Wisconsin Badgers vs Arizona Wildcats Live Stream, TBS TV Schedule: Watch NCAA March Madness 2015 Online

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Wisconsin Badgers vs Arizona Wildcats Live Stream, TBS TV Schedule: Watch NCAA March Madness 2015 Online

Only two teams are left in the West Region of the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament as the top-seeded Wisconsin Badgers face number two team Arizona Wildcats.

Christian Post Report – The match is on March 28, 2015 and starts 6:09 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the TBS network or online through live stream (details below).

Arizona Wildcats' Derrick Williams (L) drives to the net on Connecticut Huskies' Roscoe Smith in this 2011 file photo. (Photo: Reuters/Alex Gallardo)

Arizona Wildcats’ Derrick Williams (L) drives to the net on Connecticut Huskies’ Roscoe Smith in this 2011 file photo.

In the second round, Wisconsin took care of Coast Carolina 86-72 with Frank Kaminsky coming up big with 27 points and 12 rebounds. The Badgers led big by the half and continued to pile on the pressure to eliminate their Big South competition.

Next was a match against the Oregon Ducks. The game was much closer than their previous but Wisconsin held their own with Kaminsky again providing for the team with 16 points and seven rebounds. He got help from Sam Dekker, who poured in 17 points as four starters finished the game scoring in double digits.

In the Sweet 16, Wisconsin faced the tough North Carolina Tar Heels and gave them more than they could handle. North Carolina led by the half but Wisconsin rallied in the second frame to prevent the upset-minded underdogs. Dekker scored a game-high 23 points while shooting 10-of-15 from the field. He also pulled down 10 rebounds to finish the game on a high note.

Arizona dominated Texas Southern in the second round, winning big behind Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and his double-double of 23 points and 10 rebounds. The Wildcats held a 21-point lead to finish the half and eventually won 93-72.

Things were definitely much tougher in the Sweet 16 when they faced the Xavier Musketeers.

Arizona withstood an onslaught by big men Matt Stainbrook and Jalen Reynolds. The former finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds while the latter had 12 points off the bench. The Wildcats responded with 17 from T.J. Mconnell as he also pulled down seven rebounds and dished out five assists. Kaleb Tarczewski and Stanley Johnson each had 12 points in the 68-60 victory.

With a place in the final four up for grabs, catch updates and live scores on ESPN.com. For live streaming, click here.

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‘Modern Family’ Season 6: Episode 18 Recap ‘Spring Break’

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‘Modern Family’ Season 6: Episode 18 Recap ‘Spring Break’
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Modern Family

Christian Post Report – This week on “Modern Family,” Jay and Gloria agree to give up their vices, Phil learns that Luke is good at everything that he’s bad at, and Haley learns the truth about what Alex has been hiding.

It’s Spring Break, and Alex is checking the college admissions websites as she waits for a response. Claire encourages her to go out and have fun with Haley at a music festival. Haley is reluctant to let her sister tag along, but in the end Alex chooses to go with her.

At Cam and Mitchell’s house, Mitch receives an email with pictures from Lily, who’s away at sleepaway camp, and she’s sending them her signal—two fingers raised, which means she’s not having fun at camp. Mitch decides to bring her home right away.

Jay offers to go with Mitch to camp so he can have a cigar, which is something that he has agreed to give up, while Gloria says that in return, she’ll give up watching soap operas.

At camp, Jay wears an orange suit over his clothes so he won’t smell like cigars. Mitch is ready to get Lily but then he sees her having fun. Mitch prepares to leave, but is spotted by the kids. He launches into a ghost story, but the kids mock him for it, until they see Jay in the orange suit and they run away screaming.

