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The Los Angeles Clippers once again failed in their pursuit of a championship last year, as the team got the 5-seed in the Western Conference and fell in five games to the Phoenix Suns in the first round. The team didn’t decide to make any major moves in the immediate aftermath, as head coach Ty Lue will return next season, but as it turns out, there might be some interest in a gigantic shake-up on the team’s roster.

According to Marc Stein, the Clippers are making some calls around the league that, at the bare minimum, have made clear that they’re interested in gauging what they could get back in a Paul George trade.

League sources tell The Stein Line that the LA Clippers have left various rival teams with the impression through their Draft Week conversations that they are, at a minimum, attempting to gauge Paul George’s trade value and, to hear some describe it, giving real consideration to the idea of disassembling the Kawhi Leonard/George tandem.

It would be a gigantic move for Los Angeles, which is under some pressure with the pairing of Leonard and George due to both players having the option to hit unrestricted free agency next summer. Per Stein, if George is truly available, two teams high up in the lottery “have been identified as potential trade partners”: The Portland Trail Blazers, which have the No. 3 pick on Thursday night and have been mentioned as a team to watch in the lead-up to the draft, and the Houston Rockets, which pick fourth and have been in the midst of a lengthy pursuit of James Harden as an unrestricted free agent.

Late in the fourth quarter of Tuesday’s game between the Dallas Wings and Atlanta Dream, with Dallas leading by double-digits, star guard Arike Ogunbowale received a double technical and was ejected. As Ogunbowale headed toward the locker room, the crowd gave her a raucous standing ovation and she reveled in it, encouraging fans to get as loud as possible. Just before she disappeared into the tunnel, she stopped and signed an autograph as well. Her technical fouls were two of 10 total doled out during Wings-Dream.

Ogunbowale completely owned the moment. She held a spectacle, played off the crowd perfectly, soaked it in and punctuated the entire sequence with an autograph. If you’re going to be ejected in the waning minutes of a rout, that’s how you do it. Ogunbowale aced it. I need more athletes to follow suit. Can we get players to ink an entire line of autographs for fans? How far can things be stretched? I want to test the utmost boundaries here. Let’s get weird.

Alongside Natasha Howard’s game-high 23 points, Ogunbowale notched 21 points, three boards and two assists, helping power Dallas to an 85-73 win for its sixth victory of the year. Ogunbowale entered Tuesday’s contest averaging a career-high 23.5 points, 4.3 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.6 steals in 11 appearances this season.

To many, including even far right commentators, Donald Trump’s new, two-part Fox News interview was an unmitigated disaster. During its lowest point, the former president, while addressing the case brought against him over his alleged mishandling of classified government documents, basically confessed to the crime. At another, he bragged about pardoning a former drug dealer…who, interviewer Bret Baier pointed out, would have been sentenced to death as part of his new plan on how to handle drug dealers. But there was one fan of the chat: Donald Trump.

“In the hours after his interview with Brett Baier aired on Monday, Trump privately boasted about how well he thought he performed,” says a new report by Rolling Stone. “As he asked others if they had caught the interview and what they thought of it, the former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner said the tension and parrying with Baier made him look tough, creating buzzy, attention-grabbing television, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell Rolling Stone.”

Not everyone was thrilled. “Where Trump saw buzz, people hoping to keep him out of legal jeopardy saw trouble,” writes RS. “Several of the ex-president’s current and former legal advisors watched on with exasperated sighs, and in some cases terror, according to three people familiar with the matter.”

No doubt his lawyers — if he still has any — are among those nonplussed, which also includes at least one former Trump attorney. Ty Cobb (apparently his real name) told RS that the instantly infamous Fox News clip of his near-confession would be used by prosecutors during the trial and that Trump had given them “an enormous gift.”

At least it’s increasingly likely we’ll be able to see if Trump really can run for president from the clink.

(Via Rolling Stone)

Róisín Murphy is back. The beloved singer and producer started off as one-half of the 90s pop duo Moloko, and she’s preparing to release her new album Hit Parade, made in collaboration with DJ Koze. The single “Fader” is out now, and it’s an extravagant, engaging journey.

