Colors: Blue, white, black, grey General manager: Linda Mroz Coach:Shelley Looney. A former forward, Looney won gold with the U.S. national team in the 1998 Olympics and silver in the 2002 Olympics. She played at Northeastern from 1991 to 1994 and was inducted into the school’s hall of fame in 1999. Arena: HarborCenter (Buffalo, N.Y.) Season opener: Versus the Boston Pride Sunday, Oct. 11 at 3:30 p.m. ET Meaghan Duggan (Getty Images)...
Sporting News also learned league executives held meetings with at least four markets during the offseason, some of which have included on-site visits. During a media conference call Monday, NWHL commissioner Dani Rylan alluded to a summer filled with travel as she prepared for the 2017-18 season. Rumors and discussion about expansion are nothing new to the NWHL. After the 2016 Isobel Cup Final live stream, a graphic hinting at expansion into Montreal and Toronto was displayed....
After logging years in the independent wrestling scene, LeRae earned a contract with the WWE as part of the NXT brand in 2017. Her in-ring ability and look gave LeRae a massive upside in NXT, and although she’s been in some high-profile matches, she seems to have been lost in the shuffle a bit. The NXT women’s division is the deepest division in all of WWE. Rhea Ripley, Io Shirai and Charlotte occupy the title scene while newcomers like Tegan Nox, Dakota Kai and Shotzi Blackheart are getting more opportunities and television time....
The Australian-born NXT superstar is in take-charge mode and it’s working. The past month has seen her invade both WWE “Raw” and “SmackDown” along with fellow NXT stars, captain her squad to victory in a weapons-infused WarGames match at NXT Takeover and then lead Team NXT to a huge win against both WWE brands at Survivor Series. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year So, there’s a good reason why the 23-year-old Ripley is being hailed as a breakout star and the future of women’s wrestling....
“We learned from Ida that we have to do some very, very different things,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday at a virtual news conference. “This is a brand new world.” Under de Blasio’s plan, the private weather forecasting service would create neighborhood-specific forecasts for storms in addition to supplementing the National Weather Service’s predictions. De Blasio said the National Weather Service does “good and important work,” but often its reports “were too vague or too late, and we need something more urgent....
Shane Duffy scored a fourth-minute header to give Ireland the lead at Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena in Tbilisi, but that was as good as it got for the team’s travelling supporters, who watched as Georgia were allowed to dominate proceedings. Scotland 18/1 to beat Malta 4-1 The hosts produced the best piece of football of the evening when Valeri Qazaishvili rounded off a slick passing move with the equaliser after 34 minutes, and O’Neill did not hide from his side’s shortcomings....
Jessica Watkins, 38, of Champaign County, Ohio, is facing a number of charges in connection to the insurrection including conspiracy and aiding the destruction of property, along with eight other members of the far-right militia group. Over the weekend, her attorney claimed that she was present in the capital that day not as an insurrectionist, but to provide security for those speaking at the pro-Donald Trump rally beforehand and to “provide escort for the legislators and others to march to the Capitol as directed by the then President....
Race and class are among the most loaded issues in politics, as Republicans well know. Many candidates have tried to walk a delicate line where they benefit from racial fears and yet appear to be nonracist. Ronald Reagan managed to do that in 1980 by taking his crusade for “states’ rights” to Philadelphia, Miss., best known as the place where civil-rights workers were murdered in the 1960s. “Republicans talk about race, but they talk about it through code … and put the Democrats on the defensive,” says john powell, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University....
“What you and I understood, and why I have so much confidence that you’re going to be able to deal with COVID in the way that other countries with our kinds of resources are dealing with it right, which is smartly, I have confidence that you’re actually going to listen to the experts,” Obama said in the nearly 16-minute clip. “You’re going to pay attention to the science, and you’re not going to quit on trying to actually bend down the curve of disease and transmission rates,” Obama said....
“Maybe we should make it easy on everybody and give the No. 48 car a permanent White House pass,” Obama quipped. “Don’t take my parking spot. And no burnouts in the portico.” Johnson, team owner Rick Hendrick, crew chief Chad Knaus and other members of the No. 48 championship team were honored by Obama during the annual visit by the Cup champion to the White House. The only driver to make the Chase for the Sprint Cup each year of its 10-year existence, Johnson won five consecutive titles from 2006 to 2010, and then his sixth crown in 2013....
