Friday, Mets manager Terry Collins implied Syndergaard may need more rest, and would instead pitch Game 4. But now it appears Syndergaard could start two games if the series requires. MORE: Nine impact players in the NLCS | NLCS TV schedule, times, dates “He (Syndergaard) just came in and said he felt great,” Collins said Saturday afternoon, via ESPN.com . “He said there was absolutely no stiffness. He’s got no soreness anywhere....

“I told Mike after I congratulated him on the contract, “get on your knees and thank God you had the leverage to get this kind of money, and one other thing: You better put on a flak jacket,” Hollins said. “I told Mike, from here on that’s a big target on your chest.” MORE: These are the top 15 point guards, ranked After a wild summer of spending in the NBA, thanks to an unprecedented leap in the salary cap to a record $94 million, nobody is wearing a bigger bulls-eye than Conley....

“Democrats’ socialist stimulus bill caused a labor shortage and now burrito lovers everywhere are footing the bill,” NRCC spokesperson Mike Berg said in the statement. Apparently Republicans have finally found an issue to run on in the 2022 midterm elections. Apparently Dr. Seuss and Mr. Potato Head weren’t gaining enough traction. The Republicans’ tortured logic is that the unemployment benefits in the American Survival Act have caused workers to stay home rather than seek employment, resulting in labor shortages that have forced employers like Chipotle to increase wages, which has required them to raise their prices....

The National Theatre Scotland (NTS) denied reports it had censored the word following widespread reports in the British media, ahead of Halloween, that it had done so. Numerous newspapers reported the state-funded arts company had dropped the word “spooky” as it had been identified as a racist slur. But, an NTS spokesperson told Newsweek on Monday: “Contrary to recent newspapers’ reports, the National Theatre of Scotland has not banned the word ‘spooky’ from being used on the company website or marketing materials....

It was helpful. The Washington Capitals probably should watch it again. MORE: All 28 suspensions this season “We agree with the league’s position that it was a clean hit. There should not have been a penalty on the play. It was a punishing hit, not predatory or otherwise illegal,” Capitals general manager George McPhee said in a team release. “Under our current rules, punishing but clean hits are permitted. We are happy that Tom Wilson was vindicated and Brayden Schenn is not injured....

I mean, less than a day in, a few people brought up Tulane. Perhaps it’s a way of demeaning the Big 12’s decision to expand to suggest something so ludicrous, or perhaps it’s just the people who mention the possibility are just trying to be different. The best way of putting the candidacy of Tulane into perspective, though, is to remind everyone that when the Big East voted to add the Green Wave four years ago it was such a hugely divisive move the league was divided in two in less than four months....

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild spent three years studying Gwen’s corporation, which she calls “Amerco,” in an effort to answer these questions. Her groundbreaking analysis, The Time Bind (316 pages. Metropolitan. $22.50), will be in bookstores next month. Important, provocative and a little scary, “The Time Bind” is sure to get working parents buzzing. (Many are still buzzing about Hochschild’s last book, “The Second Shift,” about why employed mothers come home to a domestic work shift that fathers rarely share equally....

Agustin Vazquez Mendoza is Mexican. In 1994 he allegedly ordered the killing of a U.S. drug-enforcement officer in Glendale, Arizona. He, too, fled to Mexico. After a manhunt that cost the U.S. government more than $1 million, Mexican police arrested him in July 2000, and Arizona began extradition proceedings. At the time, the DEA chief said the arrest proved that the “DEA will pursue traffickers to the ends of the earth....

Los Blancos had scraped past Schalke despite an embarrassing 4-3 defeat at home to the German side in the last 16. They edged out 10-man Atletico with a sole strike in 180 minutes of last-eight football. And they have now been beaten in the semifinals after twice failing to overcome Juventus. It is difficult to conclude that they deserved better. MORE: Juve big underdog vs. Barca in final | Suarez vs....

In the absence of the suspended Zlatan Ibrahimovic and injured Juan Mata, United managed 18 shots but only three on target as they toiled against a disciplined visiting team who sat back to defend throughout the match at Old Trafford. Mou: You think that’s a question? Marcus Rashford was denied by a fine save from Ben Foster late on but clear-cut chances were otherwise scarce, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial and substitute Wayne Rooney unable to make a telling impact....

Fultz, the No. 1 pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, went down with an ankle injury in the 76ers’ Summer League game against the Warriors on Saturday. He was unable to put any weight on it as he was helped off the court. MORE: Lonzo Ball records triple-double in second Summer League game The play occurred when Fultz tried to defend Jabari Brown driving to the lane, causing him to land awkwardly on his left ankle....

After a half, maybe looking ahead to next week’s game at LSU. MORE: Top 25 fared | SN Week 2 picks | Week 2 photos Call it what you want, but in the end Auburn called itself relieved — even lucky to escape the Gamecocks with a 27-20 overtime victory. Auburn nearly pulled alongside Michigan for the infamous title of being on the losing end of one of the biggest upset in college football history....

Saturday, the sixth-ranked Cougars were knocked off by Navy, 46-40, and are essentially out of the running to crash the CFP. The upset gave the Midshipmen their first win over a top-10 team since 1984, when they knocked off No. 2 South Carolina 38-21. MORE: How the Top 25 fared in Week 6 Houston pulled within six with 1:57 to play and got the ball back with nine seconds left, but an incompletion and Using its patented triple option offense, Navy racked up 306 yards on the ground, led by quarterback Will Worth’s 115 rushing yards....

Yazidi activist Nadia Murad took to Twitter to call for ISIS to be brought to justice following news that the terror group’s leader was dead. In a series of tweets, Murad referenced President Donald Trump’s characterization of Baghdadi’s death, saying he had died like a “coward using children as a shield.” “The death of #alBaghdadi is welcoming news for the world, especially for those communities that were targeted by #ISIS,” she wrote....

According to data from the state’s health department provided to the Associated Press, of the 366 different vaccine providers across North Carolina, only 18 have doses being shipped. Newsweek reached out to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) for confirmation but did not receive a response in time for publication. “The shipments are largely going to more heavily populated areas, such as Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Winston-Salem and Greensboro,” the AP reported....

More impressively, they were playing their 23rd postseason contest dating to the start of their championship run in 2011. They had won each of the previous 22. MORE: How larger CFP fields would look this year Doing the math . . . NDSU had to go 4-0 in the playoffs each season to claim five consecutive titles. It was 2-0 this year before being eliminated by the Dukes. That shows just how difficult the Bison’s path to greatness was, and how far the College Football Playoff falls short....