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Isaiah Papali’i, Warriors, Wests Tigers, Parramatta Eels, contract, future, Round 22

Isaiah Papali'i, Warriors, Wests Tigers, Parramatta Eels, contract, future, Round 22

Eels star Isaiah Papali’i’s push for a backflip from his $1.9 million Tigers deal has taken a fresh twist with reports he is also angling for a return to the Warriors.

Papali’i raised concerns about his Tigers deal after they sacked Michael Maguire, while the Eels have upped their offer in a bid to retain his services, but a potential return to the Warriors is the latest development in his contract saga.

“Isaiah Papali’i signed a contract with Michael Maguire at the helm at the Tigers and now with Madge not there he is certainly not committing to it,” Braith Anasta said on NRL 360.

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“There is speculation about whether he will go or stay. I have not been convincing.”

Paul Kent believes the link to a return to the Warriors is a sign Papali’i is trying to make sure he does not end up at the Tigers at all costs.

“He hasn’t been convincing,” Kent said.

“Not only has he floated earlier in the year that he wants to stay at Parramatta, but it has also come out now that he is looking at a return to the Warriors, which is interesting.”

However, The Daily Telegraph’s Dave Riccio believes the links to the Warriors deny the reason he wanted to backflip on the Tigers in the first place.

“That won’t eventuate because the Warriors are the only club that provides wriggle room for Papali’i to get out of the contract because it is the only feasible reason he could use, which is for personal reasons because his girlfriend still lives in New Zealand,” Riccio said.

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Isaiah Papali’I wants to get out of his deal with the Tigers.Source: Getty Images

“That’s not the reason he wants to leave the Tigers. The reason he wants to leave the Tigers is because he wants to stay at Parramatta.

“His angst isn’t with . . . it is not about going home to the Warriors and New Zealand. It is about staying at Parramatta.”

However, Kent believes if the Warriors were able to meet his financial demands, then he could also return to the Warriors for family reasons and leave both the Eels and the Tigers in the lurch.

“That is true but if the Warriors now do come in with a late offer?” Kent questioned.

“Or is it about not going to the Tigers?”

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Isaiah Papali’I wants to stay at the Eels.Source: News Corp Australia

Paul Crawley believes Papali’i can only blame himself for signing with the Tigers, who have a history of sacking coaches.

“If he has any angst it should be with himself and his management,” Crawley said.

“I have signed with the Tigers. I have signed with a club that changes coaches almost annually.

“He took the big money on offer. Yes Michael Maguire was the coach, but the Tigers have gone through four coaches in the last 10 years. It shouldn’t come as any great surprise.

“The Tigers have got to hold their ground on this.”

However, Paul Kent and Braith Anasta pointed out that sometimes the coach is the main reason for players signing with clubs.

“Players sign with coaches,” Kent said.

“My take on this is different because when I first heard this I thought, I have not got to honor his contract,” Anasta said.

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“Then I had to think about it myself and I was in a very similar situation.

“It was the Tigers, but it could have been any club, where I signed at that club and Tim Sheens was the coach.

“He signed me for a specific reason. He wanted a certain something out of me in terms of leadership and direction with a few players there and he made the sell to me.

“He was the coach and the Australian coach and I wanted to play under Tim Sheens. That was the only reason I signed. The sole reason I signed.

“Then he got sacked a few weeks later. I honored the contract, but now I look back at it and I think it was a poor decision from me.

“If I had my time over it would have been in the best interests of me and the club not to go there because it wasn’t the right fit.

“I was taking hit ups off taps, which is one thing, but what I’m trying to say is if he doesn’t want to go there and he only went there because a coach wanted him for a specific role to play his part in that team.

“Sometimes motivation is solely because of the coach.

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“But if he has got the Warriors involved that is taking the piss because that to me is him just saying, I don’t want to go to the Tigers.”

Kent believes the Tigers are being hypocritical of Papali’i breaking his contract when they broke Michael Maguire’s in sacking him.

“The flip side for the Tigers is when they signed him (Papali’i), they had Michael Maguire as their contracted coach,” Kent said.

