Students in the Oakland Unified School District have threatened to go on strike from Tuesday unless the district shifts to remote learning or meets its demands for twice-weekly rapid and PCR testing for everyone on campuses, KN95 or N95 masks for the district’s 50,000 students and expanded outdoor seating for lunch. “There’s a lot of concerns regarding safety measures and how to protect us from COVID-19, especially the highly contagious Omicron variant,” says the student petition....

The 33-year-old was forced off in Tuesday’s AFC Champions League fixture as the Flower of Shanghai settled for a 2-2 draw against Kashima Antlers. The former Newcastle marksman was forced off midway through the first half after a challenge from Yuma Suzuki and was replaced with Jianqing Mao. Martins who scored a hat-trick against Hebei China Fortune on Saturday, is now set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines and any chances of him gatecrashing Nigeria’s squad to the Russia 2018 World Cup would not be possible....

Three days after bagging a hat-trick against Hebei China Fortune in the Chinese Super League, the Super Eagles forward could only last for 22 minutes at the Hongkou Stadium after being fouled by Yuma Suzuki. Before coming off, Martins earned Wu Jingui’s side a penalty which was converted by Giovanni Moreno to put the hosts ahead. Jianqing doubled their lead but goals from Yuma Suzuki and Leandro’s in the second half ensured the Chinese outfit succumbed to a share of the spoils....

The Giants, who defeated the Royals in last year’s World Series, used their off-day to visit the president before a weekend series in Philadelphia. As he usually does with championship teams that visit the White House, Obama told some jokes at the expense of the players. One of his targets Thursday was Giants outfielder Hunter Pence.

The Democratic lawmaker was asked in an Instagram post about how canceling student debt helps those who have already paid off their loans. “Maybe student loan forgiveness doesn’t impact you. That doesn’t make it bad. I am sure there are certainly other things that student loan borrowers’ taxes pay for that you benefit from. We can do good things and reject the scarcity mindset that says doing something good for someone else comes at the cost of something for ourselves,” Ocasio-Cortez said....

ON affects 3.2 out of 100,000 people per year, according to one report by the American Migraine Foundation. Occipital nerve pain is often confused with different types of headaches, especially migraines because the symptoms can appear similar. However, the treatment for occipital neuralgia is much different than treatments for migraines and headaches. Therefore, it is important for people to get a correct diagnosis for their head pain. Symptoms Head pain associated with the occipital nerves is sudden, jabbing, piercing, burning, and/or throbbing....

For example, Brad Keselowski is one of the favorites to win the night race at Martinsville not only because he won this race last year and has a great career rating at the track, but also because he emerged victorious a couple weeks ago at Bristol, the only other short-track race the Cup Series has ran thus far in 2020. MORE: Full starting lineup for NASCAR race at Martinsville...

They didn’t blow. So much for mathematical modeling. No wonder that the scientists who most doubt the threat of climate change due to the greenhouse effect are meteorologists. If they can’t get it right 72 or even 24 hours ahead, how can anyone forecast climate 100 years ahead? Coal, oil and auto companies have long played up the unreliability of climate forecasts, which say that once the atmosphere contains twice as much carbon dioxide as it did in 1870, the world will be 1....

MORE: SN grades the Giants offseason | New York’s first-round picks since 2000 “When I was coming into the league, people were talking about Sammy Watkins and a lot of the other guys in my draft class, and I thought, ‘I want to be talked about like that. How come no one’s talking about me?’” Beckham Jr. said, via ESPN.com. “Now I look back and think, ‘Careful what you wish for....

“14 k for some pants that are NOT gonna protect me from anything … this s— is ridiculous,” Beckham wrote on his Instagram story Monday night. The sanction stems from the team’s Week 6 loss to the Seahawks when Beckham’s uniform pants failed to cover his knees during the game. It’s not the first time Beckham has been busted for a uniform violation. He was warned by the league after playing the Jets in Week 2 that he wasn’t permitted to wear his pricey Richard Mille watch during games and was also fined an undisclosed amount in Week 4 against the Ravens for an altercation....

