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Street Fighter has an especially long history with rap and hip-hop culture. The relationship goes all the way back to Street Fighter 2 and its impact on popular culture at the time. The game featured many aesthetics inspired by late 80’s hip-hop culture and music that oftentimes mirrored the exploding popularity of hip-hop and rap music. Years later, rappers still make references to the game and famously Lupe Fiasco ended up winning an exhibition match against one of the most famous pro fighting game players Daigo Umehara at a pre-launch event for Street Fighter 5....

It wasn't long ago that there were doubts Oden would ever make a basketball return, after he was drafted to the Trail Blazers in 2007 and struggled with knee injuries. MORE: Greg Oden’s first start since 2009 | LeBron to speak with Silver on sleeved jerseys Oden played 61 games in his second season, but suited up for only 21 games the next season as chronic knee injuries started to set in....

More than 90 million people have visited Bristol Zoo Gardens at its site in Clifton, in the U.K., since it opened in 1836. Staff had geared up to welcome its final visitors as the impact of COVID-19 and lockdowns have taken too much of a toll. It is the fifth oldest zoo in the world and has housed famous residents such as Roger, the first black rhino born in the U....

But while there are a lot of great leaders to choose from, there are also some historical leaders who were…not so great. For instance, the games have been willing to pick any historical leader for Germany except Adolf Hitler, for reasons that should be self-evident. But there are other figures who simply would not lend themselves to decent gameplay, whether it is because of their incompetence or crossing ethical lines....

Case in point: Cubs fan and University of Illinois student Ben Larson was facing a tough situation. His team is playing the Pirates on Thursday in Pittsburgh in the one-game NL wild-card game, but he also is supposed to take a midterm the same day. MORE: 10 greatest Cubs of all time His tactic was that honesty about his situation (he has tickets) and the reality of the Cubs’ history (well, you know) was the best policy....

As a series based around tactical warfare, there are hundreds of weapons in Fire Emblem. Only a handful of these are important enough to feature in the series’ lore however, and none is more important than the Falchion, also known as the Kingsfang. A legendary sword, the Falchion features in many of the Fire Emblem games, and is often crucial to the plot. Here’s the entire story of how the Kingsfang has changed the world of Fire Emblem....

The former want Gonzalez fired yesterday, believing almost anyone would be better, citing, among other things, back-to-back bad seasons, multiple late-season collapses and that time he left Craig Kimbrel in the bullpen during a playoff elimination game. MORE: Worst managers of the past 30 years | Worst September collapses for every MLB team The latter say a manager plays a limited role in a team’s success, citing roster construction and player execution as the keys to winning baseball, believing that it ultimately matters little who helms the team....

The Williams show is the college’s contribution to something Ludlumesquely titled “The Vienna Project,” a collaboration among 11 cultural institutions scattered throughout the Berkshires–a hilly patch of the Northeastern United States that looks so picturesquely like parts of Austria that you fear for the Trapp family among all those SUVs roaring down scenic roads. The prestigious Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (also in Williamstown) is showing some Gustave Klimt landscapes, MassMoCA (the gigantic contemporary-art showplace housed in an old mill complex in nearby North Adams) is hosting avant-garde Viennese art and other Berkshire venues are offering Austrian dance, music and theater....

The announcement arrives just a day after the title leaked, so this was likely meant to be an E3 surprise. Hitman 2 will take players to a fresh sandbox full of new weapons, locations, targets, and tools to plan their perfect assassination. The game’s trailer looks like it is taking everything that worked in the last Hitman title and just adding on to the formula. Here’s a look at the official announcement trailer…...

Emerging research suggests that this is probably not the case, or at least not the disease pathway we had long presumed. In fact, since as far back as the late-1990s, scientists had begun to observe that HIV can also spread directly from cell to cell without creating any free-circulating virus. This secondary mode of transmission, according to research from the San Francisco-based Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, is between 100 and 1,000 times more efficient in depleting CD4 cells than a free-circulating virus and may help explain, in part, why current vaccine models are unable to adequately prevent or neutralize HIV....

This article will discuss the key differences between hives and eczema in their symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment. Symptoms Hives, also called uticaria, are red, itchy bumps or welts on the body. Most of the time, hives go away within a few days to weeks, but some people experience chronic hives that last more than six weeks. About 20% of people experience hives at some point in their lives....

Balbir Singh Dosanjh: The legend comes back As the preparations began for the World Cup, the Indian Hockey Federation decided to pull out all stops to ensure that India returns with nothing less than the ultimate World Cup. For this, they decided to recall the charismatic hockey legend, triple Olympic gold medalist Balbir Singh Dosanjh back in action. Like the Indian team in the early 70s, Balbir had a roller coaster ride too throughout his career....

Under newly-appointed coach Cedric D’Souza, the Delhi outfit will be keen to improve on their third-place finish in the 2015 Hockey India League. But it won’t be a stroll in the park for Delhi Waveriders as all six teams appear competitive enough to give each other a run for their money. “All six teams will be well prepared for the 2016 Coal India Hockey India League. It won’t be fair to say this or that team are the favourites....

A senior member of the selection committee said that half the squad that will play in this month’s World Cup will be rested for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in July. These tournaments will practically be selection trials for the Asian Games. The selector said “The idea is to identify our best players who have big-match temperament for the Asian Games, which is our prime target. High-place finish at the World Cup is a bit far-fetched for us and a medal at the CWG does not mean much....

Hoddle collapsed on his 61st birthday shortly before he was due to go on air as a pundit for BT Sport. He was airlifted to hospital and reportedly underwent surgery to insert three stents. After being described as being in a “serious condition” on Sunday, Hoddle was said to be awake, sitting up in bed and speaking to his family on Monday. The former England manager was reported to have been moved out of intensive care as he continued his recovery....

England crashed out of Euro 2016 with the 2-1 loss against one of the lowest-ranked teams in the competition, while in the immediate aftermath of the result, Hodgson announced his decision to quit in a pre-prepared statement to the media. Sitting alongside the Football Association’s chief executive Martin Glenn, Hodgson was clearly irked with the task of addressing the media in his final day as England manager. “I don’t really know what I’m doing here....

Hoffenheim got their campaign back on track after a tough three-week spell earlier this year. They picked up a 2-1 comeback win over Wolfsburg in their last game via a five-minute second-half double from Jacob Bruun Larsen and Andrej Kramaric. The home side sit fifth in the league table with 37 points from 23 games. They will now be looking to continue their winning run when they take on Stuttgart on Friday....

If it’s going to take hold for Bielema at Arkansas, it’s going to take hold this weekend against Texas Tech. MORE: Week 3 picks | Schedule | First-and-10: No respect “This is where our plan overall as a program kicks in,” Bielema said. Heaven help the rest of the SEC if it does. Here’s what makes this whole Bielema experiment at Arkansas and the SEC so intriguing: He’s the perfect coach for the brash, loud and proud conference....

Some fans may be familiar with certain events in the history of Harry Potter, even if they’ve not been directly shown in the series and its various media before. Foundational events like the Goblin Rebellions that took place sporadically between the 17th and 19th centuries were mentioned in the books and will be important in the upcoming Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy, but other significant events might not be quite so well-known....

Along with a range of destructive and defensive spells, creating a sanctuary in the Room of Requirement, and facing off against some of the series’ iconic magical beasts, Hogwarts Legacy will also allow players to ride on their own broomstick. While players may not to use their broom in a game of Quidditch, they will be able to take to the skies and participate in Broom Races, as well as use them to traverse the open-world....