Por Federico Leiva, CNN en Español

La NBA está lista para entregarle a los aficionados una nueva edición de su Juego de las Estrellas, u All-Star, como se lo conoce en inglés. La edición de 2026 llega con un formato renovado, en un nuevo intento de los organizadores por atrapar mayor audiencia, o, en el peor de los casos, no seguir perdiéndola.

El desafío es grande. Además de ausencias destacadas, como la de Stephen Curry o Giannis Antetokounmpo por lesión, la NBA lucha contra una gran complicación para su armado de este evento, siempre sinónimo de espectáculo visual: la falta de timing. Dicho de otro modo, el mal momento en el que llega para que los protagonistas, vamos a decirlo literalmente, jueguen en serio.

A diferencia de lo que pasa en el fútbol americano, donde el Pro Bowl (el Juego de las Estrellas de la NFL) se juega al termino de la temporada regular y los playoffs (y solo antes del Super Bowl), el de la NBA llega en plena competencia, a menos de 30 partidos del cierre de la fase regular. Por eso, el incentivo para arriesgar el físico y ofrecer real competencia es, cuando menos, poco.

Sabiendo esto y buscando que el evento sea al menos novedoso, los organizadores apostaron por cambiar el formato, y apostar por un triangular.

Veinticuatro basquetbolistas fueron seleccionados para este evento, quedando repartidos en dos equipos formados enteramente por estadounidenses y uno por extranjeros.
Estos tres conjuntos se enfrentarán todos contra todos (sistema conocido como round robin) y los mejores dos jugarán también una final.

El nuevo formato tiene otra novedad extra: los partidos durarán solo 12 minutos, exactamente lo que dura un cuarto de los encuentros de la NBA (a nivel FIBA duran 10). Es decir que el evento total tendrá la duración de un partido completo: 48 minutos, repartidos en cuatro juegos de 12 cada uno.

Para este año también se terminó la votación por puesto, es decir que los jugadores más votados se ganaron su lugar, sin importar su lugar en la cancha. Los únicos que fueron seleccionados por fuera de la votación son los reemplazos de los lesionados (Stephen Curry, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander y Giannis Antetokounmpo entre ellos), elegidos por el comisionado Adam Silver.

Estados Unidos “Estrellas”

Scottie Barnes – Toronto Raptors

Devin Booker – Phoenix Suns

Cade Cunningham – Detroit Pistons

Anthony Edwards – Minnesota Timberwolves

Jalen Johnson – Atlanta Hawks

Jalen Duren – Detroit Pistons

Chet Holmgren – Oklahoma City Thunder

Tyrese Maxey – Philadelphia 76ers

Entrenador: J.B. Bickerstaff (Detroit Pistons)

Estados Unidos “Rayas”

Jaylen Brown – Boston Celtics

Jalen Brunson – New York Knicks

Kevin Durant – Houston Rockets

De’Aaron Fox – San Antonio Spurs

Brandon Ingram – Toronto Raptors

LeBron James – Los Angeles Lakers

Kawhi Leonard – Los Angeles Clippers

Donovan Mitchell – Cleveland Cavaliers

Entrenador: Mitch Johnson (San Antonio Spurs)

Resto del Mundo

Deni Avdija – Portland Trail Blazers

Luka Doncic – Los Angeles Lakers

Nikola Jokic – Denver Nuggets

Jamal Murray – Denver Nuggets

Norman Powell – Miami Heat

Alperen Sengun – Houston Rockets

Pascal Siakam – Indiana Pacers

Karl-Anthony Towns – New York Knicks

Víctor Wembanyama – San Antonio Spurs

Entrenador: Darko Rajakovic (Toronto Raptors)

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The post Juga

By Aleena Fayaz, CNN

(CNN) — The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat on Friday, killing three people, according to US Southern Command.

“On Feb. 13, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations,” SOUTHCOM wrote on X, adding that no US military personnel were harmed in the strike.

The statement did not specify where the strike took place but said “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.”

At least 124 people have now been killed in strikes on suspected drug boats as part of Operation Southern Spear, a campaign the Trump administration says is aimed at curtailing narcotics trafficking.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

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Por Aleena Fayaz, CNN

Las fuerzas armadas de EE.UU. llevaron a cabo un ataque contra otra embarcación que presuntamente tráficaba drogas este viernes, matando a tres personas, según el Comando Sur de EE.UU.

