Old hotel goes dark for repair

Old hotel goes dark for repair

An aging Roanoke Valley hotel has closed for renovations. The former Airport Plaza Hotel will reemerge later this year as a budget-priced establishment called Spark under the Hilton umbrella, according to Kalyan Hospitality of Glen Allen. Kalyan’s project manager Cedric Johnson said he immediately closed the establishment upon its purchase in October. Two of its … Read more

Into The Light Reveals New Horde Mode, Onslaught

Into The Light Reveals New Horde Mode, Onslaught

Image: Bungie We’ve still got a couple more months to wait for Destiny 2’s next expansion, The Final Shape, which is set to launch June 4. But players finally have something to get excited about, thanks to a new developer stream. Into the Light, the game’s next update launches on April 9 and during the … Read more

USA Basketball learns its groupings for the Paris Olympics. Tough draws await the men and women

USA Basketball learns its groupings for the Paris Olympics. Tough draws await the men and women

USA Basketball’s men’s team will see Serbia and South Sudan in two of its three group-stage games at the Paris Olympics, while the U.S. women will open their schedule in a gold-medal-game rematch against Japan in France this summer. FIBA, the sport’s global organizing body, held the draw for the Paris Games in Mies, Switzerland, … Read more

JPMorgan Appoints Heads of New Sports Investment Banking Group

JPMorgan Appoints Heads of New Sports Investment Banking Group

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has set up a dedicated sports investment banking team as Wall Street banks battle for fees in an increasingly competitive corner of the mergers and acquisitions market. The US bank has appointed Eric Menell and Gian Piero Sammartano to co-lead the new sports investment banking coverage group, according to an internal … Read more

NYT Connections: hints and answers for Tuesday, March 19

NYT Connections: hints and answers for Tuesday, March 19

Connections is the latest puzzle game from the New York Times. The game tasks you with categorizing a pool of 16 words into four secret (for now) groups by figuring out how the words relate to each other. The puzzle resets every night at midnight and each new puzzle has a varying degree of difficulty. Just … Read more

Helldivers 2 Is Filled With Odd Blue Lasers, Fans Have A Theory

Helldivers 2 Is Filled With Odd Blue Lasers, Fans Have A Theory

Recently, players fighting for democracy in online co-op sci-fi shooter Helldivers 2 have spotted strange blue lasers flying across the sky. Others have recorded video clips showing the mysterious blue lasers taking out players with one shot. Some online are convinced that these blue laser bolts are a sign that a new enemy faction (seen … Read more

Brunson becomes fourth Knicks player with consecutive 40-point games, leads New York past Kings

Brunson becomes fourth Knicks player with consecutive 40-point games, leads New York past Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 42 points, becoming the fourth player in franchise history with 40 or more in consecutive games, and the New York Knicks beat the Sacramento Kings 98-91 on Saturday night. Brunson had 45 points in Thursday’s win at Portland. He has seven 40-point games this season, when he was … Read more

‘HNN Overtime’ talks UH men’s volleyball, The Big West basketball tournament and Shohei Ohtani

‘HNN Overtime’ talks UH men’s volleyball, The Big West basketball tournament and Shohei Ohtani

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – In the newest edition of “HNN Overtime,” hosts Kyle Chinen, Cienna Pilotin and Davis Pitner breaks down the latest sports headlines in the islands. The crew talks about the loss of one of the No. 1 UH men’s volleyball team’s best players, the Rainbow Warriors and Wahine in the Big West basketball … Read more

Man City want Ederson new deal talks as Chelsea prepare to hand Cole Palmer bumper pay rise – Paper Talk | Football News

Man City want Ederson new deal talks as Chelsea prepare to hand Cole Palmer bumper pay rise – Paper Talk | Football News

The top stories and transfer rumours from Sunday’s newspapers… DAILY STAR ON SUNDAY Manchester City want to open new contract talks with Ederson. Cole Palmer is set for a bumper pay rise at Chelsea. Mauricio Pochettino believes we are finally starting to see why Chelsea blew a record £115m on Moises Caicedo. MAIL ON SUNDAY … Read more