Kyrie Irving Is The NBA Live 14 Cover Athlete

EA Sports confirmed today that Kyrie Irving ? the young, star point guard of the Cleveland Cavaliers ? will be gracing the cover of NBA Live 14. After a three year hiatus from the pro-basketball simulation scene, EA is attempting to bounce back with their answer to NBA 2k?s LeBron Jamesian basketball dominance.

NBA Live 14, the first basketball simulation from EA since NBA Live 2010, has an uphill battle ahead of it. After the briefly renamed NBA Elite 11?s abrupt cancellation, the folks at EA took an extra year off to create a quality game to rival that of their competitor?s. NBA Live 13 was supposed to be released last fall but was, once again, cancelled.

Now, Live is looking forward. This year?s instalment will be released exclusively on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Developmental diaries boast of new snappy-named technology like the Ignite Engine, which is apparently being included in all of the next generation EA Sports releases, and ?Bouncetek,? a ?physics based dribbling mechanic? promising heightened ?authenticity? and ?responsiveness? to set it apart from the other guys.

Whether these fancy new buzzwords deliver with substance, let alone enough substance to seriously compete with 2k?s dominance, remains to be seen. But the deliberate choice of Kyrie Irving is particularly poignant given who 2k chose as their cover athlete ? LeBron James.

James?s controversial exit from Cleveland in pursuit ? and attainment ? of championship rings left a rust-belt city, known more in recent years for its sports short-comings than achievements, angry and desperate. In steps Kyrie Irving, the 2011 first overall draft pick who?s gone on to become a league-wide superstar and the face of a franchise once thought dead. The Cavs are now on the upswing. Their rebuilding process, while not quite complete, has given their fans a substantial reason for hope.

As EA?s Live moves back into the competitive fold, choosing a young star player on the rise as their cover athlete is appropriate. Choosing this particular one, the guy who?s meant to replace LeBron, is bold. Only time will tell if they can succeed. One thing?s for sure, the renewed rivalry for virtual basketball supremacy is centered around Cleveland, Ohio ? and that is very, very strange.

NBA Live 14 is out later this year.

Source: http://wegotthiscovered.com/gaming/kyrie-irving-nba-live-14-cover-athlete/

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Egypt Islamist leader sharply denounces army chief

Opponents of ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry their injured friend who was wounded during clashes with Morsi supporters, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 22, 2013. Several hundred Morsi supporters tried to march toward the U.S. Embassy, passing near Tahrir Square, where Morsi opponents have been camped out. Clashes erupted between the two sides.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Opponents of ousted President Mohammed Morsi carry their injured friend who was wounded during clashes with Morsi supporters, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, July 22, 2013. Several hundred Morsi supporters tried to march toward the U.S. Embassy, passing near Tahrir Square, where Morsi opponents have been camped out. Clashes erupted between the two sides.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi reads Quran, where protesters have set up a camp near Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, Tuesday, July 23, 2013. Overnight clashes between supporters and opponents of the country?s ousted president near the main campus of Cairo University left many dead, according to a senior medical official. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

In this image taken from Egypt State TV, Egyptian Defense Minister Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi delivers a speech in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. El-Sissi has called on Egyptians to hold mass demonstrations to voice their support for the military to put an end to "violence" and "terrorism." (AP Photo/Egypt State TV)

CAIRO (AP) ? The Muslim Brotherhood's leader on Thursday made an unusually harsh attack on Egypt's military chief, saying his ouster of President Mohammed Morsi was a worse crime than even destroying the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine.

Mohammed Badie's comment, which came in his weekly message to followers, underlined the anger felt by Islamists over the July 3 coup by Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, which followed mass protests by millions demanding that Morsi step down. Morsi is a veteran figure from the Brotherhood.

His analogy between the coup and destroying the Kaaba takes to a new level the enmity between the camp of Islamists led by the Brotherhood and their opponents, including liberals, moderate Muslim and secular Egyptians and minority Christians.

It also appears designed to whip up religious sentiments against el-Sissi on the eve of mass rallies that the general called for as a show of support for planned action by the military and the police to stop "violence and terrorism" by Morsi's supporters.

Islamists are holding their own rallies on Friday as well, part of their campaign to reinstate Morsi to office.

Badie, who has an arrest warrant against him for allegedly inciting violence, also called el-Sissi a "traitor" and urged him to repent.

"I swear by God that what el-Sissi did in Egypt is more criminal than if he had carried an axe and demolished the holy Kaaba stone by stone," said Badie, who also called on followers to take out to the streets on Friday, raising the specter of violence between the two camps.

The Kaaba is the cube-shaped shrine in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, that Muslims around the world face in their daily prayers.

