Germany forward Muller was named on the bench for the Bundesliga champions’ 2-0 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday, coming on in the 73rd minute after Robert Lewandowski netted the first of a second-half brace. Bayern 13/2 to win the Champions League The 27-year-old told ARD after the match that his qualities “seem not to be 100 per cent in demand” under Ancelotti, who praised his cameo but explained a desire to control central areas while retaining the dual wing threat of Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery lay behind Muller’s omission....

Bush - Mideast policy’s a flop, his generals say we’re losing and now he’s in Crawford. Come home and fix things. Rumsfeld - Even calibrating Hillary now says he should take a hike. Why the dickens is he still on this job? Cong. GOPs - Typical election-year scam: Crumbs for the workers, but only if super-rich get billions. Not this time, fellas. Lieberman - Joe-mentum is rolling–in the wrong direction....

C Joel Embiid, Kansas 7-0 250 Fr. Yaounde, Cameroon G Tyler Ennis, Syracuse 6-2 180 Fr. Brampton, Ont. F Aaron Gordon, Arizona 6-9 225 Fr. San Jose, Calif. F Jordan Mickey, LSU 6-8 220 Fr. Dallas, Texas F Jabari Parker, Duke 6-8 235 Fr. Chicago, Ill. F Julius Randle, Kentucky 6-9 250 Fr. Dallas, Texas F Noah Vonleh, Indiana 6-10 240 Fr. Haverhill, Mass. G Andrew Wiggins, Kansas 6-8 200 Fr....

There’s the mega matchup between Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray. Alabama coach Nick Saban has the chance to pass legendary coach Bear Bryant with a seventh national championship. Clemson might be without 340-pound defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence for the entire Playoff. Somewhere on the back page — or in today’s age, lost in the scroll on the timeline — is 12-0 Notre Dame, which made the College Football Playoff for the first time and is back on the championship stage for the first time since the 42-14 loss to Alabama in the 2013 BCS championship game....

The Daily News obtained an internal school report of an unnamed academic coach saying she violated the university’s “values” and its “discrimination harassment policy.” MORE: Best 25 November games | College football bad beats Her firing comes after a football player filed a lawsuit (which can be viewed here) on Friday, claiming a Notre Dame employee pressured him into a sexual relationship with her daughter. The lawsuit claims the employee arranged sexual encounters between her daughter and other football/basketball players....

Really, the whole thing has been blown out of proportion a little bit. Swinney opened and closed remarks Tuesday by saying he doesn’t really care, but in the middle he said it “wasn’t fair” Notre Dame didn’t have to play 13 games like schools forced to get through a conference championship to reach the College Football Playoffs. MORE: Deshaun Watson vs. the Irish | Where Tigers fall in ACC ranks...

“Someone is smoking weed, I can smell it, I’m getting dizzy,” Djokovic told the official. MORE: U.S. Open winners | American winners | Play begins Aug. 31 The apparent haze of marijuana smoke didn’t keep Djokovic from dispatching Jeremy Chardy, 6-4, 6-4. But TV cameras picked up his distress about the second-hand smoke and his conversation with the umpire following the first set. “You can’t believe how bad it was,” Djokovic told media members afterward....

Nadal outlasted world men’s No. 1 Djokovic in four sets, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(4), in a quarterfinal match that lasted 4 hours and 12 minutes. Nadal got out to a 5-1 lead in the tiebreaker, but Djokovic worked his way back to a 6-4 deficit. On the decisive point, Nadal worked Djokovic far to his right with a backhand to set up a backhand winner down the left side that sent Nadal to the semifinals....

The books know what bets are coming and even if they get clipped off by sharps playing the cheap money-line favorite, that action still doesn‘t compare with all the $20, $50 and $100 wagers that compile up into one giant risk on the dog. Many of the bettors coming to windows with their $100 don’t understand the point spread, but do want to maximize their dollar. Here’s a how a conversation usually goes down at this time of year between the ticket writer and novice bettor:...

Civil servants went on strike. Protesters loyal to the African National Congress-favored to win the national elections in a landslide-swarmed the streets of the capital. Mangope’s police fired some tear gas., then joined the protest; the president reportedly escaped in a helicopter as night fell and the crowds turned to looting. That was too much for right-wing whites, who have demanded their own homeland. Thousands of them answered an appeal from Mangope and drove into the territory to prop him up....

Seven years ago Fahima’s husband dissolved their marriage by saying “I divorce you” three times–and then threw her out of their house in the Panjshir Valley. That is a legally binding form of divorce under Sharia, or Islamic law. Fahima, then 15, was left with little financial support and so moved in with her uncle. Two years ago he arranged a second marriage in Kandahar, a union that entitled him to a sizable dowry....

With one click, users can call up a voter registration form–robbing the lazy of the usual complaint that registering is too big a hassle, and eliminating the problem of sloppy handwriting that disqualifies many potential voters. The form can then be printed out, signed and mailed in. Berman says that about 68 percent of people who print out the form follow through and get themselves registered. Facebook users can also use the site to update their address with voting officials if they move....

“Rabbit-Proof Fence” confronts an infamous piece of Australian history: the government-sanctioned abduction of half and quarter-caste Aborigine children from their mothers by order of A. O. Neville (Kenneth Branagh), chief protector of Aborigines. Neville believed he was doing the children and their culture a favor; in fact, it was genocide by assimilation. (The policy didn’t end until 1971.) Noyce’s heroine, Molly (Everlyn Sampi), is based on an actual 14-year-old, who with her sister and cousin was removed to a settlement to be trained as a servant....

How It Can Feel Most people have experienced the sensation of an extremity “falling asleep.” The sensation is similar in MS, except that it’s chronic, it can last much longer, and it may occur in other places besides your arms, legs, hands, and feet. Most commonly referred to as “numbness” or “tingling,” these are two of the most frequent MS symptoms for which people seek help. They’re part of a group of sensory symptoms called paresthesias, abnormal sensations that cause discomfort but not pain....

Some doctors and nurses at one hospital in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho have been accused by family members of killing their loved ones who have succumbed to the virus, according to hospital spokeswoman Caiti Bobbit. She said that other people angered by the COVID-19 pandemic spread hurtful rumors about medical workers at the hospital. “Our health care workers are almost feeling like Vietnam veterans, scared to go into the community after a shift,” Bobbitt said....

In a single-game elimination showdown, the Buffalo Beauts will host the Boston Pride on Saturday in the most anticipated game of the season. On Sunday the scene shifts to Minnesota, where the Riveters will take on the Whitecaps in a building where its offense mustered just one goal in 120 minutes of regular season hockey. It’s time for some more must-win playoff hockey. Minnesota Whitecaps (12-4-0) The Minnesota Whitecaps won an intense race to finish at the top of the standings in its first season in the NWHL....

Both the Trump administration and the administration of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy told Newsweek they rejected the idea that there was politically motivated friction involved in the federal government’s coronavirus response. “From the president on through the highest levels of the administration, we always felt we were a priority to the administration,” George Helmy, chief of staff to the New Jersey governor, told Newsweek. “There was never a moment in which I felt that New Jersey was not a priority....

Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would not veto the measure, leaving only potential legal challenges as opposition. Non-citizens still would not be allowed to vote in state elections for governor, judges, and legislators nor in federal elections for president and members of Congress. Over a dozen communities in the United States have already given non-citizens the right to vote in local elections, including 11 towns in Maryland and two in Vermont....