Palmé à Cannes en 2006 avec “Le Vent se lève”, Ken Loach revient sur la Croisette avec Jimmy’s Hall, l’histoire vraie de Jimmy Gralton, symbole de la résistance irlandaise et gérant du “Hall”, un foyer ouvert à tous. Le maître face à la presse…

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Il est difficile d’arrêter totalement de faire des films.

Ken Loach, le réalisateur de Jimmy’s Hall : J’ai parlé de l’arrêt de ma carrière à un moment de pression énorme. Nous faisions le film, la montagne devant nous était immense. Je ne pensais pas y arriver. Mais on y arrive toujours. Et puis il est difficile d’arrêter totalement de faire des films.

On ne peut vivre que si on espère toujours.

Ken Loach : Un film ajoute à la discussion publique. On apporte notre petite contribution en montrant une perspective, des idées, comme un article de journal. Si les films avaient une énorme influence, ce serait tout de même extramemement négatif. En quelque sorte, il faut espérer que les films n’aient pas un grand effet sur le public. Mais ils peuvent et doivent poser des questions, défier l’autorité, être subversif. Et n’oublions pas que tout dépend au final des spectateurs. S’ils decident de parler des thèmes après une projection, alors oui les films peuvent avoir cette influence, celle de provoquer la discussion. On ne peut vivre que si on espère toujours.

Dans chaque région, chaque ville, on trouve des Jimmy Gralton.

Paul Laverty, scénariste du film : Dans chaque région, chaque ville, on trouve des Jimmy Gralton, qui essaient de construire des ponts entre les gens. Ce film rend hommage à toutes ces personnes modestes, qui insufflent de la vie.

Ken Loach : Le Vent se Lève (ndlr : Palme d’or en 2006) et Jimmy’s Hall ont un lien. On voulait savoir ce qu’était devenu le rêve de l’indépendance dix ans plus tard. Le vent se lève était un film d’une plus grande ampleur, sur un pays. Là on est au niveau d’une région, où les gens veulent danser, étudier la poése. Et c’est toujours dangereux pour le pouvoir. On voulait étudier un microcosme.

Le 35 mmm se touche, se voit, se coupe. C’est un contact et un rapport plus humain.

Ken Loach : On tourne en film et on monte en film ! La pellicule de 35mm  doit être coupée physiquement Cela ne va pas aussi vite que pour le numérique, on attache donc sans doute plus d’attention à ce qu’on fait. Et le montage sur film est une coopération beaucoup plus humaine. Mais je n’oublie pas que le cinéma est un industrie, il faut aller vite et quand on peut ne pas recruter… C’est une pression qui est aussi exercée via le numérique. Le 35 mmm se touche, se voit, se coupe. C’est un contact et un rapport plus humain. Les gens aiment les technologies traditionnelles. Il y a une passion derrière tout ça. Et on va continuer à travailler ainsi si on le peut.

Robbie Ryan, directeur de la photographie : Tout ce qui permet de faire un film à l’ancienne aujourd’hui disparaît. Tout le monde a une caméra et un appareil photo sur son portable. Le système traditionnel disparaît au profit du numérique. Et cela fait peur. J’ai l’impression qu’on est toujours plus à l’aise avec la pellicule. S’il faut se tourner ves l’avenir, il est dommage que les choses changent aussi vite. J’aurais aimé une cohabitation plus longue entre les deux formats. Le numérique rend tout plus net. J’ai vu le film des frères Dardenne, Deux jours une nuit, et je suis interessé de leur vision du numérique. Si on a une vision solide de son film, la technologie s’adapte à cette vision.

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Simone Kirby, l’interprète d’Oonagh : Lorsqu’on m’a parlé du film, je ne savais pas quel personnage j’allais jouer. Barry et moi avons passé des semaines à Londres à répéter les danses. Arrivés en Irlande, on a reçu les 20 première pages puis les suivantes au fur et à mesure…

Barry Ward, l’interprète de Jimmy Gralton : On recevait le scénario par petits bouts. Le drame se jouait devant nos yeux, il se matérialisait naturellement.

En Europe, il y a une pensée unique. Il faut respecter la loi du marché.

Ken Loach : Les puissants de ce monde souhaitent cacher certaines choses. On essaie toujours d’écarter les dissidents, d’éteindre les voix dissonantes. En Europe, il y a une pensée unique. Il faut respecter la loi du marché et ce serait la seule façon de faire marcher la societé. Si on émet une autre idée, on est mis de côté. Comme si on niait l’existence de Dieu ! Il faut donner voix au chapitre aux dissidents.

