The most prominent connection, though — one Hill said Dick Vitale mentioned “every other time" Hill scored a basket while at Duke — is that Janet Hill was a roommate of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton while at Wellesley (Massachusetts) College. MORE: Wide-open race for NCAAB title | Does NBA Draft loophole exist? “It’s been interesting, for the last 20 some odd years, with my parents’ connection to the White House,” Hill said Tuesday, speaking on behalf of the 2016 Allstate NABC Good Works Team, awards given to 20 college basketball student-athletes who “stand out for their charitable achievements and community involvement....

NEWSWEEK has learned that Grasso is planning to file sometime in the next two weeks a lawsuit against the NYSE’s current chairman, John Reed, for an alleged violation of a non-disparagement clause in Grasso’s contract. People close to Grasso say the former chairman will likely seek an unspecified amount of damages, though it could amount to tens of millions of dollars, which Grasso has said he would give to charity if he wins the case....

More than 100 wildfires broke out across Greece in the past few days, forcing thousands of residents and tourists to evacuate as the country experienced its strongest heat wave in decades. While most of the smaller blazes have been contained, Greece’s Civil Protection chief Nikos Hardalias said Saturday that first responders are still combating at least 55 active fires. Among the largest fires is the one on Evia, as well as two located in Greece’s southern Peloponnese peninsula....

Crowds around Times Square were brought to a standstill after a man, wearing a helmet, was spotted gliding a few feet above the ground. The clip was first uploaded by Morgan Nevins to her Instagram account, @molivefreeordie, after she captured the unbelievable sight on Saturday. She submitted it to viral account @whatisnewyork who uploaded it on Monday, and since then it’s gone viral after being shared across multiple social media platforms, amassing more than four million views on Twitter alone....

The “exciting” study combined high-frequency sound waves with less expensive green hydrogen production techniques to get 14 times more output. The development could have important implications as the world tries to wean itself off fossil fuels and transition to cleaner energy sources, the research team, led by Amgad Rezk, a lecturer in the School of Engineering at RMIT University, Melbourne, said. Rezk told Newsweek green hydrogen will likely have a “major role” to play as an energy source of the future and that the latest findings, which have been documented in the journal Advanced Energy Materials, could contribute to making this eco-friendlier fuel more widely available....

“If @GovAbbott is as ‘anti-rape’ as he claims,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a tweet published Wednesday evening, “why doesn’t he just lead the Texas state [legislature] to pass a law for $10k bounties on people who engage in or aid sexual assault? Or is he opposed to that bc it’s a slippery slope of vigilantism where men could be unjustly targeted?” On Tuesday, Abbott defended his state’s controversial abortion law. He said that his state’s “number one goal” was to “eliminate rape....

The Cowboys defensive end and his high-powered representatives will have their say in an appeal of the 10-game suspension handed down by the NFL last month for “conduct detrimental to the league.” MORE: Disgraced athletes | Jason Witten “pleased” by Hardy’s approach in Dallas The script figures to follow those used in recent appeals by Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice — and soon to come by Tom Brady — arguing that commissioner Roger Goodell and the league overstepped their bounds....

Just two months after the former NFL defensive lineman picked up his first win as a professional MMA fighter, Hardy needed only 17 seconds to put away Tebaris Gordon in the season finale of “Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series.” MORE UFC gives Greg Hardy contract after 57-second knockout of Austen Lane “I think I sent a message that I’m prepared for business,” Hardy said. Hardy, 30, earned a developmental contract with the UFC in June when he needed only 57 seconds to stop Austin Lane....

“I’ll be remembered as the biggest bust in NBA history,” Oden told ESPN. “But I can’t do nothing about that.” MORE: Every NBA team’s biggest draft regret Chronic knee injuries have limited the 7-footer’s career since he was drafted first overall by the Trail Blazers in 2007, limiting him to just 105 games since 2007. Oden last played in the NBA with the Heat in 2014. He averaged 8.0 points and 6....

The Astros infielder used his flexibility to get away with some, um, aggressive baserunning against the Red Sox on Friday night. Your browser does not support iframes. Houston went on to beat Boston, 5-3, in 10 innings.