“They are happy to sack Maguire and break that contract, which then breaks the terms or understanding that was there with Papali’i.”

Regardless, Kent believes Papali’i’s inability to commit fully to the Tigers means the club needs to act fast to ensure their own best interests.

“Even yesterday when he spoke and he was very noncommittal and at one point he said, look I’ll just wait until November and sort it out then,” Kent said.

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“Now the Tigers have got every right to say hang on, you have got to figure out what is going on.

“They have got a salary cap to manage. They can’t sit there and wait for this guy until November.”

Riccio believes the Tigers are better off cutting their losses with Papali’i because he clearly isn’t committed to the club’s new vision for the future under Tim Sheens and Benji Marshall.

“That’s why the Tigers should move on now and use Papali’i’s money before it gets too late,” Riccio said.

“If they wait until November they won’t be able to use their money.

“The Tigers are at a critical point in their history. This is a turning point for the Wests Tigers club under Tim Sheens and the future under Benji Marshall.

“What do we stand for? What is our culture? Who do we want here? That’s all I’ve heard about what it is going to be like under Sheens and Marshall. We want players who want to represent the Wests Tigers and who want to be there.

“Have we heard Isaiah Papali’i say once, I cannot wait to get to the Wests Tigers?”

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Russia suspends START arms inspections over US travel curbs

Russia suspends START arms inspections over US travel curbs

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia told the United States on Monday it would not allow its weapons to be inspected under the START nuclear arms control treaty for the time being because of travel restrictions imposed by Washington and its allies.

Inspection conditions proposed by Washington created “unilateral advantages for the United States and effectively deprive the Russian Federation of the right to conduct inspections on American territory,” the Moscow foreign ministry said in a statement.

Russia remained fully committed to complying with all the provisions of the treaty, it added.

The United States and its allies including Britain and the European Union closed their airspace to Russian plans as part of a barrage of sanctions imposed in response to Russia’s decision to send its armed forces into Ukraine in February.

The New START Treaty, which came into force in 2011, caps the number of strategic nuclear warheads that the United States and Russia can deploy, and the deployment of land- and submarine-based missiles and bombers to deliver them.

US President Joe Biden said last Monday that his administration was ready to “expeditiously” negotiate a framework to replace New START, which is due to expire in 2026, if Moscow demonstrated its willingness to resume work on nuclear arms control.

But Russia’s mission to the United Nations said Washington had withdrawn from separate talks with Moscow on strategic stability over the Ukraine conflict, and needed to decide what it wanted.

The following day, the Kremlin said time was running out to negotiate a replacement for New START, putting global security at risk.

The conflict in Ukraine has raised political tensions to levels not seen since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, with politicians in both Russia and the United States speaking publicly of the risk of World War Three.

Moscow says it was forced to intervene in Ukraine to defend Russian-speakers from persecution and avert a Western threat to use Ukraine to threaten Russia’s security. Kyiv and its Western allies say these are baseless pretexts for an imperial-style land grab.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey and John Stonestreet)

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Get the new Samsung OLED range for up to $754 off

Get the new Samsung OLED range for up to $754 off

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Samsung has finally made its OLED range available down under. You can buy it right now for up to $754 off the asking price.

LG’s stranglehold on the Australian OLED TV market has finally been challenged. The Samsung OLED range is now available for your shopping pleasure in Australia.

Unveiled at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) at the beginning of the year, it was initially believed that these snazzy screens would not become available in Australia. Thankfully, this is not the case. Better late than never, right?

You can purchase the Samsung 55-inch OLED 4K TV for $3,495 and the 65-inch version for $4,495 from The Good Guys. In both cases, you’ll enjoy discounts from RRPs of $4,079 and $5,249 respectively.

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What sets Samsung’s latest OLED range apart? First, let’s take a look at what OLED TVs actually entail.

OLED stands for organic light-emitting diode. OLED screens omit the LED backlighting that characterizes just about every other TV on the market. Instead, each individual pixel of the screen emits its own light.

The benefits of this practice are immense and are the main reasons OLED screens are considered the best on the market. Most significantly, OLED screens can completely “shut off” pixels or groups of pixels to produce a true black color. Conversely, other types of screens have to shield the LED backlighting to attempt to produce a black and the results are generally far inferior.