The track comes with a video that lives up to the vivaciousness of the music. Read what she said about it:

“This idea came to me partly in reaction to making such surreal and ‘other’ imagery for the album artwork, and partly in response to the track itself. I felt I needed a totally authentic space in which to perform ‘Fader.’ The song is about life & death & music and so I went home to where it all started for me. Just as in the music there’s a huge HipHop influence on the video and for me to have the sheer front for that, it needed to ring true and so my home town, Arklow was in fact, the only option. It was a huge task to take on, connecting with local government counselors because we had to close the high street and then, with local groups of all kinds, musicians, dancers, scouts, majorettes, farmers, fishermen etc and much of my family… doing something like this is a massive responsibility and it threatened to overwhelm me at times. But on the day we had Hollywood sunshine and just an incredible sense of goodwill. The people of Arklow made me so proud. It truly turned out to be one of best days of life…”

Watch the video for “Fader” above.

Hit Parade is out 9/8 on Ninja Tune. Find more information about it here.

The beef between Jim Jones and Pusha T began in April. On Spotify’s RapCaviar podcast, Jones expressed disagreement with Billboard and VIBE’s 50 Greatest Rappers Of All Time list, taking particular umbrage with Pusha T’s placement at No. 29. “What has he done that puts him in the greatest rappers of all time besides talk about coke that he probably didn’t get himself?” he said.

“He’s nice as sh*t. He could rap his ass off, but what has he done? Nobody has dressed like him,” he continued. “Nobody wants to be like Pusha T. I don’t remember nothing. And let’s not be evil, but we don’t talk about rap where the n**** that’s popping the b*tches wanna f*ck and the n****s wanna be like. I don’t know too many n****s in this game that was leaning towards being like Pusha T.”

He didn’t backtrack at all. Instead, he went deeper in. He appeared on The Breakfast Club and said, “Could you name five Pusha T records? No. Could you rap to five Pusha T records?” He added, “I never wanted to be like Pusha, I never had a Pusha moment in my life. Where I’m from, n****s wanted to be like you if you was really that dude as a rapper.”

On April 21, Pusha T shared a photo on Instagram with fashion designer Jerry Lorenzo before his performance at the Fear of God fashion show at the Hollywood Bowl. “Places they’ll never be, stages they’ll never see…,” Pusha wrote in the caption. “Jerry, you turned the Hollywood Bowl into your world and let me be apart of it…forever grateful.” Fans interpreted it as him firing back at Jones.

On Monday, Fox News aired a disastrous interview with Donald Trump. It wasn’t bad for the news network; it was bad for Trump. Bill Baier really grilled the former president, getting him to talk about the classified documents charge that may put him in the slammer. He proceeded to basically confess, which even far right commentators thought was idiotic. But there was more! Part two aired Tuesday, and if it didn’t contain a bombshell quite like Trump self-immolating himself on TV, it at least featured what’s surely a top shelf Trump gaffe.

As per Mediaite, Baier asked Trump about his strange plan to award the death penalty to any and all drug dealers. The big guy still thought it was a good idea. “That’s the only way you’re gonna stop it,” he said, arguing that “a drug dealer will kill approximately 500 people during the course of his or her life.”

Baier then pointed out that Trump is a “big proponent of the First Step Act, the criminal justice reform,” which he signed into law in 2018 and which helps some formerly incarcerated people to reenter society. Baier pointed out that about 12% committed crimes after being released.

“But I focused on non-violent crime,” Trump replied. He then brought up Alice Johnson, a woman imprisoned for trafficking cocaine. Trump pardoned at the end of his single term in office, and he bragged about it to Baier.

But Baier, having just gotten Trump to say he still supports executing drug dealers, pointed out, “But she’d be killed under your plan.”

A genuinely confused Trump replied, “Huh?”

After Baier reminded Trump that Johnson was a drug dealer, he backpedaled, saying, “No, no. No. Under my, oh, under that? Uhh, it would depend on the severity.”

Baier told him, “She’s technically a former drug dealer. She had multi-million dollar cocaine ring.”

Trump waffled a bit, then reiterated that his drug dealer plan includes “any drug dealer.”

“So even Alice Johnson?” Baier asked Trump, which prompted a confusing reply from Trump: “She can’t do it, ok? By the way, if that was there, she wouldn’t be killed, it would start as of now.”

He then tried to argue that had she thought about dealing drugs with Trump’s law in place, she would have second thoughts.
“But she wouldn’t have done it if it was death penalty,” Trump argued. “In other words, if it was death penalty, she wouldn’t have been on that phone call. She wouldn’t have been a dealer.”

Trump then ignored that Johnson’s history with a large drug operation.

“Now she wasn’t much of a dealer ’cause she was sort of like, I mean, honestly, she got treated terribly,” he said. “She was treated, she was treated sort of like I get treated. But Bret, she was treated very unfairly. She got 48 years and that was bad.”

