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Oscar Gonzalez had a breakout rookie season for the Guardians in 2022, slashing .296/.327/.461 with 11 home runs in 91 games during his first taste of the big leagues. In a season filled with standout rookies on the youngest team in baseball, Gonzalez was among the most impactful. That hasn’t changed in the playoffs. The 24-year-old outfielder has been clutch for Cleveland early in their postseason run. He hit a walk-off home run in the second game of the wild-card series to send the Guardians to the ALDS, then blooped in a go-ahead single in the 10th inning of Game 2 against the Yankees to even the best-of-five series at one game each....

A total of 10 nominated films are in the race for the Best Picture crown. With two of the highest-grossing films of the year, Avatar: The Way of Water and Top Gun: Maverick, in the running, fans are excited to see which film will take the title. Judging by the list released by the Academy, this is turning out to be a slightly different take at the Oscars, with a selection of more commercially-successful films finally being included in the nominees....

The report comes after a bipartisan investigation conducted over an 18-month period carried out by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs’ Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, led by its Chair, Senator Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democrat, and Ranking Member Senator Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican. In addition to the excessive gynecological procedures, the report found that ICE did not conduct “thorough oversight” of these offsite procedures, and that there “appears to have been repeated failures to secure informed consent for offsite medical procedures....

Coming into the tournament the Volts were in a 10 match winning streak, which they duly extended to 14 in the CLT20 before being humbled by the Rajasthan Royals. The streak was the second longest in T20 cricket, behind the 25 match winning streak of the Pakistani side Sialkot Stallions, and their unbeaten run extended to 16 matches during the tournament. During the CLT20 the Volts were high on octane and their batsmen were low on mercy towards the bowlers....

In the last 11 months, having ignored new American music for 25 years, the Metropolitan Opera in New York City has premiered Corigliano’s “The Ghosts of Versailles” and Philip Glass’s “The Voyage,” both sellouts. Now, the Lyric Opera of Chicago is presenting “McTeague,” the first American commission in its ambitious “Toward the 21st Century” project. For his first fall foray into the genre (he has written music-theater pieces), William Bolcom lit on Frank Norris’s 1989 novel that was the source of Erich von Stroheim’s 1924 film “Greed....

He sure looked that way against Sacramento on Tuesday night. Oubre matched his career high with 26 points, including a one-handed rebound jam with 11.1 seconds to play, and the Suns snapped a six-game losing streak, rallying from a 21-point deficit to beat the turnover-prone Kings 115-111. The energetic, athletic Oubre, obtained in the trade that sent Trevor Ariza to Washington on Dec. 17, equaled the 26 points he scored for the Wizards against Detroit on Jan....

Kochi, June 5 (IANS): The parents of arrested IPL cricketer S. Sreesanth said here Wednesday that their son is innocent and has no links with the spot fixing scandal. “We don’t think that our son would do a wrong like this…maybe on the field he would have shown his exuberance. We have full faith in the judiciary and we do not blame anyone,” said Sreesanth’s mother Savithiri Devi, with tears in her eyes....

As it happens, the system requirements for Outlast 2 on PC don’t appear to be too demanding, for it only takes a GPU with 1.5GB of VRAM in order to have the game running at optimal visual conditions at 1080p and 60 FPS. Of course, as seen in the full set of specs below, should there be fans out there with lower-end rigs with 1GB of VRAM, the survival-horror release can still be played, but the title will definitely take a hit in terms of resolution and frames-per-second....

However, that was one of the features of the Switch that made it stand out compared to previous Nintendo consoles - it opened up the possibility for Nintendo players to have access to a wider array of games, such as Skyrim and FIFA. Given that, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that a horror game is being brought into the mix. The Red Barrels team made an official announcement in December, confirming that Outlast would indeed be coming to the Switch....

New Horizon is a major free update, releasing for Outriders on November 16—tomorrow as of this writing, the day after this broadcast released. Fans can expect new content in the form of four new Expeditions, as well as changes to endgame content, balancing, buffs, and more; Outriders’ most demanded feature, Transmog; new in-game celebrations, thank to the release of New Horizon; and teases for 2022. RELATED: Outriders Makes Big Changes to Endgame Expeditions, Adds More for Free...