But Samsung fans know that good enough is never good enough for the South Korean giant. It has continued to innovate by incorporating elements of its trademark QLED screens in its new OLED line. According to Samsung, the quantum dots that characterize QLED screens contribute brighter and more realistic colors to its new range of OLED screens. Click here for a comprehensive run-down of QLED technology.

Some other impressive features of the range include true RGB sub-pixels, HDR 10+ technology, a Tizen smart TV experience, Samsung object tracking sound and Q-Symphony with Dolby Atmos. All told, these TVs appear seriously impressive and well worth the price of admission.

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Tottie Goldsmith clutches flowers and a bottle of vodka following Olivia Newton-John’s death

Grieving: Tottie Goldsmith has been pictured returning to her Melbourne home following the devastating death of her aunt, Olivia Newton John

Tottie Goldsmith has been pictured returning to her Melbourne home following the devastating death of her aunt, Olivia Newton John.

The iconic Grease star died peacefully at the age of 73 at her home in southern California, surrounded by family and friends. Her husband John Easterling announced her death on her Facebook page on Monday.

Tottie, 59, appeared devastated as she clutched a bottle of Absolut Vodka and made her way to her front door. Once there, she found a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

Grieving: Tottie Goldsmith has been pictured returning to her Melbourne home following the devastating death of her aunt, Olivia Newton John

Grieving: Tottie Goldsmith has been pictured returning to her Melbourne home following the devastating death of her aunt, Olivia Newton John

The grief-stricken TV and music personality wore jeans, a sheepskin jumper and a camel jacket.

She wore her auburn hair down and appeared to clutch a white shirt over her arm as she headed to her home.

Tottie is best known for pop group, Chantoozies, who had big hits with their songs Witch Queen, He’s Gonna Step On You Again, Wanna Be Up, and Love the One You’re With in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Her father Brian Goldsmith, a renowned night club owner and restaurateur in Melbourne, died in 2020. Her mother is Olivia’s sister, Rona.

Tottie appeared with her aunt at G’day USA in LA in 2020 – where Olivia candidly spoke about being in denial about her cancer diagnosis.

Heartbroken: Tottie, 59, appeared devastated as she clutched a bottle of Absolut Vodka and made her way to her front door

Heartbroken: Tottie, 59, appeared devastated as she clutched a bottle of Absolut Vodka and made her way to her front door

Sad day: The grief-stricken TV and music personality wore jeans, a sheepskin jumper and a camel jacket

Sad day: The grief-stricken TV and music personality wore jeans, a sheepskin jumper and a camel jacket

In one of her last poignant red carpet appearances, the Australian star admitted that she even refused to think about cancer on a daily basis.

The fun-loving singer and actress, famous for her role as Sandy in 1978 film Grease, as well as her stellar music career, called life ‘a gift’ no matter the outcome.

Newton-John had always remained positive about her health even during the worrying times of the pandemic.

Downcast: She wore her auburn hair down and appeared to clutch a white shirt over her arm as she headed to her home

Downcast: She wore her auburn hair down and appeared to clutch a white shirt over her arm as she headed to her home

Sorrow: Tottie received a beautiful bouquet of flowers

Sorrow: Tottie received a beautiful bouquet of flowers

Tottie is best known for pop group, Chantoozies, who had big hits with their songs Witch Queen, He's Gonna Step On You Again, Wanna Be Up, and Love the One You're With in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Tottie is best known for pop group, Chantoozies, who had big hits with their songs Witch Queen, He’s Gonna Step On You Again, Wanna Be Up, and Love the One You’re With in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Just two years before her passing, she spoke candidly about her outlook on life at the G’Day USA benefit in Beverly Hills alongside former co-star John Travolta.

‘Gosh, life is a gift and I’ve had an amazing life and I intend to keep going with it and I want to help other people with cancer of course,’ she told DailyMail.com in the January 2020 interview.

‘I have my wellness center in Melbourne and I want to see an end to cancer in my lifetime so other people don’t have to suffer.’

