It may not be, though. ESPN's Adam Schefter first reported Freeman's release Thursday afternoon, saying that the Bucs "tried to trade him but couldn't.'' However, less than two hours before that, Erik Burkhardt, Freeman's agent, tweeted that the Sports Illustrated report the night before, of the Bucs fining the quarterback in the last month for "conduct detrimental to the team," was another case of the team breaching the confidentiality of his records....
Lawmakers spearheading the impeachment investigations want to question Russell Vought, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Michael Duffey, an OMB official who handles national security programs, about the timeline in President Donald Trump’s withholding of hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine to combat Russian aggression. Democrats have alleged that Trump’s actions were part of a quid pro quo to pressure the country into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter....
Budweiser wisely followed that formula with its new Super Bowl ad, which was revealed Thursday morning. It features inspiring individuals such as Ken Nwadike Jr., the founder of the Free Hugs Project, and Hannah Gavios, who finished the 2019 New York City Marathon on crutches three years after suffering a spinal cord injury while fleeing an attacker. MORE: Who is performing at Super Bowl 54 halftime show? The commercial also shows the celebrations of the World Series champion Nationals and the World Cup-winning United States women’s national soccer team....
The powerful ad centers around Adolphus Busch’s pursuit of the American dream. MORE: Super Bowl 2017 ads: Commercials from the big game The spot follows Busch, Budweiser’s immigrant founder, on his arduous journey from Germany to St. Louis in the 1800s. In a news release, Budweiser said it hopes the commercial will “resonate with today’s entrepreneurial generation — those who continue to strive for their dreams.” Many will assume the ad is a response to President Donald Trump’s views on immigration, but that’s not the case....
The man in his 50s from Wagga Wagga was pinned at his chest and his abdomen, and crushed across his lower limbs and torso, as well as suffering from a punctured windpipe, according to a description of the accident in a British Medical Journal Case Reports paper. “Research suggests this condition can be potentially life threatening,” Jack Peter Archer, one of the doctors at Wagga Wagga Base Hospital, where the man was treated for his injuries, told Newsweek....
What have we learned from the NASDAQ’s enormous drop, which has vaporized $4.8 trillion in paper wealth? Or the 44 percent drop of U.S. stocks as a whole, which Wilshire Associates says has cost $7.0 trillion? We should have learned not to believe in simplistic rules. But many of us haven’t. Rather, yesteryear’s bullish “verities”–you can’t go wrong owning stocks, you can retire early, good times can roll forever–have been replaced by equally fatuous bearish verities....
By observing the behavior of 91 bull sharks that paid regular visits to a feeding site located in Fiji’s Shark Reef Marine Reserve (SRMR) between 2003 and 2016, researchers determined that some of the sharks developed apparent “long-term companionships” that, in some cases, spanned years. Citing the impact of direct feeding, or feeding by hand, on shark behavior, the researchers theorize the formation of such bonds has been aided and abetted by human interference....
The Bulls’ 113-86 win over the Nets on Monday dropped Brooklyn to ninth in the Eastern Conference race and clinched the Celtics’ return to the postseason after a one-year absence. Boston was idle after its 117-78 drubbing of the shorthanded Cavaliers on Sunday. MORE: Rose says six weeks of rehab were ‘hell’ | Alley-oop of the year? | Bucks unveil new logos The win means the Bulls (49-32) will finish with at least the fourth-best record in the East, guaranteeing home-court advantage in their first-round matchup....
The Bulls lost 105-103 to the Magic with Rose returning to the lineup after missing six weeks following a meniscus tear in his right knee. MORE: How Rose’s return impacts East | Noah wants Cavs | Copeland stabbed at NYC night club “I felt all right,” Rose said via The Associated Press. “I think it was about right. It’ll get better the more I play, but I’m getting better every week....
Where they’re heading Of the handful of teams that seem destined to challenge the Heat in the Eastern Conference this year, the Bulls are coming out of the preseason feeling best about their chances. They’ve got point guard Derrick Rose back after knee surgery, and Rose has demonstrated that he is 100 percent healthy and back to his MVP-caliber form. If he can avoid setbacks, there will be much excitement in Chicago....
