“Nickelodeon is going off the air for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in support of justice, equality and human rights,” the message read. The off-air time started at 6 p.m. ET on Monday. The network also used its airwaves to share a “Declaration of Kids’ Rights.” Some viewers captured the moment on video and shared the message online via Twitter; the “Declaration” was also posted on Nickelodeon’s Facebook page....

The bad blood between Minaj, 39, and Cardi B, 29, has been well-documented over the years. According to Glamour magazine, the beef started to stew in 2017, with Minaj, real name Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, liking a social-media post mocking the rapping style of Cardi B, who was born Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar. Cardi B tried to throw a shoe at Minaj during a confrontation at a New York Fashion Week party back in September 2018....

The Super Eagles will be making their sixth appearance and they will be hoping to go past the Round of 16 - the country’s best ever finish ever (1994,1998 and 2014). Drawn alongside Argentina, Croatia and Iceland in Group D, Gernot Rohr’s men will have their work cut out come June. And the former Nigeria U20 captain, who boasts of four goals from 16 games in the Dutch Jupiler league this term is confident the three-time African kings will not be disgraced and will get some positive results in Russia....

The 29-year-old joined the Chicago Fire before the season from Legia Warsaw as the Fire looked to rebuild the club’s roster. Joining midfielders Dax McCarty and Bastian Schweinsteiger as key offseason acquisitions, the former Hungarian and Polish league top scorer quickly became one of the most feared strikers in MLS. Nikolic is the first Fire forward to top the 20-goal mark in MLS, and used a hat trick in the team’s penultimate game of the season against the Philadelphia Union to separate himself from runner up David Villa, who scored twice on Decision Day to run his total to 22 goals, and third-place finisher Diego Valeri who scored 21 times this season....

Paul Pogba had said before Tuesday’s EFL Cup semi-final first leg clash against Hull City that Manchester United’s aim should be to put the tie to bed on the night. Their 2-0 win at Old Trafford might not be quite what he had in mind but it would take a turnaround of epic proportions on January 26 for United not to book a place at Wembley. Mourinho confirms Schneiderlin will join Everton...

The video game company’s annual Cyber Deals sale is now live and runs until December 3 at 2:59 a.m. EST. This year’s Cyber Deals sale brings up to 50 percent off of popular Nintendo Switch titles. There are a few exceptions like Mortal Kombat 11 that have a 70 percent price cut, but the majority of the Nintendo sales are 50 percent and lower. Check out the list of games featured in this promotion:...

Being Nissan’s Smellmaster means that she’s responsible for making sure that the famed “new car smell” is intact and pleasant to the customer. Keerl and a team of panelists smell a vehicle top to bottom ahead of its public debut. No part of the car is left not evaluated, from the steering wheel to the center console, smelled as a whole and individually. From there, the tested vehicle goes into a chamber that simulates conditions allowing the panel to smell how odiferous interior materials will be under extreme temperatures....

More: The 15 best baseball movies of all time, ranked When is the National League Wild Card Game? WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 8:08 p.m.: Cubs at Pirates | TV: TBS Full playoff TV schedule: When is the American League Wild Card Game? TUESDAY, OCT.6, 8:08 p.m.: Astros at Yankees | TV: ESPN When is the AL Division Series? When is the NL Division Series? Thurs., Oct. 8 ALDS A, Game 1 (Fox/FS1/MLBN) ALDS B, Game 2 (Fox/FS1/MLBN)Fri....

“I actually arrived at the ballpark thinking I would be in the lineup and was prepared to do my best against the pitcher tonight,” Puig said, through interpreter Yvonne Carrasco, a member of the Dodgers’ media relations staff. MORE: ALCS: Royals’ speed, Orioles’ power are key to this series | NLDS 2014: Yasiel Puig out of lineup for Game 4 Obviously, he wasn’t. Andre Ethier is starting in center field and Puig is on the bench....

