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Slow Justice: The Adam Anhang Murder Mystery
I've produced a lot of crime stories, but few have the sensational elements of what I called "A Father's Justice," reported and narrated by 16x9 chief correspondent Carolyn Jarvis.
At the heart of the story is Aurea Vazquez-Rijos--blonde, irresistible and relentless. And by all accounts, ruthless. While a fugitive in Italy, she was known as the "Vedova Nera"--the Black Widow. Now she is in prison in Puerto Rico, awaiting what is certain to be a headline-grabbing murder trial.
Aurea is accused of masterminding the murder of her husband, Canadian millionaire Adam Anhang, on the streets of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 2005. She's charged with promising a hitman $3 million to kill Anhang, fearing that an imminent divorce would leave her penniless.
After the murder, Aurea fled Puerto Rico and flew to Italy where she started another family. I spent several days in Florence, tracing her movements and meeting the Italian banker who was financing her defence.
Carolyn conducted interviews in Puerto Rico and in Winnipeg, where Abe Anhang, the victim's father, was determined that Aurea would be brought to justice. He tracked her every movement. However, it would take years, and the intervention of an Italian detective, Interpol and the FBI before she was arrested in Spain and extradited to face trial in San Juan.
That trial will soon unfold.
The Pain of Unexplained Loss: the Legacy of MH370
By Claude Adams
On the evening of March 7, 2014, Steve Wang turned on his smartphone and found a voice message from his mother, who was vacationing in Nepal. "I'll be landing in Beijing at around 6:30 tomorrow morning," she told him. "Please come and get me. And bring a coat. I don't have one with me."
Wang was tired, so he asked his father if he would pick her up. Then he went to bed.
He awoke the next morning to the sound of a key in the door. "They must be back," he said to himself. He looked at his phone. It was shortly after 8 a.m. Then he checked flight arrivals on his laptop. MH370, it said, had been delayed. "That's odd," he thought.
WATCH THE COMPLETE 16x9 STORY HERE"Something is wrong."
Wang got up and found his father sitting at the computer. "I think something happened," his father said. "I waited at the airport until 8:00, but there was no information so I came home."
"My brain suddenly went empty," Wang said in a recent interview with 16×9. "I never heard of such a thing. A plane going missing!" He spent the next few hours on his laptop, with a growing sense of dread. He found a special emergency support number on the Internet. "I called it dozens of times. But nobody answered."
Much the same thing was happening with hundreds of family members in Beijing and Kuala Lumpur—the Malaysian capital where Flight 370 had originated. A pattern of evasive or non-answers and sympathetic shrugs from officials was creating a panic among the next-of-kin who had gathered at the two airports. People were crying. Chain-smoking. Begging anyone in a uniform for news. "Everybody was helpless," Wang said. "It was chaos."
WATCH BELOW: American pilot Michael Exner of Boulder, Colorado, gave 16×9 access to a simulation of what would happen to a Boeing 777 jetliner in the event of a loss of fuel when flying at 35,000 feet. This scenario is what some experts believe may have been the final moments of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 as it flew over the South Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014.
That chaos, as he called it, has never completely gone away, at least, for the families. The aviation mystery of the ages is about to enter its second year—a mystery even more compelling than the disappearance of famed flier Amelia Earhart in the Pacific Ocean in 1937. The official search for Earhart lasted 17 days. The search for MH370 never really stopped. And there's no end in sight.
So what do we know? The last human communication from MH370 was a terse "Good night, Malaysia 370" at 1:19 a.m. local time on the morning of March 8. Then, a yawning silence. Someone switched off the plane's communications systems two minutes later as the Boeing 777 entered Vietnamese airspace. A satellite then traced its inexplicable flight south over the Indian Ocean. Presumably, after several hours, the fuel tanks emptied and the 200-ton aircraft—with one of the best safety records in the skies—plunged into the water.
To the anxious family members, like Steve Wang, and Sarah Bajc, who lost her partner Philip Wood, this scenario is all conjecture. The next-of-kin are all living in a world of "ambiguous loss," as psychologists call it. A world where nothing is certain and everything, however awful, is possible. Wang still clings to the infinitesimal possibility of a hijacking—his mother held hostage somewhere, waiting for rescue. Bajc thinks the plane may have followed a northern, rather than a southern route, with a landing on the Asian landmass. She talks darkly about a cover-up.
"There's no other explanation," she says, "for the behaviour of the investigation team and the government and how they've treated the families."
WATCH BELOW: Even after a year, Sarah Bajac rejects some of the more likely scenarios of what may have happened to the plane.
Wang rejects the widely-held idea that the pilot or co-pilot may have mounted a bizarre suicide mission. "I don't believe people could do such things," he says. "Why did he just keep flying for more than 8 hours, and fly into a place where people cannot be found? I don't believe it. It makes no sense."
But suicide flights by disturbed pilots are not unknown. Investigators say it's happened at least four times since 1997. The most serious one was Egypt Air Flight 990 in October, 1999. A U.S. National Transportation Safety Board investigation suggested that moments after the captain left the flight deck on takeoff from JFK Airport, a relief first officer sent the plane into a rapid descent and crashed. The reasons are unknown. All 217 aboard were killed. Egyptian authorities strongly disputed the suicide story.
For some victims of ambiguous loss, no possibility is too outlandish.
"When something terrible happens that you don't understand, your mind dwells on it until you come up with a solution," Toronto psychologist Jordan Peterson said. "A lot of the systems in our brains that are responsible for negative emotion . . . hold on to things we don't understand and then repeat them to other parts of the brain, which is what you feel as involuntary thinking—over and over again—until there's a solution generated."
