Barca & the top 10 comebacks ever The 33-year-old defender endured a miserable outing in the 3-0 first-leg defeat to the Serie A leaders in Turin and was an unused substitute in the weekend La Liga victory over Real Sociedad. Mathieu has been left out of Luis Enrique’s plans for the return fixture, with Javier Mascherano included after he sat out Saturday’s 3-2 win with a calf problem. Goalkeeper Jordi Masip and injured trio Arda Turan, Rafinha and Aleix Vidal were also omitted....

The Serbia international limped out of the 4-2 win over Watford on Tuesday and Mourinho was worried the midfielder had picked up an “important” injury. However, the 29-year-old could be available for the Premier League clash with Arsene Wenger’s side, with Mourinho admitting he might be able to risk him. “I don’t know if he can play,” Mourinho told MUTV. “He’s travelling with the team, he’s going to try and hopefully he can, but I cannot guarantee he is ready....

The Yale Ph.D. candidate’s record-breaking run on the show came to an end as he was defeated after 38 consecutive victories. And within moments of the episode airing, several fans took to Twitter to share their belief that Amodio had lost on purpose—with some accusing him of throwing the game so that he could return to his computer science studies. Many expressed disbelief that Amodio could honestly have answered Poland (rather than Austria) to the “Final Jeopardy” clue: “Nazi Germany annexed this nation and divided it into regions of the Alps and the Danube; the Allies later divided it into four sectors....

“I can confirm that AOC gets along w many of her Republican colleagues on a range of things that don’t have anything to do w legislation or politics,” Gaetz wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon. “She is not a bitch.” Gaetz was responding to an article published Tuesday by The Hill, which detailed an exchange Monday morning between Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, and Rep. Ted Yoho, a Republican from Florida....

The former NFL defensive tackle-turned mixed martial artist knows that he’s going to be hard-pressed to accomplish the same against Sergei Kharitonov at Bellator 215 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., and live on DAZN, on Friday night, but he’s going to try. “He’s very, very good at what he does and he doesn’t make mistakes,” the 40-year-old Mitrione says. MORE: Join DAZN and watch Mitrione vs. Kharitonov at Bellator 215 on Feb....

After Tannehill went down, reporters scrambled to figure out who would replace him in case of an extended absence. Jay Cutler and Colin Kaepernick were at the center of their speculation. (OK, so the media didn’t venture too far out of the pocket here). MORE: Tannehill MRI inconclusive; Dolphins mull options Matt Moore was mentioned, too. He should be very much in the conversation. Moore is the actual backup to Tannehill....

Moore hadn’t gone longer than six innings in his first four starts with the Giants after being acquired from the Rays at the Aug. 1 trade deadline. For No. 5, he was determined to go nine, no matter how many pitches he needed. MORE: Greatest individual pitching feats In fact, he needed 119 just to get to the ninth. On his second pitch of the final frame, he set a career high....

It was 30 years ago when the University of Miami football team rebounded by finishing the 1987 season No. 1 after it squandered chances to win national championships with bowl-game losses the previous two seasons. Images of star Hurricanes from that era are featured on banners lining the school’s practice fields, where a flock of Falcons are conducting workouts organized by quarterback Matt Ryan. Atlanta should hope such good karma rubs off....

Falcons owner Arthur Blank canned head coach Dan Quinn and GM Thomas Dimitroff after another Atlanta loss in Week 5, leaving long-time quarterback Matt Ryan in a precarious position: With a big-time paycheck and a new regime heading to Atlanta in 2021, Ryan’s future is, currently, strictly in the hands of Blank. MORE: NFL picks, predictions for Week 6 The issue: The Falcons owner didn’t exactly give Ryan a ringing endorsement for the future, instead skirting the responsibility of Ryan’s place with the team and seemingly giving power to the upcoming regime to figure out what to do with the aging QB....

Muller has endured a difficult season with Bayern Munich, scoring just four goals in 24 appearances while being used in a variety of different roles in Carlo Ancelotti’s system. Man United almost sold Beckham to Barcelona The 27-year-old showed signs of a slump in standards last year, as he scored only six times in the Bundesliga after the mid-season break before failing to net at all during Germany’s Euro 2016 campaign....