Olivia Newton-John spoke candidly about her positive outlook on life amid her long battle with cancer, in an interview with DailyMail.com at the G'Day USA benefit in Beverly Hills in January 2020. She is pictured with her niece, Australian actress Tottie Goldsmith

Olivia Newton-John spoke candidly about her positive outlook on life amid her long battle with cancer, in an interview with DailyMail.com at the G’Day USA benefit in Beverly Hills in January 2020. She is pictured with her niece, Australian actress Tottie Goldsmith

Newton-John was first diagnosed with the disease in 1992 but announced she had overcome the cancer in 2013, the year after her Wellness Center first opened.

But in May 2017, she was told cancer had metastasized and spread to her bones.

Reflecting on her fight to beat the condition, she admitted: ‘I don’t see it as a battle. I don’t think about it a lot, to be honest.

Husband John Easterling accompanied his wife Olivia at the G'Day USA event when she spoke of her denial over cancer

Husband John Easterling accompanied his wife Olivia at the G’Day USA event when she spoke of her denial over cancer

‘Denial is a really good thing and I’m getting stronger and better all the time! I am doing well!…I am feeling wonderful.’

She also admitted that she had hope for her future.

‘I’m winning over and living with it well and that’s how I see it,’ she added.

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in the iconic 1978 movie Grease that catapulted her career. He was among the first to pay tribute to her on Monday

Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta in the iconic 1978 movie Grease that catapulted her career. He was among the first to pay tribute to her on Monday

Newton-John also reflected on her delight at still being remembered for Grease over four decades after its release.

She confessed: ‘We did something very special together. That movie is still loved.’

She recalled how caring Travolta was during the filming of the musical romantic film.

Asked about her favorite memory on set, she relied: ‘His kindness to me. When there was one scene in the movie – it was my close up, when Rizzo pulls me forward in the bonfire scene – and in the middle of my take, he stopped it and came over to me and whispered in my ear: “I think you can do better.”

Newton-John famously resisted the part of Sandy in the 1978 movie Grease. She was 28 at the time and thought she was too old to play a fresh-faced high school student

‘So that’s really generous. For an actor to do that for another actor. I wasn’t as experienced as him. He was very nurturing and sweet.’

During that same event, lifelong friend and Grease co-star Travolta praised her positive outlook on life, despite her health worries.

He said: ‘Olivia is a survivor and she’s smart and she’s got a lot of life in her and I think she looks at it from the glass half full always and that’s her beautiful, natural approach towards life and I think we all need to do that.’

He was among the first to pay tribute to her on Monday.

Olivia's iconic sweet-to-sexy transformation was recreated for years to come in costumes and tributes

Olivia’s iconic sweet-to-sexy transformation was recreated for years to come in costumes and tributes

Olivia’s husband John Easterling announced the tragic news that his wife had lost her battle.

‘Dame Olivia Newton-John passed away peacefully at her ranch in Southern California this morning, surrounded by family and friends,’ he said in a statement.

‘We ask that everyone please respect the family’s privacy during this very difficult time.

‘Olivia has been a symbol of triumphs and hope for over 30 years sharing her journey with breast cancer.

‘Her healing inspiration and pioneering experience with plant medicine continues with the Olivia Newton-John Foundation Fund, dedicated to researching plant medicine and cancer.’

Just days before her death, Olivia Newton-John posted a heartwarming photo to Instagram with her husband John Easterling

Just days before her death, Olivia Newton-John posted a heartwarming photo to Instagram with her husband John Easterling

Newton-John's husband announced her death on her Facebook page on Monday. she was 73

Newton-John’s husband announced her death on her Facebook page on Monday. she was 73

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Senior AFL reporter says it’s “time to go” for Ricciuto from Crows

Senior AFL reporter says it's “time to go” for Ricciuto from Crows

AFL Media’s chief correspondent Damian Barrett says it’s “time to go” for Mark Ricciuto from his role at the Adelaide football club.

Ricciuto, the club’s footy director, has seen his position at the Crows under increasing pressure since the release of Eddie Betts’ autobiography, The Boy From Boomerang Crescent.