Si Jimmy était là, il essaierait de lutter contre les grandes multinationales qui déterminent notre vie au-delà de tout contrôle.

Ken Loach : La situation en Irlande est la même que dans les autres pays europeens. Nous sommes tous dans la poigne du néo-libéralisme. Le combat de Jimmy, s’il vivait aujourd’hui, serait de s’attaquer à ces grandes puissances. Il se battrait contre tout cela, contre ces grandes entreprises, qui contrôlent partiquement tout, même la démocratie. Il y a beaucoup de lobbying à Bruxelles. C’est là que la lutte doit s’organiser. L’Irlande a beaucoup souffert, beaucoup d’habitants ont dû quitter le pays pour trouver du boulot ailleurs. Si Jimmy était là, il ferait partie de ce combat, il essaierait de lutter contre les grandes multinationales qui déterminent notre vie au-delà de tout contrôle.

En Irlande, la communauté s’est ralliée à nous pour que ce film existe.

Rebecca O’Brien : Il faut que la communauté se rallie à une idée pour que cela fonctionne. En Irlande, cette communauté s’est ralliée à nous pour que ce film existe. Par exemple, un groupe de musique est venu pour jouer. Ce dancing reconstitué est devenu un lieu spécial.

Ken Loach : On a reconstruit les décors, ce lieu historique. Ce dancing était un endroit sûr, où les gens pouvaient se réunir, être eux-mêmes par le truchement de la danse, de la musique, de la poésie, mais aussi changer et devenir militants. Un symbole de la liberte de penser.

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Après quelques jours auprès de ses proches, Ariana Grande est revenue sur les lieux du drame pour préparer son retour sur scène prochain et pour rendre visite aux jeunes blessés de l’attentat du 22 mai.

23 morts et 116 blessés c’est le bilan de l’attaque terroriste du 22 mai à l’issu du concert de la chanteuse Ariana Grande. Celle qui se dit brisée par le drame a toujours souhaité se démener pour les victimes. C’est pourquoi elle s’est rendue, le 2 juin dernier, en compagnie de son manager Scooter Braun, au Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital pour y rencontrer plusieurs fans.

Ne souhaitant probablement pas profiter de cette visite pour se faire de la publicité, la star n’a publié sur son compte instagram qu’une seule photo de son déplacement. Mais les petits fans et leurs parents ont immortalisé et partagé l’instant. Ce moment de générosité semble, à en croire les sourires, avoir redonné beaucoup d’espoir aux petits blessés. Les parents ont salué ce geste « plein d’humilité et incroyable ».

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Selon une information du magazine Télé Star, le nom de Vincent Larvol, le candidat de Cauchemar en cuisine devenu depuis SDF, vient d’être supprimé du pré-générique qui contient les meilleurs moments du programme.

Un an après son passage devant les caméras de Cauchemar en cuisine, Vincent Larvol a tout perdu au point d’être à présent à la rue. C’est la triste information que les fidèles de l’émission animée par Philippe Etchebest ont apprise quelques jours après la diffusion, le 20 septembre dernier, de Cauchemar en cuisine, que sont-ils devenus?. Nos confrères de Sud-Ouest ayant fait savoir que la situation de Vincent Larvol est, à présent, on ne peut plus délicate.

Et pour cause, séparé de sa compagne Marina, il est actuellement sans domicile fixe, sans ressources et doit se contenter du RSA pour vivre. Aidé par les Restos du cœur, le jeune homme dort à présent dans la Maison d’accueil temporaire de Bergerac. « Il ne me reste que 10 euros avant le versement de mon RSA, le 10 octobre », a-t-il en effet confié à nos confrères qui l’ont retrouvé devant la gare de Bergerac, où il faisait la manche avec son chien Jumpy.

Une situation catastrophique dont la mise en lumière par Sud-Ouest a permis de mettre en branle un formidable élan de générosité. Des personnes ont en effet contacté le journal afin de lui proposer un toit. Un triste sort qui selon Télé Star aurait « semé une petite pagaille » chez M6, au point que qu’il aurait été demandé aux monteurs de l’émission de « remonter en urgence les pré-génériques » afin de ne plus faire apparaître le nom de Vincent Larvol. Le motif ? « Ces pré-génériques contenaient les meilleurs moments de Cauchemar en cuisine, et Vincent Larvol y apparaissait. » expliquent nos confrères.

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WASHINGTON — 

Former national security advisor John Bolton said Monday he would testify in President Trump’s impeachment trial if the Senate issued him a subpoena, putting new and potentially intense pressure on Senate Republicans to open the trial further than they had planned.

