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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Michael Phelps backed compatriot Lilly King’s attitude towards Russian Yulia Efimova at the Olympics on Monday and said more people should follow her lead. King, who beat the twice-banned Russian in the 100 metres breaststroke final on Monday, showed her displeasure at Efimova competing in Sunday’s heats, wagging her finger at the Russian before she called her a drug cheat. Efimova was only allowed to compete at the Games after winning an appeal against a ban for her previous doping....

RELATED: Roald & 9 Must-Have Jock Villagers In Animal Crossing: New Horizons The newest update brought a new set of spooky items, and with Christmas coming around the corner, what better time to dwell on the past seasonal items in hopes that a few of them make their returns. 10 Creepy Coffin Halloween just passed, but that doesn’t mean everyone has stopped talking about the spooky items that existed for a brief time in Animal Crossing: New Horizons....

Now that winter is fully underway in the Northern Hemisphere, players there can start enjoying the arrival of snow, holiday lights, and several other Animal Crossing: New Horizons festivities. While Thanksgiving is hosted by seasonally appropriate turkey-chef, Franklin, players can interact with Nintendo’s take on “Frosty the Snowman,” otherwise known as Snowboy. RELATED: The Boondocks Intro Recreated With Animal Crossing: New Horizons Once winter officially begins in New Horizons (or in other words, when the snow and festive tree-lights appear), islanders all have a daily opportunity to craft and meet Snowboy, the magic snowman....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons had its first collaboration with Super Mario recently by bringing a number of Super Mario items to the game, including Princess Peach’s Crown, Mario and Luigi’s Hats, the iconic green Pipe, and the Goal Pole. Some players have come up with creative ways to use the items, especially the Pipes, such as one player who made a functional subway system on their island. This collaboration also bodes well for other possible Animal Crossing crossovers, such as one with Legend of Zelda items and characters that fans have been requesting for some time....

Back when the game first released, Animal Crossing: New Horizons became the fastest selling Nintendo Switch game ever made in a matter of months. Given that the game released right when COVID-19 quarantining was at an all-time high, it wasn’t too hard to understand why Animal Crossing: New Horizons achieved such a large amount of success in such a short time frame. Amazingly, even after being out for over a year, that success has shown no signs of dwindling....

The Animal Crossing series is known for its steady progression and layers of gameplay, with new elements being introduced piecemeal as specific conditions are met. New Horizons is no exception, though it is focusing more on updates to introduce new features, rather than having them all built in on day one. The latest of these additions, and the largest for the new title so far, is called the Earth Day update, or New Horizons 1....

One major aspect that can be customized in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is homes. Players can decorate their houses however they wish, as the game does provide a multitude of different items to decorate with. One gamer was able to make an incredible looking pub inside their home. RELATED: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Player Designs Impressive Outdoor Bakery A Reddit user named Acnhchaotichathy posted a clip showing the bar that they made inside their house....

Usually the official Animal Crossing: New Horizons Twitter account will detail a new update in bits and pieces. Now, Nintendo’s official YouTube channel has uploaded a one minute video that details every new change the August update brought. RELATED: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Glitch Lets Players Plant Trees on Cliff Edges New Horizons saw a big update at the beginning of summer that introduced new and returning elements to the franchise....

Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched on March 20, 2020. The island life simulator title was met with universal acclaim, with fans and critics unable to find any particularly glaring shortcomings. The game officially turns one-year old this coming Saturday, and fans are highly anticipating Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ upcoming anniversary update, which promises new features, seasonal items, and more. RELATED: Animal Crossing: New Horizons is Coming to Build-A-Bear Workshop...

In this article we offer 10 tips that will help you to do well at Pocket Camp. Play regularly (but for short periods) The Animal Crossing games have all tended to suit a ‘little but often’ approach – they are perfect for dipping in, catching a couple of butterflies, moving some furniture around and popping out again. (This was one of the reasons why the game was an obvious candidate for a mobile port....

