Both sides come into the match after 1-1 draws in their last fixtures – Leicester against West Ham and Tottenham against West Brom – and are both after three points for vastly different reasons. Nothing less than a spectacular run of form will give Tottenham the chance to contest the Premier League title this season, while the Foxes can move six points away from the relegation zone with a win on Tuesday night....
People on Twitter appeared to be reacting to a Los Angeles Times piece about the series, which noted that “the most shocking horror lies in the in its more realistic scenes of racist violence, which are arguably more disturbing than the vivid images in its recent predecessors.” The highlighted portion of the review goes on to point towards a moment depicting the murder of a young Black child and a sexual assault of his mother in the series’ fifth episode, and the ninth episode in which two Black people’s eyes are gouged with hot pokers....
Before your draft begins, it’s important to have the latest news about all the important players. We’ve rounded up all the injury updates (Odell Beckham Jr., Andrew Luck, Leonard Fournette), sleeper candidates (DeVante Parker), potential handcuffs (Wendell Smallwood, Devontae Booker), position battles (Blake Bortles/Chad Henne), and everything else you need to know before your 2017 fantasy football draft. DOMINATE YOUR DRAFT: Ultimate 2017 fantasy football cheat sheet Odell Beckham Jr....
When Leonard Fournette and LSU wanted to auction off the star back’s No. 7 jersey to help South Carolina flood victims, the NCAA first said that wasn’t allowed. MORE: Week 10 winners & losers | SN Top 50 player rankings But that decision was changed and on Monday, the auction raised just more than $100,000. Fournette’s history — how his family dealt with Hurricane Katrina — is well-documented so the cause was important to Fournette and the LSU community....
Fournette is coming off a career season with 1,674 yards from scrimmage (though just three touchdowns). He’s entering his fourth NFL season after turning 25 in January. In keeping with a “four” theme, here’s a look at four plausible reasons why Jacksonville would look to move the fourth overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft: RIVERA: It’s all burning down in Jacksonville The Jaguars are trying to sell high. Fournette rushed for a career-high 1,152 yards and 4....
The model, named as Jessica Leidolph, by the German tabloid Bild, reportedly entered an enclosure at the privately-owned retirement home in Nebra, in the country’s eastern Saxony-Anhalt region on Tuesday, according to the publication. Once inside with leopards Troy and Paris, one suddenly attacked the 36-year-old model, from Thuringia in central Germany, leaving her with serious head injuries, according to the publication. According to Welt, police said Leidolph was taken to a specialty clinic where she was treated for her injuries....
Three days after he was placed on administrative leave for action at LSU while he was the head coach there, Kansas decided to part ways with the coach known as “The Mad Hatter.” Here’s what the university stated on its website from athletics director Jeff Long. “I am extremely disappointed for our university, fans and everyone involved with our football program. There is a lot of young talent on this football team, and I have no doubt we will identify the right individual to lead this program....
Paul Finebaum asked Miles for a little assistance in dealing with heckling LSU fans, but Miles offered no console for the SEC Nation co-host. MORE: Must-see Week 11 photos | LSU hoping to lead the way on concussion detection | FSU sorority girl has serious football moves Good luck getting out of Baton Rouge alive, Finebaum!
The poll, which was released Monday by The Economist/YouGov, found that most Americans view the politics of both the Democratic and Republican parties to be either to the left or right of their own views. Only 18 percent of respondents said that Republican Party politics were “about the same” as their own politics, while 19 percent said the same of the Democratic Party. While 36 percent of Democrats agreed that the Democratic Party’s politics were about the same as their own, a full 50 percent said that the party promoted politics that were either to the left or right of their views....
The poll surveyed adults in the U.S. during two weeks in March. Between March 10 and 16, as governors began issuing statewide stay-at-home orders in response to the pandemic, 40 percent of the 8,914 surveyed individuals who were between the ages of 18 and 29 said they were closely following pandemic developments in the news. Interest within that age group rose by 2 percent when 11,537 people were polled between March 19 and 24....
We are at one of those times when doing nothing–or, at any rate, doing very little–is preferable to doing something. This applies especially to budget surpluses. We now have a largely lame-duck government. Clinton is obsessed with his legacy. Almost everyone in Washington is more focused on short-term politics–who gains control of Congress and the White House–than on the long-term national interest. In this climate, the president and Congress could easily squander sizable segments of the surpluses on vote-getting programs of little enduring value....
People with PAH have high levels of endothelin, a naturally occurring substance that causes the pulmonary artery to become too narrow, which leads to increased pressure. Letairis works by blocking the effects of endothelin to help prevent narrowing of the blood vessels. This action decreases the pressure within this blood vessel, making it easier for people with PAH to exercise. You will likely need to use a specialty pharmacy to receive Letairis as only certified pharmacies can dispense the medication....
A picture released by Starke, Fla., police at the time showed the items seized from the Packers defensive lineman after a traffic stop: a handgun, two large bags of marijuana and dozens of bundles of bills. MORE: NFL players arrested in 2015 | Packers lead uniform rankings Now Guion wants that cash — $190,028.81, to be exact — and his 2015 Dodge Ram truck back from police. ESPN reports he has filed a motion in Bradford County court seeking the return of his truck and money....
“That was the only motivation,” Parnas said. “There was no other motivation.” Helping Parnas monitor Yovanovitch’s movements was Republican Robert Hyde, a Trump supporter who is currently running for Congress in Connecticut. Hyde’s name was found in text messages to Parnas discussing Yovanovitch. “I don’t even know how to explain [Hyde],” Parnas said. “He’s a weird character.” Parnas met Hyde at a Trump hotel, at which Parnas said Hyde was “a regular at the bar....
The punishment is expected to be served at the luxury hotel where UCLA is currently staying, the Hangzhou Hyatt Regency. Here’s video of the hotel, courtesy ESPN’s Arash Markazi: LiAngelo’s father, LaVar Ball, and younger brother, LaMelo, are also in China with the team. Earlier this week, LaVar told reporters that the situation “ain’t that big a deal,” but has been uncharacteristically quiet since. The players, who were released on bail Wednesday, are reportedly not allowed to leave the hotel....
And that’s exactly what the Flames head coach did Saturday in the season opener against No. 22 Syracuse at Liberty’s Williams Stadium. Recovering from recent surgery on a herniated disk and a serious staph infection, Freeze was not able to walk the sideline. So Liberty set up a hospital bed in the coaches’ box, and Freeze called the game from there. Liberty ended up losing, 24-0, but it was a huge game for the program, the first time a ranked opponent had visited Liberty....
The third time proved to be the charm, as two vicious right hands sent Liddell crumbling to the canvas, sealing Ortiz’s win by TKO at 4:24 of the first round of the first event promoted by Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy MMA. “You’re not taking eight years off, coming back in my cage and trying to stop me," Ortiz said during his postfight interview. “Hell, no!” MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 80 fight nights a year...
The COVID-19 pandemic forced staff shortages in several industries, including teachers and restaurant workers, but a shortage of lifeguards will soon be forcing public pools around the country to change their schedules or shut down completely. “Regretfully, it’s probably going to be the worst summer,” ALA Director Bernard Fisher told Newsweek. “We have 309,000 public pools in the U.S. but we don’t have the youth in the ratio to the population....
Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican soccer, is moving forward with this weekend’s games. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of Liga MX action. Liga MX schedule, TV channels for Matchday 10 of 17 Saturday, March 14 (All times Eastern) Leon vs. Pumas is the big matchup to watch at 9 p.m. Leon is currently second in the Liga MX table on 18 points, while Pumas sits fourth on 15 points and could draw level on points with a win....
