I used to be pondering final evening that if the Sixers and Flyers each scrape by way of in April, it is going to be the primary time each Winter groups have certified for the playoffs because the pandemic.

Then I paused, and thought to take it a step additional. Has there ever been a 12 months during which the Flyers, Sixers, Eagles, Phillies, and Union have all made the postseason on the identical time?

I don’t assume there was, however I went again to triple verify, beginning with a easy post-2010 itemizing of every playoff look:

• Eagles: 2010, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
• Phillies: 2010, 2011, 2022, 2023
• Flyers: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
• Sixers: 2010, 2011, (large hole for the method), 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
• Union: 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

The caveat right here is that I listed the Flyers, Sixers, and Eagles based mostly on the 12 months during which their campaigns began, so whereas the Flyers, as an example, went to the playoffs in 2015, that was the tail-end of the 2014-2015 season. Identical with the Birds, who had playoff video games pushing into January. Should you take this into consideration, and take a look at 2011 as an example, the next video games or collection had been performed on the next days:

• Packers 21, Eagles 16 / Wild Card (January ninth, 2011)
• Phillies vs. Cardinals / NLDS (October 1st to seventh, 2011)
• Flyers vs. Bruins / Jap Convention Semifinal (April thirtieth to Might sixth, 2011)
• Sixers vs. Warmth / first spherical (April sixteenth to April twenty seventh, 2011)
• Union vs. Dynamo / Jap Convention Semifinal (October thirtieth to November third, 2011)

Technically, the 5 groups every performed a postseason sport in 2011, however we’d rely that Eagles squad because the 2010 workforce. The Flyers and Sixers additionally began in 2010 and carried into 2011.

What I used to be on the lookout for was all 5 groups beginning in the identical 12 months and all 5 of their respective campaigns going into the postseason, which might occur in a number of weeks:

1. 2023 Eagles – playoffs (misplaced in Tampa)
2. 2023 Phillies – playoffs (misplaced in NLCS)
3. 2023 Union – playoffs (misplaced in convention semifinal)
4. 2023-2024 Flyers – ???
5. 2023-2024 Sixers – ???

What’s the distinction, you ask?

Effectively, if the Flyers and Sixers each make the postseason, it means we can have all 5 groups in playoff video games separated by simply six months. That’s a shorter time-frame than the 2011 I laid out above, during which all 5 squads had postseason appearances separated by rather less than 11 months. We’d have achieved this feat again in 2010, had the Union not stunk of their first 12 months, or in 2011 if Vince Younger’s “Dream Workforce” had not gone 8-8 to overlook the postseason.

After all, I could have jinxed it.

that Albion are dealing with an enormous membership when many papers ship a couple of author to the Amex. And, with the Gunners going to the highest of the desk in the event that they received, it was honest to say that none of them had headed for the Amex anticipating to write down a lot about Roberto De Zerbi’s males.

However regardless that the ultimate consequence was in all probability what all of them foresaw, lots of the reporters recognised that it was removed from one-way site visitors.

David Hytner of The Observer wrote that “Brighton had been unbeaten of their earlier 14 matches in all competitions on the Amex Stadium; they had been on a membership file run of 12 top-flight dwelling video games with out defeat. And for loads of the primary half, they confirmed why. They had been slick on the ball, sharp with their actions. They requested questions.

“Arsenal had the solutions. The sport swung of their favour within the thirty third minute when Tariq Lamptey determined to lunge in on Gabriel Jesus inside the world. Though the Brighton right-back nicked a tiny little bit of the ball first, it added as much as a penalty when he clattered into Jesus. Bukayo Saka’s conversion from the spot was agency and exact.

“Brighton had been badly hit by accidents however that they had come to play, as all the time. The vary of their passing was spectacular on the outset and the assertion of intent got here on 9 minutes with a sweeping box-to-box transfer, pushed by Lamptey. It ended with Julio Enciso firing excessive. De Zerbi tried to focus on Oleksandr Zinchenko, Arsenal’s left-back, to get Simon Adingra one-on-one in opposition to him.

“Enciso had gone near the equaliser on 44 minutes, shaping a roller for the far, high nook however David Raya was equal to it.”

Within the Sunday Occasions, Paul Rowan wrote that “Whereas Brighton matched Arsenal stride for stride for a lot of the primary half, [Mikel] Arteta’s aspect grew to become extra dominant because the half progressed. Brighton had been at their finest creating half-chances, however Julio Enciso and Simon Adingra shot huge from the sting of the penalty space. 

“When Adingra’s shot was inadvertently blocked by Danny Welbeck, it appeared to sum up the distinction between the perimeters. Shortly earlier than half time Enciso did get one on the cash after reducing inside Saka, however David Raya produced a diving save.

