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The Briton who remains in demand in NBA at 74

​ByMark Woods. BBC Sport. Alex McKechnie chuckles at the leap of faith he took when he packed up almost all his belongings in Glasgow and booked a one-way flight to Vancouver, Canada on 7 September 1974.. “I had $300 in my pocket,” he recounts. “And no job.”. At that point it might have been hard for the newly qualified physiotherapist to imagine he would one day be telling basketball great Shaquille O’Neal – with his full entourage in tow – to wait his turn to see him.. Or that an idea he had when looking at a children’s playground would spark a novel way to improve recovery from knee injuries.. His pioneering methods would make him one of sport’s most sought-after physios and even earn him a small slice of British sporting history as the only Briton to win an NBA championship ring as either a player or member of the sideline staff.. He has now won six, and at the age of 74 the man credited with bringing players back from career-threatening injuries is still very much in demand.. Image source, Getty Images. Darting with a football in his youth around the mean Scottish streets of Easterhouse – at the time the centre of Glasgow’s notorious ganglands – McKechnie dreamed of playing for Rangers.. But a car crash that injured his father and brother provided his introduction to a different career path.. Watching them recover steadily fascinated a young McKechnie. It persuaded him to study physiotherapy at a technical college in Leeds before heading to North America in search of a job.. Within a week he secured a temporary role at a hospital, and within a month he was working at a university with athletes from many sports. It sparked a fascination with an area of sports science that was under-researched – anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries.. When he first started practising there was no surgery that offered a certain cure.. “It was basically an ACL tear, and your career was basically over,” says McKechnie.. Working with athletes, he started to notice a link between cruciate injuries, core strength and pelvic control, and so devised a rehabilitation process based on this.. He got his patients to wear elastic bands – which simulated resistance – while doing a series of exercises that would strengthen their core.. This approach is now common, but back then it was innovative.. Image source, Getty Images. His next Eureka moment came while walking his dog through a park in which children were rocking on spring-mounted horses.. It sowed the seed for the idea of a wobble board which could heighten core strength through muscle movement, training the body to learn healthy patterns which promote overall stability.. The first prototype was “built with a large engineering spring” and Reebok subsequently licensed the idea in 1999, turning it into a mass-market product sold worldwide.. Word was already spreading about the physio who was piloting new approaches and saving careers.. In 1997, when LA Lakers star O’Neal, then the most dominant centre in the NBA, sus  

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Teen takeover spirals into chaos—gunfire reported as police rush in day after leaders call for calm

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. A chaotic “teen takeover” in downtown Detroit unfolded Saturday, just one day after city leaders and youth organizers publicly called for safer spaces for teens — highlighting growing concerns about a nationwide trend of youth mayhem.. Videos circulating on social media show dozens of teens flooding downtown streets, with crowds running through the area and prompting a police response.. Authorities told FOX 2 Detroit that a gun was fired during the chaos, though no injuries were reported.. Police also detained multiple teens as they worked to regain control, with some individuals placed on buses due to the situation.. VIDEO SHOWS LATEST LOS ANGELES STREET TAKEOVER AS MOB WREAKS HAVOC, VANDALIZES OCCUPIED CITY BUS. The mob scene was reportedly organized on social media, part of a growing trend known as “teen takeovers,” where groups of young people coordinate meetups in public spaces.. Similar incidents have been reported in cities including Atlanta, Chicago and Washington, D.C., raising concerns among law enforcement and city leaders about safety and supervision.. As cities grapple with how to respond to these gatherings, community groups have offered a different perspective.. VIDEO SHOWS TEENS TAKE OVER CHICAGO STREETS AS MAYOR WARNS OF ‘TRENDS’ THAT CAN TURN ‘DEADLY’. Ceasefire Detroit has previously urged calm around similar gatherings, emphasizing that most teens are not involved in violence. In a past statement about “teen takeovers,” the group said that while large crowds may appear chaotic, only a small number of individuals are typically responsible for disruptions.. “From the sidewalk, it looked like chaos… but… it was only about 40 kids actually causing trouble,” the group said, adding that “most of these kids aren’t out there to do wrong; they are out there trying to be seen.”. Ceasefire Detroit has also stressed that prevention efforts should focus on engagement, saying “safety isn’t just about patrols, it’s about connection.”. VIOLENT DC TEEN TAKEOVER IN UPSCALE NEIGHBORHOOD ESCALATES TO GUNFIRE. Still, the events in Detroit have raised concerns about how quickly these gatherings can escalate.. The incident came one day after Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield stood alongside teen organizers during a Friday news conference, emphasizing the need for more spaces where young people can gather safely.. “Last week we all saw what has been called as teen takeovers happen not only in Detroit, but around the nation,” Sheffield said. “What is happening here in our city is something different… something powerful.”. She said many teens are simply looking for places where they feel welcome.. GOT A TIP?. “They want to be a part of a city and a place downtown where they feel welcome. Because Detroit and downtown is for everyone,” Sheffield said, adding that “enforcement alone is not the answer.”. Teen organizers echoed that message, saying the goal was not to cause harm.. FOLLOW US ON X.  