Tate, a controversial social media influencer, initiated an exchange with Thunberg on Twitter on Tuesday, tagging her in a post about his “33 cars” and asking for her email address “so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.” Thunberg responded to Tate in a Twitter post on December 28, writing: “yes, please do enlighten me. email me at smalldickenergy@getalife.com.” At 3.5 million likes as of Friday morning, Thunberg’s tweet is currently the sixth most-liked tweet of all time....

The striker’s 100th goal in the Spanish top flight, a cool finish from a tight angle, handed Atletico a 1-0 win over Espanyol. Benzema brought up three figures in 202 appearances compared to Griezmann’s 247, while Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were both considerably quicker to their century – taking 154 and an astonishing 92 matches respectively. Pjanic proves an upgrade on Pogba The 26-year-old’s exquisite left foot is responsible for 69 of the goals, alongside 20 headers and 11 right-footed shots....

The France international signed a new deal last June, tying him to Atletico until 2021, but the forward continues to face speculation surrounding a move away from the Vicente Calderon. ‘Griezmann would give Klopp X-factor’ Last month, Griezmann expressed his desire to finish his career in MLS, but at just 25 years of age that step remains in the distant future. Griezmann insists he is happy at Atletico, for whom he scored 32 goals in 54 games across all competitions last season, and bemoaned the fact his fellow La Liga superstars are not badgered about leaving Real Madrid or Barcelona....

Bet on Man Utd vs Real Madrid in ICC Early goals from Scott Sinclair and Tom Rogic gave Brendan Rodgers’ side a 2-0 victory in the first leg of the Champions League second-round qualifier but the match was marred by fans throwing missiles at Celtic players. After one such incident, Griffiths was booked, having complained to the referee Alejandro Hernandez about a bottle being thrown in his direction as he prepared to take a corner....

The now-viral Reddit post, titled, “AITA for refusing to let my future husband lie about the house he and I purchased during his ‘groom speech,’” has been upvoted 14,400 times since it was posted on June 16. Redditor @throwaway646797 shared the post to the subreddit “Am I the A**hole,” and it has garnered 3,800 comments since it was shared. The original poster (OP), who is 33, and her 37-year-old fiancé became engaged a couple of months ago....

We’ve seen this before. Tom Wolfe’s “Bonfire of the Vanities” timed the zeitgeist—and the market—perfectly, debuting in October 1987, the month the 1980s bull market came to a crashing end. But Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street” didn’t hit the theaters until December 1987 and tanked at the box office as a result. After a few punk years Wall Street caught fire again in the mid-1990s, but programming executives didn’t catch on to the new wave until much later....

Last March in my State of the City address, I announced that I was creating Newark’s Guaranteed Income Task Force to explore how a guaranteed income—regular, unrestricted infusions of cash—might prove an effective investment in improving our residents’ financial security. Now, upon the release of the Task Force’s report over a year later, the COVID-19 health crisis has revealed on the national stage what was well understood among those of us with a street-level perspective: People don’t have enough cash to weather emergencies, pandemic or otherwise....

Aguero future rests on more than goals Aguero replaced the injured Gabriel Jesus early on in City’s 2-0 win at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Monday. It marked the third consecutive league game in which Aguero has come off the bench, leading to questions over the Argentina international’s future. But Guardiola said the form of Jesus, Raheem Sterling and Leroy Sane had made it tough for Aguero, who he talked up as still being vital to City....

The City boss identified Chelsea as title contenders last summer due to his huge admiration for their manager, and has praised the various ways they can inflict damage on the opposition. City travel to Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night 11 points behind the league leaders, and Guardiola says he can learn from Conte as he strives to make as big an impact at the Etihad Stadium as the Italian has had in west London....

Agent: Toure has ‘interesting offers’ But the Manchester City boss, who can secure a third-placed finish by recording two victories this week, says managers should do their own jobs better rather than complain about other teams. “I never saw one player in my life go to the pitch and don’t try to win the game and when the target is done, it’s done,” Guardiola said on Monday. “But if you don’t want that, win more games yourself, or qualify before or win the Champions League, and after we don’t have the problems with the other ones....