So the families of the missing experience endless fear, endless grief and endless frustration. In their minds, to acknowledge that a loved one is dead might even seem a kind of betrayal.
WATCH BELOW: As a crash investigator for the US National Transportation Safety Board, Greg Feith spent years studying the causes and effects of airplane disasters. 16×9 spoke to him on the occasion of the anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Peterson's advice: "Narrow your timeframe. Don't be thinking what your life is going to be like six months down the road or three years down the road. Pay attention to today, tomorrow and next week . . . Make this day as good as you possibly can and then the next day as good as you possibly can and then over time you'll be able to stretch that out again."
Steve Wang, however, doesn't buy that prescription. He says he is ready to wait "for my whole life" for a resolution. And he believes his children, grandchildren and even his great-grandchildren will be looking for the truth, if they have to, making flight MH370 a mystery resonating through the generations.
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29 Jun 2016 03:23:36
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28 Jun 2016 13:55:50
Knicks need to trade O'Quinn Holiday for Rozier Mickey Yubesele
Noah 4yr 50 mil saves 10,11,13.5,15.5
Durant 4yr 94mil 23,25,27,29
Rose/ Galloway/ Rozier
Durant/ Thomas/ Baker
Melo/ Summer/ Early
Porzingis/ Mickey/ Yubesele
Noah/ Hernangomez/ Plumlee.
28 Jun 2016 14:43:47
23+25+27+29= 94?
durant leave knicks. Haha.
28 Jun 2016 15:17:36
urant will not sign with Knicks and he is not a sg. The trade is bad.
28 Jun 2016 16:18:11
I actually think Durant could play SG pretty easily. There's not a huge difference between SG and SF these days. The NBA has really gone to PG, wing, wing, big, big (some play 3 wings, but the point stands) . He'd be even more of a matchup nightmare if you're putting him on an even smaller guy than normal.
28 Jun 2016 16:32:38
Ben Miller
Or pg wing wing wing wing. Lol.
28 Jun 2016 04:21:51
If Knicks can sign Joakim Noah, lure Durant with max, and then use the exception for Jamal Crawford, and then use bird rights for guys like Galloway, Thomas, Seraphin, Amundson
Rose/ Galloway
Durant/ Crawford
Melo/ Thomas
Porzingis/ Seraphin/ Amundson
Noah/ OQuinn.
28 Jun 2016 05:01:15
Kd isn't going to pick new York over okc, gsw, San Antonio, Boston or even the clippers.
28 Jun 2016 15:56:38
Maybe he picks them over boston.
28 Jun 2016 01:28:20
LAC: Avery Bradley, Kelly Olynyk (perfect fit next to DJ), Amir Johnson
Celtics: Blake Griffin.
28 Jun 2016 05:10:40
Add a pick or something to clippers.
28 Jun 2016 05:15:24
The best player in this trade that the Clippers are getting will be playing off the bench. Clippers would want 2017 Brooklyn pick and at least another first. (Because no one really values Olynyk or Johnson, that includes the Celtics).
28 Jun 2016 08:42:41
This is not close to enough. if the clippers trade blake it's to land a superstar like kd. they aren't trading him to fill out the roster. even if so they would want a lot more picks and a lot more than 3 backups.
28 Jun 2016 13:33:32
Clippers can do better.
28 Jun 2016 16:46:31
The reason for this trade would be for the Clippers to clear out cap space to sign Durant and add to their bench so that they are a more appealing place than before. If they get a verbal commitment from Durant I can see the Clippers trading Griffin for at most 75 cents on the dollar.
27 Jun 2016 23:09:11
LA gets Crowder, Olynyk, Rozier/ D. Jackson, jerekbo and future first.
Boston gets Griffin
There are rumors that the clippers are looking to sign kd. With this trade they clear 5 or 10 million dollars depending on if they keep jerekbo. While also clearing money they get a good stretch 5 in olynyk, a good 3 and d forward, a backup point guard, and a future first. The clippers would then be able to offer kd the max and a team with and elite pass first point guard, a top 5 center, a really good coach and a team that now has much better depth than before. And after signing kd, the clips would still have 5 to 10 million to sign other free agents and then could go over the cap to resign Crawford, and possibly w. Johnson and rivers.
Cp3-rivers-rozier/ Jackson
I think Boston would be willing to give up that package for Blake. Boston gets its star, and if kd were to leave okc, the team put in place by that trade in LA would be hard to resist.
28 Jun 2016 01:00:29
No cap space kd.
28 Jun 2016 01:41:34
That would be a great team but it would be contingent on KD's approval first. If he said he'd 100% join if they made that deal (I think that would be as attractive a team as any as he has best pure pg in the league, arguably top center in the league (first all-team nba) and wouldn't have to compete with anyone for shots plus LA isn't a bad place to live although I don't think Durant has that personality) I think they definitely pull the trigger. I don't think this offer is attractive enough for them to do it first in an attempt to attract him since from a pure value perspective they are getting robbed by Boston especially when it isn't clearing up an awful amount of cap space. LA could do a similar deal with the Nuggets.
28 Jun 2016 02:11:49
Your dreaming.
28 Jun 2016 03:04:22
Clippers only trade griffin to the celtics if they get Crowder, Smart, Brooklyns 2017 and 2018 first round picks.
28 Jun 2016 03:10:36
I think leaves the Clips front line too short of talent. Crowder' snot a four, and Jerekbo and Olynyk are not aspiring either.
28 Jun 2016 05:06:19
@simmonsorbust I'm a suns fan, who is it lopsided for?
28 Jun 2016 14:02:53
I've said it before, but why do the clippers always look like they're
getting robbed on here? Is it me over valuing thier guys? Paul Jordan and Griffin are still stars in this league, and the best player they can get is Crowder?
