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Philadelphia's Joel Embiid scored 31 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in his return after missing seven games to spark the 76ers on Sunday in a 108-100 NBA victory at Chicago. Embiid had been sidelined by a left knee injury and personal reasons since a November 20 loss to Memphis, the Sixers going 4-3 in his absence. The 30-year-old Cameroonian-born big man, who wore a left knee brace, also added four assists and two blocked shots in 33 minutes in only his fifth game of the season. "He caught fire there," 76ers coach Nick Nurse said of Embiid. "Certainly he gave us a lot of confidence." Philadelphia guard Tyrese Maxey contributed his first career NBA triple-double with 25 points and career highs of 14 assists and 11 rebounds. "It was good," Maxey said. "The offense flowed really well. Pick and roll was really good. I was able to get everybody involved, get Joel going and get myself going too." "He turned on the jets and got to the rim at some pretty opportune times," Nurse said of Maxey. Embiid was a welcome court presence for the 76ers. "He creates so much space for us on the floor, gets the attention," said Maxey. "I didn't see one pick and roll double team for the first time in a long time." Zach LaVine led the Bulls with 30 points. At New York, Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 34 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Bucks over the Brooklyn Nets 118-113. Damian Lillard added 15 points and 11 assists while reserve Bobby Portis contributed 23 points and Gary Trent Jr. scored 20 off the Milwaukee bench. Germany's Dennis Schroder led the Nets with 34 points. js/mlmEarly motorcycles like the Daimler Reitwagen and the Harley-Davidson Model 1 were essentially bicycle frames with one-cylinder engines attached. In the more than a century since those two models were built, motorcycle design has evolved to the point where at least five modern-day bikes have engines that produce more than 200 horsepower . Many of these high-powered machines, like the Ducati Panigale V4 and Kawasaki Ninja H2R , use four-cylinder engines to get to speeds approaching 200 mph. While V8-powered motorcycles aren't as common as four-banger powered superbikes or the V-twin-fueled cruisers from the likes of Harley and its rival Indian Motorcycle , there have been plenty of motorcycles with V8 engines to reach face-rippling speeds. They span a timeline from the early 20th Century to today, and present a remarkable cross-section of how motorcycle engine technology has progressed over the years. Here are five motorcycles that used V8 engines to achieve incredible speeds for the era in which they were produced. Glenn Curtiss condensed a tremendous amount of innovation into a period of a few years in the early 20th Century. He started in 1902 with a one-cylinder, three horsepower engines and developed an eight-horse V-twin the following year. His ability to produce light and powerful engines captured the interest of the nascent aeronautical industry, and interest from that sector prompted him to build his first V8 engine. By this point, he was an accomplished motorcycle racer, and he directed his team to build a two-wheeler that could support the V8. The machine they produced had some design anomalies that were necessary to accommodate the massive motor. The seat was placed well behind the engine to keep the rider's legs from getting burned by the exhaust heat; this required the use of long handlebars that landed handling somewhere on the spectrum between delicate and dangerous. These quirks didn't stop Curtiss from setting a land speed record on the bike in January 1907. Florida Speed Carnival officials refused to sanction the bike in any official category, so Curtiss made his record-setting run as an exhibition. On the sands of Ormond Beach, Curtiss took 2 miles to get up to speed, another mile to set a new record at 136 mph, and 2 more miles to bring the bike to a stop. Ithaca-born E.J. Potter earned the name "Michigan Madman" for his penchant for going fast without regard for life or limb, and in 1960 he built the Bloody Mary 1, which had a 283 cubic inch Chevrolet V8 mounted in its frame. He built two more Bloody Mary's before changing the name of his drag bikes to the Widowmaker, but kept the sequential numbering system going uninterrupted. By the time he got to the Widowmaker 7 in 1971, Potter had switched to Chevy's 350-inch V8 as his powerplant of choice. For luck number seven, Potter upgraded the 350 with a gear-driven cam and rockers, aluminum heads, forged pistons, and fuel injection. These improvements boosted output to a rumored 500 horsepower and helped