In the world of hip hop music, Lucious Lyon is the king. A former street thug, he rose through the ranks by utilizing his talents to become a successful artist and the CEO of Empire Entertainment. But being on top is short lived for Lucious after he is diagnosed with a disease that will cripple him in as little as three years.
With the clock ticking, he must devote his time to grooming one of his sons to take over his crowning achievement, but must make sure not to destroy his already-fractured family.
Lucious has a favorite son in Hakeem, his youngest and a gifted but spoiled musician. Jamal is the middle son who is a musical prodigy but shies away from the spotlight. The eldest son, Andre, is the intelligent and educated CFO of Empire Entertainment, but he lacks the charisma that is crucial to running the company.
As the Lyons vie for the empire, an emotional struggle begins that will either redeem or destroy the family.
Cast
Terrence Howard (Lucious)
Taraji P. Henson (Cookie)
Gabourey Sidibe (Becky)
Trai Byers (Andre)
Kaitlin Doubleday (Rhonda)
Grace Gealey (Anika)
In this spin-off drama that takes place six years before the timeline of Breaking Bad, small-time lawyer Jimmy McGill is hustling just to make ends meet while trying to find his true destiny. Somewhere along the way, Jimmy transforms into Saul Goodman, the man who puts the criminal in "criminal lawyer."
Cast
Bob Odenkirk (Saul)
Jonathan Banks (Mike)
Michael McKean (Chuck)
Rhea Seehorn (Kim)
Patrick Fabian (Howard)
Michael Mando (Nacho)
Julie Ann Emery (Betsy)
Jeremy Shamos (Craig)
BULLS over CELTICS 109 to 102
WARRIORS over HORNETS 106 to 101
HAWKS over PELICANS 100 to 91
BUCKS over PISTONS 104 to 88
MAVERICKS over RAPTORS 106 to 102
CLIPPERS over ROCKETS 102 to 85
THUNDER over KNICKS 105 to 78
PACERS over MAGIC 98 to 83
SPURS over KINGS 112 to 104
NUGGETS over SUNS 122 to 97
GRIZZLIES over TRAIL BLAZERS 112 to 99
TIMBERWOLVES over LAKERS 120 to 119
RANGERS over FLYERS 3 to 0
BLACKHAWKS over DUCKS 4 to 1
CAPITALS over ISLANDERS 5 to 2
BRUINS over JETS 2 to 1
SABRES over CANADIENS 2 to 1
RED WINGS over DEVILS 5 to 4
HURRICANES over PENGUINS 4 to 2
CANUCKS over BLUE JACKETS 5 to 0
PANTHERS over SENATORS 3 to 2
BLUES over OILERS 4 to 3
WILD over STARS 5 to 4
Kansas City Royals and Jason Frasor have agreed on $1.8 million for the 2016 season.
Frasor gets $1.25 million next season under Friday's deal, down from $1.75 million this year. The 2016 option is for $2 million with a $550,000 buyout.
He can earn $500,000 annually in performance bonuses based on games pitched: $75,000 each for 35, 40, 45 and 50, and $100,000 apiece for 55 and 60.
The 37-year-old right-hander was acquired from Texas in July and went 3-0 with a 1.53 ERA in 23 games for Kansas City and 4-1 with a 2.66 ERA in 61 games overall. He was a veteran presence for a young clubhouse as the Royals made the postseason for the first time since 1985 and lost to San Francisco in a seven-game World Series.
Frasor was 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA in the playoffs, earning victories in the Royals' wild-card win over the A's and in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series against Baltimore.
Source: ESPN
The Oakland Athletics has traded Josh Donaldson to the Toronto Blue Jays for four players, Brett Lawrie, Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Franklin Barreto.
Donaldson told the San Francisco Chronicle that he was playing video games when his agent texted him about the trade.
"I'm so shocked," Donaldson told the newspaper. "I just got off the phone with Billy Beane, and I guess they got an offer that they couldn't resist. I'm definitely a little emotional about it. Oakland is my home. At the end of the day, it's a business, as much as it hurts emotionally. The guys in that clubhouse are my brothers."Beane considers both pitchers ready for the majors.
"They had been pretty persistent, and we were pretty adamant that wasn't something we were willing to talk about," Beane said of dealing Donaldson. "We wouldn't have done the deal unless it addressed now and the future, and they were able to do that. This deal in our minds addresses a little bit of everything. It got pretty serious the last 48 hours. They were reluctant to give up all four players, and we weren't going to do it without those four players in the deal."
Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos sweetened the deal, offering Lawrie as a replacement for Donaldson."I have a pretty good relationship with Billy," Anthopoulos said. "At some point, someone makes it really compelling."
Source: ESPN
A groin injury has caused Lance Briggs to be put on injured reserve by the Chicago Bears and it’s not likely that he will return to the team.
A 12-year veteran, Briggs suffered a groin injury in the second quarter of the team's Nov. 23 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the ailment kept the linebacker out of Thursday's loss to the Detroit Lions.
During the team's pregame show on WBBM, Bears general manager said Briggs would be "out for an extended period of time."
A seven-year Pro Bowler with a contract set to expire at the end of the season, Briggs, 34, isn't expecting the Bears to put an offer on the table prior to him hitting free agency.
Briggs said, "It's the last year of my deal. It's not like I'm going to magically show up after this year, and they're going to open the gates up for you, I've talked to my buddy [former Bears defensive end] Alex Brown. Those gates are closing, you're a free agent. I know the reality of it, and I'm proud of all the years I've had here. It's been great."
Prior to sitting out Thursday's game, Briggs missed three other games this season due to a rib injury.Briggs currently earns $4.75 million in base salary from a three-year extension he signed in 2012, but likely won't be able to command such a salary to return to the Bears in 2015. Briggs said "I don't know" when asked whether he thinks 2014 will be his last season in the NFL.
Source: ESPN
Yasmany Tomas and the Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $68.5 million contract for six years and has an opt-out clause after four years. He is the latest Cuban to sign with a major league team and has spent the seven years playing for the Havana industries. He is twenty-four, batted 375, with two home runs and five RBIs in last year’s world baseball classic.
Arizona went a major league-worst 64-98 last season, fired manager Kirk Gibson and reassigned general manager Kevin Towers. In total dollars among Cuban players, Tomas' deal would fall just short of the $72.5 million, seven-year contract agreed to in August between Castillo and the Boston Red Sox.
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Mettenberger said, "I was just addicted to it, I guess. I put myself in a rehab program”, whose handful of Twitter self-portraits of his changing look before the Texans game went viral. "And now that I've quit I feel like I am a much better person."
He is twenty-three and has recently been finding his stride as a starting Quarter-back, and has thrown for one-thousand one-hundred and three yards, with seven touch-downs.
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