Josh Jenkins and Bryce Gibbs have also provided damning accounts of the club’s 2018 pre-season camp of which Ricciuto had oversight for as footy director at the time.

Barrett admitted he’d heard good things about Ricciuto’s character, but suggested the club needed a “fresh approach” without him.

“He’s been very aggressive in targeting the individuals concerned in the whole reporting of this story, and there’s a Glenn Archer element to his time (on the board),” Barrett told The Sounding Board podcast.

“(He’s an) all-time great footballer for the club. (But) I question the role and effect and manners of the role as a director of the football club and I would have thought his time at the club as a result of this, after a long time at the club with other questionable decisions, might be up.

“Time to go… time for a fresh look, a fresh approach, and certainly a different, maybe more empathetic approach to the director role at that footy club.

“I’m not one to call for people to stand down, and this is an honorary job anyway, so he’s not going to lose any wages out of the role.”

Adelaide CEO Tim Silvers apologized to Betts last Wednesday, but in a sign that perhaps the club is committed to betterment, Silvers and chairman John Silvers penned an open letter on Monday.

“The most important thing we can do now is listen and offer our support,” the statement read while apologizing to those affected by the camp.

Ricciuto offered an apology of sorts on his radio show on Triple M Adelaide last Wednesday, but drew criticism for appearing to try and move on just hours after the release of Betts’ biography.

Respected SEN broadcaster Gerard Whateley is another who has commented on Ricciuto’s tenability, indirectly calling for him to be removed from his position or to resign.

However, reports from Monday suggested the club legend was “determined” to hold onto his role.

The Sounding Board co-host Craig Hutchison shared Barrett’s sentiment, adding that Ricciuto’s term as director hadn’t been an overly successful one.

“(Ace a) footballer, 100/100. (As a) businessman, exceptional, very influential businessman, made a lot of money and makes good decisions,” Hutchison said.

“(As a) person, great person. (But as a) footy director and his ability to manage that in media, substandard. He hasn’t had a great off-field impact as a director on that club and his ability to manage that conflict with his morning radio has been poor.

“It creates a problem every time (on the radio). He spoke for 68 seconds last Wednesday and was seen to be brushing it off or wanting to move on, and it just made it worse.”





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What’s inside Democrats’ $740 billion tax, climate and health care bill

What's inside Democrats' $740 billion tax, climate and health care bill

Senate Democrats passed a $740 billion reconciliation package on Sunday that includes provisions that increase taxes on large corporations, address climate change and lower prescription drug costs.

Why it matters: The bill, though much smaller and less ambitious than what many Democrats wanted, has cleared its tallest hurdle and is expected to pass the House before heading to President Biden’s desk for his signature.

Taxes:
  • The bill puts a 15% minimum tax on corporations that earn more than $1 billion in annual profits, which is projected to raise at least $258 billion over the next 10 years.
  • It allocates $80 billion of additional funding over ten years for the IRS to in part hire additional staff members and strengthen tax collection and enforcement on corporations and high-income earners.
  • The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the new IRS investment could raise $203 billion in new revenue over the next decade, resulting in a net gain of $124 billion.
  • It does not include new taxes on families making $400,000 or less and no new taxes on small businesses.
Health care:
  • The bill increases health care spending by $98 billion, primarily by extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies create through the American Rescue Plan for an additional three years.
  • It allows Medicare to negotiate the prices of certain drugs and puts a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for people.
  • It originally contained a provision that would have capped out-of-pocket spending on insulin for patients enrolled in private insurance to $35, though it was blocked by Senate Republicans who argued that it violated the rules of reconciliation.
Climate:
  • The bill invests roughly $370 billion into initiatives to promote clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, likely becoming the most important climate bill in US history.
  • It gives tax credits to clean energy technologies, like existing nuclear power plants and advanced nuclear technologies, clean hydrogen, carbon capture and storage as well as wind and solar power.
  • It gives buyers who purchase North American-built electric vehicles up to $7,500 in federal tax credits to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles while jump-starting America’s electric vehicle industry.
  • It creates a methane fee program to fine corporations that emit the powerful greenhouse gas above federal limits.
  • Democrats have said the bill’s climate provisions put the US on a path to reduce its carbon emissions by up to 40% based on 2005 levels by 2030.

