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The former Star Trek: The Next Generation star hosted the beloved quiz show from July 26 to 30 and was arguably one of the most anticipated guests on the roster to fill in for the late Alex Trebek. Some fans have been outraged this week after it was reported that Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards is likely to get the permanent hosting job. The reports led to Burton fans continuing to call for him to get the host role, with some complaining that his stint on the show had only been for one week....

Allen Ginsberg once hyped William Burroughs’s “Naked Lunch” as “an endless novel which will drive everybody mad”; it wasn’t and didn’t, but “Infinite Jest” practically is and just might. A jacket blurb calls it “a ‘Naked Lunch’ for the ’90s” (lots of drags); but it’s also a “Gravity’s Rainbow” (epic preposterousness) and a “Lolita” (salted clues, interlinked motifs), with white-knuckle suspense and gross-out violence right out of Stephen King. Wallace’s first novel, “The Broom of the System” (1987), and his story collection, “Girl With Curious Hair” (1989), got him one of those young-writer-to-watch reputations....

The Poland international scored his 37th of the season with a deft touch to deflect a shot from Javi Martinez beyond Bernd Leno and into the net. His effort arrived just three minutes into the DFB Pokal semi-final, which Bayern claimed by a 6-2 margin, with the poacher adding another shortly afterwards following a Franck Ribery cross. “I know this trick from the scorers in ice hockey,” the 29-year-old admitted to Bild....

Pep: Yaya is an amateur A number of reports over the course of last season, the pair’s second together at Allianz Arena, suggested they had fallen out over Robben’s alleged selfishness, with Lewandowski unable to hide his frustration with the Dutchman on more than one occasion. Matters have apparently improved, though, and Lewandowski claimed to be loving life alongside the experienced winger now. “Things were a bit difficult between me and Robben at first,” he told AD....

Hamilton himself had to apologize to his Mercedes team over his tirade on the team radio where he told them you “f****** screwed me” after a race win slipped from his grasp and he finished fourth. Mercedes fans hurled abuse at the rival Red Bull team and specifically its head of operations Hannah Schmitz after the race, accusing her of a conspiracy to put one of her drivers on the podium’s top spot....

Not only do they handle a lot of clothes in a load and look great, but they also remove many of the annoyances you encounter with other units. The controls are super easy to use and reliably register button presses. Plus, the dryer features a dual open door design that is simply brilliant. Both models include Wi-Fi and smart features, including an awesome alert on your phone when the cycle is complete and the ability to load different wash modes....

Brian D. Kennedy, author, of A Little Bit Country, took to Twitter to put Target on notice. “Not to be alarmist, but my book, a gay rom-com, was up for pre-order at @Target earlier this year And now it’s gone? Along with some other queer debut books?? While the straight titles from my publisher remain?! I really hope there’s a logical explanation (besides homophobia),” he wrote. In a continued Twitter thread, he posted screenshots of the company’s website sharing two books from his publisher that are available, and three (containing LGBTQIA topics) that have disappeared....

Christian Ziegler, vice chair of the Republican Party of Florida and Sarasota County commissioner, wrote that swimmer Emma Weyant, who is from his home county, was “robbed on national TV” after coming in second to Thomas, Florida Politics reported. Many GOP members have expressed opposition to Thomas’ competing, although Weyant acknowledged Thomas’ win by shaking her hand in the water. While conservatives argue that transgender women’s physical differences give them an unfair advantage in sports competitions, LGBTQ supporters say measures keeping them from participating in sports hurt all women....

Libra is an air sign, intellectual and communicative. Taurus is an earth sign, meaning they’re grounded and practical. Libra and Taurus have contrasting qualities, but they’ll appreciate those differences. Both signs are ruled by Venus, the planet of love and passion. Romance is important to them, and their common planet adds depth to a Taurus-Libra relationship. These signs will bring out the best in each other! Libra guys can help Taurus have fun and be a little more social, while Taurus ladies can be a stabilizing force for Libra....