28 Jun 2016 14:02:58
I've said it before, but why do the clippers always look like they're
getting robbed on here? Is it me over valuing thier guys? Paul Jordan and Griffin are still stars in this league, and the best player they can get is Crowder?
28 Jun 2016 14:05:07
. a package of Chriss/ bender and knight/ Bledsoe would be better then the Celtics offer above, and it still doesn't land a star like griffin imo.
27 Jun 2016 21:54:45
Clipper trade Griffen
New York Knicks trade melo n first round pick
What you guys think.
27 Jun 2016 22:39:11
No need to trade melo now, the knicks can actually have a decent roster this season.
27 Jun 2016 23:12:25
I can't believe I'm saying this cause in a vacuum if I were Knicks I'd take this deal in a second but when you factor in the Griffin's expiring contract, how he would fit in with players they already have and the talent available in free agency I would decline this trade if I were the Knicks. If Knicks aren't able to make any significant signings in free agency I'd consider it a little more.
28 Jun 2016 02:50:11
Celtics get Griffin
Clippers get Melo Olynyk Hunter Holiday
Knicks get Bradley Reddick Jerebko Diallo Mickey
Rose/ Galloway/ Baker
Bradley/ Reddick/ Dokoto
Durant/ Jerebko/ Summer
Diallo/ O'Quinn/ Mickey
Porzingis/ Hernangomez/ Plumlee
CP3/ Rivers/ Michenau
Johnson/ Hunter/ Holiday
Melo/ Pierce/ Wilcox
Olynyk/ B. Johnson/ Dawson
Jordan/ Stone/ Aldrich
Thomas/ Jackson/ Rozier
Smart/ Brown/ Holland
Crowder/ Young/ Nadar
Griffin/ Yubesele/ Bentil
Johnson/ Zeller/ Zizic.
28 Jun 2016 03:14:56
The one spot on the roster the Knicks are least likely to add a starting player to is PF. Zinger's not ready to play Center, and moving him to the bench for Griffin is a terrible idea.
If the deal included a third team like Boston, and the Knicks ended up getting back some better fitting assets (ie. Crowder or Bradley, Smart, pick (s) ), then it's a more likely scenario for the Knicks.
28 Jun 2016 13:35:14
Knicks are back in the lottery regardless. Unless they sign Durant or lebron of course. Or even derozen.
27 Jun 2016 04:45:14
Three Knicks signings that make them a more complete team:
The Knicks have approximately $33M to spend with Afflalo and Williams opting out. With only five players under contract now who have actually played in the NBA, swinging for a max level guy is likely to be a miss, and even if they land a max guy, they're going to be extremely thin.
Three guys that I like and fill needs while also fitting into the cap space are:
Joakim Noah - 3 year/ $48M
Allen Crabbe - 4 years/ $52M
Grevis Vasquez - 2 year/ MLE
Knicks would fill three much needed holes, pick up some shooting, and still have a few million to sign another bench player or two.
27 Jun 2016 10:16:07
NY should trade C Anthony for some young assets, But i think they're going to try to sign Noah.
I truly hope D Rose is going to be good again and can play +70 games the next years.
27 Jun 2016 10:18:58
Don't know if they'll be able to land Crabbe, but if they do, they will only have a couple to million to sign like 5 players. I think resigning Galloway and getting a guy like Gerald Henderson for half of what Crabbe would get would be a wiser move.
28 Jun 2016 00:09:45
Don't think Portland let's Crabbe walk especially at that price (he is a restricted free agent) . I agree they shouldn't likely go after a max guy and do smaller signing like this. I'd try and keep cap flexibility going into next summer where Rose's 20 mill comes off the books and there are plenty of great players that will be free agents.
Trading Melo wouldn't be a bad idea although I don't see them getting anything that is worth it.
27 Jun 2016 04:14:23
Smart, Olynyk, Johson and rights to Yabusele
ATL needs to start some sort of rebuild a starting 5 of Schroeder, Smart, Prince, Yabusele and Olynyk is a start
BOS Gets an all star in Milsap to pair with the signings of Horford and durant, ayeee, have a cap of around 105 million so 11 over but under luxury tax line.
27 Jun 2016 05:43:08
Stop Celtics fans, we're not rebuilding. Milsap isn't going anywhere and if he does it would be for another good player or all star, not your garbage. That's like The Hawks saying we would trade Muscala, Mike Scott, DeAndre Bembery for Isaiah Thomas. Do you get my point.
27 Jun 2016 10:19:24
I like Millsap going to Boston, but no way Atlanta accept this offer. They would want a draft pick, if they're going to rebuilt. But Boston shouldn't give a Nets pick for Millsap (to old), so this isn't going to happen.
27 Jun 2016 17:41:36
Really interested to see if Ainge can pull something, off without the pick from this year now. Not a lot of value on that roster after the top 3 or 4 guys. Can't see any high prices free agents (durant) going there either.
28 Jun 2016 00:13:36
Hawks may not be looking to rebuild now but with Horford and Bazemore potentially leaving this offseason and Millsap in the last year of his deal they may be looking at doing so in the near future. Hawks should want more for Millsap and don't see them dealing him before they see how free agency plays out.
