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The 22-year-old joined Sevilla from Nancy for a reported €5million in January and swiftly made an impression on coach Jorge Sampaoli, making 17 appearances in La Liga – 15 of which came from the start. Sevilla 8/1 to beat Celta 1-0 New coach Eduardo Berizzo appears to be similarly taken with the former France Under-21 international, with Lenglet starting nine of their 11 league games this term. His ability on the ball and adeptness at bringing the ball out of defence have seen Lenglet linked with a switch to Camp Nou, but the Frenchman is not thinking about a switch....

Fournette suffered the injury in a scrimmage Tuesday. LSU coach Les Miles updated the star running back’s status after practice. Miles said a tackler laid on Fournette’s leg after a run up the middle, according to the report. “Leonard Fournette got a slight sprain,” Miles said. “He’s in a boot … It’s not terrible.” MORE: SEC predictions | Top 25 running backs | SN Top 25 Fournette is a leading Heisman Trophy candidate and ranked No....

“The Beach” is a much less silly film than “The Blue Lagoon,” that “tasteful” 1980 exploitation film designed to showcase Brooke Shields’s kiddie-porn chic. But I have a hunch that “Lagoon” will be remembered longer than Boyle’s gorgeous but curiously weightless fable–in spite of the fact that it is Leonardo DiCaprio’s eagerly awaited follow-up film to You Know What. DiCaprio, to his credit, has never courted matinee-idol status. The character he plays here, Richard, a young backpacker in search of extreme experience, is no sane person’s dream date, cute as he may be....

The insurance policy, arranged by weather-hedging specialty firm Storm Exchange of New York, is a step beyond the weather-futures contracts that have traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange since 1999. Those contracts track heating and cooling days, as well as snowfall, for many cities. The theory is that prices are set by a market balanced between buyers who want bad weather, like shovel manufacturers, and those who don’t, like builders....

The theory is wonderfully simple–and utterly wrong. For starters, it’s not yet clear that we are in a recession or that consumer spending has collapsed. In the third quarter ending in September, the gross national product rose a bit, and consumer spending grew respectably (a 3.6 percent annual rate). But these facts are mere quibbles. The theory’s fatal flaw is that it wildly exaggerates media power. Think about it. Did the media cause mass overconstruction of office buildings that has left a 19....

The 17,317 fans inside Sleep Train Arena reached 126.0 decibels after the third quarter of the Kings-Pistons game, topping the marks they set after the first quarter and at halftime, the Sacramento Bee reported. The high before Friday was 106.6 decibels reached by Milwaukee Bucks fans during a 2008 playoff game. Fans had little to scream about after the fourth quarter; the Kings lost, 97-90.

The average household has an income of $38,000 and would get only $99 from a 10 percent across-the-board tax cut. The public is less than incandescent about such a cut. Surprised? In 1999 the 23.6 percent of taxpayers earning between $30,000 and $50,000 will pay just 13.6 percent of income taxes. The 5 percent of Americans earning $100,000 or more will pay 62 percent of all income taxes. Do you think this pattern of payments is equitable and serves economic efficiency, or would you change it?...

At their best, the easy-to-digest documentaries are a skillful, engaging blend of science, entertainment and high-grade home movie. At their worst-and much of the panda installment is rough going, heavy on the strangely monotonous Winger and light on the bears–they’re oddly naive and preachy. Funny how “In the Wild” features only endearing, easily anthropomorphized animals. What about, say, James Woods with bats, or Shannen Doherty with rattlesnakes? Talk about wild....

So it was hardly surprising that when I confessed to a friend I was having trouble sleeping, she told me that America had found a way of dealing with that, too. Nothing as crude as a little pill, which I refused to take on principle. Instead of merely knocking myself out, my friend said, I should have myself studied by the Sleep Disorders Clinic of New York. I balked. A sleep-disorders clinic?...

Since the death of Alex Trebek last November, the long-running quiz show has opted for a roster of guest hosts instead of naming a single replacement. Burton, the host of Reading Rainbow, has been a popular choice to succeed Trebek, with hundreds of thousands signing a petition saying he should get the job. Ken Jennings, the most famous of all former Jeopardy! winners, was the first guest host, but his involvement in a Twitter controversy in January also reignited support for Burton, who is well known for roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Roots....

Scripps announced actor and former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton is set to host the next National Spelling Bee. In an interview with the Associated Press, Burton, best known for his roles in Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation, described himself as “an above-average but hardly distinguished speller” coming from a family of educators. He said he immediately said yes when offered the position. Burton said he wants to use the role as a way to tell audiences about the spellers, who are young students from across the country....

‘Versatile Muller could play in goal!’ Carlo Ancelotti suggested after Lewandowski scored twice in Saturday’s 4-1 Klassiker victory against Borussia Dortmund that Lewandowski would be fit for the first leg at the Allianz Arena. But the Poland international - who has hit seven goals in eight Champions League games this season - could not work with the group on Monday and instead trained alone, although Manuel Neuer continued his recovery from foot surgery with involvement in the session....

Brinson, who is Black, stepped up to the plate at the top of the ninth inning of the Rockies’ 13-8 win against the Marlins at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. After he faced the second pitch, the microphones of the Bally Sports Florida broadcast picked up what sounded like a fan using the N-word. The gesture drew widespread condemnation from both teams and the MLB, before it emerged the fan was in fact shouting “Dinger” to get the attention of the Rockies’ club mascot....

Over the past year, pushes to expand private school vouchers across the country have found success from Maine to Arizona and many places in between. States like Iowa, Texas, and Oklahoma have pledged to follow suit in 2023 with bills that intentionally push the boundaries of state/church separation and Christianity in public schools. How is this possible you ask? In June 2022, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Carson v. Makin required the state of Maine to fund religious education at private religious schools as part of its tuition assistance program....

The poll is the latest from The COVID States Project, a multi-university effort that’s been probing the attitudes of Americans since the pandemic took hold in March 2020. Conducted by PureSpectrum and released on Monday, 23 percent of survey respondents said it was “definitely” or “probably” justifiable to engage in violent protest against the government. Among that group, self-identified liberals were the most likely to say violent protest was ever justified at 28 percent, followed by conservatives at 25 percent....

For America to return to full health, we need institutions like libraries ready to help us connect with who we are and to energize us for what is to come. Here at EveryLibrary, we know that libraries can play a very positive role in helping us emerge from the shutdowns. COVID has impacted our collective mental health and emotional wellbeing in dramatic ways. Social distancing and prolonged isolation have been necessary to slow the spread....