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Google Assistant Is Still Missing on New Wear OS 3 Watches

Google Assistant Is Still Missing on New Wear OS 3 Watches

Samsung Galaxy Watch4 with Google Assistant.
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Samsung released the Galaxy Watch 4 last year as the first watch with Wear OS 3, the latest version of Google’s wearable software platform. It finally received Google Assistant a few months ago, but now the same problem has happened with the second Wear OS 3 watch.

The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 shipped without the ability to use Google Assistant, even though it used the same Wear OS software experience included Assistant (and Google Now before that) on every other watch model. Samsung and Google never provided a clear answer on why it was initially missing — Samsung probably preferred you use its own Bixby voice assistant — but an update in May added the ability to use Assistant.

Nearly a year after the Galaxy Watch 4 was released, we now have our second watch running Wear OS 3, the Montblanc Summit 3. However, it’s also missing Google Assistant. Michael Fisher confirmed the problem in a product review for the Summit 3, and there’s not even an alternative virtual assistant, which the Galaxy Watch does offer.

Google provided the below statement to Fisher and How-To Geek about the missing Google Assistant feature:

Our priority with Wear OS is to deliver a high performing platform for our partners and users, and we are taking the time to ensure our apps and services deliver a quality experience. We have nothing more to share at this time.

Google and Samsung were co-developing Wear OS 3 for an extended period before it arrived on the Galaxy Watch 4, and Google has had almost a full year to finish working on a version for other watch makers to use. That makes the missing Assistant a bizarre omission, especially when the Montblanc Summit 3 is a luxury smartwatch that costs $1,290.

Google will release its own Pixel Watch with Wear OS later this year, which is expected to include Google Assistant.

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Mike Tyson lost pet tiger when he tried to eat neighbor’s dog, boxing news

Mike Tyson lost pet tiger when he tried to eat neighbor's dog, boxing news

Mike Tyson lost his famous pet tiger after the white Bengal tried to eat his neighbours’ dog.

The boxing legend was convinced into buying the wild cat after coming out of prison in 1995 following a three-year stretch.

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Tyson is believed to have had three tigers in all, costing him over $US80,000 each at the time.

But, according to his former boxing manager Shelly Finkel, he was forced to give them up after one fateful walk.

Finkel, who SunSport spoke with in New York, recalled: “His house was between two houses in Vegas.

“And on the right side, facing the street was a famous Vegas performer. And on the left side was a businessman who had some dogs.

“Mike decided to walk one of his Bengal tigers, he’s walking the tiger, and the tiger saw the dog and scales the wall to go and eat the dog.

“The man is looking out his window and sees a tiger coming over the wall to try and eat his dog and Mike is pulling him down.

“He gets him off the fence and that night Mike calls me and says, ‘Shelly, the ASPCA is here, I’m not allowed to keep cats in captivity, how do you think they found out?’

“I said, ‘How do you think they found out? Your neighbor sees him coming over the wall to eat his dog. How do you think they found out.’

“That to me was my favorite story with Mike.”

Finkel managed Tyson right up until his retirement in 2005.

But their history dates back to when Iron Mike was a teenage amateur sensation.

And they first worked together in 1988 when Finkel brokered a closed-circuit pay-per-view deal for Tyson’s win over Michael Spinks.

But following the heavyweight’s infamous 1997 disqualification for biting Evander Holyfield’s ear, Finkel became his full-time manager.

He said: “It was one of the greatest trips of my life. The adventures with Mike Tyson were phenomenal.”

Finkel was in touch with Tyson as recently as two years ago, when the boxing icon made a shock comeback.

Tyson, now 56, drew over eight exhibition rounds with Roy Jones, 53, and talk of a trilogy with Holyfield emerged.

But following Holyfield’s painful beating against former UFC champion Vitor Belfort, 45, the plug was rightfully pulled.

This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.

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Hasan Has “Basically Given Up My Intellectual Property Completely”

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The popular streamer HasanAbi recently clarified his position on fan channels and websites, even those which monetize his work. According to the content creator, HasanAbi has “basically given up my intellectual property completely.”