26 Jun 2016 16:43:30
If Lebron opts in next yr, It is vital for Knicks to sign Wade 3yr 60mil 25, 20 and 15. That will seal Lebron in 2017 in NY 2017 2yr 45yr 25mil, 20mil. CP3 in 2018 2yr 40mil, 15, 25mil. Extension Porzingis 5yr 100 mil
Rose/ Cat Barber-pickup/ PaytonII-pickup
Wade/ Thomas/ Baker
Melo/ Early/ Antetokounmpo
Porzingis/ O'Quinn/ Aguste pickup
Noah/ Hernangomez/ Tarczewski-pickup
Vet min/ PaytonII/ Barber
Wade/ Antetokounmpo/ Baker
Melo/ Early/ Justin Jackson-1st
Lebron/ Aguste/ Marques Bolden-2nd
Porzingis/ Hernangomez/ Tarczewski
CP3/ PaytonII/ Barber
Wade/ Antetokounmpo/ Baker
Melo/ Early/ Jackson
Lebron/ Aguste/ Bolden
Porzingis/ Hernangomez/ Tarczewski.
26 Jun 2016 18:50:48
26 Jun 2016 19:51:34
Starting point guard is some random dude signed for the vet minimum. And this is champs? Riiiight.
26 Jun 2016 22:47:45
Pg is Lebron yeah he is random dude.
25 Jun 2016 20:26:54
Celtics get Demarcus Cousins
Kings get Marcus Smart, Kelly Olynyk, rights to Abdel Nadar, Boston 2017 1st, Brooklyn 2018 1st, and LA Clippers 2019 1st.
25 Jun 2016 21:05:52
Honestly. I think Boston missed their chance for A trade. The three pick had solid immediate value. Now that the pick is made. That value dropped. The next Brookyln pick is 2018 so that's a wait for sure.
I just think they messed up big time. No trade for that package at least.
25 Jun 2016 21:52:31
I think Kings will or should make a trade with their 5 centers and Cousins seems like the most likely out. So what is a good trade for him then?
25 Jun 2016 22:14:08
Boston has the right to swap their 2017 1st round with Brooklyn's which will more than likely happen.
26 Jun 2016 01:47:50
I agree with TreGib draft picks have significant more value than the player they are selected with since a team has the ability to get "their" guy so Boston missed a significant opportunity to land a big name by not making a trade before the draft. I think a trade now is less likely (I'm sure Celtics got offers or counter-offers but front office ultimately decided it was better to just keep the picks) but not impossible. I'm not positive if Boston deals their 2017 the Kings would still be able to swap it with Brooklyn. If this is the case it isn't a bad deal since 2017 and 2018 picks should both be high lottery selections and Kings aren't going anywhere soon with or without Cousins. If swap doesn't transfer then Boston would be foolish to deal their 2017 pick for anything.
26 Jun 2016 16:21:18
The swap is helpful for sure. But it's a more unknown then what the three pick was this year. Again too little to late. If you threw that pick in with the third pick this year you would of been able to get the deal done. No you have a back up. Great. Ainge missed out man. I'm disappointed.
25 Jun 2016 18:48:46
Rest of Knicks Offseason
Sign Joakim Noah for 4 years and $60 million
Sign Kent Bazemore for 4 years and $40 million
Sign Dion Waiters for 3 years and $18 million
Sign Timofey Mozgov for 2 years and $10 million
Sign Aaron Brooks for 1 year and $5 million
Sign Jared Dudley for 2 years and $14 million
Resign Langston Galloway for 2 years and $8 million
Resign Kevin Seraphin for 1 year and $2 million
Bring over Guillermo "Willy" Hernangomez for overseas
Head Coach: Jeff Hornacek
Starting Lineup
PG Rose
SG Bazemore
SF Melo
PF Porzingis
C Noah
PG Brooks
SG Waiters
SF Dudley
PF O'Quinn
C Mozgov
PG Galloway
PF Seraphin
C Hernangomez
What do you guys think?
25 Jun 2016 19:06:04
Bazemore and waiters will get more money.
25 Jun 2016 19:08:47
Bazemore will probably get more, and I'm not sure they have the cap space for all those moves.
25 Jun 2016 20:03:39
They have about 30 to 35 million in cap space, they can't afford all those players that add up to 50+ million.
25 Jun 2016 20:36:13
All but dudley.
25 Jun 2016 01:46:05
Knicks trade O'Quinn Holiday for Bentil Yubesele. Knicka clear cap space any 2 older superstar Howard and Wade ask for less to join forces 1yr guarenteed.
Rose/ Barber/ PaytonII
Wade/ Selden/ Baker
Melo/ Ellis/ Antetokounmpo
Porzingis/ Yubesele/ Bentil
Howard/ Hernangomez/ Tarczewski.
25 Jun 2016 02:08:13
why would Boston do this?
25 Jun 2016 03:53:31
Because oquinn should start for them.
25 Jun 2016 04:31:50
I would trade O'Quin Holiday for Bentil Yubesele every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Sorry: in the bag and Being a jerk.
25 Jun 2016 07:55:28
Don't see why Celtics would ever do this or why Knicks would want Wade at what his cost will be.
25 Jun 2016 14:56:49
Please no D12.
I understand the Knicks have moved into win now mode, but if they chase D-Wade and D12, they're just making the same mistakes they make every couple of years. A vet laden team that is a six seed and most likely two rounds at most, while having a pick this upcoming year that would now be in the early 20's instead of the lottery, and hurt Zingers growth. Look at the 50+ win season from a couple of years ago, having a crappy draft pick and becoming a lottery team without a pick the following year.
24 Jun 2016 18:07:07
Sign Durant for a year
Sign Howard to a contract nothing long term.
24 Jun 2016 18:14:48
Durant is never going to NY, he has a better team in OKC.
24 Jun 2016 18:44:55
24 Jun 2016 18:57:00
Maybe not NY, but he is no lock to stay in OKC. Durant could hook up w Boston or Washington, which gives him an easier path to a ring than staying in the West.
