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MORE: NBA All-Star game roster updates | How Dude Perfect became sports stars GoPro cameras and the use of technology from the point-of-view of athletes are the hot new trends in sports. Pole-vaulter Allison Stokke lit up the Internet with a GoPro video showing off her high-flying routine on Tuesday. GoPro recently announced its first sports partnership with the NHL to give fans the POV of pro hockey players as they skate, stickhandle and shoot....

But there’s another executive position available — general manager. Last week we learned there are at least four candidates on the Leafs’ wish list. MORE: Coaching change scenarios | Report: Oilers close to hiring McLellan | Leafs’ offseason needs Leafs president Brendan Shanahan cleaned house at season’s end in preparation for a gut rehab. So the chicken-and-egg question became whether Shanahan would hire a GM who fills his requirements before a coach was hired....

In a new wrinkle for this season, coaches are able to challenge goals involving goalie interference or offside plays. Babcock used the challenge when it appeared Canadiens defenseman Jeff Petry scored 6:36 into the second period. He argued that Montreal’s Tomas Plekanec interfered with Maple Leafs goalie Jonathan Bernier.PHOTOS: NHL season openers: Champs celebrate, rivals meet | Vladimir Putin nets 7 goals in birthday game with NHL legends The goal was overturned and — voila — NHL history was made....

Also read - League of Legends Worlds 2019: Will North America prevail this year? How to participate in Pick’em? To take part in the fantasy draft, head over to LoL’s Pick’em website and make the predictions. You will have a separate Pick’em for both the Group Stage and Knockout Stage, and each stage will have a corresponding in-game mission. There is no information regarding the missions, but Riot will give an update on it once Pick’em goes live....

Other than that, Riot Games also mentioned in a recent blog post that they would be looking to build more crossover characters in the future. This is something that very much indicates that the company might be looking to develop an interconnected multiverse with both these titles. This is obviously speculation, but there are several reasons to believe the same. Neon and Zeri being developed through joint efforts of League of Legends and Valorant teams will probably start something bigger by Riot Neon and Zeri are not the same characters....

Like most live service game events, the League of Legends Star Guardian event was built around a progression system encouraging players to log in each day and complete various missions. Unfortunately, these missions were not completing as expected, denying League of Legends players progression and making it impossible to earn the best Star Guardian rewards. First, Riot decided to extend the event, but since progression issues continue it decided to end the event early....

Riot Forge was founded by the League of Legends developers as a publisher program to allow third-party developers to make new games within the League of Legends universe. With Riot working to expand the universe of the successful MOBA through its own releases like Legends of Runeterra and the currently-airing Netflix series Arcane, Riot Forge looked to provide more opportunities for unique stories by allowing non-Riot developers to bring their own spin on the game’s iconic characters....

Previously, well-known insider Tom Henderson claimed that Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War support will continue long after its Seasons have ended and Call of Duty 2021 has released. Citing Activision’s satisfaction with the revenue the game has brought in post-launch, the leak makes sense. While Henderson did not clarify what form this extra support would be taking, another reputable insider has confirmed that several multiplayer maps are on the way....

Reddit user r/DougDagnabbit has noticed a fascinating video within the files of Call of Duty: Warzone. The clip shows an overhead map looking at Verdansk, which is the current playable map in Warzone. Suddenly, dozens of red dots appear on top of the Verdansk area (perhaps indicating that it was attacked by missiles or even nukes), and the video pans over to a different area of the massive territory and shows Urzikstan, a land of desert, mountainous regions, and urban settings....

As most brain areas perform a limited set of brain functions, the symptoms of a given lacunar stroke usually correspond to the area where the damage occurred. The symptoms fall within one of the following five categories. Pure Motor Strokes Pure motor strokes are the most common type of lacunar strokes, accounting for more than 50% of all cases. Doctors use the technical term “pure motor paresis” to describe pure motor strokes....

