This is about society, and no matter how much we’d like to think sports and society are mutually exclusive, we’re reminded over and over that they walk hand in hand. Many times, down treacherous slopes. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Exhibit A, Alabama coach Nick Saban: “I still think he is a good person,” Saban said Monday of troubled defensive tackle Jonathan Taylor. Let’s define “good,” shall we?...
So it was surprising to see Young try to pull off a second 360 layup, but his nickname isn't Swaggy for nothing. The Lakers lost, 102-90, but at least Young proved to the world that he can hit one of the toughest shots imaginable. MORE: Melo's first time missing the playoffs | Report: Pistons' Dumars out as president
Britain’s double Olympic Gold winning Nicola Adams OBE will fight former world title challenger Isabel Millan for the Interim WBO World Female Super-Flyweight title on Oct. 6 at the Morningside Arena, Leicester in England. In just her fifth professional fight, 35-year-old Adams will compete for the interim title on the undercard to Jack Catterall vs. Ohara Davies. In her last fight in May, Adams defeated Argentina’s Soledad del Valle Frias in the first round at Elland Road, Leeds....
The Nigerian Football Federation launched the country’s kits for the championship in London on Wednesday. The jerseys designed by Nike, feature the home kits that pay tribute to Nigeria ‘94 shirt which was worn by the first Nigerian team to qualify for the World Cup - with eagle wing-inspired black-and-white sleeve and green torso while the away kits boast of the full green strip in a classic fashion. Alex Iwobi and Sophia Omidiji were among the models for the unveiling of the new kit....
The Indomitable Lions are four points behind their rivals in Group B and failure to close the gap would mean the African champions would miss out on a place in the tournament. The Super Eagles, on the other hand, have surged into a formidable position after collecting maximum points from their opening two games and they can further extend their lead with wins over their rivals in the coming days....
Speedway general manager Jerry Caldwell issued a statement Sunday morning saying the speedway gates would open at 9 a.m. ET as scheduled and the track is “moving forward with events as planned.” MORE: Drivers to watch | Will bottom line work best? | Food City 500 lineup | Odds “We have a full day of activities in the works,” read the statement. “We will make every effort to accomplish the full day of events on the same day as scheduled, and if needed, we’ll turn on the lights....
In some people, this can occur spontaneously and without apparent reason (a condition called hyperhidrosis). In others, it occurs specifically and profusely at night. This is something we call “night sweats,” or, more specifically, sleep hyperhidrosis. What Are Night Sweats? Night sweats frequently occur in people living with HIV, most often in later stages of untreated disease (when the CD4 count is below 200 cells/milliliter). They cause profuse, drenching perspiration for no apparent reason and, while they themselves are harmless, night sweats can be indicative of an underlying medical condition that may be serious....
Miami Beach? Even at midday, even with the famous Florida sunshine streaming down, the locals are having trouble understanding what they’re seeing. One recent afternoon on Washington Avenue - arguably now the hippest stretch of shops, clubs and restaurants south of New York’s Canal Street and east of Melrose Avenue in L.A. - Dad-the-tourist in Bermuda shorts and his kids do double takes as a pair of giddy drag queens in fake leopard tops, Riviera sunglasses and drop-dead minis canter by loaded down with shopping bags....
Nike reportedly refused to match Adidas’ 13-year, $200 million offer to the Rockets shooting guard, TMZ reported. Harden’s contract with Nike recently ended, and Adidas’ lucrative offer was to lure away Harden from its rival. MORE: Ranking the NBA’s new uniforms | Blake Griffin’s Super. Fly 4: Another Space Jam 2 hint? Harden has yet to agree to Adidas’ offer, but purported girlfriend Khloe Kardashian showed up at Harden’s Drew League game this weekend decked out in Adidas gear....
“The idea that we would give up the freedoms our veterans fought and died for is unthinkable,” Haley posted on Twitter on Wednesday. The Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary kicked off the presidential election and the two competitions put Sanders neck-and-neck with former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Their campaigns are seen as representing two visions voters have for the future of the Democratic Party. With Sanders at the helm of the party, Democrats would likely shift to far left of the political spectrum....
In a series of tweets on Saturday, Trump lashed out at Cummings after the lawmaker, who’s chair of the House Oversight Committee and one of the president’s loudest critics in Congress, called the treatment of migrant children near the southern U.S-Mexico border “government-sponsored child abuse.” “His Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA,” the president tweeted. “Cumming [sic] District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess....
The Indie World Showcase is set to arrive this week and put the spotlight on indie games and developers. Like the general Nintendo Directs, the Indie World Showcases are virtual presentations, but these put the emphasis on independent games from Nintendo’s global partners. The games showcased are usually set to be available for Nintendo Switch in the near future. Late last year, fans had an Indie World Showcase that revealed some major indie games were coming to Nintendo Switch including the uber-popular PC title, Among Us, as well as the sequel to Spelunky....
Although many media outlets have called the presidential election for President-elect Joe Biden, Trump has repeatedly stated that he actually won the election. Trump has alleged that widespread voter fraud tipped the election in Biden’s favor. Trump’s legal team has challenged the voting process in some states. On Thursday, Giuliani held a press conference in which he asserted that he was in possession of hundreds of affidavits proving voting improprieties....
Arrieta also etched his name into the franchise’s record book with 11 strikeouts, tying Kerry Wood’s mark set in 2003. He has now thrown 31 consecutive scoreless innings (regular season and postseason). MORE: Photos of the scrum and Arrieta’s performance | MLB postseason TV schedule While Arrieta was dominant, he did hit two Pirates with pitches. He nicked Francisco Cervelli’s hand in the fifth, then hit Josh Harrison in the shoulder with a breaking ball in the sixth....
Salman Rushdie dumped by publisher after The Satanic Verses offends the Ayatollah of Iran. Victory for free expression! Lenny Bruce’s sold-out show in New York City canceled after religious staffers at the club decry foul language. Victory for artistic expression! Prince concert canceled after Tipper Gore complains about vulgar lyrics in “Darling Nikki.” Victory for free speech! You’d have to have a pretty odd sense of history to consider any of those could-have-been scenarios as victories for freedom of expression....
The podcast’s description on all streaming platforms now clarifies that the interview took place in 2012. OWN also confirmed this to Newsweek that the upload was from a 2012 conversation that originally aired on the network. Now, TMZ, The Daily Mail, Yahoo News and more have reported that Brown and Rihanna are working on their friendship 12 whole years after Brown was arrested for assaulting Rihanna. But Rihanna’s opinion of Brown has changed dramatically since....
And there’s more to come. Arthur Andersen, Enron’s outside accountants, may soon be back in the news, with top executives at headquarters in Chicago trying to offload blame for document-shredding onto the Houston office, where Enron’s audits were carried out. NEWSWEEK has learned that Andersen’s internal investigation has provisionally cleared the firm’s top managers of responsibility for the document-shredding disclosed a month ago. The shredding began after a lawyer in the head office sent her Houston colleagues a copy of Andersen’s document-retention policy....
Why Mbappe must stay at Monaco Danny Blind’s sacking as Netherlands coach on Sunday has prompted the Dutch FA to approach the man who managed United for two of the least memorable years in their history about taking a role in the national setup he left in 2014. And, while Jose Mourinho might have found a million different explanations for his United side being so toothless at home this season, Saturday’s game showed that he has yet to trump Van Gaal in finding a way to break teams down with this group of players....
