In their latest #UpForWhatever ad, a man accepts a Bud Light knowing he has to be prepared for whatever happens next. That surprise turns out to be an oversized coin, which opens up a world that will leave retro gamers drooling. After fighting through the crowd and making his way to the stage, the contestant soon realizes he’s in a real-life game of Pac-Man filled with all the monsters 80s babies will fondly remember....
Woods tweeted a picture of himself dressed as a different sort of Santa Claus — the “Mac Daddy Santa” — which apparently is a buff, and shirtless, Santa with white hair under an Oakland Raiders cap. Woods even dyed his goatee white. MORE: Sports’ most iconic photos Woods played in only 18 tournaments, missing the cut in seven of them, over the last two years. But he played in the Hero World Challenge earlier this month and showed glimpses of his old self....
What most employees really want is an expert manager who will do the choosing for them. Employers are listening, and so is Congress. The new Pension Protection Act, passed in August, gives strong encouragement to plans to find better ways of helping their workers invest and save. Employees with 401(k)s fall into roughly two camps: reluctant savers, who think they can’t afford to put any money away, and nervous investors, who save but aren’t sure how to manage the money....
Hinting at the United States and the administration of President Donald Trump in particular, office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian said Beijing had successfully deterred “external forces” seeking to promote “Taiwan secessionism” in this year. At the regular press briefing, she revealed that bilateral trade across the Taiwan Strait for the year until November was $235 billion, a 13.8 percent increase despite a debilitating pandemic that halted global supply chains in the first quarter....
The deal has been running for a while but has almost expired, with only two opportunities left to enjoy “Fry Friday.” However, there are plenty of other offers on at Burger King right now, with a deal for almost every day of the week. If you’re craving a Burger King on a Wednesday, you can purchase a Whopper for $2 on Whopper Wednesdays. This deal expires on July 8, so including today, there are two chances left to get a cheap Whopper....
The outcry in Japan against Nagai’s killing has been intense. Kei Nemoto, a professor at Tokyo’s Sophia University and Japan’s leading Burma expert, has called on the government to impose sanctions and withdraw its ambassador. Members of Japan’s Parliament have condemned the shooting, and Foreign Minister Komura upbraided his Burmese counterpart in a chilly meeting in New York while attending the U.N. session there. The Asahi newspaper has run editorials voicing the collective anger of Japan about the brutality of the regime....
Min-Min hawks postcards to foreign tourists who stroll through the market, but she was undoubtedly getting commissions on the jewelry, paintings and other trinkets I bought from the vendors she took me to. And she did so with the warmth and friendliness the Burmese people are famous for. Which was more than could be said about less fortunate hawkers in the largely empty marketplace, who had a sense of desperation in their eyes as they approached me hoping to make a sale....
The 28-year-old has impressed since joining the Clarets at the start of this season, playing every minute of his side’s 11 Premier League games, and an opportunity has arisen at international level after Jordan Henderson, Fabian Delph and Raheem Sterling were all ruled out. England v Germany U2.5 goals 4/5 Cork, formerly of Chelsea, Southampton and Swansea City, represented England at youth level all the way up to the Under-21s, while he also represented Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics....
Why the striking sense of calm in Russia? Weakness, for one. Moscow could have done nothing to prevent Washington from pulling out–its threats thus far of installing multiple warheads on existing missiles have failed to persuade the United States to be more cooperative. More important, the recent White House proposals for sharp cuts in offensive arms could save the Kremlin desperately needed cash, which it could use to gear up for more proximate threats–the militant Islamic rebellion in Chechnya, for instance....
Bush is now trying to get Rollins fired. but killing the messenger won’t mute the message. The president’s party is running scared–and blaming Bush for its troubles. “He’s the George Steinbrenner of politics,” says a GOP consultant. “He just booted away the best franchise in the sport.” (Rollins, a key architect of Ronald Reagan’s ‘84 landslide, was hired under a four-year, million-dollar contract to bring a GOP majority to Congress....
