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Sanam – Aykathani Malakon ص​ن​م - أ​ي​ق​ظ​ن​ي م​ل​ا​ك​ٌSanam: Bell صنم - بل – videoThe formation of Beirut six-piece Sanam is emblematic of Lebanon’s thriving experimental music scene in and of itself: the group were convened at the behest of Irtijal festival for a collaboration with Hans Joachim Irmler of Faust, a juncture which catalysed the musicians into recording together later on. Their resulting debut, Aykathani Malakon (An Angel Woke Me), thoroughly embodies their originating influences, whipping up kosmische,…

ESPN Chairman Jimmy PitaroSteve Zak Photography | FilmMagic | Getty ImagesDisney's ESPN on Friday is informing about 20 of its on-air personalities that they will no longer appear on any of the network's platforms.Cuts include former National Basketball Association head coach and current game analyst Jeff Van Gundy and ex-NBA player and studio analyst Jalen Rose, according to a person familiar with the matter."Given the current environment, ESPN has determined it necessary to identify some additional cost savings in the…

NEW YORK —  The second Jalen Hood-Schifino made up his mind he’d be entering the NBA draft after his freshman season at Indiana, he knew he was going to wear a green suit.“Favorite color,” he said with a slight shrug as he moved behind the scenes at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.It clashed just a little with his golden Lakers hat, the first memento from his new employer. The franchise selected the 6-foot-6 point guard with the 17th overall pick in Thursday’s draft, their highest pick since the Lakers took Lonzo Ball…

SANTA CLARA, Calif. —  There figures to be high drama Sunday when San Francisco plays at Philadelphia in the NFC Championship Game.But will it match the pyrotechnics of the first NFL meeting between 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts?The two faced each other in 2019 when Purdy was at Iowa State and Hurts at Oklahoma. The Sooners won 42-41 and the quarterbacks accounted for 11 touchdowns.Hurts threw for three and ran for two. Purdy threw for five and ran for one.The top-seeded Eagles, who…

Costa Rican law enforcement officials said Friday they identified the body of former UCLA basketball player Jalen Hill more than a month after its discovery through forensic analysis of his skeletal remains.DNA analysis involving samples from other family members confirmed the identification after Hill’s remains were found Aug. 8 in the Napoles de Tarrazu sector roughly 40 miles south of San Jose, according to Marco Monge, a spokesperson for the Judicial Investigation Police.The cause of death was undetermined, Monge…

No matter the circumstances, Jalen Hill could break out in a wide grin that made those around him feel everything was going to be all right.“Just a really good kid, had a great smile,” said Josh Giles, his coach at Corona Centennial High before Hill went on to become a starting forward-center at UCLA. “He was a great basketball player, but I just loved him as a person.”Hill made international headlines before his first college game, becoming part of the trio of Bruins involved in a shoplifting spree in China that led to…