With Memorial Day just around the corner and the mercury rising, people all over the country are pulling tarps off their grills and preparing the backyard for a summer barbecue. Sadly, I’m not one of them. Living in a high-rise apartment, has some advantages (like not having to shovel snow in the winter), but a ban of grills is perhaps the biggest downside. At one point, I contemplated converting a window planter into a makeshift hibachi out of desperation.

Super Bowl IX Jan. 12, 1975 • New Orleans Steelers' Defense Stuns Vikings, 16-6 By Leonard Shapiro Washington Post Staff Writer January 13, 1975 NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 12 — The colors of the jerseys were different and so were the faces. But the ninth Super Bowl was not much different from the eighth. The Minnesota Vikings, creamed by the Miami Dolphins, 24-7, last year, were as thoroughly thrashed by this year's American Football Conference champions, 16-6.

Tim Duncan, who has too many basketball accolades to fit in this post, signed a contract for just more than $5 million next season so the Spurs had enough cap space to get LaMarcus Aldridge. Duncan averaged 17.3 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per 36 minutes while earning all-star, all-NBA third team and all-defensive second team honors last season. He ranked second among power forwards in real plus-minus (5.2) — net points per 100 possessions adjusted for teammates and opponents — and fifth in value over replacement.

Find out “Who Are Selling Sunset Chelsea Lazkani Parents?” Discover Chelsea Lazkani’s captivating journey of ambition and family unity that shaped her remarkable success as a real estate star. On May 19, Chelsea Lazkani will appear in the sixth season of the hit reality show Selling Sunset. With fellow real estate agents Chrishell Stause and Mary Fitzgerald, Chelsea returns to the screen to give viewers a glimpse into the high-stakes world of luxury home sales.

Explore More The Alabama riverboat captain who was attacked by unruly boaters is now facing an assault rap stemming from a complaint lodged by another man charged in the melee, according to reports. Dameion Pickett was charged with third-degree assault on Oct. 26 more than two months after the WWE-style brawl on a dock, the Montgomery Advertiser reported. Montgomery officials stressed they didn’t bring the charge against Pickett and only considered him a victim in the case.