24 Jun 2016 19:11:37
I think people are misunderstanding who KD is as a person. He's not Lebron, willing to team hop in search of championships or really the least bit concerned with how the media perceives him or his legacy. He's a devout christian who sees his life thru that context much more than thru the lens of popular culture. He from What I hear really likes okc as a community, and enjoys the more low profile life he leads in it. Could he leave? Sure but don't think its some pressing need of his to chase glory. He's got a great team and great life where he is and does not care what you or I think about him.
24 Jun 2016 19:14:13
Dac-LeBron isn't the/ a easier path.
24 Jun 2016 19:35:29
Durant ain't staying in okc . hell leave this year or the next.
Singing with new York for a year ain't a bad thing if it doesn't workout he has more options next year.
24 Jun 2016 19:57:03
Was anyone else a little nauseated by the mount of pandoring to the whole kd to ny thing the announcers were doing last night? It was like they felt if they said it enough times it'd happen for realsies.
I will forsake the game of basketball forever if Kevin Durant signs with the ongoing dumpster fire on wheels that is the New York Knicks.
The liberty have a better chance of signing KD.
24 Jun 2016 22:52:12
@Simmons I agree, but seriously you can not say, at least now pending FA season that it is a not a harder road going through the West. There is still a chance KD stays in OKC but I'm just saying don't sleep on him going East. The only thing i know for sure which sucks for me is he won't be coming to NOLA.
25 Jun 2016 02:21:35
I don't see Durant leaving OKC this summer. They beat the Spurs and had the upperhand on Warriors so I see him giving it one more shot on a 1 year deal. He also will be able to see what Westbrook does next summer and could possibly stay with him if that's what he wants. I don't think NY will be high on the list of places to go but you never know.
24 Jun 2016 15:59:37
BOS get Demarcus Cousins
Sign Al Horford
Pg Thomas/ Rozier
Sg Brown/ Hunter
Sf Crowder/ Turner
Pf Horford/ Yabusele
Ce Cousins/ Olynyk
SAC get Marcus Smart, Avery Bradley, 2018 BKN 1st round pick, draft rights to Ante Zizic
Pg Smart/ Collison
Sg Bradley/ Mclemore
Sf Gay/ Casspi
Pf Wcs/ Papa
Ce Koufos/ Skal/ Zizic.
24 Jun 2016 16:14:27
Boston wouldn't have any shooting if we did that. Bradley is our best shooter right now. But I definitely think Cousins is going to demand a trade. I don't think anyone in that front office knows what they are doing.
24 Jun 2016 16:24:05
I was going to put Ryan Anderson instead of Horford for outside shooting but could be too expensive for his worth maybe make a deal with Nuggets to pry Gallinari? How about offer some future picks again? 2017 rights to swap with Nets and some unguaranteed contracts?
24 Jun 2016 16:40:22
Boston lost its opportunity to get a star via trade by holding onto 3. They'll have to sway someone via free agency now in my opinion.
24 Jun 2016 17:21:44
Lol, Boston Fans man. That trade's a steal and but there always there to overrate their assets. The best asset the C's have is Brad Stevens, makes some trades.
23 Jun 2016 15:54:26
Hornets gets: 2nd round pick 2017 (from Bulls)
Knicks gets: 22nd pick, Lamb.
23 Jun 2016 15:03:26
NO-MIL trade or NO-LAL trade NO-BOS trade
Pels get Monroe and 10th pick
Bucks get Asik and 6th pick
Pels get Russell
Lakers get Asik and 6th pick
Pels get Olynyk, Bradley, Johnson and 16th or 23rd pick
Celtics get Asik, Evans and 6th pick.
23 Jun 2016 15:10:08
Lakers say no. Hell no to asiks contract.
23 Jun 2016 15:50:39
I like Monroe going to NO
Moroe and Davis could be verry good.
23 Jun 2016 15:51:37
The Celtics one is the closest in my opinion.
23 Jun 2016 13:00:42
Knicks: B Griffin
Clippers: LM Aldridge+ Green
Spurs: Porzingis+ future 1rnd pick Knicks+ future 1rnd pick Clippers.
23 Jun 2016 15:04:17
Why would the spurs want to become a non contender rather then try to build around parker, Aldridge and leonard?
23 Jun 2016 15:20:55
I was looking for a LMA to LA trade
but i think Parker is done.
LMA is 31
OKC and Golden state are the better teams, so why not try a quick rebuilt and make some from LMA, when he has still some value.
Porzingis is going to be good and next year's draft is going to be deep.
so why not?
23 Jun 2016 18:25:59
Knicks pick wouldn't be until like 2019 at the earliest though I thought and the clips pick would be late first round.
23 Jun 2016 09:21:29
1) Boston-Memphis
Bost: M Gasol
Memphis: Olynyk+ return 1rnd pick Memphis+ future 2rnd pick
=> M Gasol is almost 32y, they're no playoff team if conley leaves. Memphis is a little overpaying, but now they can rebuilt.
2)Boston- Bulls
Bost: J Butler
Bulls: #3+ Crowder+ A Johnson
=> The Bulls traded D Rose, so i think they're ready to rebuilt. J Butler is a great two way player, but he isn't going to bring them to the finals. Next years draft has potential, so they can go tanking.
3) Boston-Denver
Bost: Farried
Denver: 1rnd pick Bost 17 (swap rights Nets)
=> Boston is overpaying, but they need a player that can rebound
4) sign K Durant
C: M Gasol
PF: Farried
SF: K Durant
Sg: J Butler
PG: I thomas
sixth: Bradley.
23 Jun 2016 11:15:46
The faried one is the closest if you were actually able to trade swap rights.