In other words, Trump is proud of pardoning Johnson, who would be executed under his drug dealer plan, but who wouldn’t have dealt drugs if his plan was already in place, which it wasn’t. Makes sense.

(Via Mediaite)

Sadly, a lot of men go out of their way to avoid learning anything about a woman’s period.

(That could be why throughout most of the United States — where the majority of lawmakers are men — feminine hygiene products are subject to sales tax.)

So we should give some love to the guys who make an effort to learn a bit about the menstrual cycle so they can help their family members when they’re in desperate need of feminine hygiene products.

Personally, as a guy, the feminine hygiene aisle can be a little intimidating. There are multiple brands, styles of products, scents, absorbency levels, and they are all color-coded.

What do the colors mean?

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Knowing there’s a lot I don’t know, I take a picture on my phone of the box I’m about to purchase and send it to my wife, asking, “Is this the right one?”

A dad in the U.K. is getting some love on social media for the hilarious way he navigated the world of feminine hygiene products while showing how much he loved his daughter in the process.

It all began when Tia Savva sent her dad to Tesco, a popular U.K. drug store, to pick up some tampons.

For all the guys out there that need a solid primer on what goes on in the feminine hygiene product aisle, this quick tutorial from Mel magazine does a pretty great job.

This article originally appeared on July 2, 2019

When a couple has their first child, they start out with the greatest of intentions and expectations. The child will only eat organic food. They will never watch TV or have screen time and will always stay clean.

But soon, reality sets in and if they have more kids, they’ll probably be raised with a lot less attention. As a result, first-born kids turn out a bit differently than their younger siblings.

“Rules are a bit more rigid, attention and validation is directed and somewhat excessive,” Niro Feliciano, LCSW, a psychotherapist and anxiety specialist, told Parents. “As a result, firstborns tend to be leaders, high achievers, people-pleasing, rule-following and conscientious, several of the qualities that tend to predict success.”

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However, it’s not just laziness that makes parents change their M.O. As parents gain experience, they learn not to sweat the small stuff and to have a bit more faith in their children.

Tova Leigh is a writer and performer who creates funny sketches on TikTok about parenting and feminism. To point out the differences between new and veteran moms she made a series of funny sketches with fellow mom Riona O Connor.

In the first video, the two mothers deal with fighting children. The new mommy uses a sweet voice and quietly suggests, “Oh honey, no, no fighting, sweetie. Gentle hands” to the brawling kids. When that doesn’t work, the veteran mother screams, “We said stop fighting!”

@tova_leigh

We’re all doing a great job, some of us just do it a little louder (or with a hose) 😂 which one are you?! with @rionaoconnor_ #fyp #funny #parenting #momsoftiktok

The video must have hit a nerve with parents everywhere because it went viral, racking up more than 3 million views. “As a mum of 5… this is 100% accurate,” Lora Bora wrote in the comments. Kira agreed saying, “I got 4…. And I felt this in my soul.”

While the video was funny, it should also provide some comfort to young mothers who feel overwhelmed by the pressure to be perfect. As blogger Constance Hall points out, the need to be perfect can rob us of precious time with our kids.

“We are only half present for them all of the time due to the constant pressure to have everything perfect,” Hall wrote in a viral Facebook post. “To go to the gym, answer that email, pay that bill, cook that organic kale, blend it, get it into a patty so no one knows it’s kale, get to the doctors…. Make the kids lunches cos if you order them again you will be JUDGED!”

In the second video, the two mothers have very different approaches to making a puree.

@tova_leigh

We’re all doing a great job, some of us just do it with a happy meal 🤪 which one are you? With @rionaoconnor_ #funny #fyp #momlife

In a third video, the two parents express their Christmas spirit in very different ways.

@tova_leigh

#ad AD We are all doing a great job, some of us just do it with less Christmas spirit 😉 Which one are you?! Did you recognise any of the lines? They are all from our favorite movies available on @SkyTV this Christmas. What’s your favorite? With the amazing @rionaoconnor_ TAG A FRIEND #ChristmasOnSky #fyp #funny #momlife #momsontiktok #newmomvsveteranmom #ad

Kids grow up fast and if you blink an eye, you just may miss it. So regardless if you’re a new mom or a veteran mom, take a page out of these mothers’ books, relax a bit and have fun being a parent. Your kids will probably forget your vegan kale puree, but they’ll always remember the time you spent just being present.