Several administration witnesses testified during the House investigation of Trump’s actions toward Ukraine that Bolton had told them he was concerned about aspects of the president’s behavior. Former administration official Fiona Hill recounted Bolton caustically comparing Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani’s work in Ukraine to a “drug deal.”

Bolton’s testimony — which Democrats have long sought, believing it would shine additional light on Trump’s actions — could serve as a focal point of a Senate impeachment trial.

“I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify,” Bolton said in a statement.

But Bolton’s offer to testify did not appear to immediately change the dynamic in the Senate, where Republicans have largely coalesced around Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) plan to push off any decision on live witnesses until a trial is underway.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Monday evening he would like to hear from Bolton, but many Republicans backed McConnell’s strategy or refused to weigh in until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) transmitted the articles of impeachment to the Senate.

The House voted last month to impeach Trump on two counts — one accusing him of abuse of power, the other of obstructing Congress’ investigation — but Pelosi has delayed the formal step of sending the impeachment resolution to the Senate in an effort to put pressure on McConnell to relent on witnesses. Democrats argue that McConnell’s plan would allow Republicans to present a mere show trial to the public while delivering Trump a victory.

House Democrats did not subpoena Bolton, but they made clear that they wanted to hear from him. During the House proceedings, Bolton said he would wait for the courts to decide whether witnesses had to testify before Congress or whether they could abide by a presidential directive to not testify.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank) on Monday did not rule out holding a new House hearing to call Bolton to testify. But in a CNN interview he said that at this point it “makes sense for Bolton to testify before the Senate.”

Bolton had tied his fate to that of Charles Kupperman, his former deputy, who asked a court to decide whether he had to abide by a congressional subpoena. A federal judge last month said that case was moot and didn’t decide the issue.

“Since my testimony is once again at issue, I have had to resolve the serious competing issues as best I could, based on careful consideration and study,” Bolton said in his statement.

Democrats immediately called on Senate Republicans to issue the subpoena.

“The president & Sen. McConnell have run out of excuses,” Pelosi said on Twitter. “They must allow key witnesses to testify, and produce the documents Trump has blocked, so Americans can see the facts for themselves.”

McConnell has indicated that the Republican-controlled Senate will not convict Trump in an impeachment trial and that he would like to see a trial move rapidly to its foregone conclusion. He wants the Senate to hear opening arguments from both sides and then decide whether witnesses and other testimony is needed to decide the case or whether to merely end it at that point.

He might be able to proceed down that path if he has the support of a majority of the Senate. But with only 53 Senate Republicans, he has little wiggle room.

Bolton’s offer to testify will put pressure on Senate Republicans to reject McConnell’s plan. If four Republicans don’t support the plan — as well as all Democrats — he won’t be able to proceed. In addition to Romney, all eyes will be on Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all of whom have occasionally bucked Trump and their party.

Collins said she wanted to follow McConnell’s plan, which tracks with the process used in the 1999 impeachment trial of former President Clinton.

“I thought that worked well,” she said. “I think it’s difficult to decide in isolation before we have heard the opening statements. Particularly since the president’s attorneys chose not to put a case on in the House and Republicans were not allowed to call witnesses in committee.”

Other Republican lawmakers, including Murkowski, punted on a decision, arguing they don’t need to decide until Pelosi sends the articles.

“I know you guys want to have a trial by Twitter,” Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) told reporters, “but until she has the articles sent over, there is no trial.”

Bolton’s announcement could end up validating Pelosi’s strategy of holding on to the articles of impeachment — instead of immediately sending them to the Senate — in order to bolster Democrats’ negotiating power with McConnell.

“It is now up to four Senate Republicans to support bringing in Mr. Bolton, and the other three witnesses, as well as the key documents we have requested to ensure all the evidence is presented at the onset of a Senate trial,” said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.). “Given that Mr. Bolton’s lawyers have stated he has new relevant information to share, if any Senate Republican opposes issuing subpoenas to the four witnesses and documents we have requested, they would make absolutely clear they are participating in a cover-up.”

With U.S. and allied forces bracing for renewed military conflict in the Persian Gulf, Democratic presidential candidate Michael R. Bloomberg said Monday that he had no regrets over supporting the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.

“I don’t live in a regret world, and I didn’t make the decision,” the former New York mayor told The Times in an interview in downtown Los Angeles.

Bloomberg recalled that most Americans supported President George W. Bush’s decision to go to war with Iraq in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

“America wanted to go to war, but it turns out it was based on faulty intelligence, and it was a mistake,” Bloomberg said after celebrating the opening of his campaign office near Pershing Square.

“But I think the people that made the mistake did it honestly, and it’s a shame, because it’s left us entangled, and it’s left the Middle East in chaos through today.”

Bloomberg was elected mayor of New York two months after the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and he’s highlighting his leadership of the city’s recovery in his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

When the Iraq war started, Bloomberg was a Republican. He supported Bush for reelection in 2004.

A billionaire financial media mogul, Bloomberg was a Democrat until 2001, when he registered as a Republican to run for mayor. He quit the GOP in 2007 and became an independent. Bloomberg registered again as a Democrat in 2018, then announced his candidacy for president six weeks ago.

His backing of the Iraq invasion could cause him trouble in the presidential race, particularly after President Trump ordered the killing of a top Iranian general last week. The fatal drone strike against Gen. Qassem Suleimani has sharply increased tensions across the Middle East and shifted the campaign’s focus to the vast human and financial costs of U.S. military engagements abroad.

Hillary Clinton’s support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq when she was in the Senate wound up being a major liability in her failed 2008 campaign against Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders used Clinton’s vote for the war as a central line of attack against her in the 2016 Democratic race. Sanders has returned to that theme again for the 2020 contest, criticizing former Vice President Joe Biden for voting in the Senate to authorize the Iraq invasion.

In remarks to a few dozen supporters at his Los Angeles office, Bloomberg accused Trump of endangering America by making incendiary, bellicose threats against Iran.

He later faulted Trump for saying he would bomb Iranian cultural sites if Iran retaliates for the killing of Suleimani.

“The culture that he’s talking about is a culture that belongs to the whole world, and destroying our history is not a smart thing,” Bloomberg told The Times. He went on to question the quality of advice Trump gets from his national security advisors.

“He does not have the people that can explain to him why culture is important, why that would be seen as something that would be terrible for the rest of the world and would galvanize people against him and against America,” Bloomberg said.

Bloomberg’s visit to Los Angeles capped a two-day swing across Southern California after stops in San Diego and Riverside.

California is crucial to his strategy for capturing the Democratic nomination. He joined the race too late to effectively compete in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, the states with the first nominating contests next month.

Instead, he is plowing enormous sums of money into advertising in California and more than a dozen other states that vote March 3 on Super Tuesday — and in more than a dozen others that vote after that.

Nationwide, Bloomberg, who does not accept campaign contributions, has already spent nearly $168 million of his own money on ads, including more than $20 million in California, according to Advertising Analytics, a firm that tracks political ad spending.

Apart from fellow billionaire Tom Steyer, who has put $90 million into ads, none of the other Democrats running for the White House have the wherewithal to spend on that scale. Sanders, the most successful fundraiser in the race, has bought $22 million in ads, Advertising Analytics has found.

Bloomberg has sought to position himself as a moderate who would draw at least some support from Republicans in a general election race against Trump.

Without naming Sanders or Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top candidates vying for the party’s most liberal voters, Bloomberg criticized their costliest proposals on Monday, such as plans to offer Medicare to all Americans.

“The country’s not ready for some of those things and maybe never will be,” he said. “We want an evolution, not a revolution in this country.”

Bloomberg also said he would not try to repeal a portion of Trump’s 2017 tax overhaul that hit California, New York and some other Democratic-leaning states especially hard — a $10,000 limit on federal income tax deductions for state and local tax payments. Residents of high-tax states are most likely to exceed the $10,000 cap.

“I think that California and New York, at this point, rather than complaining, should try to adjust their budgets to live with the fact that they’re not going to have that deductibility,” he said.

Congress will never restore the full deduction, he said, unless the savings for taxpayers in states like California and New York are matched for Americans everywhere else.

“I’ve always thought in my case, even if taxes are higher, I get something for my money. I will feel proud of living in New York,” he said. “I’m proud of the opportunities that it gave me.”

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WASHINGTON — 

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo has told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he will not run for an open Senate seat from Kansas this fall, two people close to McConnell said Monday. Pompeo’s decision complicates Republicans’ chances of holding what should be a guaranteed seat in the deep red state as they battle to retain their slim Senate majority in November’s elections.

The news comes days after a U.S. airstrike authorized by President Trump killed Qassem Suleimani, Iran’s most powerful general and leader of that country’s elite Quds Force. Iran has vowed revenge on the U.S., sparking an international crisis that makes this an awkward time for Pompeo to leave his post and seek elective office.

In a conversation with McConnell on Monday afternoon, Pompeo indicated he will not run, the two people said. They spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a private talk. Others familiar with the matter said Pompeo met with McConnell (R-Ky.) on Capitol Hill.