“El 13 de febrero, bajo la dirección del comandante de #SOUTHCOM, el general Francis L. Donovan, la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Southern Spear realizó un ataque cinético mortal contra una embarcación operada por Organizaciones Terroristas Designadas”, escribió SOUTHCOM en X, agregando que ningún miembro del personal militar estadounidense resultó herido en el ataque.

El comunicado no especificó dónde tuvo lugar el ataque, pero indicó que “la inteligencia confirmó que la embarcación transitaba por rutas conocidas de narcotráfico en el Caribe y estaba involucrada en operaciones de narcotráfico”.

Al menos 124 personas han muerto hasta ahora en ataques contra embarcaciones sospechosas de tráfico de drogas como parte de la Operación Southern Spear, una campaña que el Gobierno de Trump dice que está destinada a frenar el tráfico de narcóticos.

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VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of 24 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit is scheduled from Vandenberg SFB on Saturday, Feb. 14 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

A live webcast of the launch will begin about five minutes before liftoff. You can watch the launch here or at SpaceX's X/Twitter account.

Following first-stage separation, the booster assigned to this mission will return to Earth to land on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship awaiting in the Pacific Ocean.

A depiction of that launch sequence is shown below.

There is the potential for one or more sonic booms associated with the launch, but how far the sound travels will depend on weather and other condition at the time of launch.

This will be the 22nd mission for the Falcon 9 booster assigned to this mission which previously launched: Crew-7, CRS-29, PACE, Transporter-10, EarthCARE, NROL-186, Transporter-13, TRACERS, NROL-48, COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM3, and 11 prior Starlink launches.

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By Ben Church, CNN

Milan, Italy (CNN) — When Ilia Malinin’s score was displayed on screen at the end of his free skate on Friday, no one could believe what they saw.

Journalists looked at each other in stunned silence, while members of the crowd sat with their mouths open even wider than their eyes.

The eighth-place finish just didn’t look right next to his name. He was supposed to win and make history doing so. This just couldn’t happen.

But then the cruel reality of sport soon kicked in, and the realization of what had transpired in the previous five minutes began to dawn on those inside the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

The self-proclaimed “Quad God” had not won the gold medal. He hadn’t won any medal at all.

While others tried to come to terms with the almighty surprise, Malinin was still playing catch-up with all the emotions racing through his head.

“Honestly, I still haven’t been able to process what just happened,” the 21-year-old told reporters just minutes after his routine.

“It’s a lot of mixed emotions. Going into this competition, I felt really good this whole time, really solid. I thought that all I needed to do was go out there and trust the process.

“But of course, it’s not like any other competition; it’s the Olympics, and I think people only realize the pressure and the nerves that actually happen from the inside. It was just something that overwhelmed me, and I felt like I had no control.”

Before any of the athletes took to the ice, everyone was talking about how, not if, Malilin was going to win gold. He had established a five-point lead over his closest rival after a superb short program routine earlier in the week and just needed to see it out again on Friday.

The conversation before had mainly centered around whether he would become the first skater to land a quadruple Axel at the Olympics, a move so difficult that only he had ever successfully performed it in competition.

If he were to lose to anyone, though, it would likely be to Yuma Kagiyama. So when the Japanese star struggled in the routine before Malinin, it left the door wide open for the American to secure his second Olympic gold.

He couldn’t miss. Until he did.

‘So many negative thoughts’

Malinin told reporters that the nerves really kicked in when he took his starting pose in the middle of the rink. When everyone sat on the edge of their seat, waiting for him produce magic, the youngster’s head was somewhere entirely different.

“All the traumatic moments of my life really just started flooding my head, and there were just so many negative thoughts that just flooded into there,” he added. “I just did not handle it.”

It led to a uncharacteristically sloppy and relatively simplistic routine, complete with two falls that the American just couldn’t recover from.

Every slip was greeted with increasingly louder gasps from the crowd. Each fall then triggered a cacophony of cheers as supporters did their best to rally behind an athlete so clearly in need of help.

His usual swagger, an attitude some see as arrogance, had abandoned him. He looked totally