23 Jun 2016 12:07:53
The Bulls' situation is interesting.
Butler is signed for three more years, but he already seems to have an edge to him and it's hard to see him being the good soldier through a rebuild. Yet Chicago does not have any building blocks besides him.
On top of everything, Gasol and Noah can't wait to get out the door.
Today is a big day for the Bulls.
23 Jun 2016 15:21:15
Bulls say No. They need those nets picks which they can't even get the 2017 one so no way
23 Jun 2016 15:22:51
That Memphis trade is garbage. Gasol is worth way mike than that.
22 Jun 2016 21:19:28
New york knicks finaly get a pg
New york gets derrick rose
Chicago gets robin lopez, jerami grant, jose calderone.
22 Jun 2016 22:22:59
Jerian* Grant.
22 Jun 2016 22:51:11
Rose is not a mvp anymore so he will not give you a good starting C on a fine deal, a young player worth developing and a back up pg.
22 Jun 2016 22:53:01
Oh myit just happened. Bad move;)
22 Jun 2016 23:14:12
guess what he just did.
22 Jun 2016 23:28:08
Lol it just happened kubaki.
22 Jun 2016 21:14:46
Knicks' Rose trade is a daylight robbery. Rose will get act together and he will be scary good with Melo.


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"I believe abortion should be safe, legal and rare," said General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio, a Democrat who silenced the crowd of roughly 400 by sharing his personal story of dealing with an unplanned pregnancy while a high-school senior. "I was a teenage father."
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Ankh Mauta
WA Delegate: The Sublime Island Kingdom of Astrolinium (elected )
Founder: Nightkill the emperor
Embassies: The Apartment Block, Gatehouse by the P2TM, Mystria, Snazzy, Laissez Faireholm, Haven, Gay, Kotturheim, The Transgender Region, The Council of The Multiverse, The Embassy, North Carolina, Gay Equality, Atlantis, The Bar on the corner of every region, and Empire of the Trident.
Tags: F7er, Silly, Social, Casual, Neutral, Generalite, Surreal, Featured, Password, Snarky, P2TM, Medium, and 1 other.Founderless.
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Ankh Mauta contains 29 nations, the 462nd most in the world.
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96% For remain. Entirely and barbarically run over by... ???
NSG is saying UK paeaning to the People's Repression of China is better than Brussels. Do they know... the sheer corruption fermenting the entire Chinese society right now?
Corruption is everywhere, there're places which are much worse to live in than China.
Yes, but there are many areas in which China could improve. It's by no means the worst place to live, but it's far from the best (unless you're connected to the Party and agree wholeheartedly with their policies).
True. But said can be the same for other countries who are not so prosperous as China. There're also many areas in other countries which could improve.
But good improvements doesn't always happen overnight like a miracle, applying things into practice isn't easy.
Provincial England should be independent instead. Let the working masses free themselves from Londonian and Scottish tyranny. Hell, they can take Wales with them! :}
Nay, let each county be sovereign! Frēodōm þæm folcum! Lībertās populīs!
(Disclaimer: My Old English is horrible and my Latin is rusty.)
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The Scots clearly want to be in the EU so bad, let them feck off an' do it then.


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Next month's UFC on FOX 20 co-headliner has been officially scrapped.
After the recent scratch of light heavyweight Anthony Johnson (21-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC), the promotion has pulled fellow ex-title challenger Glover Teixeira (25-4 MMA, 8-2 UFC) from the card.
The UFC initially sought a replacement opponent for the Brazilian slugger, but now seeks to rebook the fight at a later date, the promotion today announced. It was also revealed Johnson was removed "to tend to a serious family matter."
UFC on FOX 20 takes place July 23 at Chicago's United Center. The card airs on FOX following early prelims on UFC Fight Pass, though the bout order hasn't been finalized.
With the removal of Johnson vs. Teixeira, who are respectively No. 3 and No. 5 in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light-heavyweight rankings, a lightweight bout between Edson Barboza (17-4 MMA, 11-4 UFC) and former title challenger Gilbert Melendez (22-5 MMA, 1-3 UFC) now co-hadlines the show.
When it's rebooked, Teixeira and Johnson's bout still carries title implications. Since falling short to Daniel Cormier in a fight for the vacant belt at UFC 187, Johnson has gotten back to his concussive ways, stopping Jimi Manuwa and Ryan Bader in consecutive appearances. Teixeira, meanwhile, has won three straight with a 3-1 record since his loss to former undisputed and current interim champ Jon Jones.
When Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) and Cormier (17-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) meet in a title-unifier at July 9's banner UFC 200 event, the winner is likely to face the winner of Teixeira vs. Johnson.
The latest UFC on FOX 20 card now includes:
- Holly Holm vs. Valentina Shevchenko
- Edson Barboza vs. Gilbert Melendez
- James Moontasri vs. Alex Oliveira
- George Sullivan vs. Hector Urbina
- Luis Henrique vs. Dmitry Smolyakov
- Kailin Curran vs. Felice Herrig
- Bojan Mihajlovic vs. Francis Ngannou
- Frankie Saenz vs. Eddie Wineland
- Darren Elkins vs. Godofredo Pepey
- Tony Martin vs. Michel Prazeres
- Jim Alers vs. Jason Knight
- Kamaru Usman vs. Alexander Yakovlev
For more on UFC on FOX 20, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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Although no announcements have been officially made, it appears that the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will soon have new owners.
According to Jeremy Botter and FloCombat.com, the UFC has accepted a bid in the amount of $4.2 billion to be sold to the ownership group of WME-IMG, the Dalian Wanda Group, The Kraft Group and Tencent Holdings. The sale is not yet reportedly complete, but the bid has reportedly been accepted.