This article originally appeared on 05.18.22

A pelvic floor doctor from Boston, Massachusetts, has caused a stir by explaining that something we all thought was good for our health can cause real problems. In a video that has more than 5.8 million views on TikTok, Dr. Alicia Jeffrey-Thomas says we shouldn’t go pee “just in case.”

How could this be? The moment we all learned to control our bladders we were also taught to pee before going on a car trip, sitting down to watch a movie or playing sports.

The doctor posted the video as a response to TikTok user Sidneyraz, who made a video urging people to go to the bathroom whenever they get the chance. Sidneyraz is known for posting videos about things he didn’t learn until his 30s. “If you think to yourself, ‘I don’t have to go,’ go.” SidneyRaz says in the video. It sounds like common sense but evidently, he was totally wrong, just like the rest of humanity.

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“Pelvic floor physical therapist here, and I work with a lot of people with overactive bladders, stress incontinence, urge incontinence, the whole nine yards,” Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas began her clip. “And here’s why you shouldn’t go ‘just in case.”‘

In the video, Dr. Jeffrey-Thomas explains the three levels of feeling the need to pee.

“The first one is just an awareness level that tells you that there’s some urine in the bladder,” she said. “The second one is the one that tells you to make a plan to use the toilet, and the third is kind of the panic button that says, ‘Get me there right now, I’m about to overflow.’”

@sidneyraz

on vacation and remembering #vacation #tips #bathroom #travel #tipsandtricks #todayilearned #todayyearsold #islandlife #traumabrain #roadtrip #inmy30s

Then she made her case by giving a visual explanation of how going when we don’t need to teaches our bodies to prematurely send signals that it’s time to pee. The simple explanation has a lot of people wondering if their pee sensor is still working correctly.

@thepelvicdancefloor

#stitch with @sidneyraz I know it sounds counterintuitive and goes against everything your momma taught you – just out here trying to save your bladder 🤍

In a rare display of humility on the internet, Sidneyraz saw the video and thanked the doctor for the correction. “Oh hey thanks for correcting me!” he wrote.

The video shocked a lot of people who feel like their entire lives have been based on a lie—at least when it comes to something most of us do six to eight times a day. “TikTok is basically just a bunch of videos telling me I’m doing life wrong,” joked one commenter. “Like Jesus, really? I’m peeing wrong?”

Yes, you are.

“Who else hears their mom in their head say ‘go just in case’ when you’re out and about and near a bathroom?” another commenter asked.

The good news is that if you’ve always been the type to go “just in case” and you constantly feel like you need to go pee, there is hope. With the help of a doctor, you can retrain your bladder so that you only feel the need to go when it’s time. Now, who’s going to be the first brave person who doesn’t go when they feel the need, just to see if their body’s pee sensor is off?

This article originally appeared on 05.12.22

If you’ve never heard of the Cat Distribution System, then you probably don’t own a cat, or you do, but you acquired your cat in a normal, non-weird way. You know, like at an animal shelter or from some nice lady on social media who had a box of kittens. Some people do get cats that way, and it’s one thousand percent a valid way to attain cat parent status.

But some lucky folks get cats through the Cat Distribution System (or CDS for short). Is this system real? The only people who know this are cats. They’re also the ones that run the system, so the rules and the way in which you attain your purr machine may be a bit wonky. You may wake up with an unknown cat in your bed even though all of your windows are closed, or you just may be like this delivery driver.

The driver was out picking up orders when a cat came out of the CDS and jumped on the man’s leg as he attempted to get back to his car. Thanks to his dash cam, you get to see CDS at work, and so did his mom. The video currently has over 2.8 million views on TikTok.

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When the driver asked his mom if he could keep the cat, at first she said no. Then she saw the footage of the cat aggressively and desperately choosing her son to be its new cat dad—and that’s how you get a cat through the CDS. Once the cat realized she made the right choice, she snuggled up on her dad’s lap as he drove her home.

“We are not cat people,” reads the text overlay. “My youngest son was out making deliveries last night. A cat kept following him. Then jumped on his leg and would not let go.”

I have news for you, Mom, you’re cat people now. It’s how the Cat Distribution System works. They train their recruits to turn non-cat people into cat people, one unsuspecting human at a time. If you don’t make it to the end of the video, yes, they kept the cat and her name is Venus. That’s how the system is designed.

Watch the CDS at work below:

@dretontheborder

#catrescue #catrescueroftiktok I am not a #catperson but maybe now I will be after today. I #Love my #son has a #huge #compassionate #heart #momsoftiktok #rescate #gato

This article originally appeared on 4.12.23