Calm down, Baseball Twitter. Ortiz is just trolling. He’s not coming back. Probably. FAGAN: Who will replace Big Papi as the Red Sox DH? He was adamant throughout 2016 that it was his last season. Despite Ortiz’s historically monsterific Age 40 season (.315, 38 homers, 127 RBIs; 5.1 WAR), it makes little sense for him to make such an abrupt comeback. Just because Ortiz defied baseball logic with his output in 2016, it’s far from certain that a 2017 season would be anywhere near as successful....

“It’s a turnoff,” he said. “Just another woman looking for a handout.” A familiar flurry of rage spun in my chest. Why is it “feminist” to celebrate an accomplishment, and why is praising a woman so off-putting? Yet it was good for me to hear his argument—because he is not alone. In response to an op-ed I wrote arguing that tampons are necessary and therefore should be tax-exempt, like other necessities, one commenter wrote, “Life sucks for everyone....

As true cult of Abel Tesfaye followers know, the song is nothing new. Much of the excitement generating around the track on social media following its release was from happy campers who simply haven’t heard it in forever. The Weeknd first dropped the song as a stand-alone back in 2014, leading up to his tour of the same name. However, it was later removed from streaming services. In 2018, an unauthorized account re-loaded it on to Spotify, but it was taken down once the powers that be caught wind....

Spanish radio station COPE had reported that the midfielder was travelling to London to undergo talks with the Gunners having apparently fallen out with manager Eduardo Berizzo. The former Stoke City man’s trip to the English capital further heightened speculation that he could be joining Arsene Wenger’s side, but Sevilla have clarified the visit was related to the player’s son. The Liga club’s chairman Jose Castro told reporters: “N’Zonzi’s situation [being dropped] is due to a technical issue with the coaches and, as with all technical issues, he can change it....

Chinese clubs battle it out for Costa Ibrahimovic has enjoyed a superb debut season in English football, scoring 28 goals in all competitions – including a match-winning double against Southampton in the EFL Cup final. The former Inter, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star was one of six players nominated for the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award this week and likened himself to the fictional character Benjamin Button, claiming he feels better and younger with age....

Wood Brothers has decades in the business with championships and legendary drivers, plus its founders in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Yeah, it seems like a slap in the face for the organization not to be granted a berth in each and every Sprint Cup race of 2016. MORE: This could be Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s year | Speedweeks schedule Truth is, NASCAR got it right. Or at least got it right under ground rules it established for the charter system....

Recipients of these entitlements should be required to pass an academic-skills test to prove they are ready for college. This would reward responsible students who work hard in high school; it would challenge high schools to provide better-qualified graduates, and the billions of federal, state and local tax dollars now being wasted on unprepared college students could be put to better use. Until recently, I was a federal grant coordinator and an instructor in state community colleges in the East, Midwest and Southwest....

But here’s the twist: General manager Dave Gettleman and coach Pat Shurmur might actually know what they’re doing. The lack of a real QB competition does not mean Jones and Manning are not competing, or that the rookie is not developing, both at a high level. MORE: Ranking Giants’ potential Hall of Famers These situations involving rookie QBs are not created equal in the NFL. The Cardinals know Kyler Murray is already their best option in an offense familiar to him....

Monday night’s game in San Diego started like the old Cutler joke — a strip sack in the first quarter and a pick six in the second quarter. Then came that old Cutler meme, the one that should come with the surgeon general’s warning. MORE: Best photos from Week 9 | Bears’ Zach Miller stabs ball out of air for game-winning TD It was Cutler, however, who had the last laugh, in the fourth quarter, outdueling the Chargers’ Philip Rivers and smoking out a 22-19 comeback victory....

Coronavirus has many Americans in a shutdown, but it did not stop parrotheads from flocking to Twitter and chirping their favorite songs that most people don’t quite know by heart. There are no changes in latitude, travelers on the ole A1A or others just seeking a salty piece of land to claim exemption from the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19. Not even Joe Merchant, himself. Fans of beachcombing songwriter Jimmy Buffett have collaborated to form a list of songs they love to hear from the heart during the recent coronavirus, and Buffett’s most-popular tune “Margaritaville” did not even make the list, according to his Twitter followers....