That might be South Korea’s motto now. While Asian nations from China to Thailand have recently introduced credit cards into consumer culture, only South Korea has seen this basically smart idea backfire spectacularly. The Asian currency crisis of 1997-98 showed that many of the region’s economies were too reliant on foreign borrowing and foreign demand. They could not live by exports alone, and had to encourage a modern consumer shopping culture at home, too....
As it happens, Peck is the home and garden editor of The Times Picayune—a 171-year-old newspaper whose remarkable renaissance after the flood is one of the few happy stories to emerge in Hurricane Katrina’s awful wake. And Peck, like most of the paper’s staff, was part of the story she was suddenly covering. She had begun chronicling the rebuilding of her home in a blog and a column called This Mold House a month earlier....
Think about it. Athletes share many of the same goals as business leaders. Both want to excel at a high level, continually improve and be the best in their fields. No one would look at a star athlete and think any less of them because they listen to their coach. However, there needs to be more clarity about executive coaching. Some believe that business leaders seek coaching only when they’ve failed or fallen short....
It is unclear at the moment what ails the 35-year-old head coach who is coming into his second season at the helm. “Brandon Miller has requested a leave of absence for medical reasons, which the University has granted,” Butler athletic director Barry Collier said in a release. “We are not in a position to further elaborate and we ask that everyone respect Brandon’s privacy.” Assistant coach Chris Holtmann will step in as interim head coach....
Dexamethasone is an existing steroid drug that prevents the body from releasing substances that cause inflammation. Available as a tablet or injection, it is already used to treat conditions including ulcerative colitis, arthritis, lupus, psoriasis and breathing problems. On Tuesday, researchers at the University of Oxford in the U.K. announced dexamethasone was found to reduce deaths by one-third in hospitalized COVID-19 patients hooked up to ventilators, and a fifth in those requiring oxygen....
Raines was one of baseball’s greatest leadoff men during his 23-year career with the Expos, White Sox, Yankees and others. But in eight years on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot, the man known as “Rock” has fallen short of election. And time is running out for those who believe Raines belongs in Cooperstown. “My main thing is, I just want to have a hand in helping Rock get in,” says Spaeder, who has written for Sporting News....
Hornby is a step or 12 behind Dostoevsky, but his books glide more easily onto the big screen. In “About a Boy,” Grant plays a 38-year-old juvenile named Will Freeman. When a friend asks him to call upon his “hidden depths” and be her baby’s godfather, he’s incredulous. “You’ve always had that wrong about me,” he says. “I really am this shallow.” During a botched scam to pick up single moms, Will meets Marcus, a 12-year-old with real problems: a hopelessly uncool haircut and a mother who sobs through breakfast (review)....
But there’s one decision in particular that’s been under scrutiny recently, and that’s the benching of power forward Julius Randle. Despite being the No. 7 overall pick in 2014 and representing one of the key cogs in Los Angeles’ future, Scott remains adamant that Randle isn’t ready. MORE: NBA’s most overpaid players | The secrets of KD’s most efficient season yet “He’s a rookie to me,” Scott said via the Los Angeles Daily News, noting that Randle only played one game last season before breaking his right leg....
The incident occurred on June 13, and shows two men riding on a bright green Lime electric scooter near an East Harlem deli in the middle of the afternoon. The Lime scooters are available to the public as part of a new city-wide ride share program. Police said the two men traveled from East 115th Street onto Second Avenue at around 3:35 p.m. on June 13, and then headed uptown against traffic as they opened fire, according to a police report shared with Newsweek....
Visiting manager Xavi Hernandez made a number of changes to the team that beat Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League on Wednesday, with Hector Bellerin handed his debut and Lewandowski starting on the bench. Cadiz began strongly and could have taken the lead through Ruben Sobrino before Raphinha struck the base of the post for Barca, having been set up by Gavi. Barca had a strong but unsuccessful penalty claim turned down when Alex Balde was brought down inside the area by Ivan Alejo....