The actor, 51, has in recent months hinted that he’s mulling a run for office in his home state during the 2022 gubernatorial elections, which would see him take on two-term incumbent Greg Abbott. While he has yet to officially throw his hat into the ring, McConaughey has also shied away from stating if he would potentially run as a Democrat, Republican or Independent candidate. And in a new interview on the Commune podcast with Jeff Krasno, the star appeared to be embracing a “centrist” platform as he spoke about the divisive state of politics....

Also, perhaps a little easier. Because the Lions still had all three of their timeouts. MORE: Best images from Week 1 “We typically practice that situation with no timeouts,” Caldwell said. “So we felt pretty good with three.” They spent every last one of them during a game-winning drive and thus needed only 33 seconds of game time to position kicker Matt Prater for a game-winning 43-yard field goal in the Lions’ 39-35 victory over the Colts....

Clarett initially pleaded not guilty to the charge stemming from a Jan. 3 traffic stop in Morrow County, Ohio, but reached a plea deal that included a suspended 60-day jail sentence. Court records show Clarett’s license also has been suspended through July 6 and he paid $400 in fines. MORE: College football’s most iconic players | Top 10 Buckeyes The 32-year-old was pulled over by police for failing to signal a lane change after the Ohio State Patrol received calls complaining of an erratic driver....

Phoenix was leading 108-80 with less than 10 seconds left and easily could have dribbled out the clock. Instead, Cameron Payne saw Bismack Biyombo breaking toward the hoop and lobbed the ball to the center. Biyombo went up for the dunk, but Dallas forward Marquese Chriss came over and fouled him with 2.3 seconds left. MORE: Did Joel Embiid’s MVP snub lead to poor Game 5 performance? Chriss wasn’t happy that Biyombo went up for the dunk, and he let his opponent know it....

“They are two of the most resourceful guys … they just find ways to win,” Carlisle said at a press conference. MORE: Top NBA moments in 2014 | Celtics wave white flag by trading Rondo The Mavericks acquired the 28-year-old All-Star from in Celtics in a trade Thursday. The Mavs also received center Dwight Powell. In return, they sent the Celtics Brandan Wright, Jae Crowder, Jameer Nelson, a first-round draft pick in 2015 and a second-round selection in 2016....

A basketball nerd, specifically. Moore described herself as a hoops junkie, but that hardly covers it. Here’s a person who says “focusing on the 3-point line is something that I love.” She used the word “efficient” 14 times in a 30-minute conversation. Yes, Moore is a basketball nerd. And it’s why she’s the best in the world. MORE: Superstar’s trade demand won’t bring down Sky | Fever host special Lauren Hill night...

And indeed, an entire sketch was devoted to Rudolph’s Harris hosting a Passover meal. “This has been a difficult year for all of us,” Rudolph’s Harris said. “But I really do feel that we are about to see some light. And what better night to celebrate a new beginning than Passover… or as my adopted people call it, Pesach.” Revealing that she was hosting “A Kamala Harris Unity Seder,” she went on to list the four questions that would be asked at the Seder....

No one has better comprehended what a perfect match this odd couple makes than Jonathan Lethem. In Gun, With Occasional Music (262 pages. Harcourt Brace. $19.95), an audaciously assured first novel, he marries Chandler’s style and Dick’s vision. The result is bitterly funny hard-boiled sci-fi. Narrator Conrad Metcalf is a gumshoe every inch as stubborn and cynical as Chandler’s Philip Marlowe. But the mean streets Chandler’s hero once trod have gotten much uglier in the 21st century....

“The deployment of federal law enforcement personnel and equipment are inflaming demonstrations and adding to the grievances of those who, by and large, are peacefully protesting for change and for reforms to the racist and broken systems that are killing Black Americans,” Bowser wrote in a letter to Trump dated Thursday. A few hours after Bowser publicly released the letter, Trump responded by Twitter, calling Bowser “incompetent.” “(Bowser), who’s budget is totally out of control and is constantly coming back to us for ‘handouts,’ is now fighting with the National Guard, who saved her from great embarrassment over the last number of nights,” Trump tweeted....