Florida Highway patrolmen block the entrance to the Main Street Bridge near the scene of a mass shooting at Jacksonville Landing in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Florida authorities are reporting multiple fatalities at the riverfront mall that was hosting a video game tournament. (AP Photo/John Raoux) Law enforcement boats patrol the St. Johns River at The Jacksonville Landing after a mass shooting during a video game tournament at the riverfront mall, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Jacksonville, Fla. (Will Dickey/The Florida Times-Union via AP) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Police investigate the scene of a multiple shooting at the Jacksonville Landing Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, during a video game competition in Jacksonville, Fla. A gunman opened fire Sunday during an online video game tournament that was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing multiple people and sending many others to hospitals, authorities said. (Will Dickey/The Florida … [Read more...] about “No one deserves to die over playing a video game, you know?”
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Names & Faces: Antonio Brown, Jose Mourinho
Published 3:46 pm PDT, Wednesday, July 18, 2018 Antonio Brown The Pittsburgh Steelers’ receiver really has reached the top of the NFL: He’s on the cover of the Madden NFL 19 and Madden NFL Overdrive video games. The EA Sports games will go on sale Aug. 10 worldwide. “To be on the cover is a real honor I’ve wanted to always have because I have so much connection with the game,” said Brown, an All-Pro the past four seasons and runner-up to Todd Gurley as NFL Offensive Player of the Year in 2017. “Growing up as a kid, I played Madden all the time, was being inspired by the players in the game. And now to be on the cover, it’s a special feeling.” Jose Mourinho Don’t expect to see World Cup stars Paul Pogba of champion France, Romelu Lukaku and Marouane Fellaini of semifinalist Belgium or Marcus Rashford and Phil Jones of semifinalist England at Levi’s Stadium on Sunday in Manchester United’s exhibition … [Read more...] about Names & Faces: Antonio Brown, Jose Mourinho
Cy-Fair bounces back to win Game 2 against Cypress Ranch
By Jason McDaniel Published 9:59 pm, Friday, June 1, 2018 Photo: Wilf Thorne/For The Chronicle Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 Tyler Ashy (1) of the Cy-Fair Bobcats makes it to second base after a hit against the Cypress Ranch Mustangs in a High School playoff game on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Schroeder Park on the University of Houston campus. less Tyler Ashy (1) of the Cy-Fair Bobcats makes it to second base after a hit against the Cypress Ranch Mustangs in a High School playoff game on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Schroeder Park on the University of ... more Photo: Wilf Thorne/For The Chronicle Cy-Fair bounces back to win Game 2 against Cypress Ranch 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Blake Wilson's still undefeated after a gusty complete-game effort. Cy-Fair's still alive in the playoffs. The senior pitcher improved … [Read more...] about Cy-Fair bounces back to win Game 2 against Cypress Ranch
Cypress Ranch staves off Cy-Fair in Game 1 of Region III-6A final
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Meet the Members of Congress Who Play Video Games
Scott Peters had never played Mario Kart before, but he sure as hell wasn’t going to lose to Darrell Issa. Peters, a Democrat from San Diego who represents California’s 52nd congressional district, battled Issa, a Republican from the neighboring 49th district, at last year’s Comic-Con. Peters had been pretty good at Pac-Man back in the day, during law school in New York in the 1980s, to the point where, whenever he sees what he calls a “Pac-Man machine,” he’ll stop and give it his best shot, just for old time’s sake. But Mario Kart — the new Nintendo Switch version, at least — was a whole different animal, and he wasn’t confident his atrophying skills gobbling up Pac-Dots would transfer. So his chief of staff brought in a subject-matter expert: her 12-year-old son. Peters, who’s 59, made himself comfortable in a bean-bag chair while the tween taught him the basics. “He was very patient with me,” Peters says. … [Read more...] about Meet the Members of Congress Who Play Video Games