Potter set a Guinness World Record and three American Hot Rod Association records with its top speed of 172 mph. After Potter retired, the bike changed hands a couple of times before going up for public auction via Bonham's in 2017. It was expected to fetch between $65,000 and $85,000, but did not inspire any bidders to meet the reserve price. Giancarlo Morbidelli was born in 1934 into a farming family in Pesaro, Italy, on the Adriatic coast. As a teenager, he began an apprenticeship in a woodworking factory, and started his own woodworking enterprise in the late '50s. In his spare time, he modified motorcycles for racing, and was as successful in that endeavor as he was in making industrial machinery. He began making his own Grand Prix racers in 1968, and seven years later a Morbidelli won the first of the manufacturer's seven world titles. He shut the racing division down in 1982 after a failed move from the 125 cubic centimeter class up to 250, but a decade later Morbidelli built a prototype street bike with a V8 inspired by the Cosworth Formula 1 engine. The body was from famed coachbuilder Pininfarina, and had a sleek, futuristic look. The Morbidelli's 850 cubic centimeter V8 produced 120 horsepower, and used a shaft drive to get up to 150 mph. The model went into production in 1994, but the price of $45,000 (about $95,000 today) kept demand low. Only four Morbidelli V8s were ever built, including the prototype. The one shown above is on display at the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, Alabama. [Featured image by Brian Glass via Wikimedia Commons | Cropped and scaled | CC-BY SA 2.0 ] The Morbidelli V8 was ahead of its time three decades ago, but the PGM V8 represents the best of the modern era. This Australian-made monster has a 2-liter V8 with five valves and a Mikuni throttle body for each cylinder. Output is a ridiculous 334 horsepower and 158 pound-feet of torque, which goes to the road via a six-speed transmission and chain-driven rear wheel. There's weight-saving carbon fiber throughout the bodywork, and the digital instrument panel has a billet aluminum casing. The wheels are made of forged aluminum to shed a few more ounces, and are slowed by Brembo GP4 calipers grabbing on to 320 millimeter discs. We consulted PGM's website to find the model's official top speed, and were presented only with the question, "How brave are you?" A better question might be, "How wealthy are you?" The PGM V8 costs 180,000 Australian dollars, which works out to about $115,000 American greenbacks. This bike's real-life top speed is probably limited to the 168 mph for which its Michelin Pilot Power 3 tires are rated, but that's likely faster than any of us need to go on two wheels. One look at the Eisenberg V8 makes it clear that this bike is built for speed. The fully-faired version looks like something out of the "Tron" movie and video game world, and the unclad version shows off the massive radiator, fuel filters, and titanium exhaust pipes. The 3-liter V8 puts out 400 horsepower and 261 pound-feet of torque when it's allowed to breathe freely, and can go faster than 225 mph. When the aerodynamic bodywork is in place and the engine is fed race fuel or E85, Eisenberg claims 480 horsepower and a top speed of over 250 mph. That would have it ahead of the pace of the fastest open-wheel race cars on earth, and similarly smoking most World Superbike or MotoGP machines in a straight line. Like the PGM V8, Eisenbergs are made for the brave and the wealthy. The reservation fee of £25,000 (about $32,000 U.S.) is enough to buy a Ducati Panigale V4S outright, and the minimum purchase price of £135,000 exchanges to more than $172,000 in American money. You'll still have to set aside some extra cash for personalization, and you'll have to demonstrate to the manufacturer that you can handle 400-plus horsepower. Only 100 of the road versions will be made, and Eisenberg will fly it to a private airfield near you so you can put it through its paces immediately upon delivery.
