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Imagine that: Virginia basketball has not only an NCAA championship, but also an offensive hero. The Cavaliers can laugh into the night, through the offseason and into history at the analysts who judged their method of play to be incapable of resulting in a championship. SN FAN SHOP: Buy your Virginia championship gear with Fanatics Maybe they’ll find their way to gloating. Not on this night — not so soon after an 85-77 overtime victory against Texas Tech in the 2019 title game....

The anagen phase is the active growth phase of hair follicles. During this phase, a hair grows about one centimeter, or about half of an inch, every 28 days. The Anagen Phase Also during this phase, the cells in the root of the hair divide rapidly, adding to the hair shaft. Scalp hair stays in this active phase of growth for two to six years. At any time, about 80 percent to 90 percent of the hairs on your head are in the anagen phase....

“Honestly, if I’d known that it would have ended like this, I probably wouldn’t have come back this soon,” Mourning told NEWSWEEK, “but you can’t stop because you’re afraid of failure. You don’t get anywhere like that.’’ With a long-term prognosis that is at best uncertain, Mourning must now grapple with a reality he has so far managed to dodge: he may never play another season of pro ball. “I don’t want to think about not playing basketball again....

The poem may look chilly and obscure, another bit of Japanese cultural granite, but it aims to capture the inspiration that can be found in the simplest of things. “Though I compose poetry,” another priest named Saigyo observed a century earlier, “I do not think of it as composed poetry.” For these writers, poems were designed as a sort of spiritual remote control, able to release emotion long after they were written....

FNA is usually chosen when a lump is likely a fluid-filled cyst. This is because the procedure is particularly helpful in distinguishing cysts from solid masses. Your healthcare provider will use a very fine needle (much smaller than a blood draw needle) to extract some fluid, which will be examined under a microscope by a pathologist. This article will review FNA in detail and go over what you might be able to expect when undergoing FNA....

Citing a new lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, the New York Post reported that Adame was terminated from his position after an unidentified person took nude photos of the TV personality on the site and sent them to his boss. Per the report, Adame stated in his lawsuit that the photos were taken without his permission, with the person in question sending the images to his mother and NY1 “with intent of harassing, annoying, or alarming [Adame] and tortiously interfering with [Adame’s] employment relationship....

Now it’s all coming back to bite the SEC in the shorts. If winning truly does bread winning; if competition feeds competition, the SEC will have no one to blame but itself when it’s shut out of the final BCS Championship Game after no team makes it unscathed through the conference gauntlet. MORE: Top 10 rivalries | Best BCS moments | SN Midseason Awards That’s right, even big, bad Alabama....

In an interview with The Guardian, Sharman stated unequivocally, “Aliens exist, there’s no two ways about it. There are so many billions of stars out there in the universe that there must be all sorts of forms of life. “Will they be like you and me, made up of carbon and nitrogen? Maybe not. It’s possible they’re right here right now and we simply can’t see them.” At 56, Sharman continues to enjoy the legacy of being the first astronaut from her country....

Sure, Barack Obama has had trouble winning over white working-class voters. But he’s shown surprising strength with another (slightly less sizable) constituency: The daughters of Republican presidents–and potential presidents-to-be. Last night on CNN, the still-living, still-suspendered Larry King asked First Twin Jenna Bush and her mother Laura, who appeared with her, whether they preferred one Democratic candidate to the other. Thanks to her expertly programmed CPU, Laura gave the proper answer....

The West African nation of Ghana is currently in the midst of an outbreak of the Marburg virus. The disease was first identified in early July in two deceased men, ages 26 and 51, and it was later recognized as an outbreak by the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first time in the disease’s history that it has had such an outbreak in Ghana. An additional fatality was later confirmed in late July, with a fourth being reported on Thursday by the Ghana Health Service....

Six minutes later, Ben Sahar doubled the lead for Barak Bakhar’s side before Omer Atzili pulled one back for Jordi Cruyff’s men in the 89th minute. And the Super Eagles invitee has taken to the social media to express his pleasure. “Great team spirit with good energy from the fans. I shake the net with a goal,” Nwakaeme captioned an Instagram post. Compatriot and teammate, John Ogu who had promised a return for the tie after picking an injury in last week’s Europa League encounter against FCSB was not dressed for the game....

3 Up Josh Donaldson, 3B, Athletics. Donaldson smacked a pair of home runs in a 10-1 win against the Astros for first-place Oakland. Donaldson is 6-for-16 this week and has increased his batting average to .289 after a slow start. CC Sabathia, SP, Yankees. CC normally struggles against Boston, but he delivered six innings of two-run ball and finished with eight strikeouts in a win Thursday. He’s won consecutive starts against Boston and Tampa Bay with 14 Ks in 13 innings in those outings....

3 Up Junior Lake, OF, Cubs. Lake finished 3-for-6 with six RBIs in a 17-5 blowout against the Cardinals. Lake hit a three-run homer in the second and a bases-clearing double in the ninth. Emilio Bonifacio earns honorable mention after scoring five runs in the win. Tim Lincecum, SP, Giants. Lincecum found his old form with 7.1 innings of one-run ball against the Braves. Lincecum allowed two hits and four walks with 11 Ks....

Maine lobster fisherman Blake Haass shared a video of an extra fish he caught in his fishing net on July 12, but unlike others, it had one extra feature—an in-built suction cup that lets it stick to surfaces. “A lot of the times in the summer we catch these lump fish that have these suction cups on the bottom side of them. If you stick them up to a flat surface, they can actually stick for quite a while,” he explained....

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the school hadn’t announced the extension. SDSU scheduled a news conference for 11:30 a.m. PST Wednesday regarding the future of the men’s basketball program. The school said the 69-year-old Fisher, in his 16th season at SDSU, and athletic director Jim Sterk will attend. Fisher is in the final year of a four-year contract extension. He has said he would be open to remaining beyond that deal, which includes a clause that his long-time assistant, Brian Dutcher, is the head-coach-in-waiting....

Steve Harris Jr., who lives in Sidney, Montana, brought his bowfishing gear to Yellowstone River in the east of the state on June 8 to look for paddlefish. He has caught at least one paddlefish every year for the past 30 years, according to the Montana Standard. The American paddlefish, which can grow up to 7 feet in length and weigh up to 400 pounds, is often described as primitive because it has inhabited North America since the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago, according to the U....

Finally now, at Villarreal, the 24-year-old, who has already passed through seven different sides in three different countries, seems to have found some sense of belonging at a club, as Monday’s 5-1 demolition of his friend Carlos Vela’s Real Sociedad highlighted. Dos Santos netted twice, set up two other goals and was the focal point of a masterful team display as Villarreal cemented itself as a genuine challenger for a Champions League spot next season....

Let’s wrap up our series with the NL West. MORE QUESTIONS: NL East | AL East | NL Central | AL Central | AL West Does anything in the regular-season matter for the Dodgers? Honestly, no. Regular-season results aren’t important. This team is going to make the playoffs, and its only goal is winning a World Series. They’d like to get Cody Bellinger figured out, of course. They don’t have to, though....

With new manager Erik ten Hag taking the reins for the first time, the Red Devils’ players will all have a clean slate to work their way into the Dutch coach’s plans. The Sporting News looks at five exciting Manchester United talents to be selected for their pre-season tour. MORE: Manchester United tour in Australia: Pre-season fixtures, squad, tickets for the games against Melbourne Victory, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace...