The Cougars are doing whatever they can do increase their national profile in a season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that includes traveling to No. 14 Coastal Carolina on Saturday with less than 72 hours to prepare. It’s a battle of 9-0 teams. BYU is trying to increase its standing with the College Football Playoff selection committee, which has the Cougars at No. 13 and the Chanticleers at No....
The Real Madrid forward responded to critics of his early form at Euro 2016 with two goals and an assist in the 3-3 draw with Hungary that secured his side’s place in the knockout phase. And Cacic is eager to restrict Portugal’s attempts to get Ronaldo involved in the game when the two sides meet at Stade Bollaert-Delelis in Lens. “Of course we have to take care and defend well, they’re a team with great individuals and of course Ronaldo is their main player,” he said....
The launch of Caesars Sportsbook in the Buckeye State is getting closer and you can sign up with Caesars Ohio promo code NEWSWEEKTIX for a pre-registration bonus and more. This includes $100 in free bets, as well as a chance at tickets to see the Cleveland Cavaliers. Any bettor in the Buckeye State can get a guaranteed bonus and a shot at another with Caesars Ohio promo code NEWSWEEKTIX. Additionally, players who pre-register will have a chance at getting a new user promo when the app launches on New Year’s Day....
After saying that the Celtics, like the Sixers, had no shot at vying for a playoff spot this year, Simmons expressed worry that Stevens may leave Boston to return to the college game. (Nevermind that Stevens and Danny Ainge and pretty much everyone everywhere recognized that taking on the Celtics job was more than a one-year rebuilding project.) MORE: Coaches who need big seasons Rose asked if Stevens may land at Carolina, but Simmons immediately suggested that Stevens replace Tom Crean at Indiana....
Now his future is under even more doubt. WEEK 8 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread Williams was the victim of a debilitating neck injury for a second consecutive season after Dolphins receiver Jarvis Landry’s controversial crack-back block rendered him motionless on the turf during their Week 7 matchup. Williams took part in team meetings this week and has been recovering after being taken to the being hospital, but Bills coach Rex Ryan on Thursday expressed concern that the injury may have lasting effects....
The Bills’ wide receiver is scheduled to fly to North Carolina this week to determine if his surgically repaired foot he needs to undergo a second procedure, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Sunday. Week 4 picks: Straight up | Against the spread According to the report, Watkins will likely need surgery, which would effectively end his season. Watkins missed Buffalo’s 33-18 win over the Cardinals last Sunday and hasn’t been able to practice at all this week....
CBS Sports returned from a commercial break showing video of a man outside Ralph Wilson Stadium getting ketchup and mustard squirted all over him and the hamburger he was holding. MORE: Bills’ handling of Rex Ryan is beyond awkward Apparently this fan is well-known with the Bills Mafia and is known as “Pinto Ron,” or the “King of Ketchup.” Pinto Ron has been attending Bills games for 30 years and the condiment shower is a tradition that’s been going on for 25 years....
According to an ESPN report, the San Francisco 49ers traded a 2015 draft pick for the Buffalo wideout. Johnson, 27, is a San Fran native. And that high tide at Niagara Falls is the ever-flowing tears from Buffalo fans.
Blake Bortles led the way to the divisional playoff berth, but not with his arm. Bortles led the team in rushing with 88 yards on 10 attempts. He threw for 87 yards. MORE: Watch NFL in U.S. live and on demand with fuboTV (7-day trial) The Bills failed to extend a couple late drives in which they needed touchdown to tie the game. The Bills’ defense stepped up to preserve time and force the Jaguars to punt....
The charges filed Tuesday against former Biogenesis of America owner Anthony Bosch and six others marked one of the biggest salvos yet in a case that has dragged on for nearly two years. The case has sparked lawsuits, mudslinging and suspensions against numerous major leaguers, including Rodriguez. Also charged was Yuri Sucart, 52, a cousin of Rodriguez who the New York Yankees third baseman has said provided him with steroids from 2000 to 2003 when he played for the Texas Rangers....