A former congressman from Kansas, Pompeo has traveled repeatedly to the state in recent months, and many Washington Republicans had expressed a belief that he would be a candidate.

If he ran, he was considered all but certain to prevail in the Aug. 4 GOP primary and the November general election. Candidates have until June 1 to file for the Kansas Senate race, leaving a theoretical door open for Pompeo to reconsider.

Republicans worry that without him, former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a polarizing conservative with hard-right immigration views, could win the GOP nomination. GOP officials say that if Kobach is the party’s choice he would alienate moderate voters and lose the general election, repeating the defeat he suffered in 2018 when he was the Republican candidate for governor. Trump carried the state by nearly 21 percentage points in 2016.

Republicans consider retaining the Kansas seat crucial in this fall’s voting, when they will defend their 53-47 Senate majority. GOP senators in Arizona, Colorado, Maine and North Carolina face potentially tight reelection contests, while Doug Jones of Alabama is the Democrat in greatest danger of defeat.

The Kansas seat is being vacated by GOP Sen. Pat Roberts, 83, who’s served in the Senate since 1997 and, before that, in the House since 1981.

Pompeo, 56, finished first in his class at West Point, served in the Army and earned a law degree from Harvard. He was in his fourth House term when he resigned in 2017 to become Trump’s first CIA director. In 2018, he replaced the fired Rex Tillerson at the helm of the State Department. He has evolved into one of Trump’s most trusted advisors.

McConnell and other top Republicans have been eager for Pompeo to run for the Senate. Just last month, Trump called Pompeo “a tremendous guy doing a tremendous job” and said if he thought the Kansas seat were in peril for Republicans, “I would sit down and talk to Mike.”

To many, that suggested Trump had given Pompeo a green light to run. Feeding the buzz, Pompeo kept his old House campaign committee alive, and it had nearly $1 million at the end of June that could be used for a Senate race. That’s a significant amount to start with in an inexpensive-media state such as Kansas.

But one person said Pompeo had never signaled to his State Department colleagues that he wanted to run and told several that he didn’t want to.

Kobach’s opponents in the GOP primary include Rep. Roger Marshall, state Senate President Susan Wagle and Dave Lindstrom, a businessman and former Kansas City Chiefs football player. The leading Democratic candidate is state Sen. Barbara Bollier, a retired Kansas City-area anesthesiologist who switched from the GOP at the end of 2018.

Pompeo’s conversation with McConnell was first reported by the New York Times.

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Professional basketball’s best players have spread to the coasts in the NBA with Brooklyn, Boston, Miami, Golden State, Philadelphia, the Lakers and the Clippers establishing themselves as primo destinations, the types of places where great players go to win championships.

But in the migration, the New York Knicks have been left behind, presumably to meander through the season on their way to a seventh consecutive one without a winning record or a trip to the playoffs.

Since the 2013 playoffs, when the Knicks were bounced in the first round, they have lost 355 times, more than anyone else in the NBA and 100 times more than one-third of the teams.

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What do they have to show for it?

Yet another rebuild with yet another set of young players, with former Laker Julius Randle in the middle of it.

The newest version of one of the NBA’s tentpole franchises will be on the Staples Center court Tuesday when they battle the Western Conference-leading Lakers. It should give the Knicks’ top people two major reminders.

One, turning things around isn’t impossible. The second-most losses since the start of the 2013-14 season belong to the Lakers.

Two, however, is that the Lakers are still regarded well enough that all the losing and organizational turmoil didn’t stop LeBron James from joining them. And it didn’t keep Anthony Davis from forcing a trade to L.A. either.

Conversely, the Knicks’ last offseason was so underwhelming that the team issued a statement trying to extinguish fan frustrations less than 48 hours into its start.

Things have been predictably rocky this season.

A month before the Knicks fired coach David Fizdale, President Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry undercut him with an impromptu news conference after a bad loss to Cleveland, an unusual step, especially 10 games into the season.

“I was disappointed,” Clippers coach and former Knicks guard Doc Rivers said. “I thought he was in a tough spot. Some of the comments that were made … like he didn’t stand a chance. I’ve been very fortunate as a coach, been lucky quiet honestly, where I’ve had the backing through thick or thin. I told David that. … That [news conference] was bad. I think we all know that. But it happened. It’s tough. Coaching is hard enough.”

Fizdale was popular with the players — a month removed from his ousting and several players still express admiration and love for him — but his replacement has undoubtedly gotten better results.

Mike Miller, in his first NBA coaching gig after stops everywhere from the G-League to Eastern Illinois University, has earned generally positive reviews from observers, despite lacking the kind of dynamic personality that typically resonates in New York.

In a search for consistency — well, a different kind of consistency than losing — Miller has deconstructed the game by beginning with two or three good possessions, then five, then a quarter of the game, then a half and so on.

“It’s really a simple approach to it,” he said.

The Knicks are 6-8 under Miller, with players adapting quickly to the change, although some Knicks credit Fizdale for preparing them for a sudden change as he was on the way out.

“[Miller’s] real straightforward. Players like that; just get your work done,” forward Taj Gibson said. “He’s real serious, real sincere. But you can talk to him, you know what I’m saying? Stuff happens, but guys are maturing and guys are taking to him.”

And although 6-8 isn’t going to hang any banners, it’s also not going to embarrass anyone.

Marcus Morris, the Knicks leading scorer, could be on the way out by the trade deadline in the kind of move that would make victories and defeats even tougher. This season’s top draft pick, RJ Barrett, has done well at times but has been inconsistent. The Knicks’ top pick in 2018, Kevin Knox, barely played Sunday against the Clippers.

“I’m just trying to show that we’re a resilient team, that we scrap … just be that tough kind of New York team,” Barrett said.

And then there’s Randle, the former Lakers lottery pick, who has played really well since the coaching change. In the Knicks’ last 14 games, Randle is averaging 21.4 points, 10.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. He’s under contract for three seasons after signing for more than $62 million in the summer when the Knicks missed on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

“You’ve got to go through highs and lows,” Randle said. “You’ve got to go through adversity to make you grow as a person.”

Adversity might not be as plentiful anywhere in the NBA as in New York. For now, with the Knicks back to building, the basics are clearly getting attention.

“The big thing we can control is what kind of effort, what kind of consistency are we playing with and are we playing to an identity,” Miller said. “That’s what we’re trying to control right now.”

Walking out from the locker room before Monday night’s Mission League opener against Crespi, standout guard Andre Henry of St. Francis was the most excited, energetic player on the court.

“Woa,” he yelled trying to fire up his teammates.

“This is what we’ve been waiting for,” he said 90 minutes later. “All that matters is league.”

Sure enough, the UC Irvine-bound senior delivered a big performance. He finished with 25 points and 13 rebounds. He scored the go-ahead basket with 1:05 left and added a final basket with a 8.3 seconds left to give St. Francis a 49-46 victory.

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St. Francis (18-4, 1-0) fell behind 26-17 in the third quarter after being outscored 18-2. Then Henry got involved. He scored 14 points in the third quarter.

What’s so startling about Henry is how much he loves the games. He’s such a perfect example for others about what happens when a player with talent combines that with his attitude and work ethic.

“It’s my passion,” he said. “It’s all I want to do is play ball.”

Freshman Mike Price scored 19 points and Robert Power added 15 points for Crespi (12-8), which dropped its third consecutive game and must take on Chaminade on Wednesday night.

Anze Kopitar looked around, seemingly confused. Ben Hutton fished the puck out of his own net. Jonathan Quick slowly climbed back to his feet.

The Kings were barely past the midway point of their 4-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Staples Center, yet it was already apparent that another long night was beginning to set in.

Monday’s game started brightly enough for the Kings. They led in shots, and for long stretches of the night felt like they were controlling play. They scored on their second shift — a close-range finish from Alex Iafallo, who extended his point streak to seven games — and mounted a furious late comeback effort after a third-period Sean Walker goal trimmed their deficit to one.

In between, they didn’t exactly play poorly either. But two second-period defensive-zone breakdowns in minutes cost them.

“They did exactly to us what we did to them in the second,” coach Todd McLellan said. “We only gave up six shots [in the period]. Unfortunately, a couple of them go into the net.”

The first came at the 6:53 mark of the middle frame, when Blue Jackets forward Nathan Gerbe found open space in the high slot and slapped a one-timer past a partially screened Quick. Less than four minutes later, Columbus defenseman Scott Harrington snuck toward the net unchecked and buried a backdoor pass that left Kopitar, Hutton, Quick and the rest of the Kings in a state of familiar confusion.

Highlights from the Kings’ loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.

An early third-period goal from Blue Jackets forward Kevin Stenlund ultimately put the game out of reach. The Blue Jackets added an empty-netter in the final minute, ensuring the Kings will do no better than .500 on a four-game homestand that offered the opportunity for a midseason winning streak. Instead, the Kings skated off home ice in a state of contemplation again, wondering how they let another winnable game slip away.

“We had a couple issues with some sort-outs coming back into the zone,” forward Trevor Lewis said. “But other than that, we definitely had a chance to win that game.”

