The drivers played nice, much like they did in the Daytona 500, as they all seemed afraid to make a move too early for fear that no one would go with them and they would fall to the rear. It made for a strange Talladega race — one with an anticlimactic finish under caution thanks to Dillon’s car getting airborne but one with more dicey racing throughout the event than at the finish....
He was a child hoofer who parlayed his quicksilver dancing style into a high-profile career. Like Sammy Davis Jr., without the self-parody. With his wit and soul-eyed charm, Hines has become an engaging screen presence: he’s danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov (“White Knights”); clowned with Mel Brooks (“History of the World, Part I”) and Billy Crystal (“Running Scared”), and held his own against a heavyweight actor like Albert Finney (“Wolfen”). But Hines is foremost a master of the unique American art form of tap dancing....
Fonda, Waterston and dozens of other protesters were arrested Friday as part of Fire Drill Fridays, whose participants are calling on Congress to take immediate action on the Green New Deal. On her website, Fonda wrote in a blog post that she and other activists will be at the Capitol every Friday “rain or shine, inspired and emboldened by the incredible movement our youth have created. I can no longer stand by and let our elected officials ignore—and even worse—empower—the industries that are destroying our planet for profit....
Sherlock Holmes he’s not. Fortunately Sumida was engaged in a mock investigation, part of an intensive one-week course offered by a Tokyo detective school. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of other equally unprepossessing salarymen are putting on gumshoes as well. In Osaka, the only prefecture that requires detective agencies to register, the number of Japanese private eyes has doubled in the past five years to more than 2,000. Thousands of agencies now advertise on the Internet and in telephone books....
It begins with foreign hedge-fund managers losing what little confidence they have left in Japan Inc. Spooked, say, by a downturn in Japan’s trade surplus, they might issue “sell” orders on billions in Japanese stocks and bonds and yen. Such a rush for the door, warns Takeshi Kimura, head of the international accounting firm KPMG in Tokyo, could be enough to upset the precarious equilibrium in an economy burdened by massive debts....
The current face-off stems from South Korean demands for compensation for the abuses inflicted on the country by Japanese occupiers before and during World War Two. The Japanese Empire controlled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945, forcing Koreans into slave labor and sexual slavery, among other crimes. The debate over reparations has simmered for decades, but last week reached a head when Japan downgraded its trading relationship with Seoul, taking South Korea off of a 27-nation list for which exports of industrial and high-tech products are fast-tracked....
Get 2/5 on Man City to beat Burnley Mbappe has been linked with a world-record transfer away from Monaco, having scored 26 goals across all competitions last season as his side unseated Paris Saint-Germain from their Ligue 1 throne and also embarked on a run to the Champions League semi-finals. Real Madrid and PSG are among the clubs reportedly keen to prise the 18-year-old away from Monaco, but Jardim believes he will not follow stars Bernardo Silva and Tiemoue Bakayoko out of the club, although Benjamin Mendy is expected to join Manchester City....
Kushner announced the plans during a conference call with journalists following up on the “Peace to Prosperity” conference he convened in Bahrain’s capital, Manama, last week. During the call, Trump’s son-in-law took the opportunity to criticize Palestinian leadership over its refusal to participate in the conference, calling the decision “hysterical and stupid,” according to an account published by Axios. Kushner said Palestinian leaders were making a “strategic mistake” by choosing not to participate and discuss a plan which he stressed was focused on creating prosperity for Palestinians....
“There will be a wall cam, and it’ll launch early next year,” a senior White House official involved in the bid, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told The Washington Post. According to the newspaper, Kushner had initially proposed the idea of setting up web cameras to livestream border wall developments during meetings in July. It appears that the president’s son-in-law had hoped the initiative might instill faith in Trump’s supporters as the government continues to make slow progress towards its goal of seeing 450 miles of border wall built before the end of next year....
Representative Elaine Luria (D-VA) told MSNBC on Thursday that Kushner’s six-hour interview with the panel allowed him to provide his “take” on the events surrounding the Capitol riot that day. Kushner is former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law—married to his eldest daughter Ivanka Trump—and served as senior adviser to the former president during his term in office. During the interview, MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace read a section from the book Peril by journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa that gave an account of November 7, 2020, when several news organizations called the election for Joe Biden....
Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller tried to do that Tuesday during the press conference to announce the launch of DAZN’s streaming service in the U.S. He disrupted the party to confront Anthony Joshua and bait the heavyweight world champ into a fight, using a slew of profanity. The trash talk prompted Joshua to leave photo ops with Alexander Povetkin — his opponent on Sept. 22 in London — and address Miller....
Wuhan is the largest city and capital of the Hubei province in central China. It is located about 500 miles west of Shanghai and has an estimated population of about 10,037,986 as of 2023, according to the World Population Review. Though major Chinese cities like Shanghai and Beijing may have outpaced the city in terms of name recognition throughout the world years ago, Wuhan gained international attention on January 23, 2020, when it was placed under a 76-day lockdown to curb a COVID-19 outbreak....
During the Browns’ 38-24 loss at the hands of the Cardinals, Landry and other members of the Browns yelled at the Arizona sideline with a message: “Come get me.” MORE: SN’s latest NFL Power Rankings The “come get me” line could be construed as competitive banter or trash talk, but given that the Browns’ wide receiver was caught on camera giving Cleveland head coach Freddie Kitchens an earful Sunday, maybe Landry doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt here....
According to Dolphins wideout Jarvis Landry, multiple Dallas defensive linemen threw up Friday trying to keep up with Miami’s up-tempo offense. MORE: What we still don’t know about Dolphins “I think you look at that game there were a couple of guys on their team throwing up while we were driving, so it’ll be interesting to see for four quarters if those D-lines can hold up against our tempo and the way we want to move the ball down the field,” Landry said, via Sun-Sentinel....
Benetti pulled to the side of the road and heard a familiar voice say to him, “Hi, is this Jason? This is Bob Costas.” Somewhat shocked, Benetti listened as Costas provided feedback — positive remarks and some things to think about — on tapes Benetti sent him months before. On Tuesday evening, Benetti received another monumental phone call in his broadcasting career, this time coming from the White Sox, which offered him a multiyear contract to be the play-by-play announcer for games on WGN-TV....
Collins fielded several questions about what this seminal moment means to him, and how he would approach the night. And, for the most part, his answer was simple — play basketball. MORE: Lakers support Collins | Collins signs with Nets | Sixers embrace Kevin Grow While Collins has known his truth much longer than the public, there is still novelty to the situation for all involved, players and coaches included....
Enter PGA Championship winner Jason Dufner. The 2000 Auburn graduate stopped by the athletic complex—with his Wanamaker Trophy—Thursday and spoke to Gus Malzahn's team about mental toughness. Dufner arrived at Auburn as a walk-on to the golf team and now owns three PGA Tour wins after outlasting Jim Furyk last weekend at the Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y. MORE: Instant celebrity | Howard Stern appearance | Malzahn’s QB impact...
Anyone who participates in CrossFit hears these criticisms over and over, but they aren’t true. MORE: Awesome moments from 2015 CrossFit Games | Just watching CrossFit is exhausting What is CrossFit? It’s a form of fitness that incorporates Olympic weightlifting, interval training and gymnastics, combined with experienced coaches to create a community that helps people reach their health goals. (Disclosure: I’ve been doing CrossFit for, oh, less than three months now, so I thought it’d be appropriate if I talked to someone with a bit more knowledge on the subject....
Additionally, Instagram has marked two posts made by the Hollywood Unlocked account as “False information” for claiming the queen is dead. On Tuesday Lee’s news site claimed to have an exclusive that Queen Elizabeth II had died despite seemingly having no evidence to back up the claims. In the following hours and days Lee doubled down on his claims across Twitter and Instagram, claiming he and his site do not lie....
Back in January during the I-League season, Minerva owner Ranjit Bajaj took to social media to reveal that two of his footballers were approached for match-fixing. In March again, Bajaj mentioned that five more players were contacted along with head coach Khogen Singh. The Indian FA had handed over this case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) last month. Siraj himself has conducted a series of interrogation with various parties which includes Chennai City FC owner Rohit Ramesh and former coach V Soundararajan....