Economists in the Obama administration have criticized the forgiveness over fears that it will only further record-high inflation—a point some Democrats made against Biden’s plans with just 11 weeks to go before Election Day. “Pouring roughly half trillion dollars of gasoline on the inflationary fire that is already burning is reckless,” Jason Furman, the former chairman of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, tweeted on Wednesday. “Doing it while going well beyond one campaign promise ($10K of student loan relief) and breaking another (all proposals paid for) is even worse....
Obama was speaking at a conference hosted by Splunk, a company whose software monitors, searches, and analyzes data. While Obama mostly spoke about how technology can aid society, he did take a moment to explain his methodology for being President. “The other thing that is helpful,” Obama said, according to Axios, “is not watching TV or reading social media.” Obama went on to say that participating in those two activities “…creates a lot of noise and clouds your judgment....
A spokesperson for Queensland Health admitted the pandemic “has been a unique challenge for health departments” to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. As of now, the COVID Safe Industry Plan is the “best system to balance the health response necessary to keep our community safe with keeping life as normal as possible,” added the spokesperson. Although group sex is approved by the state government, “John” and “Jane,” two anonymous swingers, aren’t really eager to return to their sex club....
The Madden ‘16 cover boy got things started early on Sunday against the Jets with a one-handed catch, which while nice, probably won’t even crack the top five list of his best catches. MORE: Week 13 photos | Week 13 scoreboard | 23 gifts for Manziel’s 23rd birthday But that was hardily it from him. Late in the second quarter, he hauled in a pass from Eli Manning and took it the distance for a 72-yard touchdown that left the entire Jets’ secondary in the dust....
The Raiders receiver reportedly said “he would hold the league liable” if he were injured while playing in a new helmet, adding that he wants to continue to play in his old one. However, the helmet Brown is used to playing in has been deemed outdated by the league. Even though Brown reportedly said he won’t play unless he can use the old helmet, the NFL is standing firm in having all players use new helmets and said any player who doesn’t play or practice because of this issue could be breaching his contract....
There are NFL, NBA and NHL games being held across the country, with some taking place on Thanksgiving Day itself, and most others over the weekend. There’s dozens of matchups to tune into, so to save you scrolling through the channels, Newsweek have put together a comprehensive guide. Here’s what, when and where to watch to save you time and trouble. NFL games over Thanksgiving Weekend As has been tradition for the last fifteen years, three NFL games will be held on Thanksgiving Day, broadcast live on TV....
According to Yahoo Sports, which cited a source familiar with the league’s talks, the NFL would prefer to move “quickly” in determining if the Patriots receiver should be placed on the commissioner’s exempt list after he was accused in a civil lawsuit of sexual assault and rape. Brown practiced with the Patriots on Wednesday after signing a one-year deal with New England on Monday, and coach Bill Belichick told reporters ahead of the workout that the team is taking things “one day at a time” as he diverted questions about Brown’s status for Week 2 against the Dolphins....
Jaguars special teams coach Joe DeCamillis and his peers have some ideas. DeCamillis said roughly a dozen special teams coaches are among those expected to attend an NFL “safety summit” on Tuesday and Wednesday in New York City, predominantly dedicated to figuring out ways to reduce injuries on special teams — kickoffs, in particular. MORE: NFL keeping kickoffs for 2018 season League studies showed that concussions were five times more likely to occur on a kickoff than an offensive or defensive snap, even though 40 percent of them went for touchbacks in 2017....
Sporting News stays on top of the big futures bets throughout the year in each major sport, but we thought it was high time for us to fully dive into the NFL futures. So, we headed to Caesars Sportsbook, analyzed the dozens and dozens of futures, and picked the best of the best. You want Super Bowl bets? We’ve got ’em. You want conference, divisional, and regular-season win bets? Look no further....
Pro Football Talk describes the acrimony between the league and players’ union as hitting “full boil.” MORE: Manning will answer questions about HGH In addition to Manning, James Harrison, Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers and Mike Neal were named in the report. At issue for the union: Why there is an investigation in the first place and what evidence the league has in its possession, given that Al Jazeera America’s primary source has since recanted his secretly taped claims?...