There was so much lament about the absence of spectators as Germany’s Bundesliga became the first major professional league to return to the stage since March, when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down big-time sports. There was too much neglecting that big-time soccer once again was being contested. And this was big-time, though not so much on FC Schalke 04’s side as on Dortmund’s. Borussia Dortmund’s 4-0 victory, in the first major team sports event on U....
Though Bush hasn’t taken any hits, the oppo assault is well under way. Documents obtained by NEWSWEEK show that in recent months both Republican and Democratic campaign gumshoes have combed through Bush’s personal financial disclosures and campaign-finance reports. Perhaps the strongest anti-Bush effort has been mounted by GOP rival Steve Forbes, sources say. Forbes officials acknowledge hiring two oppo experts, but insist they’re looking only for “public record” on all the candidates, not “digging up dirt....
Iraq is still in tact, but nothing else went the way Washington intended. If anything, Saddam is stronger today than he was before the rebellion started, say Pentagon and CIA analysts. The ethnic rebellion has been crushed. Instead of overthrowing the dictator, the Army and the party operatives have rushed to his defense. Once again Washington has misjudged Saddam’s staying power, assuming wrongly that no Arab leader could survive such a military drubbing....
And what, exactly, is that message? Actually, he has many, and they’re detailed in “What Would Jesus Buy?,” a new documentary by director Rob VanAlkemade and producer Morgan “Supersize Me” Spurlock. The new film is Reverend Billy’s tour de farce—a ferociously satirical and cynical take on consumer culture, pegged to America’s most sacred spending season. Dolled up in High Evangelical style (equal parts Jimmy Swaggart and Reverend Lovejoy), the blond pompadoured Reverend Billy crosses the country with his Church of Stop Shopping, from New York City to Disneyland, breathing brimstone about America’s impending “shopocalypse....
In the global, wired economy, it’s hardly unusual for companies to set up reservation offices or telephone help desks in far-flung cities, even foreign countries. But JetBlue, based at New York’s Kennedy airport, is unusual in its commitment: its entire force of 550 reservation agents work from the comfort of their own homes, all around Salt Lake City. Why there? David Neeleman, JetBlue’s founder, had previously run Morris Air from the area until it was sold to Southwest Airlines in 1993....
But starting with chapter 12, which introduces Abraham, Genesis starts reading like good historical fiction, reflecting the places, culture and customs of the second millennium B.C., says archeologist Amihai Mazar of Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (Genesis was compiled much later, however–between the 10th and fifth centuries B.C.) In chapter 13, for instance, when Lot, son of Abraham’s dead brother, parts company with his uncle and strikes out for ““the whole plain of the Jordan,’’ he saw ““that all of it was well-watered....
Price You can buy a basic supply of colorful condoms for no more than you’d pay for any other latex condom. Some of the more intricate color variations, however, may come at a more premium price. Just make sure you’re buying real condoms, not novelty products. The condom package should state that it’s rated for safe sex. Ease of Acquisition Many drug stores will have colored condoms for sale. More interesting variations can be found online....
Chavis, through his attorney, denies the charges brought by Mary Stansel, who served as his deputy for just five weeks until he fired her in the spring of 1993. But an out-of-court settlement, reached last November and first reported last week by The New York Times, shows that Chavis was willing to pay big money for her silence. It called for two payments totaling $50,000 and six monthly installments of $5,400....
CLASS DISMISSED Government teachers–seen as tools of the “puppet regime”–should be warned to stop teaching and beaten if they refuse. If “found to be teaching against Islam” they should be killed by the unit’s commander. VILLAGE CONDUCT Jihadis are forbidden to “disturb innocents,” “raid houses,” “take weapons from civilians” or “take people’s money or personal property” (rules which seem to be frequently broken). VICE Under anti-vice guidelines, smoking is banned, as is the practice of bringing “young boys without beards” to the combat zone or to a fighter’s home....
But it would be wrong to interpret this as a snub, or a commentary on the fact that Latin America welcomed Bush as a leader with strong cross-border ties only to be disappointed when his attention turned to the Middle East. Indeed, Calderón is scheduled to meet Bush in April. Rather, this trend away from Washington reflects the large and growing presence in the U.S. of Latinos, particularly Mexicans, who now generate as much income over the border as they do at home....