While this isn't official, the belief is that the announcement will be held off until after the landmark UFC 200 event on July 9th, as to avoid taking any attention away from what is expected to be one of their biggest events in company history, if not the single biggest one-night event ever.
China Media Capital was also in the running, but their bid was said to be short of what the UFC was looking for in the deal.
Additionally, the Flo Combat article states that in 2015, the UFC's television partner, FOX, made an offer to buy the promotion. The deal was turned down by the UFC, however, when the offer from FOX came in way under what they were looking for.
The belief is that the majority of the money to broker the deal is being put up by DWG and Tencent Holdings. WMG-IMG and The Kraft Group, however, would serve as the public faces of the group, especially in the North American market.
As noted in our previous report regarding the rumors of a UFC sale, the new owners do intend to keep current UFC President Dana White on in a significant role. White currently owns approximately nine percent of the UFC and his shares will be put up as part of the sale, however the belief is he will be offered a certain amount of shares from the new owners as part of a new deal to keep him aboard.
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This Week In MMA Biz: Dana White's UFC Future, Donald Cerrone's Payout Predicament And More
The MMA Biz story of the week was, without a doubt, the sudden impending sale of the UFC. Rumors of the organization's ownership changing hands had been floating around for months, but it wasn't until a few days ago that the sale went from a …
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Brazilian MMA Athletic Commission Director Cristiano Sampaio indicated that future Ultimate Fighting Championship events in Brazil will follow the new weigh-in protocols — fighters will weigh in 30 hours before the event — that were adopted for UFC 199 in Los Angles and UFC Fight Night "MacDonald vs. Thompson" in Ottawa, Ontario.
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With Ali Act, a long battle for MMA's future is just beginning
Shortly after announcing his intention to introduce a bill that would expand the powers of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to the sport of MMA, Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin found himself sitting in his office having a conversation with a …
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Shortly after announcing his intention to introduce a bill that would expand the powers of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act to the sport of MMA, Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin found himself sitting in his office having a conversation with a UFC executive who insisted that there was no such thing as a UFC championship.
"He actually said that to me," Mullin told MMAjunkie. "He said, 'We don't have them fight for a championship belt. We bestow an award on an individual for the best fighter that night.' I said, 'See, this is exactly why we need this.'"
The executive in this case was UFC COO Lawrence Epstein, who met with Mullin in April to argue against the Muhammad Ali Expansion Act that Mullin has since put forth with support from the bill's co-sponsor, Democratic congressman Joseph Kennedy III of Massachusetts.
The bill currently waits in committee, where it was referred after Mullin introduced it in May. If passed, it would add MMA and kickboxing to the sports covered under the Ali Act. It would also force major changes upon promoters like the UFC, some of which might profoundly alter the way the UFC does business.
That, according to Mullin, is part of the goal. As a former fighter himself, the 38-year-old Republican lawmaker describes himself as passionate about the sport, while at the same time fearing for its future.
"The fighters today are phenomenal athletes, while we were more brawlers," Mullin said. "It's become a professional sport. But would I encourage my kids to try and make it? Would I encourage my kids to go into it? Is it a sustainable career? I mean, for the top one percent, is it even sustainable for them? And the answer is no. No it is not."
As for whether the Ali Act will change that, and how, that remains a difficult question to answer. According to Erik Magraken, an attorney who writes about legal issues in combat sports on his site CombatSportsLaw.com, changes as a result of the bill could be far-reaching and dramatic.
"The Muhammad Ali Expansion Act will turn the current business model on its head for many promoters," Magraken wrote in an email to MMAjunkie. "This will not be limited to the UFC, but also other professional MMA promoters such as Bellator MMA and WSOF, not to mention smaller regional promoters. Additionally this will impact other combat sports promoters such as GLORY and Lion Fight Promotions, Bellator Kickboxing and even professional grappling promoters."
Some aspects of the bill would have little to no impact on most MMA fighters and promoters. The original Ali Act contains provisions, for example, requiring judges and referees to be sanctioned by state commissions, already standard practice in most MMA organizations.
But other elements would come as a major shock to the MMA world. For instance, the Ali Act requires promoters to disclose their contracts to athletic commissions. It also requires them to disclose to the fighter all the revenue promoters are contracted to receive from that fighter's bout.
In a sport where fighters and their managers have often complained about a lack of financial transparency on the part of promoters like the UFC, freeing up the flow of that information could have a major impact.
The Ali Act also places limits on the terms of "coercive" contracts, prevents promoters from also acting as managers for the fighters they promote, and calls for the establishment of an independent body to rank fighters and award titles.
This last element seems particularly important to Mullin, who cited the UFC's "manipulation" of its own fighter rankings as one of the problems the bill would address.
"The way it works right now, if you get a UFC contract, it's a take-it-or-leave-it mentality," Mullin said. "The UFC controls the rankings system. You control the rankings system, you control the fighters. Because the only way you're going to fight at the top level is if you get ranked by them. This language specifically says that a third party will have the jurisdiction to have a true rankings system. Then if you're fighting for a championship belt, you'll know it's because you deserve it, not because the guy above you wouldn't sign a contract slanted toward the organization and not the fighter."
But according to the UFC, which recently engaged to lobbyists to work against the Ali Expansion Act on Capitol Hill, here is where the bill drifts into dangerous territory.
In a statement emailed to MMAjunkie, UFC COO Epstein described this as a provision that "would empower the federal government to play matchmaker" while hindering the ability of individual states to regulate the sport themselves.
