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Rose, a 13-year NBA veteran who currently works as an analyst for ESPN, said Thursday on “Jalen & Jacoby” he believes the Wolverines should hire Juwan Howard to replace John Beilein, who left the school for the Cavaliers earlier this week. Rose and Howard played together at Michigan and were members of the famed “Fab Five” from 1991-94. “I need for this to happen, OK?” Rose said. “This ain’t just some nostalgic, ‘Oh, he was a member of the Fab Five, so let’s give him the job....

Philadelphia 66/1 to win MLS Cup Forced out of the final in the first half after being kicked in the hand by U.S. midfielder Kellyn Acosta as both made a place for a loose ball, Blake looked like he might have suffered a serious injury involving a potentially broken hand or wrist. But X-rays taken at Levi’s Stadium revealed no broken bones, much to the relief of Blake’s club team, the Philadelphia Union....

So, you couldn’t blame 24-year-old Jamaican forward Deshorn Brown for taking a selfie with Messi. Maybe you could. Brown grabbed Messi and solicited a picture with the international icon following Jamaica’s 1-0 Copa America loss to Argentina on Saturday. Some might say it was harmless. Purists might chide the lad for flicking it up with a competitor right after he defeated him. MORE: Neymar banned from Copa | Who is Lady Andrade?...

Adams’ behavior since then has supported that, including the time he told a Cowboys fan that he’s trying to get traded to Dallas. ESPN’s report said the Jets did not want to trade him, but that the safety could “force their hand by being disruptive and staging a training camp holdout.” While Adams hasn’t been shy about posting on social media, he made his first public interview since the reported trade demand....

Senior defensive back Ifo Ekpre-Olomu is sidelined with a knee injury so that puts the Ducks a bit of a disadvantage. Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston says he plans to exploit the defense whether Ekpre-Olomu plays or not. He’s not afraid of any defensive back. Winston went on to say he would throw against Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman. Sherman is probably not the guy you want to get on the bad side of before entering the NFL....

The 2015 QB class is weaker than most. After Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, there may not be a passer worth taking before the third round. That’s what makes the Winston vs. Mariota debate such a fierce and determinant battle. MORE: Winston, Mariota and Bryce Petty train together | Rankings QB class of 2015 | Mock Draft While Winston offers NFL-readiness and anticipation, Mariota offers a character issue-less background and an athletic upside....

Guardiola & Man City should go all out to sign Alexis Sanchez The Colombia international moved to the Santiago Bernabeu after dazzling at the 2014 World Cup, where he won the Golden Boot award. James impressed during his first year in the Spanish capital, scoring 13 goals in 29 LaLiga starts, but the 25-year-old has not always been a regular under Zinedine Zidane and was linked with the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea during the close-season....

Bayern played out an entertaining 2-2 draw away to two-time reigning champions Madrid, who reached the final 4-3 on aggregate – a result highlighted by Ulreich’s goalkeeping howler. Ulreich gifted Karim Benzema – who cancelled out Joshua Kimmich’s early opener within eight minutes – his second goal of the night after misjudging a back-pass from Corentin Tolisso just 21 seconds into the second half at the Santiago Bernabeu. James – on a two-year loan deal from Madrid – equalised after the hour-mark but Bayern were unable to overhaul the Spanish giants, though the Colombia international was unwilling to point the finger at Ulreich....

The Boy Scouts plan to argue that they are a private and “quasi-religious” organization that has the constitutional right to select leaders with the moral values they want to instill in their members. Their attorney, George Davidson, says the Scouts believe that being gay is inconsistent with the Boy Scout oath to be “morally straight.” But Dale’s attorney, Evan Wolfson of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, says the real issue is whether banning gays is essential to the Boy Scouts’ purpose; can they teach morality and have gay members?...

We understand the 76ers, now 0-17 and just one loss away from tying the NBA’s worst start ever, don’t pose the biggest threat on a nightly basis, but Harden’s 50-point outburst, along with nine rebounds and eight assists, should not be overlooked. MORE: 5 bold predictions for Warriors | Watch D-Wade hit a nasty ankle breaker After starting the season in an abysmal shooting funk, Harden scored his 50 points on just 28 shots and went 16 of 20 from the free throw line....