At the Dunphy’s house, Claire is in a spring cleaning frenzy and is thinking about throwing out Phil’s banjo, since his bad playing irritates her. But Luke finds the banjo and quickly learns to play it well. Phil, not wanting to be one-upped by his son, decides to teach him an acrobatic move on the trampoline as he hopes to be able to do something that his son can’t. But that backfires when Luke proves to be a natural on the trampoline. Later, Phil decides to stop Luke from playing the banjo and when goes upstairs to confront him, Phil nearly blinds Luke.

At the clinic, Phil tells Luke that the only reason why he’s been acting so strange is that Luke has been doing everything better than him all day, and also, he’s getting old.

At the festival, Haley tries to get Alex to loosen up but she ends up getting drunk. The two get separated, and Haley calls her mother. Claire looks at Alex’s computer to find clues and she learns that Alex didn’t get into Harvard. Haley finds Alex and tells her that she knows about Harvard, but she shouldn’t worry because she’ll be fine, no matter which school she goes to.

“Modern Family” airs on Wednesdays at 9/8c on ABC.

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‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Casting Rumors, News: Lana Condor to Play Jubilee, Channing Tatum to Cameo as Gambit

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‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Casting Rumors, News: Lana Condor to Play Jubilee, Channing Tatum to Cameo as Gambit
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Channing Tatum arrives for the premiere of “22 Jump Street” in New York June 4, 2014.

Christian Post Report – Fox’s upcoming big screen offering “X-Men: Apocalypse” from the hit X-Men franchise has been touted to be even bigger than its last installment, “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”

To better serve the goal, earlier reports indicated a slew of newcomers who will play the younger versions of the original trilogy players like Jean Grey (who will now be taken over by GoT’s Sophie Turner), Storm (by Alexandra Shipp), and Cyclops (by Tue Sheridan).

Then just yesterday, director Bryan Singer posted on social media to post yet another newcomer, Lana Condor, who will play as Jubilee, otherwise known as Jubilation Lee.

Played previously by Kea Wong and Katrina Florence across the three original X-Men movies, the mutant youngster once had the ability to project pyrotechnic energy plasmoids and evade detection. She was later depowered in the “New Warriors” comic series where she now possesses the powers and abilities of a vampire.

It should be confirmed later on as to which powers and abilities will Jubilee harnesses in the Singer-helmed film.

Meanwhile, earlier casting reports from Latino Review also indicated that one major character to be played by equally famous actor will be coming over in “Apocalypse” alongside the franchise’s mainstays.

The Instagram post pointed out that Apocalypse will begin principal photography in Montreal this April 28 to which cameos by Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine and Hallie Berry’s Storm are to be expected.

Then there’s “Haywire” actor Channing Tatum who will debut as Gambit, the publication wrote.

Tatum has previously expressed excitement in suiting up as the card-slinging mutant to which he considers as someone close to his heart.

“X-Men: Apocalypse” is slated to hit the theatres this May 27, 2016.

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Words Matter

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“But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.'”
— Matthew 5:37

Christian Post Report – During the days of the early church, thousands lost their lives because they would not say two words: Kaiser Kurios, which means “Caesar is Lord.” That’s because they understood that words matter.

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    Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California, shares the Gospel with a sold-out crowd of 19,000 for Harvest America at the American Airlines Center and Victory Park in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 5, 2014.

You may remember the story of Rachel Scott. She was one of the 13 people who were killed at Columbine High School. Rachel, 17, was a strong Christian and very involved in her youth group.

On April 20, 1999, armed students began shooting people on Rachel’s high school campus. They came to Rachel and shot her twice in the legs and once in the torso. Then they left, only to return moments later. Lifting her by the head, they asked, “Do you believe in God?” Rachel understood that the words she chose would have serious consequences.

These godless men would take her life if she said yes, and perhaps even if she said no. But without hesitation, Rachel said, “You know I do!”

“Then go be with him,” responded one of the boys before shooting her in the head. Rachel received a martyr’s crown that day, I am sure. What would you have said under such circumstances?

Rachel understood that words matter.