To be clear: the base version of Animal Crossing: New Horizons isn’t a bad game by any stretch, but it seems like the title would have majorly benefited from a lot of the content that’s coming with the 2.0 update. At the end of the day, it’s all well and good that new content is coming at all, but it seems like New Horizons might have missed a major opportunity to have been the undeniable best game in the series at launch by simply including most of its content all at once instead of waiting 18 months to be finished after the fact....

Getting the right villagers to the island is often a top priority for Animal Crossing players. Buying Amiibo cards can bypass the struggle of trial and error and just brings the desired villager to the island. There are Amiibo cards for a lot of villagers, so players can effectively and easily choose which ones they’d like to join their island. They do have to pay for it, but it’s a relatively small price....

related: Shonen Anime With Great Rewatch Value Spring of 2022 was jam-packed with heavy hitters like SpyxFamily, Kaguya-Sama: Love is War-Ultra Romantic and Summertime Render, etc. Then came the Summer 2022 lineup, which brought back fan favorites like the second seasons of Classroom of The Elite and Made in Abyss. But by and large, Fall 2022 will be regarded as the best season of year with the release and return of many highly anticipated shows like Chainsaw Man, My Hero Academia, and Mob Psycho 100....

The close relationship between anime and games often goes the other way as well, with great games like Danganronpa or Persona 5 spawning their own anime adaptations. Unfortunately, with the exception of Dragon Ball Z, many recent games based on anime have fallen short of expectations or have simply gone just a bit too long without a sequel. Despite their amazing traversal mechanics, the time may have passed for Attack on Titan games, but the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games share a developer with Kakarot and could benefit from another entry in the series....

In an article posted Friday at Derek Jeter’s The Players’ Tribune, for which McCutchen serves as a senior editor, the Pirates center fielder wrote about his experience growing up. McCutchen also discussed the various expenses associated with playing for a traveling teams, including equipment, hotels, gas and tournament fees. MORE: College baseball stories to watch in 2015 | Top 25 teams in college baseball Before rising to MLB stardom in the Steel City, McCutchen grew up in a lower-income household in Fort Meade, Fla....

Last year, about 10,000 homeless individuals were moved into 63 hotel properties around the city amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing measure is designed to encourage social distancing among the vulnerable population. The city’s homelessness problem runs deep, however. Analysts have estimated that nearly one in 100 New Yorkers is homeless, while advocates for the homeless population have warned that the pandemic has exacerbated the problem. As of late last year, the number of single New Yorkers sleeping in a shelter run by the Department of Homeless Service had risen above 20,000....

While it’s not packing nearly as much as Android 11 proper, it does promise some pretty big changes. These new features and changes will improve the Android experience for anyone with a phone that features at least 2GB RAM. What’s Coming to Android 11 (Go Edition)? The biggest change that users will notice is a boost to the speed with which apps launch. Google says that apps will launch 20 percent faster than they did with the previous version of Android (Go edition)....

Android 13 doesn’t reinvent the wheel, opting for iterative updates to the Material You redesign we saw with Android 12. However, there are still plenty of new features and improvements worth talking about, covering privacy, security, gaming and battery. As of right now, the final version is only available if you have a recent Pixel phone. But plenty more devices are eligible for the beta, and eventually most Android 12 phones and tablets will get the free upgrade....

Andy Dalton expressed his excitement and eagerness to get to work under new coach Zac Taylor, who replaced Marvin Lewis after he parted ways with the Bengals following 16 seasons at the helm. “With Zac getting here and the whole change … let’s make it all feel new and feel different,” Dalton said, via the team’s official website. “I think he’s done great. From the day he stepped in here you felt the change....

How he leaves the custom-made, 15,000-seat arena may define “The Destroyer’s” place in boxing history. Join DAZN to watch Ruiz vs. Joshua 2 and 100-plus fight nights a year A second win over Anthony Joshua — and one as emphatic as the seventh-round TKO that made him champ last June 1 — would put him on a similar trajectory as a young Manny Pacquiao, who became a superstar and then bolstered his fighting legend with each subsequent scrap....