In advance of the Trojans' biggest game of the season, a Saturday primetime showdown against No. 4 Stanford, Orgeron was up to his kind and gentle (and motivational) ways again as he sent handwritten letters to each member of the Trojans' marching band, thanking them for their hard work. If the band responds as well as the team has, the LA Coliseum is going to be absolutely rocking on Saturday night....
The British musician, one of the world’s best-selling artists, had been accused of copying parts of Sami Chokri’s 2015 track “Oh Why” during the high-profile case. Sheeran, along with co-writers Johnny McDaid and Steven McCutcheon, had denied the claims made by Chokri and his co-writer Ross O’Donoghue. On Wednesday, Sheeran and his co-defendants were cleared of plagiarism in London’s High Court, with a judge saying there was “insufficient” evidence of “deliberate” copying, according to U....
Comcast-Spectacor, parent company for the Philadelphia Flyers and the Wells Fargo Center, released a statement Monday saying that Luukko has resigned. Luukko oversaw Comcast-Spectacor’s day-to-day operations and was responsible for creating new business opportunities in the fields where the company competes — namely facility management, sports ownership and operation, and food and concessions. “After more than 25 years at Comcast-Spectacor, Luukko has decided that he would like to monetize his interest in the company and pursue other entrepreneurial activities,” said Comcast-Spectacor in its statement....
The Pearl Jam lead singer conducted Wrigley Field in a rousing verse of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” and Chicago fans were loving it. Vedder, of course, is a noted loyalist of Chi-Town’s sports teams. MORE: Giancarlo Stanton’s homer clears Dodger Stadium | MLB’s all-time strikeout leaders Eddie Vedder sings Take me Out to the Ballgame at Wrigley Field on 5/12/15 from Billy Krumb on Vimeo. Seeing Vedder in a sports jacket will probably make you feel old....
A member of the WWE Hall of Famer and a former world champion, Edge entered the 30-man Royal Rumble match in the No. 21 spot to a thunderous ovation. Watch the moment the fans at Minute Maid Park in Houston discovered Edge was entering the 2020 Royal Rumble below. The “Rated-R Superstar,” as he is known, would eliminate AJ Styles and Randy Orton, both of whom could be Edge’s opponent at this year’s WrestleMania in April....
The snake, which has since been handed over to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), was identified as a reticulated python, Wales Online and the South Wales Argus reported and measured eight feet in length. The RSPCA is now calling for the owner to come forward. “Finding a snake this big out in the open must be a bit of a shock! This isn’t the biggest a python can get....
Les Rouges sit atop the CONCACAF qualification table, holding a four-point lead over the United States and Mexico, and they travel to San Salvador with the hope of going a perfect three-for-three international break. If Canada secures victory, its second-ever World Cup appearance and first since 1986 would be surely on the horizon, with the final three matches a mere formality. An outside shot at mathematical qualification remains in this round, but all four results would have to align perfectly, a possible but unlikely scenario....
Gonzalez has been in contact with officials from the Mexican Football Federation, and has spoken to coach Juan Carlos Osorio about playing for El Tri, a source with knowledge of the discussions confirmed to Goal last Thursday. A report from Univision Deportes on Monday claims Gonzalez has decided to represent El Tri, and will file the one-time change of association with FIFA, which would permanently tie him to Mexico as an international....
Chao will end a four-year term as chief of the federal agency, having served in the role since Trump’s presidency began. She is married to Kentucky Senator and current Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who was reelected to that position last November. Chao confirmed that she will resign from the Transportation Department in a statement shared to Twitter. “Yesterday, our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of the President stormed the Capitol building following a rally he addressed,” Chao wrote in an email to department colleagues, which appeared in the tweet....
E. Elavarasan, head coach of PKNS has demanded more from striker Safee Sali, as well as their foreign players after their 1-0 defeat to Felda United FC, in the first Soper League round. Elavarasan believed the players still lack understanding, especially when going forward which saw them failing to find the back of the net in the match. However, he believes that Safee will improve in the coming games, and he is also determined to get his foreign strikers into shape....