“Brighton’s substitutes produced some momentum for the house aspect, however Arsenal’s defence seemed rock-solid.”

Lengthy-time Albion admirer Sam Dean wrote within the Sunday Telegraph that “For a drained and understrength Brighton, there was no method again as soon as Havertz had scored Arsenal’s second. Roberto De Zerbi’s aspect are by no means simple opponents however, having did not convert their possibilities within the first half, they had been ultimately squashed underfoot. ‘With our injured gamers we are able to’t compete in opposition to Arsenal,’ stated De Zerbi. ‘I’m struggling as a result of it’s robust to lose.’

“Brighton had triggered issues within the opening exchanges however Arsenal had been nonetheless deserving of their lead when it arrived. Gabriel Jesus drove inside from the left, Lamptey swung a careless leg in the direction of his ankles, and referee John Brooks promptly pointed to the spot. Saka fortunately buried his seventeenth objective of the marketing campaign.”

In line with Dan King of the Solar on Sunday, “the Seagulls triggered Arsenal far fewer issues than they did Liverpool final weekend at Anfield. Arteta will hope De Zerbi’s workforce discover these ranges once more when Metropolis come to the Amex later this month.

“However the Arsenal boss will really feel much more assured that his aspect don’t need assistance from others after they buried the ghosts of Brighton video games and title challenges previous. Brighton had been a menace for a couple of minutes, with Julio Enciso scooping over the bar and Jakub Moder capturing huge. However De Zerbi quickly grew to become the extra annoyed and animated supervisor. Already aggravated by a few of referee John Brooks’ selections, he was irritated along with his workforce as they gave up three good possibilities.

“Within the good previous days, Lamptey might need acquired a pat on the again for making faint contact on the ball earlier than taking out Jesus along with his follow-through. Within the trendy sport, it’s a foul and a penalty, and Saka shut out any unhealthy recollections by sending Verbruggen the unsuitable method.

“Enciso virtually revived the deflated crowd with a positive effort that Raya saved beautifully with an outstretched high hand. Verbruggen stored his workforce in it with a pointy cease from Odegaard’s rising rasper.

“With just one objective in it, tensions rose. Ex-Seagull Ben White made essentially the most of an off-the-ball conflict with Pervis Estupinan and there was all types happening off the ball when Brighton earned a nook. Havertz all however ended the argument. Jorginho performed a one-two and minimize the ball again for the German to power it in from shut vary.”

On the Sunday Mirror web site, Tom Victor famous that “Roberto De Zerbi has made no secret of Brighton’s harm issues, and there are two methods during which these points manifest. It is not simply being robbed of gamers mid-game, but additionally the problem in protecting a constant line-up all through the season.

“Julio Enciso impressed going ahead, whereas Jakub Moder threatened for the hosts early on. Each are just lately again from long-term absences, although, which means the person moments aren’t all the time matched by constant fluidity.”

On the BBC web site, Harry Poole recorded some painful statistics. “Brighton have received solely three of their previous 12 league video games following this defeat, which ended a membership file 12-match unbeaten top-flight dwelling run.

“They’ve additionally scored simply 3 times of their previous eight fixtures throughout all competitions. As of their irritating midweek goalless draw at Brentford, shortcomings within the remaining third had been evident as soon as once more right here.

“Boss Roberto de Zerbi, whose influence since final season has seen him linked with jobs at Liverpool and Bayern Munich, watched encouraging build-up play and efficient urgent fail to translate into significant makes an attempt on objective as Brighton managed only one shot on the right track in every half.”

The authorized battle between exes Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt over their previously shared vineyard continues, and neither facet is holding again.

In a brand new authorized submitting Thursday that was obtained by PEOPLE, Jolie’s legal professionals allege that Pitt bodily abused her, and that the abuse was not restricted to the 2016 airplane incident that made headlines lately.

“Whereas Pitt’s historical past of bodily abuse of Jolie began effectively earlier than the household’s September 2016 airplane journey from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the primary time he turned his bodily abuse on the kids as effectively,” Jolie’s legal professionals allege within the new court docket doc. “Jolie then instantly left him.”

Representatives for Pitt and Jolie didn’t instantly reply to EW’s request for touch upon this new allegation. Pitt has denied any abuse up to now.

In February 2022, Pitt sued Jolie for promoting her share within the French winery Chateau Miraval — which that they had bought collectively in 2008, and the place they had been married in 2014 — with out his approval. Later that 12 months, Jolie countersued, claiming she had tried to promote her share of the winery to Pitt first however that negotiations fell aside after his group insisted that she signal a nondisclosure settlement that might forestall her from talking publicly in regards to the 2016 airplane incident.