The Mexican domestic season consists of two identical stages - the Apertura and Clausura - and crowns a champion in each of the two every year. The Apertura begins in July and starts with a 17-game regular season. The top eight teams then progress to a knockout competition - known as the Liguilla, or mini-league - in which the first of those two champions is decided. The first Liguilla of 2017-18 is now in progress ahead of the two-legged final in December....

But Cruz Azul, also known as “La Maquina,” are just 90 minutes away from finally ending the drought as they take a narrow 1-0 aggregate-goal lead into Sunday’s second leg of their Liga MX final series against Santos Laguna. What time is the Liga MX final? The Liga MX final is played over two legs. The team that scores the most total goals in both matches will be crowned Clausura 2021 champions....

Wales triumphed 1-0 in Georgia despite being without Bale due to a calf injury that will also rule the Real Madrid forward out of a Group D showdown with Ireland, who beat Moldova 2-0, in Cardiff on Monday. O’Neill feels the absence of right-back Coleman, who broke his leg when the nations last met in March, is just as big for his team. “I think that Wales would naturally miss a player of that calibre....

Users have previously slammed Dorsey for being slow to ban hate speech, and for giving a verified platform to voices that promote violence and segregation. In November 2016, the app was responsible for allowing white supremacists to share their messages through promoted tweets on the platform. Dorsey did apologize for the mistake at the time, but that hasn’t dissuaded social media users. Friday tweets encouraged Lil Nas X to take a stand and change the platform for good in his day as CEO, but the country rapper didn’t exactly oblige....

The 62-year-old former Argentina, Chile and Athletic Bilbao coach, who is acclaimed by the likes of Pep Guardiola, Mauricio Pochettino and Jorge Sampaoli as a coaching visionary, was appointed by Lille amid great fanfare this May. Biesla was installed as head coach as Les Dogues underwent a huge squad overhaul, with former Barcelona vice-president Marc Ingla and ex-Monaco technical director Luis Campos brought on to the board by ambitious new owner Gerard Lopez....

Muscular dystrophy (MD) is an inherited disease caused by a mutation in one of the thousands of genes in the body that controls proteins essential to muscle function. These mutations can be inherited from parents, or you could be a carrier of a spontaneous mutation that would then pass down to your children. In limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, there is a mutation in the genes that affect the muscles around the shoulders and hips....

In a video posted to Twitter early Monday by @PatriotTakes, Wood tells an unnamed interviewer that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Lt. Governor Geoffrey Duncan, Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger, and Attorney General Chris Carr will all be arrested soon. Wood didn’t specify the allegations against the Georgia officials that led to this predictions. Last year, Kemp, Duncan, Raffensperger and Carr repeatedly refused Trump’s request to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state....

During an interview that aired recently on Conservative Daily Podcast, Wood said that such allegations have targeted him “over the course of the last two years” from media personalities Tucker Carlson and Dan Bongino, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former intelligence analyst Sebastian Gorka, and conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “People that we have been led to believe we’re on our side are not on our side. People say ‘Well, Wood, you’re creating a division....

The vehemently pro-Trump lawyer, who helped lead the former president’s election challenges, failed to defeat South Carolina GOP chairman Drew McKissick’s re-election bid yesterday. Wood, who vowed to bring “chaos” to the state’s Republican Party, told his Telegram app followers that McKissick is a “cheater” who should be labeled “Fake Chairman.” Wood issued a statement online Sunday that sought to push back against critics who mocked him because Trump endorsed McKissick....

“Our ads will stay up,” Lincoln Project’s senior communications adviser Ryan Wiggins told Newsweek Friday evening. “We will continue to prosecute the campaign against a Trump second term and work to defeat the republicans senators who enable him.” Wiggins said the political action committee’s upcoming ads will focus “both” on policy issues and Trump’s character. “We will defeat Trump and Trumpism (and its adherents) at the ballot box next month,” she said....