We are not selecting a moral tutor, or a role model for our children. Nothing in the normal lives of politicians specially equips them for those functions, and nothing in our constitutional order or political tradition assigns those functions to politicians. We are not selecting someone to (in the gaseous language of today’s politics) “control the economy” or “get the country moving.” Presidents can’t control the economy. (Who wants to live in a country where they can?...
In his victory speech, Youngkin said he would start “transformation on day one” and promised “choice within the public school system” - a key debate in the race. While speaking to reporters Wednesday, President Joe Biden said it was high Republican turnout, not the lack of action on his infrastructure and reconciliation bills, that flipped the state. “I think it should have passed before Election Day, but I’m not sure that I would have been able to have changed the number of very conservative folks who turned out in the red districts who are Trump voters, but maybe, maybe,” Biden told reporters following his remarks on the approval of COVID-19 vaccines for children....
Chad Gerrick, 50, a sixth-grade teacher at Sinking Springs Elementary School in York, was arrested Friday on a charge of terroristic threat, the York Daily Record reported. Gerrick allegedly had a conversation with school administration earlier in the morning after maintenance staff took down the plastic barrier, the Daily Record reported. Later that day, a cafeteria worker overheard him threatening to shoot everyone at the Central York Educational Service Center if he became infected with the virus....
Manning has had an opportunity to observe a dramatic free agency period at his position since retiring from the Giants at the end of last season. Brady, the man he beat in two Super Bowls, opted to leave the Patriots after 20 years, nine AFC championships and six Vince Lombardi trophies. It was shock to Manning that Brady would part with New England coach Bill Belichick. MORE: Former teammate thinks Brady just got ‘fed up’ with Belichick...
The Senate began debate on the voting rights legislation—which would expand voting access and restore key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965—on Tuesday. But two moderate Democratic senators, Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, threaten to derail the bill through their support of the filibuster, a Senate rule requiring at least 60 votes to end debate on a bill. In an evenly-divided senate where no Republicans have said they would vote to end the filibuster on the voting rights legislation essentially kills any chance of the bill passing....
The House of Representatives passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan on a party line vote on Friday. No Republicans voted in favor while two Democrats broke ranks and voted against it. Warren, a prominent supporter of the relief package, defended its provision raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 in an email to supporters on Friday. She also criticized Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). “It’s hard to imagine two-thirds of Americans agreeing on much of anything....
Hey, it’s a free market, right? Musk says no one should object to what he wants to do with Twitter because he’s a “free speech absolutist,” and who can be against free speech? Besides (he and his apologists say) if consumers don’t like what he does with Twitter, they can go elsewhere. Freedom to choose. Free market? Free speech? Free choice? When billionaires like Elon Musk justify their motives by using “freedom,” beware....
The Tesla CEO replied to the tweet of a heavily edited video of him and the Congresswoman that made it look like they were flirting. He used the “love heart hands” emoji in response to the video that was captioned, “Elon Musk and AOC finally worked out their differences. The chemistry these two have is crazy.” Musk’s response “may have been sexist” but there was “no doubt he thinks he’s being smart or ironic,” according to Dr Finn Mackay, a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of England....
In a recording of the chat, which has since widely been shared on Twitter and others, journalists can be heard challenging Musk about the legitimacy of his decision to suspend the accounts of journalists reporting on the jet tracking accounts which followed the millionaire’s movements across the world, among others. While journalists insisted that reporting on Musk’s jet movements isn’t the same as posting his personal address and it’s in the public interest, the Twitter chief reiterated that for him that was “doxxing....
Last weekend, he said he would sell 10 percent of his holdings in the company, worth more than $20 billion, based on the results of a poll he conducted on Twitter. The sale tweets caused a panicked sell-off of Tesla stock earlier this week but it recovered slightly yesterday, with shares up 2.6 percent to $1,096. The poll raises questions about whether it was always Musk’s intention to sell off regardless, with tax transactions “automatically effected” in a sell-off plan already agreed in September....