Not the most romantic of notions, especially from a man whose career has been devoted to researching, in essence, what makes a person beautiful. Johnston’s quest to understand attractiveness has led him not to the glitz and glamour of Vogue photo shoots or Nicole Kidman’s Oscar party, but to the lab. In the past 10 years, he and other beauty researchers have managed to explain in some detail how beauty is a product of evolution, a Darwinian mechanism for the survival of the species, that is both hard-wired into our brains and a product of culture....
A century later, the year 2007 is shaping up to be another annus mirabilis. This time biology is the field in transition, and the ideas being shattered are old notions of genes and inheritance. Ever since 1900, when Gregor Mendel’s work on peas and inheritance was rediscovered, scientists have regarded the “gene” as the fundamental unit of heredity (just as the atom was regarded as the bedrock of pre-Einsteinian physics)....
Now, the program is coming clean under new head coach Tyren Jackson. He explained that the program is a “post-grad football academy” in an interview with Jamie Ostroff of NBC4. It is not a school. “We do not offer curriculum,” Jackson said. “We are not a school. That’s not what Bishop Sycamore is, and I think that’s what the biggest misconception about us was, and that was our fault. Because that was a mistake on paperwork....
Bitcoin has attracted the attention of both Wall Street analysts who expect further price appreciation and regulators who are issuing stern warnings that investors should be prepared to lose all their money. Despite the risk, various media outlets have reported that Russell Okung, an offensive lineman with the Carolina Panthers, converts half of his $13 million annual NFL salary to Bitcoin with each paycheck through an internet conversion system (Okung did not respond to a request by Newsweek for an interview made through the team and his agent)....
As Simpson was arraigned on murder charges last week, he was still a man first. Nonracial factors – namely his celebrity status and the millions he can afford to spend for a first-class defense – are far more connected to the outcome of his trial than the color of his skin. The story remains more Menendez than Rodney King; spouse abuse remains more relevant than racism. But race had steadily made its way into a case that was originally thought to transcend it....
The early months of the pandemic exposed vulnerabilities among multiple races and ethnicities in California, perhaps none more profoundly than the state’s Black residents. The first wave of COVID killed Black people at disproportionately high rates, with a combination of working and living conditions, existing health problems and inadequate testing in their communities likely leading to spread of the disease. The bigger story was far deeper and longstanding. As then-California Surgeon General Dr....
Those states are Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia—according to the Sentencing Project’s new study released Wednesday. The Sentencing Project is a nonprofit research group that promotes decarceration and criminal justice reform. The group found the disparity between Black and white prison populations is larger than 9 to 1 in several states: California, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin....
Candace Hall and husband Eddie Hall Jr said they were sitting in the living room at their home in Warren around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday when they started to hear noises from outside. Eddie Hall then looked and outside saw a man hiding behind a car and waving to another person. As he went to go get his gun, a large rock was thrown through the living room window. When police arrived at the home to investigate, they found that the tires on each of the couple’s cars had been slashed, as well as the car belonging to their 18-year-old son, who was also inside the house at the time....
An investigation was launched after a small black fetus doll was found hanging by a pink looped ribbon off a hook on February 13. According to a statement by the Milwaukee Fire Department Administration, “numerous members” of the Milwaukee Fire Department, including ranks of Lieutenant, Captain, Battalion Chief, and Deputy Chief, were identified as being aware, or should have been aware, that the presence of the doll would have shown the department as not being a “diverse, welcoming, safe, and non-hostile” working environment....
Stores including Ulta and Sephora are also hosting sales featuring discounts on makeup brands such as Kylie Cosmetics, Tarte and Lime Crime this Black Friday, so there are plenty of deals to make the most of. Many brands, including Bare Minerals, Bobbi Brown and Elizabeth Arden, are also offering customers free gifts with eligible purchases to celebrate Black Friday. Black Friday Makeup Sales 2020 UltaSephoraMACNarsUrban DecayBobbi BrownElf Cosmetics Anastasia Beverly Hills is offering 30 percent off brow, palettes, blush and bronzer, and 50 percent off lip, contour, stick foundation and eyeshadow singles on Black Friday....
