidate Wave In The Conservative State

There are 99 Democratic candidates this cycle, compared to just 71 in the last one, according to the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office. A newcomer is Karina Andelin Brown. Besides having been a Medicaid expansion advocate since 2015, she is concerned with the suicide rate of youth in Utah. “Because of my advocacy work and the […]

6y ago

LSU|March Madness

Loyola-Chicago Is Tied For The Lowest Seed Ever In The Final Four, Here’s Who Leads Them Besides Sister Jean

Loyola-Chicago will be the fourth lowest-seeded team to play in an NCAA Tournament Final Four, joining fellow 11th-seeded Virginia Commonwealth in 2011, George Mason in 2006, and LSU in 1986, according to the Washington Post. Besides the now notorious Sister Jean, the team chaplain, who powers these history-making Ramblers? There’s the coach, Porter Moser, who […]

6y ago

Arizona|georgia|ncaa|utah|Washington

Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics Championships: Utah Utes Seek To Defend Title

Gymnasts for the University of Utah are greedy about wanting the Pac-12 Championship. Then again, as the Salt Lake Tribune reported, they’ve won three of the last four. “We’d like to have it stay in Salt Lake,” senior Maddy Stover told the Tribune. The Utes’ effort to hold onto the conference title, which it also […]

6y ago

virginia

The UMBC Retrievers Just Pulled Off The Greatest Upset In NCAA Tournament History — Here’s Who Leads Them

As the first 16 seed to win an NCAA Tournament game, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County Retrievers pulled off the largest upset in the history of the men’s tournament Friday, doing so even in a casual romp of top-ranked Virginia, 74-54. But who steers this ship? Second-year coach Ryan Odom last year earned the […]

6y ago

Bill Clinton|Dick Cheney|Donald Trump|george w bush

Trump Is Looking To Bring On Another Lawyer For The Russia Investigation

The executive branch has contacted a lawyer experienced in Washington with aiding presidents who are being probed to find out if he would affiliate with the legal unit assisting President Donald Trump to manage special counsel Robert Mueller III’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, reported the Washington Post. An individual with knowledge […]

6y ago

china|Vladimir Putin

Chinese President Mostly Arranges To Rule For Life

China’s National People’s Congress on Sunday gave the nod to a design to end presidential term limits, opening the door for President Xi Jinping to remain in his position without end, and assuring a major change to politics in China. On the west side of Tiananmen Square, at the Great Hall of the People in […]

6y ago

Black Lives Matter|Freddie Gray|Gun Control|nra|Parkland School Shooting

Fight Between Black Lives Matter, National Rifle Association Continues After NRA Sues Over Florida Bill

Black Lives Matter may have harshly criticized the National Rifle Association Friday following the NRA’s announcement that it is suing over a Florida bill that would raise the rifle-buying age to 21-years-old, Newsweek reported. BLM described the NRA as a “terrorist organization.” The NRA’s federal lawsuit followed Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s signing of Senate Bill […]

6y ago

Government|Politics|utah

If The Utah Legislature Has Few Flavors, Its Menu Changed Greatly With Ballot Initiatives In Its 2018 Session

Vanilla and some chocolate — and this year, strawberry? Six ballot initiatives with the promise of changing 1.5 million voters into a legislature beyond which meets in Salt Lake City and could have brought to pass new mandates that polls say Utahns love went nowhere on Utah’s Capitol Hill, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Those […]

6y ago

BYU|christianity|history

Mormon Researcher Of History Of Christianity Says Last Five Centuries Suggest Truth Of Creation Story In Bible

OREM, Utah – A black box. That was Ben Spackman’s description of the device that scriptural text enters. “And out comes interpretation,” he remarked. That yields “face-value readings,” Spackman added, which are “problematic, especially if you are father removed from where they came from.” “So if the interpretation is inevitable and contingent upon the assumptions […]

6y ago

FBI|robert mueller|russia

Russia Investigation: How The Dueling Memos Compare In A Key Argument

Politically tainted? On the probe into possible collusion between the Donald Trump presidential campaign and Russia, that’s what a Republican memo claimed. A Democratic memo spurned that argument Feb. 24, widening the red-and-blue gulf in the House Intelligence Committee. A significant point of dispute between the memos from members of each party is if intentions […]

6y ago

Donald Trump|FBI|jeff sessions|robert mueller|White House

Russia Investigation: Mueller Reviewing Trump’s Pursuits This Past Summer To Get Rid Of Sessions

Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, has been examining a period of time last summer when President Donald Trump appeared fixed on getting Attorney General Jeff Sessions out of his job, said persons with knowledge of the issue. They remarked that a significant research point in the investigation is if those workings figured into […]

6y ago

Comic Books|james gunn|mark hamill

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’: How James Gunn Could Have Mark Hamill In The Film

James Gunn and Mark Hamill are getting together about Hamill joining Dunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, meaning that the Star Wars megastar very well could become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, too. What are some of the roles the Luke Skywalker actor could take? There are multiple possibilities, Screen Rant reported. In […]

6y ago