While some streamers are known for protecting their work by issuing takedown requests, HasanAbi has always been rather lenient with his followers, but the content creator has mostly been silent about what his fans are allowed to create or distribute, at least until now. HasanAbi is apparently fine with people using his intellectual property for just about any purpose, the streamer’s only request being that in cases where his content is monetized, a backlink is expected as a courtesy.

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“I fucking ride for all of my fan channels,” HasanAbi said in a stream. “YouTube took down a bunch of the fan channels including Daily Dose of HasanAbi and stopped monetizing them.” The content creator went on to say that “I talked to my YouTube account manager and I was like ‘no, I want them to be able to keep monetizing.’ I want them to do whatever the fuck they want.” HasanAbi added that “I don’t mind their existence. I encourage it. I have basically given up my intellectual property completely.”

HasanAbi considers that fan channels and websites are in fact beneficial to his brand because they showcase quite a bit of his content. He just wants followers to include a backlink to his Twitch page and his accounts of him on social media like Twitter and Instagram, particularly in cases where money is involved. The influencer fully endorses the YouTube channels Daily Dose of HasanAbi and HasanAbi Productions, both of which credit him as a content creator.

HasanAbi has been in the news recently for his criticism of the latest trend on Twitch, gambling streams. Stake has been at the center of this ongoing controversy ever since xQc started handing out promotional codes to the online casino. “A lot of these websites, Stake and all of them, if they have a code, if you are offering a code, that means that Stake is tracking all of your losses and you are getting a percentage of your fanbase’s losses,” Hasan previously explained. “That is quite literally the truth. That is how fucking bad it is. They let you in on it. They let you in on the losses of your fucking fanbase.”

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Big Bash battle looms for Cricket Australia over Chris Lynn’s UAE T20 move | Big Bash League

Cricket Australia could block Chris Lynn’s plans to play in this summer’s UAE T20 competition in a bid to protect the integrity of its Big Bash League.

Big-hitting Lynn was named on Monday night as one of several high-profile overseas stars to feature in the UAE tournament, which will directly clash with the Big Bash.

A number of BBL draft nominees were also named, meaning they will only play in the first half of the Australian competition before flying out in early January for the UAE, where the teams are now owned by cashed-up Indian Premier League franchises.

Australian officials have long expected that it would be the case with draft players and planned around it, with the exodus likely to come at the same time Test stars return to the BBL. But it is the inclusion of Lynn in the UAE’s list that does not sit comfortably with CA.

Under ICC rules, every player competing in an overseas T20 franchise league requires a no objection certificate (NOC) from their home board in order to feature. While Lynn no longer holds a national or state contract, Australia would still be considered his home base by the ICC.

CA officials had yet to receive a request for such a certificate for Lynn and made clear there is no guarantee it would be granted.

“Cricket Australia has not received any applications for NOCs pertaining to a player’s participation in any overseas competitions for the upcoming season,” a CA spokesperson said. “Our guiding principle remains the prioritisation and protection of Australia’s domestic summer of cricket and the interests of the game overall.”

The current players’ deal also outlines that NOCs are usually only granted outside the Australian summer, be it at the conclusion of state cricket for the IPL and grade cricket for all other leagues.

Lynn’s management, the players’ union and UAE league officials are aware of CA’s position.

Let go by Brisbane at the end of last summer, Lynn would still be a crowd-puller and magnet for TV audiences at any of the eight Big Bash franchises.

There has been interest shown and even talks with Adelaide, however the reality is no club could match the maximum salary of $650,000 on offer in the UAE.

CA also have some question marks over the validity of the ratification of the UAE league, given a whopping 72 overseas players will be welcomed with 12 in each squad.

The issue was raised at a meeting last month of national association bosses, who believe the ICC charter dictates an allowance of only nine overseas players per league.

BBL draft nominees on the UAE list of incoming players included Alex Hales, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mujeeb Ul Rahman, Evin Lewis, Colin Munro, James Vince and Dan Lawrence.

In better news for the BBL, positive talks remain ongoing about David Warner’s return to the BBL, after having last played in the Australian league in 2013.