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Recently, U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann expressed his concern about the lack of Americans in the Champions League, and stated that he believes one reason for that void is a lack of self belief among American players. One player who disagreed with that sentiment is Michael Bradley, who on Monday laid out his own theory why American players struggle to receive opportunities at the highest levels of club soccer....

The two-time All-Star was overlooked as the reserve list was revealed Thursday. The Wizards guard joined Suns star Devin Booker as a notable absentee. When asked about the matter following the Wizards’ 121-107 win over the Hornets, Beal did not hold back. NBA ALL-STARS: Full list of starters, reserves for 2020 game “I’m a little pissed off about it,” he told NBC Sports Washington. “I know how I am, [so] I was kind of expecting it, honestly....

Topping the list of beneficiaries will likely be Oregon Rep. Les AuCoin, who may make a run for the Senate in 1992. AuCoin voted for the Brady bill after previously opposing it. He expects the anti-Brady National Rifle Association to target him for “lying” to voters because of his previous stance. AuCoin, a Democrat, would run against GOP Sen. Bob Packwood, who hasn’t announced his views on the Brady bill....

This slowness of movement is most obvious when a person with Parkinson’s is starting or performing activities that require several successive steps. These can include all kinds of activities of daily life, like getting dressed, making a sandwich, or opening a padlock. Tasks requiring fine motor control (such as buttoning a shirt or using utensils) are particularly slow for someone with Parkinson-induced bradykinesia; reaction times are also slower. Bradykinesia also can cause someone with Parkinson’s to take slow, short steps and shuffle more than walk....

Forget lean manufacturing. In Detroit, today’s hottest buzzword is brand management. It’s a concept that’s bringing marketing pros like Cohen, a 37-year-old Northwestern M.B.A. who’s peddled products from baby wipes to Nutter Butter granola bars, into the insular auto industry. The newcomers’ goal: to rid showrooms of look-alike vehicles that aim for the same buyers. Nowhere is the effort more important than at GM. Last year its market share hit a 50-year low, and now it’s launching its biggest crop of new models in years....

The tight end was released by the Packers earlier this week only to be claimed off waivers by the Vikings on Wednesday. Bostick’s name became infamous in the NFL community after he botched an onside kick recovery against the Seahawks during the closing minutes of the NFC Championship Game, hurting chances of Green Bay making a comeback and going to the Super Bowl. Bostick appeared in 24 games over the past two seasons for the Packers....

The New Orleans Pelicans leveled their series against the Phoenix Suns at 2-2, behind a powerhouse performance from Brandon Ingram as they secured a 118-103 win in Game 4. NBA LEAGUE PASS: Sign up to unlock live out-of-market games (7-day free trial) Ingram flipped the game in the Pelicans’ favor in the third quarter, scoring 16 of the team’s 35 points, including this emphatic one-handed jam that had the Smoothie King Center crowd on their feet....

The local network is waiting for more details. A FedEx spokesperson confirmed to Newsweek that Hole was a former employee at the facility. Hole was identified by law enforcement officials as a 19-year-old from Indiana. Investigators searched a home associated with Hole on Friday and seized evidence, including desktop computers and other electronic media, according to the Associated Press. Hole began randomly shooting at people in the parking lot of the facility late Thursday before going into the building to continue firing....

What excited you about doing Queens? What excited me the most was the music. Music is my first love. So when I learned this was a musical about rappers and I got a chance to sing on the show, dance and act all at the same time! I mean, it’s such a dream! Also a dream cast. And then I got to know the characters and how layered these women are, I was just blown away....

Albies has homered in Games 1 and 2 of the National League Championship Series against the Dodgers. Both home runs have landed in the left-field bullpen while Melancon was involved in varying degrees of warming up. Both times, Melancon caught Albies’ home run. “That’s more home runs I’ve caught my entire life, let alone this season,” Melancon said after Game 2. “Hopefully tomorrow night is three in a row.”...

Much of the talk before the game was about Cristiano Ronaldo against Alexis Sanchez, but neither livewire managed to spark in 120 tense minutes of the semi-final in Kazan. Instead, it was one of Chile’s almost-forgotten heroes who made the telling contribution. Fans react to Bravo heroics It’s fitting that Claudio Bravo should be the hero. A torrid season at Manchester City must have had the goalkeeper doubting his own credentials but he made three excellent shootout saves to deny the European champions their own chance of history....

While Braxton Hicks contractions can happen throughout pregnancy, you typically don’t feel them until your second or third trimesters. Some people may not notice them at all. Although they can seem scary or concerning if you’ve never felt them before or you suspect you’re going into labor, they’re a perfectly normal part of pregnancy. They take their name from John Braxton Hicks, a British gynecologist who first described them in 1872 after noticing his patients were experiencing contractions but weren’t going into labor....

Braxton Miller’s teammates said it. Even his AD said it. MORE: SN Top 50 players | Top 25 QBs for 2015 | SN Preseason Top 25 Still, there was doubt. Now Braxton Miller has said it: He’s playing his final college season at Ohio State. It should have been obvious by now. But it took Miller confirming it to Tim May of The Columbus Dispatch on Thursday to make if “official....

No, he is focused on one individual: The Undertaker. After weeks of talking and cajoling, he is getting his wish and will square off against The Dead Man at WrestleMania 31. It’s his dream match, the dream match he has wanted for a long, long time. MORE: NXT star Charlotte on #GiveDivasAChance | Dean Ambrose on dangerous ladder match at WrestleMania | Roman Reigns not surprised by WWE fan reaction...

Neymar made a world-record €222 million move from Barcelona to PSG last year, signing a deal until 2022 with the Ligue 1 giants. Despite that contract, the 26-year-old continues to be linked with a shock switch to the Santiago Bernabeu. Ronaldo, who spent more than four seasons at Madrid, said his former club were always looking to sign the best, and that included Neymar. “Neymar is a superb player, maybe he will be the best in the world in a few years, and Real Madrid need the best,” he said on Wednesday, via Marca ....

The Selecao have cruised to six consecutive victories in qualifying since Tite’s June 2016 appointment, and could secure their place at Russia 2018 with a favourable result in Montevideo. READ MORE: Brazil’s WCQ campaign so far | Tite reveals starting XI | Take our Uruguay-Brazil quiz The five-time world champions top Conmebol’s 10-team qualification group with six matches remaining, four points clear of second-placed Uruguay. They face perhaps the stiffest test of Tite’s tenure so far in the form of a Uruguay side that have enjoyed six consecutive home wins in qualifiers – their best streak since winning 7 between 1957 and 1969....

But this year’s hand-wringer award goes to Unidos do Viradouro, a 5,000-strong Rio ensemble that paid tribute to everything under the moon that makes the flesh crawl, ranging from Hollywood horror flicks to genocide. The planned centerpiece: a three-story-tall Holocaust float, piled high with sculptured bodies representing Nazi concentration-camp victims, and dancing Hitlers in tow. “My love, look who’s coming/It’s so cold, you get goose bumps,” the revelers sang....

The five-time world champions announced the date and opposition of the fixture last month during BGT’s stop in Moscow. And, on Monday, Anfield was confirmed as the venue for the first of Brazil’s two World Cup warm-up matches that month. Brazil will also meet Austria at the Ernst-Happel Stadion, Viena, on June 10. The match with Croatia will mark Brazil’s fifth official match in the city, but their first at Anfield....