"We believed, and continue to believe, that regulation is pivotal to the legitimacy and continued growth of MMA by providing it with the respect and structure needed to make it part of the permanent sports landscape," Epstein wrote as part of a longer statement. "As such, we don't oppose thoughtful federal regulation if it's going to improve the health and safety of MMA athletes and strengthen the sport. The Mullin bill does neither."
According to Mullin, the UFC's focus on fighter health and safety is a smokescreen. The Ali Act, both in this updated version and its original form, focuses primarily on the relationship between fighters and promoters, mostly relying on the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996 to govern issues of health and safety.
The UFC wants to center the conversation on health and safety, Mullin said, in order to avoid substantial changes to its business model.
"This isn't to attack the UFC," Mullin said. "This isn't to go after or bring down an organization that spent a lot of time and money and effort to build this sport that was fixing to die. I commend them for doing that. What this is about is protecting the fighters and making sure the sport is sustainable for the future."
So far it has enthusiastic support from Rob Maysey, the Arizona real estate lawyer who has been involved in the push for an MMA fighters association for at least a decade. On Monday Maysey sent out a letter signed by dozens of current and former fighters, including former UFC champions like Pat Miletich and Randy Couture, expressing "unwavering support" for the Ali Act.
According to Maysey, the reason critics of the Ali Act see it as something that applies better to boxing than it does to MMA is because of existing differences in how the two sports operate – some of the exact differences that the Ali Act would seek to address, he said.
"The difference between MMA and boxing is that one is operated as a sport, and that's boxing," Maysey told MMAjunkie. "The other is operated just like (World Wrestling Entertainment). The only distinction is, the bout results aren't predetermined. That's it. It's still the same business model."
The provision establishing an independent rankings body is especially important to reforming MMA, Maysey said, in part because of the way the UFC has used its own rankings system in the past. He pointed to instances involving UFC fighters Nate Diaz and Mark Munoz, both of whom were dropped from the UFC rankings during contract disputes.
With an independent rankings system, Maysey said, the ranking a fighter earns would stay with that fighter, regardless of which promoter he signs with or how that promoter feels about him from one week to the next.
"The Ali Act doesn't create protection," Maysey said. "Let's not kid ourselves; nothing will. But what it does do, without question, is it returns some leverage to the fighters. As of right now, the promoter controls things almost entirely. If I can control who you fight, if you fight, and whether you ascend the ranks or not, you'll sign whatever I tell you to. You have to. If you don't sign, I just don't promote you."
But since becoming law in 2000, the Ali Act hasn't exactly been a cure-all for boxing. Fighters in that sport still find themselves complaining about being stuck in long-term contracts. Many have expressed dissatisfaction with the rankings system, and several have complained about a lack of enforcement, particularly when it comes to financial disclosures, which some boxers have argued are incomplete and too reliant on self-reporting on the part of the promoter.
A significant difference is that, in boxing, fighters have a framework for legal action. Since the Ali Act at least sets forth a clear series of rules and expectations, fighters can bring the matter to court – and several have – when they feel those rules have been violated.
But just as in the few MMA contract disputes that have resulted in legal action, boxers are often reluctant to spend the primes of their careers awaiting a legal resolution. Time is often on a promoter's side once the matter reaches the courts.
Still, according to Mullin, at least the Ali Act gives fighters an outline for what constitutes exploitative, coercive and illegal action on the part of a promoter. It gives them the grounds to bring the lawsuit in the first place. Mullin also hopes it might force the UFC's hand on certain issues, such as what he sees as the misclassification of UFC fighters as independent contractors rather than employees.
Most of all, Mullin said, it will grant some measure of protection for a group of fighters who currently enjoys very little, which is why he suspects the UFC has "a whole bunch of (lobbyists)" in Washington D.C. to combat it.
"They don't want to change it because it's perfect for them right now," Mullin said. "But is it perfect for the fighters? And I realize there's not going to be any one solution that's perfect for everybody, but can we improve where we're at today? I think we can."
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Former West Indies cricketers knighted
ST.JOHN'S, Antigua, CMC- Former West Indies fast bowlers Andy Roberts and Curtly Ambrose and former Windies captain and batsman Richie Richardson were knighted during the first One-Day International (ODI) between West Indies and England in Antigua yesterday.
Roberts, Ambrose and Richardson, regarded as cricket legends, received their knighthood at a ceremony during the lunch interval of the game at the Sir Vivian Richards stadium.
Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack presented the three cricketers with their knighthood in a ceremony also attended by Prime Minister Baldwen Spencer.
"I am so proud to be in a position to honour some of the best players our island has produced," declared Prime Minister Spencer.
"Andy Roberts and Curtly Ambrose both taught the world how rapid fast bowling could really be, and Richie Richardson showed both leadership as Windies captain and great skill with the bat. Nobody can question his excellent record of wins or the 16 test centuries he achieved during his career".
Roberts, the first Antiguan and Barbudan to represent the West Indies, made his debut against England in March of 1974.
The bowler was part of the "quartet" of West Indian fast bowlers from the mid-seventies to the early eighties that had a devastating effect on opposition batsmen at both Test and One Day International levels.
Prime Minister Spencer paid tribute to the former players especially Richardson.
"The tenacity he(Richardson) demonstrated in scoring 194 against India in 1989 to help the Windies to a draw, when other great batsmen were struggling, shows the resilience that great cricketers have always demonstrated, and the gratitude owed to these great men by the people of our country and the region transcends political divides." Said Prime Minister Spencer.
"We can all agree that these men have earned this honour in fine style, and players like these show the West Indies and the world how much talent our country has to offer".
Former West Indies captain and middle order batsman, Sir Viv Richards, arguably the finest batsman of his generation was knighted by the Antiguan government in 1999.
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