A delegation of the Nigerian Football Federation, led by its president, Pinnick visited the Wolverhampton Wanderers’ shot-stopper at the Christie Clinic on Monday. Nine months ago, the 31-year-old was diagnosed with acute leukemia and it has kept him out of the game, including a huge part of the country’s successful qualification to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. During the visit in Manchester, Pinnick delivered the country’s goodswill message and extended an invite to the former Leicester City and Middlesborough man - who is still undergoing chemotherapy - to their tie against the Three Lions....

The honor of playing in the curtain raiser is bestowed upon two of the league’s oldest franchises, with the Chicago Bears hosting the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field. Here’s everything you need to know about Week 1. When does the NFL season start? The 100th season of the NFL begins on Thursday, September 5, when the Bears welcome the Packers in Chicago at 8:20 p.m. ET. Thirteen games are scheduled for Sunday, September 8....

Yet here we are, heading into a new era of college football with a brand new postseason, and the same old problems exist: Players can’t seem to control themselves behaviorally off the field — no matter the consequences. “Because,” one Power 5 coach told Sporting News, “we can’t reach them where it matters most.” That place, everyone, is the NFL. If this were a relationship, it would have been dissolved long ago....

Mike White threw a pass to Cole in the left corner of the end zone. Cole was only able to get one hand on it, but he still pulled it in. The play was ruled a touchdown and looked like a catch-of-the-year candidate thanks to Cole’s acrobatics. MORE: What happened to Dak Prescott? There was just one problem. It wasn’t actually a catch. Upon further review, the referees reversed the call of catch....

Former North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell, a rising commodity in this year’s draft, said that Sirianni and the Eagles tested him by having him effectively play pop-a-shot during their meeting, and if his basketball skills are something he’s being graded on, he didn’t help his draft stock. MORE: NFL Combine 2022 schedule, dates, workout times, records, invites & everything else to know “I only made like two out of five, so I’m probably not high on their board right now,” Howell said of the experience, per a video shared by Trevor Sikkema....

Still, all three defensive players gave the New Orleans Saints the impression that they had a lot of upside. MORE: Vinnie Iyer’s draft grades | Round-by-round picks | Images | Video "We don't have a set formula for that," Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said as the draft wound down Saturday. "Sometimes we're weighing the injury against where the player would be drafted if not for the injury — if we think there's a great value there....

On Wednesday, the NFL announced its largest TV coverage plan, one in which the 2018 event will be covered by two broadcast networks (Fox and ABC) and four cable outlets (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, NFL Network). For the first time, all seven rounds of the three-day event will air live on broadcast TV. MORE: Worst of Cowboys’ salary cap hell still to come Is the NFL overdoing it? Decide for yourself, but the league is betting the additional TV channels will make this the most-viewed draft ever....

The Bills, Packers and Patriots have all discussed the possibility of moving up in the draft, according to a report from NFL Network. Buffalo in particular has a desire to move up as NFL Media has reported the team is trying to get into the top five.​ The Bills are hoping to pick up one of the high-quality defensive linemen in this class. If they were to move up into a top five selection, they could bolster its line with talent in Alabama’s Quinnen Williams or pass rushers Nick Bosa and Devin White....

This Big Board does not include quarterbacks, as the position can’t be compared adequately to others. This Big Board does, however, show just how special the 2018 running back class is, why teams will draft offensive linemen early and why you need to get to know Virginia Tech’s Tremaine Edmunds. MOCK DRAFT 2018:Steelers, Bills trade up for QBs ​NFL Draft Big Board: Top 50 players in 2018 class Saquon Barkley, RB, Penn State Comparing favorably to LeSean McCoy as a pure runner, Barkley’s value to his future NFL franchise is his elite elusiveness, outstanding third-down ability and a mental makeup to be a culture-changing franchise player....