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WASHINGTON D.C., DC — The Dallas Mavericks take on the Washington Wizards at 6 p.m. CT Thursday on KFAA! Not sure how to watch? Here's a breakdown on how to tune in – and guarantee you get the clearest signal possible of the broadcast. The Dallas Mavericks (14-8) have won five in a row and are looking to ride that hot streak into Thursday night when they take on the Washington Wizards (2-17). The Mavs earned the wildcard spot in the NBA Cup Tuesday night against the Grizzlies and now will have work to carry that momentum over in this regular season matchup against a struggling, injured Wizards team. This will be the first of a three-away-game stint for the Mavs. If they lose in Tuesday's Cup Night Quarterfinals matchup against OKC, the Mavs won't return home for a game until Dec. 19 against the Clippers. Dallas Mavericks injury report Kessler Edwards: Out (G-League Two-way) Dante Exum: Out (right wrist surgery) Jazian Gortman: Out (G-League Two-way) Naji Marshall: Out (illness) Brandon Williams: Out (G-League Two-way) Washington Wizards injury report Patrick Baldwin Jr.: Out (right ankle soreness) Saddiq Bey: Out (left knee ACL surgery) Malcolm Brogdon: Available (right knee soreness) Kyshawn George: Out (left ankle sprain) Corey Kispert: Out (left ankle sprain Kyle Kuzma: Out (left rib sprain) Tristan Vukcevic: Out (left knee contusion) What's next Following tonight's matchup with the Wizards, the Mavericks will travel up to Toronto to take on the Raptors. Saturday, Dec. 7: at Toronto Raptors on KFAA at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday, Dec. 19: at LA Clippers on WFAA/KFAA at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, Dec. 10: at OKC Thunder on TNT at 8:30 p.m. CT *Cup Night QuarterfinalsPresident Emmanuel Macron on Thursday vowed to name a new prime minister in the coming days to prevent France from sliding deeper into political turmoil, rejecting growing pressure from the opposition to resign. Macron adopted a defiant tone in an address to the nation, seeking to limit an escalating political crisis after Prime Minister Michel Barnier's government was ousted in a historic no-confidence vote. Contemporary France's shortest-serving premier, Barnier resigned after Wednesday's parliamentary defeat in a standoff over the budget forced his government to step down, the first such toppling of a French administration in over 60 years. Macron now faces the task for the third time this year of selecting a new prime minister and did not come up with a name in his address. "I will appoint a prime minister in the coming days," he said, adding this person would be charged with forming a "government of general interest" with a priority of passing a budget. He also lashed out at the French far right and hard left for uniting in an "anti-republican front" to bring down the government. He said lawmakers had "knowingly" chosen "to topple the budget and the government just days before the Christmas holidays." The French presidency said earlier that Barnier and his ministers would remain "in charge of daily business until the appointment of a new government". Limiting any impression of political chaos is all the more important for Macron given that on Saturday he will host world leaders -- including US President-elect Donald Trump -- for the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris after a devastating 2019 fire. Pointing to how the edifice was rebuilt within the five-year timeline he had set, Macron said: "It's the proof we're able to do great things, that we can do the impossible." In an unusual move, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, France's top diplomat for just two-and-a-half months, urged unity in a message on social media, saying "instability is vulnerability" at a time of international uncertainty. A majority of lawmakers on Wednesday supported the no-confidence vote proposed by the hard left and backed by the far right headed by Marine Le Pen. Barnier's ejection in record time came after snap parliamentary elections in June resulted in a hung parliament. No political force was able to form an overall majority and the far right held the key to the government's survival. The trigger for Barnier's ouster was his 2025 budget plan, including austerity measures unacceptable to a majority in parliament, but which he argued were necessary to stabilise France's finances. More from this section On Monday he forced through a social security financing bill without a vote, but the ousting of the government means France is still without a budget. New legislative elections cannot be called until a year after the previous ones in summer 2024. But while Macron has more than two years of his presidential term left, some opponents are calling on him to resign to break the deadlock. According to a poll by Odoxa-Backbone Consulting for Le Figaro daily, 59 percent of French want the president to step down, while a survey by Harris for RTL put the figure even higher, at 64 percent. Bur Macron said: "The mandate that you gave to me democratically (in 2022 elections) is a five-year mandate and I will exercise it fully, right up to the end." "The 30 months we have ahead of us must be 30 months of useful action for the country." But he admitted his decision to call snap parliamentary elections this summer that resulted in a hung