Outriders offer four distinct classes for players to experiment with. A rogue-like Trickster, the classic tank of the Devastator class, the healing class with turrets of the Technomancer, and the Pyromancer’s mid-range AoE abilities. Of the four, however, one class has abilities to ensure that solo players can live through the ordeal with ease. RELATED: Outriders Performance Issues Reported With Full Release For solo play in Outriders, as the title stands today, the Devastator is the best option....

RELATED: Outriders Complete Guide - Builds, Tips, Tricks, and Help Each cleared tier and fight will reward players with sweet loot. The DLC features new gear, weapons, mods, and 12 new Legendary armor sets for players to acquire. It has been confirmed that each class will have two class-specific armor sets and access to 4 universal sets. Sets are made up of 5 parts: headgear, body armor, leg armor, gloves, and shoes/boots....

The infected individuals tested positive after attending the wedding reception where they failed to maintain social distancing practices, the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center confirmed Saturday, the Emarat Al Youm newspaper reported. Two weeks after the wedding reception, members of the bride’s family and their neighbors developed symptoms of the virus, Gulf News reported. On Saturday, the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center warned of “the consequences of negligence in the application of these [safety] measures and its impact on the spread of ‘Covid-19’ virus infection,” in a video shared by the official Twitter account of the Abu Dhabi government media office....

The survey, which was released by Quinnipiac University on Tuesday, found that 62 percent of respondents believe American troops will eventually be sent back to Afghanistan to fight terrorism, while 28 percent disagreed. That view was held by a majority of Americans across party lines. According to the survey, 83 percent of Republicans, 65 percent of independents, and 52 percent of Democrats believe the U.S. military will again be active in Afghanistan....

With the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves collection being met with universal acclaim, it seems only fitting to revisit what was the series’ most anticipated entry, delving into one particular aspect that makes it such a memorable experience all these years later: the game’s enemy AI. It may not be the most sophisticated AI in the world, and more recent games have certainly done a better job, but Uncharted 4’s enemy AI is an integral element of the game that truly elevates the blockbuster action experience - forming a product that does a pretty great job of capturing the essence of its cinematic inspirations....

The game’s debut story event, Uprising, has made an emphatic return, complete with challenges to mix things up. These include lava-spewing bots and reduced player health in favor of extra damage. Still, even the default mode of this chaotic skirmish can be a grueling affair, especially when attempting the punishing Legendary mode. RELATED: 10 Mistakes All Healers Make In Overwatch With this list, we’ll help you and your Overwatch companions overcome this Omnic showdown and provide 10 tips and tricks to make it to the end in one piece....

Overwatch fans waiting for the game’s next event may not have to wait too much longer. Blizzard’s Australia/New Zealand Twitter account has tweeted a short teaser video for something called the King’s Row Uprising, teasing a possible in-game event that will supposedly take place on April 12th. The short video plays on a loop for 20 seconds, and has plenty of clues for Overwatch fans to decipher. If it is an event, it seems as though it will be tied to the map King’s Row, hence the name “King’s Row Uprising....

Riddle defeated Otis, AJ Styles defeated Rey Mysterio, and Austin Theory defeated Kevin Owens to earn their spot in the chamber match. Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar were added directly to the match courtesy of their performances at the Royal Rumble Premium Live Event. However, as reported by Sean Ross Sapp on Fightful Select, the original plans for RAW were changed multiple times, including the main event, which was supposed to feature Seth Rollins, Damian Priest, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, and Austin Theory in a five-way match with the person getting pinned to be excluded from the Elimination Chamber....

N64 games coming to Switch is definitely great news. The initial pool of games will be pretty small, but Nintendo has plans to add more N64 games over time. One wonders if Nintendo will add the original Super Smash Bros. from the N64 to Nintendo Switch Online. Although the NSO game library tends to favor singleplayer games, it’s become increasingly friendly to online multiplayer. Online multiplayer was initially a major selling point for the N64 and Sega Genesis games joining NSO....

“Blessed for officially being part of this beautiful country,” Jimenez wrote in an Instagram post. He was pictured holding his citizenship certificate and an American flag alongside a replica of the Statue of Liberty. The 32-year-old Dominican Republic native was signed as an international free agent when he was 17. It has been a busy year for him as he got married and had his first child all in the span of 12 months....