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1 week ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

This is when it really gets exciting. It really doesn’t matter who’s at the dance, as long as the rhythm is correct. Some may call the final four teams left in the NBA Conference Finals boring. Aside from New York, and oh boy we’ll get to them later, the rest of the remaining field is littered with historically small-market franchises. The most historic franchise remaining beside the Knickerbockers is Indiana. No disrespect to the Pacers organization but like, come on man.

2 weeks ago | athensnews.com | Ashley Bunton

Giving away marijuana as a gift could become penalized by the Ohio Legislature as a drug trafficking offense if Ohio House Bill 160 passes. Marijuana consumers who grow marijuana at home and give some to friends and family as gifts would be outlawed because HB 160 states possession and transfer of homegrown marijuana from an unlicensed person is illegal. HB 160 was introduced on March 6 by Republican Rep.

2 weeks ago | athensnews.com | Ben Luthi

A tariff is a tax on imported goods that's paid by the importing firm to its government. However, those costs often get passed down to consumers, resulting in higher prices for the affected products. Here's Experian's guide to what you need to know about how tariffs work and how they may affect your wallet. When a country imposes a tariff, any affected goods imported into that country will be taxed. The domestic company importing the product pays the tax to the federal government.

2 weeks ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

It’s days like these that make us stronger in the end. The beauty in sports comes in the unknown. It's the anticipation and hope of the impossible to happen that truly keeps driving us back. You truly never know what’s going to happen on any given day. Sometimes, the sheer jubilation and excitement from coming out on top or guessing correctly outweighs all distractions. It serves as the only thing that matters for that slight sliver of time. That truly matters. Life is rough though.

3 weeks ago | athensnews.com | Eric Decker

The playoffs are different for a reasonThis Spring’s iteration of the NBA playoffs has been nothing short of spectacular. A genuine reminder as to why we love the excitement and anticipation of the end of the year. The regular season stats and stories legitimately mean nothing at this point and a whole new book is being written for the NBA this playoff season. Let’s take a dive in and look at some of the commotion over the past week. First and foremost, we must start where the money lies.