The 39-year-old pop star first spoke of being on birth control while under her court-appointed conservatorship in June, when she said that under her father’s ruling, she was required to be fitted with a contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD). An IUD is a small coil inserted into the womb to prevent pregnancy. It can only be removed by a health care provider. Spears said during her bombshell 24-minute testimony on June 24: “I would like to progressively move forward and I want to have the real deal, I want to be able to get married and have a baby....

“I want to speak directly to the handful of witnesses who have been outliers in our investigation, the small number who have defied us outright, those whose memories have failed them again and again on the most important details and to those who fear Donald Trump and his enablers,” he said. “Because of this courageous woman and others like her, your attempt to hide the truth from the American people will fail,” Thompson added....

“January 6 was a terrible day because it’s the day big tech and the media kicked [former] president Trump off Twitter and silenced his voice. That was a day that was an attack on our democracy,” Grenell said during a TV appearance on Newsmax on the anniversary of the Capitol attack. The former president was actually banned from Twitter on January 8, two days after the riot, according to a statement from the social media giant....

Japan–whose annual military budget of $50 billion is one of the largest in the world–is still far from having conventional offensive capabilities. Its so-called Self-Defense Forces lack essential equipment like cruise missiles, aircraft carriers and long-range bombers. Still, the country recently completed a deal with the United States to upgrade its Aegis radar system with SM-3 intercept missiles onboard four of its destroyers. Tokyo is also in the process of purchasing Patriot PAC-III antiballistic missiles, which would be used to intercept inbound projectiles....

Japan is suffering from an irrational lack of exuberance. With Japanese stocks bumping along at 20-year lows, the market now figures that hundreds of small companies like Exedy are worth less than their liquidation value. One reason is that many banks, fearing the country’s bad-loan crisis will only get worse, are dumping stock in firms that might fail outright. But that dim view is so indiscriminate that hundreds of profitable businesses are trading at “valuations that can be compared to those of the late 1930s in the United States,” says Shuhei Abe, a Tokyo hedge-fund manager....

According to recent updates from the Japan Meteorological Agency, Sakurajima has been emitting a steady stream of ash and lapilli—small fragments of rock—following recent seismic activity. According to Volcano Discovery, lava bombs—chunks of molten or semi-molten rock 2.5 inches plus in diameter—are being chucked distances of 2,624 to 3,608 feet from Minamidake summit crater, while ash emissions are reaching altitudes of around 11,000 feet. It said 26 volcanic earthquakes and 13 tremors have been recorded....

The promise of a hot dip in Japan’s golden age is an idea whose time has come. There’s even a term, iyashi-sangyo, or “healing business,” that refers to services designed to ease the anxiety of Japan’s seemingly endless recession. They include aromatherapy, massage and work trips in farm country, but none rivals the popularity of hot springs, long venerated for their reputed healing powers. A volcanic archipelago, Japan has 30,000 natural hot springs and 3,000 hot-spring resorts, most located in small country inns....

A remake of a 1973 movie of the same name, “Sinking” features plenty of eye-popping special effects. Several famous Japanese structures, including the Diet, a famous temple in Kyoto and the Buddha in Nara, are dramatically washed away by towering waves. But what distinguishes the remake is its compelling verisimilitude. Much of the gloomy story line echoes recent global events. Japanese well remember the epic tsunami of late 2004 in Southeast Asia, and just weeks ago, the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was forced into an emergency session after North Korea conducted a missile test....

Dickey did bring considerable experience to this book. Like Muldrow, he was for many years an avid hunter, although, at 70, be thinks he “may have gone on the last hunt.” Speaking from his home in Columbia, S.C., he says wistfully, “I’ve got all this archery equipment around, which I love, I love the whole sport and the whole idea of archery; I love to shoot arrows. But my orientation has kind of changed a little bit, because of the plight of the animals and the environment....