After arriving in MLS from Tottenham Hotspur at the end of last season, it was nine appearances before the U.S. men's national team captain found his first and only goal of 2013 campaign. Following three playoff games without a goal, including two humiliating losses to Portland, doubts about Dempsey began to surface. Was he really worth the huge contract and record transfer fee MLS had committed to lure him home?...
Hamlin led the lead pack across the finish line to win the second Budweiser Duel and avoid the wild multicar crash that erupted behind him and sent Clint Bowyer's car flipping through the air. MORE: Kenseth takes opener; Harvick penalized | Incredible must-see wrecks from Daytona The wreck occurred when Jimmie Johnson ran out of fuel on the final lap and Jamie McMurray tagged him from behind coming out of Turn 4, sending both drivers crashing into the outside wall and igniting a huge crash....
In Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen, Hamlin was holding off the furious challenge of Martin Truex Jr. on the final lap. As Truex swung out to make his move, he spun after contact from Brad Keselowski. Truex was not pleased with Keselowski after the race. Hamlin, however, was celebrating the win. It is his first Sprint Cup win on a road course. “It means a lot,” he told NBC during the broadcast....
Apple TV Plus’ The Tragedy of Macbeth centers around Macbeth, a Scottish lord played by Washington, convinced that his path points towards royalty. A trio of three witches, played masterfully by Kathryn Hunter, persuades the troubled lord that he will become the next King of Scotland, propelling that narrative down a dark and psychological path. His ambitions cascade into his wife, Lady Macbeth, played by Frances McDormand, who assists him in his violent and mischievous attempts to seize power....
Fury (29-0-1, 20 KOs) outboxed Wilder for the majority of the contest. But Wilder has the equalizer — a patented right hand, the likes of which boxing rarely sees in a lifetime. After knocking down Fury in the eighth round, Wilder was down on two scorecards heading into the 12th round and looking for knockout to win. The 2008 Olympic bronze medalist appeared to send Fury down for the count with a vicious two-punch combination that would have knocked a normal man unconscious....
The Premier League champions eased to a 5-1 victory against relegated Sunderland but the action on the pitch was little more than an entertaining sideshow as Terry, whose Chelsea career will end after the FA Cup final next weekend, received an early send off, leaving the pitch in the 26th minute - the number he wears on his shirt - to a standing ovation and a guard of honour....
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Oakland’s 27-20 comeback victory at Azteca Stadium did more than chip away at Houston’s AFC South lead. This setback is especially painful because it’s a reminder of the past and present quarterbacking issues that Carr could have answered. We know, we know — the Texans’ hierarchy and their fans are tired of hearing about the QB mistakes made in the 2014 NFL Draft. But analyzing the direction both teams are headed can’t be told without it....
The decision issued by Hennepin County District Court Judge Peter Cahill said that charges against Chauvin of unintentional second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter will remain. In the decision—which was made public on Thursday—Cahill wrote that “probable cause does not exist” for the third-degree murder charge that was filed against Chauvin, but said there is probable cause for the other charges Chauvin face. The three other former officers who face charges in connection with Floyd’s death—Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J....
Fourteen players — 12 from the FBS level and two from the divisional levels — and two coaches make up the class, which crossed the spectrum of positions and conferences. MORE: Title game numbers that matter | If players were paid . . . For the second year, the announcement was made in conjunction with the College Football Playoff National Championship, which this year is being held in Glendale. Inductees will participate in pregame festivities and the coin toss for Monday’s game between Clemson and Alabama at University of Phoenix Stadium....
It’s a four-day orientation that introduces its attendees to life in the limelight, covering everything from fitness to finances. For many, entering the league means working their first real job, so in an effort to protect its brand, the NBA does its best to inform its investments of the dangers to which they could fall victim, After all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, right? MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes...
Well, according to… Derrick Rose, he could be. And he is. In an interview with the New York Post, Rose claimed that he didn’t demonstrate a lot of basketball IQ earlier in his career, and could be getting even better now. When asked if he missed being an MVP-caliber player, Rose said not really. MORE: 12 biggest surprises, disappointments from the NBA season “No. I know I could become better (than the MVP season)....
Trump is currently the only major declared candidate for the 2024 presidential election, seeking the Republican nomination and a second term in the White House following his loss to President Joe Biden in 2020. While DeSantis has not formally announced a bid of his own, his high-profile status among the party nationwide and his strong performance in the recent midterms have led many to consider him Trump’s primary opponent for the GOP nomination next year....
The Texans quarterback responded late Tuesday to a social media post in which Tony Buzbee, a Houston lawyer, said a suit had been filed against Watson. The attorney’s wording, which came off as vague, didn’t specifically mention sexual assault or misconduct. Houston’s Fox26 reports that the sexual assault suit is being filed on behalf of a masseuse who claimed a massage with Watson “went too far.” Watson posted his response late Tuesday night, saying he’s focused on “clearing his name:”...
The Texans quarterback requested a trade during the offseason, but none came to pass; Soon after Watson’s January trade request, sexual assault allegations came to light that planted him firmly in Houston for the time being. MORE: Deshaun Watson sexual assault allegations, explained The NFL has yet to levy any kind of discipline against Watson, while the quarterback still hasn’t played a snap in 2021. Instead, Houston has made its problem inactive, with Tyrod Taylor, then Davis Mills, getting starts while its season has circled the drain (1-6 entering Week 8)....
The return of attention-grabbing graphics for walls is only the latest sign that minimalism is dead. Austere, Zen-like spaces, so popular in the 1990s, are giving way to bright colors and witty designs. The ICFF show was brimming with examples, like LED lamps that looked like stacks of yellow, orange and blue children’s blocks (glide-inc.com); furniture made from loose change (johnnyswing.com), and chandeliers decorated with gilded leaves and flowers (artecnicainc....
The annual military parade marks the country’s defeat of Nazi Germany, and during a recent press conference, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko stated that they couldn’t cancel the parade because doing so would create fear of the virus among the country’s population. “I must say that we cannot cancel the parade. We simply cannot. I thought about it for a long time. Of course, this is an emotional, profoundly ideological thing,” Lukashenko said, according to The Guardian....
In 2019, the Gun Violence Archive (GVA) found that there were 417 mass shootings over the course of the whole year in the U.S. But in 2020, there has already been 562 mass shootings with six weeks left until the end of the year. The number also comes as a huge rise compared to mass shooting numbers from the last five years. The GVA recorded 269 in 2014, 335 in 2015, 382 in 2016, 346 in 2017 and 337 in 2018....
Originally, Destiny players thought that the window had closed on completing their Year 2 Moments of Triumph. Because both the King’s Fall Challenge Modes and the Court of Oryx bosses were on a rotation, the assumption was that the last opportunity to complete those tasks was about two weeks ago, when the final rotation began. However, last night’s reset revealed that all three of the King’s Fall Challenge Modes are active and the Court of Oryx bosses are on a rotation....