Jolie and her legal professionals have beforehand alleged that in a flight on the household’s personal airplane in 2016, Pitt bodily assaulted Jolie and their kids. Each the FBI and the Los Angeles County Division of Youngsters and Household Providers investigated the alleged incident. The latter dominated that Pitt didn’t abuse the kids, and the FBI declined to convey any legal prices towards the actor.

In response to Jolie’s attorneys’ submitting on Thursday, Pitt’s attorneys filed a movement on Friday asking Jolie to reveal every other nondisclosure agreements she entered into with third events, together with her private workers.

“If Jolie conditioned her continued employment of a person on that particular person’s settlement to an NDA masking what they witnessed in her residence — together with her remedy of her kids and Pitt — that might be extremely probative of whether or not she really believed the supply requested by Pitt was an ‘unconscionable gag order,'” Pitt’s attorneys said in authorized paperwork obtained by Leisure Weekly. “The identical is true with respect to any NDA between Jolie and any third celebration with whom she is in a relationship or who has assisted with the care of the couple’s kids.”

The paperwork continued, “To the extent that Jolie requested this third celebration’s silence about her household or homelife, significantly in a circumstance the place there was no enterprise justification, it will converse volumes about whether or not Jolie really seen Pitt’s requested NDA, which was linked to the Miraval enterprise, because the deal-ender she subsequently alleged it to be… Jolie adamantly refuses to supply the various different NDAs that she signed or requested from others throughout the related time interval, together with associated paperwork, presumably as a result of she is aware of they are going to severely undermine her defenses.”

A decide declared Pitt and Jolie legally single in 2019, and the previous spouses share joint custody of their six kids: Maddox, 22; Pax, 20; Zahara, 19; Shiloh, 17; and 15-year-old twins Vivienne and Knox.

[This article has been updated to include Pitt’s attorneys’ filing on Friday.]

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Angelina Jolie‘s authorized group alleges in a brand new courtroom submitting that Brad Pitt‘s alleged bodily abuse began earlier than an alleged altercation passed off between Pitt, Jolie and their youngsters on a airplane in September 2016. The previous couple is in an ongoing authorized battle over their French vineyard Château Miraval.

Pitt filed a lawsuit in opposition to Jolie in 2022 accusing her of violating “contractural rights” after she bought her half of Château Miraval with out his data. Jolie’s legal professionals claimed within the countersuit that discussions with Pitt’s group about promoting her aspect of the corporate broke down after he allegedly demanded she signal “a nondisclosure settlement that may have contractually prohibited her from talking outdoors of courtroom about Pitt’s bodily and emotional abuse of her and their youngsters.”

A brand new movement filed by Jolie’s legal professionals seeks to launch communications the authorized group declare show that Pitt wouldn’t enable Jolie to promote her share of the vineyard to him until she agreed to signal a nondisclosure settlement that was “extra onerous” and “expansive.”

The submitting contains the declare: “Whereas Pitt’s historical past of bodily abuse of Jolie began properly earlier than the household’s September 2016 airplane journey from France to Los Angeles, this flight marked the primary time he turned his bodily abuse on the kids as properly. Jolie then instantly left him.”

Pitt’s representatives didn’t reply to Selection’s request for remark.

Within the countersuit Angelina Jolie’s authorized group filed final yr, new particulars in regards to the alleged September 2016 altercation emerged. The go well with claimed that “Pitt choked one of many youngsters and struck one other within the face” and “grabbed Jolie by the pinnacle and shook her” through the altercation. Jolie’s lawyer said the dispute began when Pitt accused her of being “too deferential” to their youngsters. The 2 allegedly began preventing within the airplane’s rest room.

“Pitt grabbed Jolie by the pinnacle and shook her, after which grabbed her shoulders and shook her once more earlier than pushing her into the toilet wall,” the countersuit learn. “Pitt then punched the ceiling of the airplane quite a few instances, prompting Jolie to depart the toilet.”

The countersuit alleged that Pitt tried to get bodily with one among their youngsters after the kid got here to Jolie’s protection.

“When one of many youngsters verbally defended Jolie, Pitt lunged at his personal baby and Jolie grabbed him from behind to cease him,” the countersuit learn. “To get Jolie off his again, Pitt threw himself backwards into the airplane’s seats injuring Jolie’s again and elbow. The kids rushed in and all bravely tried to guard one another. Earlier than it was over, Pitt choked one of many youngsters and struck one other within the face. A few of the youngsters pleaded with Pitt to cease. They had been all frightened. Many had been crying.”

Jolie “organized for separate transportation on the airport” to carry her and the kids to a lodge with out Pitt, the go well with continued. “She then went to wake Pitt up and informed him that she and the kids had been going to a lodge. Pitt as soon as once more screamed at her, and pushed her down but once more.”