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‘Criminal Minds’ Season 10: Episode 18 Recap ‘Rock Creek Park’

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‘Criminal Minds’ Season 10: Episode 18 Recap ‘Rock Creek Park’
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A congressman’s wife is kidnapped, on Criminal Minds

Christian Post Report – On this week’s episode of “Criminal Minds,” a congressman’s wife gets kidnapped, and the BAU investigates his political enemies as possible suspects.

Congressman Benjamin Troy’s wife, Sophie, is kidnapped in broad daylight. The BAU realizes that if they don’t find her soon, her abductors could manipulate the congressman into doing a lot of things, such as not lending his support to a particular bill.

Later, the team is baffled when the kidnappers drop off a ransom note demanding $20 million in exchange for Sophie. The note goes on to say that if the money is not delivered by midnight, then they’ll kill the congressman’s wife. The team thinks that the demand makes no sense, because how would they know if Ben has access to that much money? Ben says that all the money that he has was from the campaign, and it’s not possible for him to get that to save Sophie.

It’s revealed that the kidnapping was not done out of political reasons—it has been personal all along. It turns out that Ben’s brother, Paul, owes some Russian drug dealers some money and it’s taking so long for him to pay it that he asks Ben to take care of it for him.

In exchange for the favor, Paul promises Ben that he won’t tell Sophie that Ben has been sleeping with an intern. However, Ben has been faithful to Sophie since they got married. He did date the intern briefly, but that was before they got married. The intern refuses to leave him alone though and starts threatening to kill herself in order to get Ben’s attention.

It also happens that Ben’s mother never approved of Sophie, so she arranged for kidnappers to kill Sophie so that Ben could marry someone else, hopefully this time someone she likes. Moreover, she orchestrated the kidnapping to create sympathy and boost Ben’s visibility with his approval ratings waning. But upon realizing that her scheme could hurt her son’s career, she gives in and calls the kidnappers to release Sophie.

“Criminal Minds” airs on Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on CBS.

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‘Super Troopers 2’ Crowdfunding Campaign News, Update: Indigogo Page Surpasses $2 Million Goal in a Day

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‘Super Troopers 2’ Crowdfunding Campaign News, Update: Indigogo Page Surpasses $2 Million Goal in a Day
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Super Troopers 2

Christian Post Report – For those fans eagerly wishing for the “Super Troopers” to return in the big screen, they can now start counting the days as the recent crowdfunding update for the anticipated sequel indicates that it has already surpassed the initial $2 million goal.

A report from Variety said that as of 5 p.m. PDT yesterday, Broken Lizard, the house behind the hit comedy movie, has already taken in $2.14 million in their Indiegogo campaign.

This will now assure for the second instalment to go into production, which was originally planned to go this summer, and will premiere on theatres probably in early 2016.

The script is already “written and we’re getting all antsy in our pantsy to start shooting,” according to their IndieGogo page.

“Super Troopers 2” will once again see the five Troopers featured in the original 2001 crime-comedy: Jay Chandrasekhar will appear as Trooper Arcot Ramathorn, Paul Soter as Trooper Jeff Foster, Steve Lemme as Trooper Mac Womack, Ertik Stolhankse as Trooper “Rabbit” Roto, and Kevin Heffernan as Farva.

20th Century Fox has agreed to distribute the film.

The “Super Troopers 2” campaign, which was set for a 30-day duration, is touted to break the current $5.7 million crowdfunding record for a film holder “Veronica Mars,” which was done on Kickstarter.

Perks offered in the campaign includes access to annotated script, ownership and rights to one of the troopers patrol cars, the chance for a town to be named in the film, getting a producer credit, hanging out with the guys and many more.

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Vin Diesel Honors Late Co-Star Paul Walker With New Daughter’s Name

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Vin Diesel Honors Late Co-Star Paul Walker With New Daughter’s Name
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Vin Diesel has named his newborn daughter after his late “Fast & Furious” co-star, Paul Walker.