Early in the season, inconsistent goaltending and lapses in the neutral zone sunk the Kings to a 4-9-0 start. Later, sorrowful special teams — including both power-play and penalty kill units that have statistically been among the NHL’s worst all season — and an 11-game road losing streak kept the team stuck near the bottom of the standings. Lately, a lack of scoring and lapses on defensive-zone faceoffs had been the group’s biggest bugaboos.

On Monday there were new problems, putting McLellan through another round of whack-a-mole. Every time the first-year coach seems to address one issue, a new one pops up.

McLellan acknowledged that, given the transitional phase the Kings find themselves, only their best performances are leading to wins.

“We have to play an A-game to win right now,” he said. “We have to play an A-game to score. We need tremendous goaltending. We need good penalty kill. We’ve got to prevent goals to have success. And that’s OK. We know where we are. That’s OK with us. But some nights we just don’t get all of that at the same time and it costs us.”

Monday was the latest occurrence, even despite the returns of veterans Dustin Brown (who had missed the previous four games with pneumonia), Lewis (out since Dec. 23 with a lower-body injury) and Derek Forbort (who made his long-awaited season debut after an offseason back injury).

“When we get off to good starts, it seems to be a good game for us,” Lewis said. “Tonight, we obviously got off to a good start but we kind of let up a little in the second and it got away from us.”

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RAMS

On Monday, Rams coach Sean McVay informed defensive coordinator Wade Phillips that his contract would not be renewed.

In a statement, McVay said: “Coach Wade has been a veteran voice in heading our defense for the past three seasons. His wealth of experience, sound advice and helpful demeanor has been invaluable to our coaches and players, and also has set an example for me as a head coach and a leader of men. I thank Coach Phillips for his numerous contributions to the Los Angeles Rams and our community, and I wish he, his wife Laurie, and the rest of the Phillips family the best.”

In a tweet, Phillips thanked the Rams for the opportunity “to be a part of their success” and also the players “who I loved” working with.

“I still want to coach,” he wrote, “and feel I can contribute.”

McVay also made a move on offense by not retaining running backs coach Skip Peete, a holdover from Jeff Fisher’s former staff.

The decision not to retain Phillips was the first major move by McVay since the Rams finished a disappointing season that saw them fall prey to the malaise that has afflicted so many teams the season after losing a Super Bowl. A defeat to the San Francisco 49ers in the second-to-last game ensured that the Rams would not roll with playoff momentum into the new SoFi Stadium next season.

The Rams, operating in the 3-4 scheme favored by Phillips, ranked 13th in total defense after giving up 339.6 yards per game this season. They were 12th in pass defense (226.6 yards per game), 19th in rushing defense (113.1 yards per game) and 17th in scoring defense (22.8 points per game).

WHERE’S TOM GOING?

Tom Brady is set to become a free agent for the first time in his NFL career. Oddsmakers seem to think Brady will most likely spend next season in the same place he has spent the previous 20.

Sportsbetting.ag is giving 1-2 odds that Brady will be on New England’s roster for Week 1 of the 2020 season. After all, the Patriots don’t seem to have a Plan B at this point, unless they consider Jarrett Stidham, a fourth-round pick in the 2019 NFL draft, to be their quarterback of the future.

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The website is giving 3-1 odds that Brady will not be back with the Patriots, with the other top potential landing spots for the three-time NFL most valuable player being the Cleveland Browns (11-2), Carolina Panthers (6-1), Las Vegas Raiders (6-1) and Chargers (6-1).

Why those teams? Josh McDaniels, who has been the Patriots’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for much of Brady’s career, is considered a leading candidate for the coaching vacancies in Cleveland and Carolina. And the other two teams are moving to new stadiums next season, with the Raiders looking to make a splash in a new city and the Chargers still seeking a foothold in the Los Angeles market.

The Dallas Cowboys are right behind those teams (7-1), with quarterback Dak Prescott set to become a free agent following a disappointing 8-8 season.

The team considered least likely to sign Brady is the Washington Redskins (33-1). Others who don’t seem to be in the market include the Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers, all listed at 25-1 odds.

NFL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

All times Pacific

Divisional Round

Saturday

Minnesota at San Francisco, 1:30 p.m., NBC

Tennessee at Baltimore, 5:15 p.m., CBS

Sunday

Houston at Kansas City, Noon, CBS

Seattle at Green Bay, 3:30 p.m., FOX

Conference Championship

Sunday, Jan. 19

TBD at TBD, Noon, CBS

TBD at TBD, 3:30 p.m., FOX

Super Bowl

Sunday Feb. 2

TBD vs. TBD, 3:30 p.m., FOX

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Bryce Young, the Los Angeles Times regional player of the year and also Gatorade state player of the year as quarterback for Mater Dei, and he was most valuable player of the All-American Bowl on Saturday in San Antonio. Now, as a freshman, he could be in position to take the reins of one of college football’s superpowers.