As reported in August 2022, Jolie was behind an nameless 2016 lawsuit wherein the plaintiff alleged being assaulted by her “then-husband” on a personal airplane. The actor informed an FBI agent that Pitt “bodily and verbally assaulted” her and their youngsters.

Faye Brookes and Tom Lorcan, identified for taking part in Kate Connor and Mike Hargrave on Corrie, are presently wowing audiences on the Barn Theatre in a revival manufacturing of Nick Payne’s multi-award-winning play Constellations.

They’re presently mastering the roles of beekeeper Roland and physicist Marianne.

Faye Brookes and Tom Lorcan (Picture: Barn Theatre)

The award-winning play follows the pair’s relationship and friendship.

It permits the viewers to share the comedy and the heartbreak, drawing them into the unflinching actuality that the characters finally face.

Nick Payne’s play explores human connections with a plot that retains the viewers guessing till the very finish.

Constellations manufacturing picture (Picture: Barn Theatre)

Jessica Daniels, who beforehand directed the theatre’s acclaimed Constructed by Barn productions of The Butterfly Lion and The Mozart Query, has returned to Cirencester to direct Constellations.

The director stated: “I’m thrilled to be returning to the Barn to direct Nick Payne’s Constellations.

“It’s play I’ve all the time beloved, at a theatre that has produced a few of my proudest work.”

Some followers didn’t need to journey very far — they have been from Seattle. Others, from Portland, traveled a bit farther. Two flew in from Dublin. 

All got here to Viretta Park in Seattle for a similar motive: to honor Kurt Cobain on the thirtieth anniversary of his demise.

Cobain, the lead vocalist, major songwriter and guitarist for grunge rock band Nirvana, died by suicide on the age of 27 in 1994.

Jared Sparks from Portland wore a black and pink sweater he purchased from a thrift retailer. He mentioned they have been colours Cobain preferred and Cobain preferred to buy at thrift shops. Sparks was planning to depart the sweater behind on a bench for the rock star.

Louise Johnston, from Belfast, Northern Eire, went to a Nirvana live performance there in 1992. A lifelong fan of the band, Johnston was sharing her fandom Friday along with her daughter, whom she introduced along with her from Northern Eire. The park is adjoining to the house the place Cobain lived along with his spouse, Courtney Love, and their daughter, Frances Bean Cobain. 

Johnny Arnoux and his brother Martin Noticed Bear additionally visited the park, the place a bench is roofed with flowers, candles and notes in honor of Cobain. Arnoux mentioned that he and others who grew up in troublesome circumstances might relate to the angst in Nirvana’s music. Arnoux, a member of the Crow tribe and Blackfoot Confederacy, appears like Nirvana has particular significance to him and different Native Individuals.

He attended the memorial for Cobain at Seattle Heart in 1994 when he was 13. “Cobain’s music is sort of a letter from a complete stranger telling you that all the pieces was going to be all proper.”

Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien)’s desires turned to mud in Coronation Avenue just lately when Damon Hay (Ciaran Griffiths), the person she hoped she can be spending the remainder of her life with, was arrested by armed police following a botched theft.

Damon had solely agreed to get entangled within the theft to guard Sarah and Bethany (Lucy Fallon) from Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor), Damon’s brother. Though he’s in jail, Harvey had put Sarah and her daughter’s lives at risk when he bought a hit-man to attempt to kill them.

Damon knew that the one technique to preserve them secure was for him to comply with his brother’s calls for.

In court docket, Damon pleaded responsible. His solicitor Dee-Dee (Channique Sterling-Brown) defined to Sarah that he did this for her, and he’d saved the lifetime of the van driver within the theft and sacrificed himself to maintain Sarah and Bethany secure.

In gentle of this, Sarah went to go to Damon in jail and warranted him that she liked him and was ready to attend for him. She was shocked when Damon informed her it was over between them as a result of he’s a foul one who won’t ever change.

In upcoming episodes the day of Damon’s sentencing arrives and Sarah’s struggling. She confides in Gary Windass (Mikey North), who has worries of his personal as he’s involved about Liam (Charlie Wrenshall) beforehand feeling suicidal over the bullying he endured.

The 2 return to Gary’s flat and he continues to inform Sarah about what’s been occurring with Liam, telling her that Maria (Samia Longchambon)’s overprotective strategy to her son is threatening their relationship.

What they don’t realise is that Maria is watching all of this on a hidden digital camera that she’s set as much as keep watch over Liam.

Then Sarah will get a cellphone name from Dee-Dee – and it’s devastating information. Damon has been sentenced to 6 years in jail.

Sarah breaks down in tears and Gary takes her in his arms to consolation her – all of the whereas watched by Maria…

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