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JD Vance says the ball is ‘in Iran’s court’ on potential agreement and more top headlines

​NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!. Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …. TOP 3. 1. JD Vance says the ball is ‘in Iran’s court’ after Pakistan peace talks stall. 2. Fresh Iran-US talks could happen Thursday before ceasefire expires. 3. Reps Swalwell, Gonzales announce resignations from Congress. MAJOR HEADLINES. STEPPING DOWN — Biden DOJ weaponized FACE Act against pro-life Americans, 882-report alleges.Continue reading …. CAUGHT ON CAMERA — Savanah Hernandez shoved to concrete by Minneapolis protesters in violent scene. Continue reading …. STREETS OVERTAKEN — Waterfront overrun by massive crowd as viral takeover pattern worsens.Continue reading …. COPYCAT RISK — Molotov cocktail attack on Sam Altman’s home sparks fears of similar strikes against tech executives.Continue reading …. WAVES OF DOUBT — EXCLUSIVE: Photos capture missing American’s husband in first sighting since lockup. Continue reading …. –. POLITICS. RED FLAGS — Far-left Senate hopeful’s radical ties to ‘Maduro cronies’ could torpedo campaign.Continue reading …. THIN MARGINS — Johnson gets reinforcements as GOP swears in new member.Continue reading …. DIPLOMATIC GAMBIT — Macron under fire over Iran, Hezbollah actions as Trump admin brokers historic talks with Israel, Lebanon.Continue reading …. GILDED AMBITIONS — Appeals court lets Trump keep building $400M White House ballroom for now.Continue reading …. Click here for more cartoons…. MEDIA. SECOND FIDDLE — Biden ‘had to choose’ Harris for VP but ‘wanted it to be’ Gretchen Whitmer: report. Continue reading …. CANDID CONFESSION — NYT columnist ‘torn’ about rooting for Iranian regime’s downfall since it would give a win to Trump, Netanyahu.Continue reading …. HOLY STANDOFF — President doubles down on feud with Catholic Church over nuclear Iran stance.Continue reading …. HAT IN THE RING — ‘The View’ host unsure if president is right position for Kamala Harris as she weighs run. Continue reading …. OPINION. HUGH HEWITT — Morning Glory: The US-Iran negotiations in Islamabad became Reykjavík 2.0. Continue reading …. LIZ PEEK — Do Democrats hate President Trump more then they love America? Continue reading …. –. IN OTHER NEWS. SILENT STIGMA — Common blood-related condition is ‘strong marker’ for cancer, research reveals. Continue reading …. BACKGROUND RISKS — Researchers uncover overlooked side effects tied to weight-loss shots. Continue reading …. AMERICAN CULTURE QUIZ — Test yourself on presidential proposals and astronaut appetites. Take the quiz here …. DUGOUT DANGER — Grand slam redemption follows terrifying moment when batter nails his own boss. Continue reading …. TASTY TREAT — Cancer doctor recalls first taste of “miracle fruit” to help patients. See video …. WATCH. TOM HOMAN — The Left doesn’t want to hear the truth. See video …. R  

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Molotov cocktail attack on Sam Altman’s home sparks fears of copycat strikes against tech executives

​An early-morning Molotov cocktail attack on Sam Altman’s San Francisco home has signaled a volatile new era of anti-tech extremism, sparking fears among federal authorities that it could trigger a wave of copycat strikes against high-profile executives.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced on Monday that her office would aggressively pursue charges against Daniel Moreno-Gama, citing a dangerous escalation in the debate surrounding artificial intelligence. “My office will prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law,” Jenkins said. “This should also be a moment where our nation reflects on the often incendiary rhetoric that is being used in discussions about artificial intelligence and its future impacts on our society.” While the investigation continues, Jenkins stressed that ideological disagreements do not justify physical harm.

“In no way should we be at the point where a man could have lost his life over differences of opinion and concerns,” she added. “We must, as I’ve said before, turn down the temperature of our discussions and engage in healthy dialogue.” The use of incendiary weapons marks an escalation in the severity of the crime, according to Josh Schirard, the law enforcement director for Byrna and a former Galveston County police captain. “While an unprovoked attack on any person is a serious criminal offense, the use of explosive and incendiary devices puts it into a whole new category,” Schirard said. He noted that under federal law, mere possession of such a device is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, and when those devices are deployed, the consequences become even more severe. “In a case like this, where an explosive device was deployed in an apparent attempt to target an individual, sentencing exposure could reach decades,” he added.

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Craig Missakian warned that the investigation could expand to include a domestic terrorism charge if a political motive is established. “We are at the beginning of this investigation, but if the evidence shows that Moreno Gama acted to change public policy or to coerce government or other officials, we will treat this as an act of domestic terrorism,” Missakian said.

Two arrests were reported in connection with a possible shooting near OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home. On Monday, federal authorities raided the Texas home of Moreno-Gama, the 20-year-old suspect accused of carrying out the attack at Altman’s San Francisco residence, with authorities conducting a search in Spring, Texas. Investigators continue pursuing leads as the case develops.  