Lo cierto es que desde que este tipo de plataforma existe, nuestra forma de consumir televisión ha cambiado. Cada vez somos más los que solo vemos series a través de Netflix o HBO en vez de tener que esperar cada semana a que emitan en Telecinco o Antena 3 un nuevo capítulo de la serie a la que estamos enganchados. Ahora somos nosotros y nosotras los que controlamos los tiempos, los que decimos qué ver, cuándo verlo y dónde verlo....

Así, la Spotlight Cam Pro y la Spotlight Cam Plus son las dos novedades que llegan con detección de movimiento avanzada, junto a otro dispositivo que hace las funciones de botón de alarma que ha sido nombrado como Alarm Panic Button. Estas nuevas cámaras utilizan detección de movimiento 3D mejorado usando radar y otros sensores que han sido incorporados para no solo mejorar la detección de presencia y otros movimientos, sino también para brindar un modo de visión a vista de pájaro ayudado por un gran angular....

According to the Las Vegas Sun, an ongoing cable rights dispute between Nexstar Broadcasting Group — which owns local CBS affiliate KLAS-TV — and Cox Communications could mean Super Bowl 50 will be blacked out for more than 350,000 of the cable provider’s customers. MORE: Athlete cameos in Super Bowl commercials | Watt defends Newton’s dancing The two sides have not been able to agree on a rate increase, though negotiations have been ongoing for five months....

Trouble is, everyone from the top 66 — Adam Scott and Rickie Fowler are skipping — also is at Austin Country Club. Eleven players in the field have yet to qualify for the Masters, and what’s required of them at Match Play depends on their ranking. Russell Knox, Lee Westwood, Tom Lewis and Luke List likely will have to advance to Sunday’s semifinals to break into the top 50....

The Last of Us Part 2, a sequel to the 2013 Playstation 3 hit and one of the most beloved Naughty Dog franchises next to the Uncharted series, was announced in 2016 and has been in development even longer. Sony has not yet revealed a release date for the title. RELATED: The Last of Us 2 Won’t Become a PS5 Exclusive Baker, an industry superstar and the voice actor behind the first game’s protagonist Joel, discussed the game with Push Square this weekend at Manchester Comic-Con....

The reviews are in for HBO’s The Last of Us. Amid the collective sigh of relief from gamers world-weary from subpar adaptations of their favorite franchises, the show is a critical darling. With Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in the roles of Joe and Ellie, the entire cast is being praised for bringing depth and complexity to their characters. The Last of Us, which debuts on Sunday, January 15, is being hailed as a triumph, which stays faithful to its source material while standing on its own as a harrowing glimpse into a post-apocalyptic world brought to the brink....

Once again, this talented but immature Australian let his emotions run wild in losing in a Shanghai competition. The immediate result was a $1,500 fine for uttering an obscenity. Smashing a tennis ball into the court’s back wall, just missing a line judge in the process, was not good form. MORE: Kyrgios and the bad boys of tennis Two matches, two code violations and, Kyrgios said afterwards, no worry about whether he is suspended....

At 2:25 a.m. CDT, NWS warned that severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from three miles north of Oketo to six miles east of Blue Rapids to three miles south of Randolph, moving east at 50 mph. It is expected that these storms will cause damage to roofs, siding and trees. The thunderstorm watch is in effect until 5:00 a.m. CDT, affecting counties Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline and Seward, in southeast Nebraska....

White House press secretary Jen Psaki called communism in Cuba a “failed ideology” that was responsible for the lack of access to economic opportunity, medical supplies and COVID-19 vaccines in the country. “Communism is a failed ideology,” she said. “It has failed the people of Cuba. They deserve freedom, they deserve a government that supports them.” She said the administration is looking for ways to support the Cuban people without padding “the pocket of the corrupt authoritarian regime....

Latino groups in the state and across the country are trying to change that. With the election of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, her Senate seat will be vacated, which allows California Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint her successor. Organizations involved in a public effort to influence Newsom’s decision told Newsweek it is time for a Latino to represent the state. “Never in the 170-year history of California has there been a Latino or Latina representing the state in the U....