Christian Post Report – Vin Diesel, whose partner, Mexican model Paloma Jimenez, recently gave birth to their third child this month, has named his new daughter after his late co-star, Paul Walker.

Diesel, 47, who has starred with Walker in all seven “Fast & Furious” films since 2001, named his daughter Pauline after Walker, 40, perished in a car crash in November 2013 during a break in the filming of “Fast & Furious 7.”

“I might never have gone into a delivery room if it wasn’t for Paul,” Diesel said on the “Today” show, as published in The National. When Diesel’s first born, Hania Riley was born in 2008, Walker advised him to be present during the delivery and cut the umbilical cord himself.

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Vin Diesel posted this picture of him and his newborn daughter, Pauline, on Facebook on March 16

According to the actor, naming his daughter, Pauline, felt like a way to keep Walker’s memory alive as a part of his family.

Diesel, who admitted to being devastated at Walker’s death, said his thoughts were on his late co-star when he was in the delivery room with Paloma and cutting his youngest child’s umbilical cord.

The new film in the franchise, “Furious 7,” is dedicated to Walker, and will premiere April 3, nearly two years after the actor’s death. During the film’s early screening, Diesel gave a short emotional speech about Walker, and how much he will be missed in many ways other than as an actor.

With Paul Walker’s death before filming was completed on the movie, the actor’s brothers Cody and Caleb Walker acted as stand-ins to complete the unfinished scenes.

Returning cast from the previous film include Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, and Elsa Pataky. The upcoming “Furious 7” will be introducing new characters played by Kurt Russell, Ronda Rousey, Djimon Hounsou, Nathalie Emmanuel, and a cameo by Iggy Azalea.

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Android 5.0 Lollipop Rolling Out for AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Note 3 Neo to Receive Update Later This Year

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Android 5.0 Lollipop Rolling Out for AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Note 3 Neo to Receive Update Later This Year
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Reuters/File

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in display.

Christian Post Report – Following the release of Google’s Android 5.0.1 for Samsung Galaxy Note 4 under AT&T earlier this week, the 2013 phablet flagship from the South Korean tech giant is also getting the Lollipop update while its lesser known cousin will be having it later this year.

A report from Phone Arena cited Android Authority confirming the news that the U.S. mobile carrier is now rolling out the update to the said handset.

Of what appears to be a total redesign, the new mobile operating system weighs in 1.1GB file size of which the network noted that users need to be connected to Wi-Fi and their battery charged up at least 50 percent to complete the download and installation process.

The download is already available Over-The-Air and carries the build number LRX21V.N900AUCUEOC1. And since it is being sent out OTA, this means Note 3 owners should be patient as the upgrade arrives in waves and this could take several days.

For those opting to do it manually, they can go to their device’s Settings, then to General, About Device, Software Updates, and then Check for Updates.

The update is bringing along a host of changes and improvements for the phablet. This includes the new Material Design, the pull-down Quick Settings feature, the Lock Screen notifications system, the Project Volta, the 64-bit ART compiler, the Smart Lock and many more.

Meanwhile, GSM Arena said that Note 3’s lesser known cousin, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo, is also getting the Lollipop.

The publication cited Samsung France’s Twitter account responding to queries where they confirmed the arrival of the update “some time later this year.”

With a 720p display, an 8 MP primary snapper and a hexa-core Exynos 52660 processor, the Note 3 Neo is considered the more affordable alternative to the mainstream Note 3.

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34,000 Black Churches Leave PCUSA Over Same-Sex Marriage

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34,000 Black Churches Leave PCUSA Over Same-Sex Marriage
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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) holds its 220th General Assembly June 30-July 7, 2012, in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Christian Post Report – Urging Presbyterian Church USA to “repent and be restored to fellowship,” the National Black Church Initiative, which represents 34,000 churches from 15 denominations, has declared it has severed ties with PCUSA after it amended its constitution changing their definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.

