According to a police report obtained by NBC Philadelphia, the two players were outside a Washington, D.C. nightclub when an argument turned into a physical fight just before 3 a.m. ET. It’s not clear what sparked the incident. Both players were arrested for disorderly affray, a charge for public fighting. Mills paid a “small fee” and was released, but he will have a court date unless the charges are dropped....
With the Falcons already holding a 3-0 advantage in the first quarter Monday night, Alonso made a spectacular interception in the end zone to keep Atlanta from extending its lead over Philadelphia. The grab can certainly be described as “Beckham-esque.” MORE: Week 1 moments | Milestones, records in reach in 2015 | Cowboys top Forbes’ list Trading LeSean McCoy for Alonso doesn’t seem too bad now, does it?
“You don’t go there,” Pederson said on SportsRadio 94WIP. “That’s a knee-jerk reaction.” Pederson’s comments come after the Eagles tied the Bengals in Week 3, 23-23. Philadelphia lost its first two games before the tie, and Wentz has thrown two intereceptions in each of the Eagles’ first three contests while also losing one fumble. But Pederson also probably has a few points working in his favor when it comes to keeping Wentz as his starting quarterback....
Meanwhile, Philly has a Chip on its shoulder as former coach Andy Reid is winning more games with the Chiefs than current coach Chip Kelly is with the Eagles. Despite that lingering consternation, though, the Eagles remain very much in the playoff race, largely thanks to their NFC East membership, where the division-leading record is 5-6 — where a team like Washington, with all its dysfunction, can be head of the class....
On Sunday, Seahawks safety Earl Thomas will be taking that to another level. He'll be wearing messages that fans have tweeted on his athletic tape inside his Jordan Brand cleats. [via FTW]
“We’re going to win. Talk again, Jim,” Hayford said Wednesday at the end of an interview with CBS Sports Radio’s Jim Rome. Earlier, Hayford said: “If you’re still in a pool you can fill it in, you want to put the Eagles in." MORE: Potential bracket busters | EWU vs. GU preview | Don’t sleep on the Eagles | Thursday lines and spreads Eastern Washington is a No. 13 seed but is playing close to home in Portland, Ore....
The British musician had been accused of copying parts of Sami Chokri’s 2015 track “Oh Why.” 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. At the start of the 11-day trial, Sheeran, one of the world’s best-selling musicians, was accused of being a “magpie,” who “borrows” musical ideas from others....
Hearn said he had tentative discussions with Fury about joining his Matchroom stable when the pair were in Monaco in 2017, but a deal was not agreed. Rewatch classic fights on DAZN Fury had battled problems with recreational drugs and depression in the two years after dethroning WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, while also seeing his weight balloon past 375 pounds. Earlier this year, Fury completed a remarkable turnaround to defeat Deontay Wilder and become the WBC heavyweight champion....
City were confirmed as Premier League champions on Sunday when West Brom shocked Manchester United with a 1-0 win at Old Trafford. The title success followed on from winning the Carabao Cup with a 3-0 demolition of Arsenal - a game in which Ederson provided an assist from a goal kick. The Brazilian has been instrumental to City’s success this year, keeping 14 clean sheets in 33 games and saving two penalties following his €40 million move from Benfica last summer....
Ederson’s secret weapon will change Pep’s attack The 23-year-old becomes the second most expensive goalkeeper of all-time, behind Gianluigi Buffon who joined Juventus from Parma for €53m. Ederson had long been linked to the Premier League side, having impressed at Benfica in just his first full season as a regular starter. Goal reported at the start of the month that Ederson’s move had been completed, with the former Sao Paulo player signing a six-year contract to become City’s second signing of the summer....
At the age of 29, Nunez is in the midst of a pretty unremarkable career. He has never played in more than 112 games or made more than 338 plate appearances in a season, both of which he did with the 2011 Yankees. He is poised to eclipse both of those figures this year with the Twins, during a campaign in which he is hitting .315/.341/.479 with a career-high 11 home runs....
City schools are much more dependent on state sales- and income-tax revenues than suburban districts, which get most of their funds from relatively stable property taxes. That’s why urban districts get hit first and hardest when the economy goes south. Since most cities are already struggling with underfunding and declining enrollments–as well as a disproportionate share of low-income and learning-disabled students–it doesn’t take much to nudge them into crisis mode....
Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Hammond, commander of U.S. forces in Baghdad, made sure to stand away from cameras at the end of a morning press briefing Saturday and showed two photos to a few reporters huddled around him. He said that out of respect to the families of the bombers, he would not show them publicly. “Judge for yourself,” he said when asked if the women were related, but he said they looked remarkably similar and “there are some indications they were mentally handicapped....
France’s support for Trump is controversial, given the candidate’s xenophobic stands against Muslims, Latinos and, through his supporters’ actions, blacks. However, Trump’s greatest strength appears to be among members of NASCAR’s primary fan base — white working-class people. MORE: Brian France’s risky endorsement | John Daly likes Trump, too Criticism of France arose soon after he announced his support for Trump. Monday’s media event came a day after the candidate failed to disavow support from a well-known Ku Klux Klan figure....
The tie was all but over after the first leg as goals from Antoine Griezmann, Angel Correa and Kevin Gameiro handed Diego Simeone’s men a 3-0 aggregate lead. And Eibar’s task was made even more difficult when Jose Gimenez headed home Nicolas Gaitan’s corner shortly after half-time. However, a match that had produced little in terms of quality had a thrilling ending as Eibar - much to their credit - refused to cave in and two goals in seven minutes from Sergi Enrich and Pedro Leon saw the Basque club - who had reached the quarter-finals for the first time - take a 2-1 lead....
That is because Barcelona has spent the best part of this week looking to devise a plan that would allow the team to travel to Eibar—located in the Basque Country, 380 miles north of Barcelona—while avoiding the protests that have brought Catalonia to a standstill. Political tension has been running high in the region since on Monday the Spanish supreme court jailed nine Catalan separatist leaders for their role in a failed bid for independence in 2017....
That was the decision granted on July 21 by the Court of Appeals to attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom on behalf of the private Christian liberal arts college. The ruling comes after a federal court in May denied a request from the school asking for a temporary injunction and restraining order against the directive that would force the college to open up its sex-specific dorms and showers to members of the opposite sex....
User “Bloodyfaucet” shared an image of their newly adopted 12-year-old cat Hermes, who had been in a shelter for six years. “After the overwhelming support I got I realized older cats get adopted less than I thought. Here is 12-year-old Hermes who has lived in the shelter for six years. The lady started crying in joy when I said I wanted him,” they wrote in the past. With 81,000 votes on it, the post was referring to the cat owner’s previous sharing of her recent adoption of a 10-year-old cat....
The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. on August 31 inside a couple’s home in the 100 block of East Drive in Tuttle, investigators said. The two residents, both in their late 70s, were tied up by suspects during the late-night armed robbery attempt—which didn’t go to plan. According to police, the husband was assaulted before being tied up alongside his wife. But he was able to break through his restraints and reach a loaded gun....