parliament "was not understood". "Many have blamed me for it and I know, many continue to blame me. It's a fact and it's my responsibility," he said. Hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon said that Macron was the "cause of the problem" in France "and would go due to the force of events" before his term ends. Barnier is Macron's fifth prime minister since coming to power in 2017. Each successive premier has served for a shorter period and, given the composition of the National Assembly, there is no guarantee that Barnier's successor would last any longer. Loyalist Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu and Macron's centrist ally Francois Bayrou have been touted as possible contenders, as has former Socialist premier and interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve. Bayrou, who leads the MoDem party, had lunch with the president at the Elysee, a source close to him told AFP. sjw/ah/gvSKMCH to celebrate 30-year journey
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is shaping up to be a game-changer for high-end gamers. NVIDIA’s latest specs reveal impressive upgrades that promise substantial performance enhancements over its predecessors. Recent information highlights that the RTX 5070 Ti will feature the GB203-300 GPU SKU , solidifying it as part of the same series powering the more powerful RTX 5080, which uses the full GB203-400 configuration. Unlike previous models, where “Ti” variants had different chips, this release aligns the 5070 Ti with its higher-tier sibling, albeit with a slightly trimmed-down version of the chip. The updated specs reveal a total board power (TBP) increase to 350W , 50W more than earlier rumors suggested, signifying a stronger design geared for higher performance. This marks a notable 23% TBP increase over previous iterations like the RTX 4070 Ti. Another significant improvement is found in the memory design. Equipped with a 256-bit bus supporting 16 GB of GDDR7 memory , the RTX 5070 Ti achieves a dramatic bandwidth boost of 896 GB/s, a 33% increase from its predecessors. This improvement promises to deliver smoother gaming experiences at higher resolutions. NVIDIA plans to launch the RTX 5070 Ti in the first half of 2025. With the full RTX 50 series rollout expected in the same period and AMD and Intel also poised to debut new GPUs, the competition is heating up for gaming enthusiasts. Stay tuned for more updates as CES 2025 approaches. The Game-Changing NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: What You Need to Know The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is not just another GPU; it’s poised to redefine the gaming landscape with its cutting-edge capabilities and innovative design. Key Features and Specifications The standout feature of the RTX 5070 Ti is its use of the GB203-300 GPU SKU , aligning it closely with the more powerful RTX 5080 and marking a trend towards a more unified architecture across NVIDIA’s high-end offerings. Here’s a closer look at what makes the 5070 Ti a notable upgrade: – Total Board Power (TBP): The RTX 5070 Ti boasts a TBP of 350W, indicating a robust design tailored for enhanced performance. This represents a significant 23% increase over earlier models, hinting at a powerful upgrade that high-end gamers will appreciate. – Memory and Bandwidth: The GPU is equipped with a 256-bit bus supporting 16 GB of GDDR7 memory . This configuration delivers a bandwidth of 896 GB/s, a substantial 33% increase over its predecessors. Such advancements ensure smoother gameplay, even at higher resolutions, making it ideal for upcoming AAA titles. Market Trends and Predictions The RTX 5070 Ti is primed for a mid-2025 release, in tandem with the broader RTX 50 series rollout. As AMD and Intel gear up to introduce their latest GPUs, NVIDIA’s strategic enhancements position it to maintain its foothold in the gaming market. Anticipate competitive pricing as these giants vie for dominance in GPU technology. Innovation in Gaming These advancements in NVIDIA’s GPU lineup are reflective of broader trends towards higher performance with more power-efficient designs. Gamers can expect not just performance upgrades but also innovations that cater to emerging gaming technologies like real-time ray tracing and AI-enhanced graphics. Conclusion As the launch date approaches, anticipation builds around the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti. With its impressive specifications and potential to deliver unparalleled gaming performance, it stands to become a pivotal component for gamers seeking the ultimate experience. Stay informed with updates from official NVIDIA channels as we approach its release and CES 2025.