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That is how Brennaman has punctuated nearly every Reds victory over the past 46 years on the club’s radio network. Thursday will be the last game he calls as the team’s primary radio voice. He announced last January that 2019 would be his final season, and it was arranged for him to conclude that farewell with the club’s final homestand. MORE VOICES: Joe Davis | Don Orsillo | Dan McLaughlin | Gary Cohen | Jessica Mendoza | Victor Rojas | Len Kasper | Jim Powell...

With the win, Basetsana overcame a 2-0 deficit from the first leg to advance to the third round of qualifiers where they will now meet Nigeria in the weekends of 12-14 and 26-28 January. A brace from captain Linda Motlhalo and solitary strikes from Khanya Xesi, Lelona Daweti and Gabriela Salgado saw Maude Khumalo’s charges cruise to victory. It took Basetsana only nine minutes to open the scoring through Xesi....

NBA.com’s Micah Adams wanted to highlight Grant Hill’s prime years, often forgotten because of his injury history. Adams suggested that, during Hill’s peak, he was on par with some of the greatest to ever play the game. MORE: Ray Allen not waiting to hear from ex-Celtics teammates before induction And the comparisons did not stop there. Adams also addressed how the first couple years of Hill’s career were on par with another 6-8 forward who might be considered the greatest player of all time....

Psychologists have long known that new wars can reopen old wounds for veterans. When U.S. troops fought in Iraq in 1991, clinics of the government’s Veterans Affairs (VA) administration were flooded with calls from distressed former soldiers. But some researchers now believe the current Iraq war is particularly vexing for Vietnam veterans because of the ways it is similar to the conflict they fought 40 years ago: the grinding guerrilla warfare, the constant brush with civilians and the political debate back home....

Bavetta’s career started when he officiated a game between the Knicks and Celtics on Dec. 2, 1975, at Madison Square Garden. Since then, he has officiated 2,635 consecutive games, including 270 contests in the playoffs and 27 in the finals. “Dick’s dedication and commitment to his craft has been an inspiration to all NBA officials,” said Rod Thorn, NBA president of basketball operations. “We are grateful for his contributions to our league, and we wish him the best as he enjoys his well-earned retirement....

Ronaldo: Messi and I are not good friends The Poland international’s existing deal runs until June 2019, but Bayern is believed to be keen to hold on to the prolific attacker for an additional two years and reward him for his fine performances since joining the club from Borussia Dortmund in 2014. Lewandowski’s agent Maik Barthel insisted this week there is no agreement yet, but Bayern seems confident a deal will be struck sooner rather than later....

Guardiola hits out at 48-team World Cup: ‘We are going to kill the players’ The 64-year-old was forced to step down from the position in 2014 when he served jail time for tax evasion, but he remained a popular figure at Bayern and was re-elected last month. While the likes of Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Manchester City are bankrolled by billionaire owners, Hoeness is proud of the structure at Bayern and wants to help retain it during his tenure....

‘Bayern will raid Monaco’ A report in Portugal this week claimed the Bundesliga champions will owe the additional fee when the midfielder plays what would be his 25th game for the club. Such a payment would see Sanches’ overall price reach €40m, matching the club record transfer of Javi Martinez from Athletic Bilbao in 2012. However, Bayern insist the claims are “false” and have made it clear they will not release any details about Sanches’ contract....

The former France international’s existing contract at the Allianz Arena is due to expire at the end of this season and chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge recently stated that Bayern aims to open talks with Ribery sooner rather than later. L’Equipe claimed on Thursday that talks have already come to a successful conclusion, with Ribery allegedly inking a one-year renewal, but Bayern has now stressed there is no truth in such claims....

Outside the Lines’ string of reports this week on Baylor included documents it obtained that detail heretofore largely unknown allegations of sexual assault, domestic violence and other acts of violence involving several Baylor football players. MORE: It’s time for someone to be held accountable at Baylor Meantime, in regard to documents surrounding the crisis, the Texas Attorney General said Baylor must comply with a new state law that requires private universities in Texas to comply with public information guidelines, an opinion that came after the Waco Tribune-Herald made a request for records related to sexual assault allegations at the school....

Undefeated teams from power conferences were piling up with space for only two in Pasadena on Jan. 6. But a series of upsets, culminating with Michigan State’s win against Ohio State on Saturday night wrapped up the final BCS matchup nice and neat. HAYES: With FSU, Auburn — last team with ball wins MORE: SEC photos | ACC photos | Big Ten photos | Spartans fans get wild Florida State, No....

Pompeo is currently visiting Israel as part of a 10-day visit to the Middle East ad Europe. On Thursday, he became the first American secretary of state to visit a Jewish settlement in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Such settlements are considered illegal by the United Nations and most of the international community. Pompeo and the Trump administration dispute this. Pompeo used the visit to laud the close ties between the Trump administration and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and celebrate the pro-Israel achievements of the Trump presidency....

A great many U.S. tourists have bailed out on Egypt since 1997, when terrorists slaughtered 67 foreign visitors (none of them American) in two gory attacks. Since then, the government has tightened security considerably, but Egypt still ranks as a dangerous place. The State Department announced last month that ““extremist elements may be planning imminent unspecified attacks against U.S. interests in Egypt.’’ Pinkerton Global Intelligence Services, one of the private companies entering the burgeoning travel-security field, rates Egypt as a ““high-risk’’ country (map)....

The Yankees wanted to be ready for that day, and when that day finally came this winter, they were ready. Tuesday, Tanaka put on his pinstripes for the first time, and Yankees general manager Brian Cashman revealed how meticulously his team approached the opportunity to bring the pitcher to New York. It started on Christmas Eve, when Rakuten made the official decision to post Tanaka under the new agreement between Major League Baseball and the Japanese leagues....

And get yourself a good coffee machine, too. Some things never change, and whether it’s just you and your spouse or you and 50 employees, keeping a business alive and thriving requires long hours and a taste for cold pizza–especially at the beginning. Herewith: four success stories from the frontier. Burch LaPrade never really bought into the dot-com madness. There was something in the air, for sure, but it just didn’t smell right to the skeptical LaPrade....

Today it’s widely recognized that fruits and vegetables are more than just good for you. Research shows that vitamins, minerals and other substances in plant foods actively protect against heart disease and many cancers. But Americans are still reluctant to venture much beyond french fries and iceberg lettuce. Studies show that only 9 percent of us eat the recommended five servings a day of fruits and vegetables; more than a quarter eat no vegetables at all on a given day, and nearly half eat no fruit....

Allen Minish had been inputting data to his GPS during a real estate surveying trip near Gulkana, around 190 miles northeast of Anchorage, when he noticed the animal standing just 30 feet away. The 61-year-old, from the village of Chitna, tried to hide behind spruce trees but the bear charged towards him. He brandished the pointed end of his surveying pole but the bear simply knocked it aside. “As he lunged up on top of me, I grabbed his lower jaw to pull him away,” Minish told the Associated Press....

Ken Mauldin was sleeping at his home in Steamboat Springs when he was jolted awake by screams at two o’clock in the morning, KUSA reported. As Mauldin jumped out of bed, his wife was screaming: “There’s a bear in the house.” “So, I grabbed a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun,” he told KUSA. There are an estimated 17,000 to 20,000 black bears in Colorado. The population has been expanding in recent years, making conflict with humans more common....