“NBCI and its membership base are simply standing on the Word of God within the mind of Christ. We urge our brother and sisters of the PCUSA to repent and be restored to fellowship,” NBCI President Rev. Anthony Evans said, according to Charisma News.

“PCUSA’s manipulation represents a universal sin against the entire church and its members. With this action, PCUSA can no longer base its teachings on 2,000 years of Christian scripture and tradition, and call itself a Christian entity in the body of Christ. It has forsaken its right by this single wrong act,” added the head of the coalition, which represents 15.7 million African-Americans.

Last year, PCUSA approved a vote on an amendment to change their official definition of marriage from “a man and a woman” to “two people, traditionally a man and a woman.” And earlier this month, the proposed change to PCUSA’s Book of Order got the necessary number of presbytery votes.

“Apostle Paul warns us about this when he declared in Galatians 1:8 that there are those who will preach another gospel,” Evans said.

“No church has the right to change the Word of God. By voting to redefine marriage PCUSA automatically forfeits Christ’s saving grace,” he added. “There is always redemption in the body of Christ through confession of faith and adhering to Holy Scripture.”

Evans said PCUSA “deliberately” voted to change the Word of God and the interpretation of marriage between one man and one woman. “This is why we must break fellowship with them and urge the entire Christendom to do so as well.”

At the PCUSA General Assembly held in Detroit, Michigan, last June, a majority of delegates voted for a recommendation to amend the Book of Order regarding marriage definition.

“A proposed amendment to change the constitution to include same-gender marriages in the church’s constitution passed the General Assembly but must be ratified by a majority of the church’s 172 regional presbyteries,” explained PCUSA in a FAQ document. “Presbyteries have one year to vote on the proposed amendment. If a majority ratifies the amendment, it would take effect June 21.”

This is not the first time that PCUSA has hit the headlines on its move toward greater acceptance of homosexuality within the church.

In 2010, the PCUSA General Assembly approved a measure that allowed for presbyteries to approve the ordination of noncelibate homosexuals – after which more than 150 congregations voted to disaffiliate from the mainline denomination.

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Detroit Tigers MLB 2015 News, Rumors: What is the True Value of the Team?

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Detroit Tigers MLB 2015 News, Rumors: What is the True Value of the Team?
Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera hits an RBI single in front of New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin during the eighth inning of Game 2 of their MLB ALCS playoff baseball series in New York, October 14, 2012. (Photo: Reuters/Ray Stubblebine)

Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera hits an RBI single in front of New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin during the eighth inning of Game 2 of their MLB ALCS playoff baseball series in New York, October 14, 2012.

How can it be that a company with a $20 million operating loss last year and an operating loss in five of the last seven years be worth 65 percent more than it was a year ago? That is the fuzzy math Forbes is trying to sell with its annual list of baseball team evaluations that was published today. Forbes has tracked the value of sports franchises sine 1998 but just like everyone else they do not have access to the books, so Forbes is estimating team values.

In the case of the Detroit Tigers, it seems like they are off. The value of the Tigers, according to Forbes’ estimates, is $1.125 billion. Yet, all the above rings true of this team that has won four straight division crowns.

Looking at the fuzzy math we see that the Tigers had $84 million in gate receipts on revenue of some $254 million. That means their share of the national TV deal, their local TV contract, Stadium Naming right deal, souvenir sales and concessions totaled $170 million. We know that the team had a payroll of $187 million but have no idea what the other operating expenses are.

However, given the numbers we can estimate that the team spent $87 million on them. What does a Major League Baseball team spend $87 million on that isn’t payroll?

Mike Illitch bought the team in 1992 for $82 million. The team is certainly worth more than that given its extremely high local TV ratings and solid numbers at the gate, along with the revenue a new ballpark generates. Forbes says $1.125 billion, but the team is really only worth what someone will pay for it. That means the true value lays somewhere between $82 million and whatever the team is sold for the next time it is on the market.

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