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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The NBA All-Star Games exit from North Carolina because of a law limiting protections for LGBT people represents some of the worst publicity yet for Republican Gov. Pat McCrorys re-election campaign, even as he dismisses the move as political correctness gone too far.The 2017 events departure from Charlotte deprives the state of an estimated $100 million economic impact and comes after the law prompted PayPal and Deutsche Bank to cancel plans to add hundreds of jobs. The law known best for its restrictions on transgender bathroom access looms large in an election season that includes one of the nations most closely watched governors races.On Friday, McCrory told Charlotte radio station WFAE that the NBAs decision was total P.C. B.S.Its an insult to our city. Its an insult to our state. And I think it sets a dangerous precedent of the corporate sports and entertainment elite basically asking for a quid pro quo on legislation or else theyll deny their service, he said.Shortly after the NBAs announcement Thursday night, the governor who promotes himself as pro-business issued a statement lashing out at the sports and entertainment industries, the liberal media and his opponent in the fall race, the states Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper.Cooper has refused to defend the law in court, while McCrory filed a federal lawsuit seeking to uphold it.The law enacted in March requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates in many public buildings. It also excludes sexual orientation and gender identity from statewide antidiscrimination protections.Republicans including McCrory are likely to maintain their rhetoric surrounding the law known as HB2, banking on conservative voters in rural areas who support the law, said Michael Bitzer, a political science professor at Catawba College.If you are seen as compromising or trying to find some way out of this, you will simply get hammered by your core base supporters, he said.Still, Bitzer said that if more events pull out of the state, it will be hard for voters to ignore the laws impact. The NCAA, which has 2017 basketball tournament games scheduled in Greensboro, issued a policy shortly after the North Carolina law passed requiring host sites to demonstrate that they are free of discrimination.When it comes to these kinds of events, maybe future NCAA basketball tournaments, I just have to wonder when that breaking point is over ones partisanship, Bitzer said.Local tourism officials estimated that the NBA All-Star Games economic impact would likely have ranked second in Charlottes history behind the $164 million brought in by the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The annual exhibition basketball game showcasing the leagues stars draws visitors from around the country and is held in a different city each year.Its definitely going to hit us pretty hard, said Morgan Conroy, marketing director for The Bottle Cap Group, which owns several bars and restaurants in Charlotte.Cancellations of special events booked at the groups Slate Billiards and Oak Room for the week of the All-Star Game are expected to deprive the company of an estimated $300,000 in sales, Conroy said. Conroy compared that amount to the $20,000 to $100,000 in sales at the companys venues on the day of a home NFL game.Around the state, entertainers including Bruce Springsteen have canceled concerts to protest the law, while 68 businesses signed an amicus brief urging a federal judge to block the provision on bathroom access.Lawyers for the companies -- including General Electric Co., Microsoft Corp. and United Airlines Inc. -- wrote that the law is already damaging their ability to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and is imposing a substantial disincentive to investment and commerce in the State, directly impacting their bottom line.Coopers campaign was quick to criticize McCrory over the NBAs move, issuing a statement saying: While the economic consequences of HB2 grow, Governor McCrory continues to pass the blame onto others while refusing to take any action to stop the bleeding.State Sen. Jeff Jackson, a Democrat whose district includes part of Charlotte, put the blame for the NBAs move squarely on McCrory, saying the governor is so closely tied to the issue.There is a very good chance the All-Star Game just cost him the election, he said.However, Republican strategist Dee Stewart said polling data suggests McCrorys position on the LGBT law wont hurt him because other issues are more important to voters.With so many issues on voters minds today like national security, our economic recovery and the need to take care of our vets ... I dont believe that HB2 will sway many votes either way, said Stewart, who is not involved with McCrorys campaign.---Follow Jonathan Drew on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jonldrewAir Jordan 1 Sale . Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek defeated Nenad Zimonjic and Ilija Bozoljac 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on the indoor hard-court at Belgrade Arena. The victory improved the Czech pairs impressive cup doubles record to 14-1. Air Jordan 1 Retro Cheap . 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TSM had been having a perfect season up until its loss to Phoenix1 the week prior in the upset of the split, and Immortals were the reigning regular season champions, attempting to defend their crown by beating the only club that bested them this season. Would TSM conquer Immortals again or could Immortals take advantage of the cracks revealed in TSMs armor?After two relatively competitive maps, the first being a barn burner to the very end, the word PENTAKILL! rang out to signal the close of a regular season matchup that had the aura of a regional final. Yiliang Doublelift Peng capped off an impressive individual series with the pentakill to help TSM take the match in straight sets, and by doing so, also clinched the regular season title for the three-time champions of the North American premier league. For the second time this split, it was SoloMid who came out the victor in the faceoff between the leagues two Worlds hopefuls.We just made a ton of mistakes, so we deserved to lose, said Immortals Kim Reignover Ui-jin, the reigning MVP of the league. I dont know why, but I feel like we played worse than usual, so Im kinda sad we couldnt pull off our chance.It was a constant series of missed opportunities for the now former regular season kings. Overaggression was the name of the game from both sides in the match; alas, while TSM was able to maneuver masterfully around its shortcomings to continue putting on the pressure, Immortals would continually take one giant step forward before taking two equal steps back. The same minuscule openings Immortals had gotten away with against teams like Echo Fox were capitalized upon and ripped apart when facing TSM.I dont expect to get [MVP] again since I got it last season, so probably someone from TSM, Reignover said, mulling over which player hed give the Most Valuable Player award to this split.dddddddddddd Seems like [S?ren Bjergsen Bjerg] and Doublelift are playing really well right now, so maybe its going to be one of them.Immortals, undoubtedly the second best NA team currently behind TSM, are mirrored by the ROX Tigers in Korea. Both the Tigers and Immortals have shown time and time again they can rampage through the competition in the regular season, but they always come up short in the postseason against their main rivals SK Telecom T1 and TSM, respectively. The Tigers fell to SKT T1 in the finals following a regular season where T1 struggled and ROX came out on top. And Immortals fell to TSM in the semifinals after a regular season where Immortals waltzed to the first-place spot, and TSM barely scraped into the playoffs.In the Immortals NA LCS history, they have an astonishingly dominant 48-6 record against any team that doesnt have the initials TSM. When playing against TSM, however, Immortals have an overall record of 3-7, and have lost seven of their last eight games against the new regular season champs.Maybe in playoffs well work a little bit harder, Reignover said, discussing how his team needed to learn how to play a bit less overzealously, and how he on his own needed to find the correct balance between greed and safety. But we shouldnt overwork because its going to burn out the players, so were just going to be more [focused and] serious about it.The laid back and free-flowing nature of Immortals with their potent, flashy offense has become their identity over the past year and has led them to great success; yet, staring down an opponent they seemingly cant overcome, the team will need to take the next step in its evolution as a starting five.Up until now, it has been enough to be one of the best teams in the West. But now, to become North American champions and lock down a place at Worlds, there needs to be progress. With a possible TSM rematch in the finals merely a month away, it needs to come sooner rather than later. ' ' '