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How Champions League could decide £100m Alvarez’s future

​By. Guillem Balague. BBC Sport Columnist. 26 minutes ago. 9 Comments. Julian Alvarez’s phone kept ringing, every day.. It was Rodrigo de Paul, then Antoine Griezmann, then Giuliano Simeone, the Atletico Madrid’s manager’s son.. And behind every call, pulling the strings, was Diego Simeone himself, firing messages into Alvarez’s phone during the Copa America and the Paris Olympics of the summer of 2024.. In the end, the World Cup-winning Argentina striker, who had just clinched the Premier League with Manchester City, had to beg for it to stop.. “Tell your dad to stop calling,” Alvarez finally told Giuliano. He was coming, so could they all back off?. The story shows the first time Alvarez encountered the intensity of Diego Simeone, and also why he chose Atletico Madrid over Paris St-Germain, who were reportedly offering up to £8.7m a season in wages.. Image source, Getty Images. ‘The Little Spider’. Alvarez grew up in Calchin, a town of 3,000 people in the province of Cordoba, Argentina.. His brother Rafael started calling him ‘La Aranita’ – the Little Spider. When he played on the neighbourhood pitch, 50 metres from his front door, no-one could get the ball off him. He seemed to have too many legs.. Opponents from other villages would show up asking: “Is La Aranita playing today?” The name stuck and his teachers were the only people who ever called him Julian.. Aged 11, he impressed in a trial with Real Madrid, but returned home anyway, a decision he calls one of the most formative of his life.. At 15, a River Plate scout named Juanjo Borrelli needed only one training session to decide that this kid from a tiny Cordoban town had to come to Buenos Aires. Borrelli told him he would start on the bench but he did not stay there for long.. River Plate made Alvarez. In one extraordinary Copa Libertadores performance against Alianza Lima, he scored six goals in a 8-1 win, which announced him to the world.. Playing for one of South America’s giants, where winning every game is an obligation, forged the competitive instinct that now defines him. “Once you’re at River,” he said, “you can never lose a game without it hurting you.”. From River Plate, he went to Manchester City in January 2022. There he won the Champions League in his debut season, becoming part of Pep Guardiola’s machine and thriving within it. He was 23. It was all happening very fast. Then came the calls.. Image source, Getty Images. ‘The chance to be my best’. What Atletico manager Simeone sold him was a football project that had the striker at the centre of it. Alvarez wanted to feel wanted.. “He told me I could give the club something huge,” he recalls. “That I’d have the space and the opportunity to be my best version.”. The Argentines already at the club helped too – De Paul, Griezmann’s warmth, the Spanish language, a culture that felt closer to home than Paris or Manchester ever could.. In August 2024, Atletico Madrid confirmed the deal – 95m euros (£81.5m), a club record receive  

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Why Verstappen is ‘keystone’ to driver market – F1 Q&A

​Image source, Reuters. 59 minutes ago. 19 Comments. It’s just over two weeks until the 2026 Formula 1 season resumes with the Miami Grand Prix, following the cancellations of the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.. BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions.. Of the drivers, whose contracts are up this year and who has something to prove? – Christopher. This is a really tricky question to answer because Formula 1 teams have become increasingly secretive about the lengths of their driver contracts in recent years.. However, some things are known for certain.. The big one is Max Verstappen. He’s the keystone of the driver market because he is regarded by everyone as the best out there.. The four-time champion has a contract with Red Bull that runs until 2028. However, it has performance clauses in it, which mean he is free to leave the team if he is not in a certain position in the championship by a certain point of the season.. The way Red Bull are performing at the moment, there is absolutely no chance that Verstappen will be high enough in the championship to lock him in by the summer break unless they have a massive turnaround in form.. So, we can assume that Verstappen is a free agent this summer if he wants to be.. The questions then would be: a) does he want to leave Red Bull; b) does he want to go to another F1 team and if so which one; and c) might he leave F1 and go and race elsewhere? In Japan, he confirmed he was considering the last option.. If he wants to stay in F1, the obvious destination would be Mercedes. Team principal Toto Wolff has been courting Verstappen pretty openly for the past two years.. However, both George Russell and Kimi Antonelli are said to have contracts that lock them in at Mercedes beyond the end of this year.. Wolff said in an interview with Austria’s OE24 last month: “We have two drivers with whom we have long-term, multi-year contracts. I couldn’t be happier with both of them.. “Both are delivering top performances, so there’s absolutely no reason to even consider a line-up change, or other drivers. I say this with the utmost respect for Max.”. Of course, in F1 no contract is completely concrete, there is always room for manoeuvre. But on the face of it, that does suggest the door at Mercedes is shut for Verstappen for now.. McLaren might also be appealing to Verstappen, especially with his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase heading there.. Both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are under contract at least until the end of 2027, according to the team. And McLaren Racing chief executive officer Zak Brown has said on a number of occasions that he believes they have the best driver line-up in F1.. It’s also hard to see how Verstappen would fit in with McLaren’s racing philosophy and the way they operated with their drivers in the championship fight last year.. The other leading team is Ferrari. BBC Sport’s sources say that Lewis Hamilton signed a firm three-year deal when he joined the team for  

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