Morsi's supporters have been staging sit-ins in two locations in Cairo since before Morsi's July 3 ouster. There have been deadly clashes between them and opponents of the ousted leader in the Egyptian capital and elsewhere as well as a dramatic rise in attacks blamed on radical Islamists in the strategic Sinai Peninsula.

Close to 200 people have been killed in the latest wave of violence to roil Egypt since the ouster in Feb. 2011 of autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt's highest security body, the National Defense Council, issued a statement on Thursday saying authorities were committed to ensuring the safety of all peaceful protesters, but warned that no tolerance would be shown to anyone who threatens security. It also pledged that authorities would stay within the law and the boundaries of human rights when measures are taken to end the "terrorizing of citizens and breaking the law."

The statement, issued after the council met late Wednesday, sought to reassure Egyptians that el-Sissi's call for rallies was not a bid to secure a popular cover for extrajudicial measures or gross human rights violations against Islamists. The council is currently led by interim President Adly Mansour and includes the prime minister and the defense and interior ministers.

Pro-democracy activists have since el-Sissi's call for rallies recalled the human rights abuses, including torturing detainees, blamed on the military during its direct rule for nearly 17 months after Mubarak's ouster.

"I hope that the voice of the people tomorrow will be loud and resounding, but also peaceful," interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi told reporters on Thursday. Clearly addressing the secular and liberal camp, he said: "Whoever wants to reassert the civilian state must come out in force."

El-Beblawi also commended el-Sissi's call for the rallies, calling the general a "cornerstone in the defense of the civilian state."

"Tomorrow is the day for the expression of views, freely and responsibly. Whoever tries to spoil the party will be dealt with firmly," he said.

Associated Press

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OKC Downtown Airpark opens tonight with Sublime with Rome in concert

Sublime with Rome will open the debut season at Oklahoma City's new outdoor concert venue, the OKC Downtown Airpark.

Oklahoma City?s newest outdoor venue is opening tonight with an effort to bring a little free music to tornado victims and first responders.

Ska punk band Sublime with Rome is bringing its headlining tour to the new OKC Downtown Airpark, 1701 S Western Ave., at 4:30 p.m. today. Gates open at 3 p.m.

The lineup for the venue?s first show also will include Pennywise, TWIZTID, Kottonmouth Kings and HB Surround Sound.

Tickets are $30, $40 and $55. But a limited number of free tickets has been set aside for first responders and victims of the May tornadoes, said Downtown Airpark President Howard Pollack.

?We want to help lift their spirits,? Pollack said. ?We want to give them a day of respite just to get away from the madness and enjoy the music.?

Free tickets can be picked up at the Moore Chamber of Commerce, 305 W Main Street in Moore, and KIRC radio station, 2 E Main in Shawnee, he said. First responders, including police officers, firefighters, military personnel and National Guard members, will be asked to show identification, while tornado victims will need to show their FEMA cards.

The airpark will feature an 80-foot-by-60-foot stage, a 30,000-square-foot entrance tent, two domed tents, a shaded VIP deck with a second stage, water and cooling stations and concession areas, he said. Along with the cooling breezes from the river, the venue will have a great view of the Oklahoma City skyline.

Along with tonight?s Sublime with Rome show, the venue?s first season lineup includes Motley Crue, Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Bennington and Oklahoma City rockers Hinder in concert on Sept. 13 and The Lumineers with Dr. Dog and Nathaniel Rateliffon on Oct. 3. A Latin Music Festival also is planned for fall, he said.

?We?re going to be adding some new shows in September and October, and without giving anything away, they?re going to be incredible shows,? said Pollack, who operated the Zoo Amphitheatre for many years.

?The most important thing is that we?re going to have a lot of fun.?

For tickets and information, go to www.facebook.com/OKCAirpark or www.ticketstorm.com.

-BAM

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Strong iPhone sales buoy Apple's third-quarter, shares climb

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's quarterly revenue and earnings beat Wall Street's targets on surprisingly strong sales of its flagship iPhone, sending its shares up 4 percent.

But profit slid 22 percent in its fiscal third quarter as margins were pressured by growing competition and a wider array of lower-end devices such as older smartphones.

Apple earned $6.9 billion, or $7.47 a share, on revenue of $35.3 billion. That compared with a profit of $8.8 billion, or $9.32 a share, on revenue of about $35 billion in the year-ago quarter.

Wall Street's average forecast was for revenue of $35.02 billion and earnings per share of $7.32, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

(Reporting by Poornima Gupta; Editing by Richard Chang)

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The Five Second Rule Will Make You Sick (And Maybe Dead)

With an unsettling *splat* your toast has once again landed butter-side down on the carpet. But it's not like you're going to waste another five minutes waiting for a replacement piece to brown. Heck no, just yell out "five second rule," pick that sucker up, brush off all that hair and lint and you're ready to eat, right? Science says no.

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