Patrick Ewing joins Wizards staff as an assistant coach

Patrick Ewing is returning to coaching after serving as an ambassador for the Knicks the last two seasons. The legendary forward who remains one of the greatest Knicks players ever — present throughout their recent championship run and parade, too — has joined the Wizards staff as an assistant coach, according to a Saturday ESPN report. Ewing previously served as the head coach for Georgetown — his alma mater — from 2017-23, leading the Hoyas to a Big East Tournament championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2021 before winning 13 games combined across the next two seasons and getting fired.…

AI-crazed San Francisco homebuyers find insane new currency to outbid rivals

Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom is making home-buying in the notoriously expensive Bay Area real estate market even more miserable. In a viral post this week, Michael Hess, a founder at an AI-moderated research platform, shared a screenshot of a text message exchange with a realtor. Hess in the exchange…

America’s favorite national parks are a cesspool of brain-eating amoebas: study

These invisible invaders are getting some peace of “mind” on your vacation. Often associated with big skies and purple mountains majesty, the US National Parks are increasingly becoming a cesspool for an insidious scourge — brain-eating amoebas. Researchers with the US Geological Survey and Montana State University found the parasitic interloper…

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