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa announced Monday that he will to skip his senior season and make himself eligible for the NFL draft.

With Tagovailoa out of the picture, Young will compete this spring with backup Mac Jones and Tagovailoa’s younger brother, Taulia. Jones started four games and led Alabama to a Citrus Bowl victory over Michigan. Alabama is set to open the 2020 season Sept. 5 in Arlington, Texas, against USC, the school Young committed to orally before changing his mind and settling on Alabama.

“He’s excited for Tua and is also excited for the opportunity to compete,” Craig Young, Bryce’s father, said Monday. “When he came to enroll yesterday, he had no idea what the decision would be either way. [Tua] was reconciling staying or going and the pros and cons. With him going, Bryce knows he has the opportunity to compete.”

KINGS

Anze Kopitar looked around, seemingly confused. Ben Hutton fished the puck out of his own net. Jonathan Quick slowly climbed back to his feet.

The Kings were barely past the midway point of their 4-2 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at Staples Center on Monday, yet it was already apparent that another long night was beginning to set in.

Monday’s game started brightly enough for the Kings. They led in shots, and for long stretches of the night felt like they were controlling play. They scored on their second shift – a close-range finish from Alex Iafallo, who extended his point streak to seven games – and mounted a furious late comeback effort after a third-period Sean Walker goal trimmed their deficit to one.

In between, they didn’t exactly play poorly either. But two second-period defensive-zone breakdowns in a matter of minutes cost them.

The first came at the 6:53 mark of the middle frame, when Blue Jackets forward Nathan Gerbe found open space in the high slot and slapped a one-timer past a partially screen Quick. Less than four minutes later, Blue Jackets defenseman Scott Harrington snuck toward the net unchecked and buried a backdoor pass that left Kopitar, Hutton, Quick and the rest of the Kings in a state of familiar confusion.

An early third-period goal from Blue Jackets forward Kevin Stenlund ultimately put the game out of reach, ensuring the Kings will do no better than .500 on a four-game homestand that offered the opportunity for a midseason winning streak. Instead, the Kings skated off home ice in a state of contemplation again, wondering how they let another winnable game slip away.

NHL Western Conference playoff standings

Top three teams in each division plus the next two teams in terms of total points in the conference earn wild-card spots.

Central Division

1. St. Louis, 26-10-7, 59 points

2. Colorado, 25-14-4, 54 points

3. Dallas, 24-14-4, 52 points

4. Winnipeg, 23-16-4, 50 points

5. Minnesota, 20-17-6, 46 points

6. Nashville, 19-15-7, 45 points

7. Chicago, 19-18-6, 44 points

Pacific Division

1. Vegas, 24-15-6, 54 points

2. Arizona, 24-16-4, 52 points

3. Edmonton, 23-17-5, 51 points

4. Vancouver, 23-15-4, 50 points

5. Calgary, 22-17-5, 49 points

6. San Jose, 19-21-4, 42 points

7. Ducks, 17-20-5, 39 points

8. Kings, 17-23-4, 38 points

TODAY’S LOCAL MAJOR SPORTS SCHEDULE

All times Pacific

New York at Lakers, 7:30 p.m., Spectrum Sportsnet, 710 ESPN

Columbus at Ducks, 7 p.m., PRIME, AM 830

BORN ON THIS DATE

1913: Baseball player Johnny Mize (d. 1993)

1914: Basketball player Bobby McDermott (d. 1963)

1922: Baseball player/manager Alvin Dark (d. 2014)

1938: Golfer Lou Graham

1943: Former Dodger Jim Lefebvre

1945: Baseball player Tony Conigliaro (d. 1990)

1966: Hockey player Randy Burridge

1967: Former Duck Guy Hebert

1973: Football player Bobby Engram

1976: Former Dodger Eric Gagne

1976: Baseball player Alfonso Soriano

1982: Former Angel Francisco Rodriguez

1983: Golfer Natalie Gulbis

1985: Race car driver Lewis Hamilton

1991: Runner Caster Semenya

DIED ON THIS DATE

1990: Football player/wrestler Bronko Nagurski, 81

AND FINALLY

Tony Conigliaro homers in his first at-bat at Fenway Park. Watch it here.

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