Center Mark Scheifele and winger Patrik Laine are considered doubtful because of injuries, TSN’s Sara Orlesky reported late Sunday. Both were hurt in Winnipeg’s 4-1 loss to Calgary in Game 1 on Saturday. The report that Scheifele’s injury is not considered long-term should be encouraging to the Jets. He needed assistance skating off the ice appearing to suffer a serious lower-body injury. He slammed into the boards awkwardly while the Flames’ Matthew Tkachuk was trailing him....

While awarding “nitwit” Zuckerberg the dubious honor on Wednesday, writer David Roth opined that Facebook had “made the world infinitely dumber, uglier, and worse in a number of obvious and inescapable ways, and is a miserable website to use to boot.” Zuckerberg, who changed the name of Facebook’s holding company to Meta earlier this year, was critiqued for both allegedly lying about his company’s purported propensity to spread misinformation for profit and for pushing other “viral idiocies” into the social media realm....

Marlins shortstop Jazz Chisholm has already cemented himself as a mainstay of MLB’s All-Fun team, and during his team’s matchup with the Cardinals on Thursday night, he continued padding his résumé. Facing off against St. Louis pitcher Aaron Brooks, Chisholm put on something of a show in an at-bat that can only be described as highly entertaining. Let’s break it down: — First, Chisholm is upset with a high strike called by umpire Phil Cuzzi....

Marquette and the men’s basketball coach agreed to a new five-year contract that will keep him with the team through the 2023-24 season, the school announced Tuesday. “We are excited about the direction of our program and the progress it has made, both on and off the court, during Steve’s tenure,” vice president and director of athletics Bill Scholl said in a statement. “If you look at where the program was when he took over, it’s easy to see we are on the right path in terms of competitive success and what our players are accomplishing in the classroom and contributing in the community....

The two most sacred commitments in my life–my calling to the ministry and my same-gender marriage–are under attack because they are deemed threatening to a church and a society troubled by the lack of family cohesion, so-called “traditional family values.” Our culture fails to see this as a largely heterosexual problem but instead scapegoats homosexuals, just as we who are gay and lesbian attempt to maintain relationships within our biological families and establish our own family units....

When the Seahawks running back is talking to the media it involves one-word answers. Lynch keeps it short and sweet. He lets the majority of his thoughts and emotions out on the field. Now the man they call Beast Mode is thinking about his future once he’s done playing. MORE: Must-see images | Reggie Bush protest | Cam Newton celebration In an interview with NFL Network, Lynch talked to his former teammate Michael Robinson about his relationship with the media, and how that could prevent him from getting to the Hall of Fame....

The Seahawks running back was seen in his infamous cleats during warmups. SUPER BOWL XLIX: Best halftime performances | Suzy Kolber tears up about Stu Scott | Five SB matchups that will determine winner Don’t be surprised if Lynch sneaks in a crotch grab or two.

MORE: Brad Keselowski not backing down | Tony Stewart: ‘I’m going back to being me’ | Kurt Busch awaits decision That is the nature of a racer, to plow through adversity. But Truex found that it played a key role to how he handled the huge family challenge that also came during one of his worst years on the track as he finished 24th in the standings. “There were times last year when I felt like when Thursday came around and it was time to go to the race track, I really enjoyed that,” Truex said Thursday during the team’s preseason media session....

It would be hard to argue, were it not for what happened to Joey Logano last year. Still, Truex won his second race in three Chase starts, this one coming by leading a race-high 187 laps at Dover. MORE: Next: Charlotte | Larson’s lament | McMurray’s jam | Kevin Harvick’s problem Sunday’s race also set the field for the Chase’s Round of 12, eliminating four drivers. It was especially painful for Chip Ganassi Racing, which saw Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray — both its drivers — yield their positions....

But Martin Truex Jr. did Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, delivering a butt whipping like Johnson and his peers have never seen before. Johnson has won 77 Sprint Cup races, but he’s never dominated one like Truex did in the Coca-Cola 600. No one has. MORE: Truex, girlfriend an inspiration in victory | Coca-Cola 600 photos Truex led 392 of 400 laps in the most dominating performance in NASCAR history....

Marvin Scott III’s death was ruled a homicide by the Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday. In a news release, Dr. William Rohr said his findings show Scott’s cause of death was “fatal acute stress response in an individual with previously diagnosed schizophrenia during restraint struggle with law enforcement.” A final autopsy report is to be released at a later date. Scott, 26, had been arrested at an outlet mall in Allen for alleged possession of less than two ounces of marijuana, a Class B misdemeanor, on March 14....

Emily in Paris star Collins tied the knot with Charlie McDowell in a romantic ceremony at Dunton Hot Springs, Colorado, on Saturday—with the couple sharing photos from the wedding on Instagram. Oscar winner Steenburgen took to her own Instagram account on Tuesday to post a snapshot from the big day and express her joy at her son’s marriage. The image shows McDowell gazing adoringly at his bride, and his mother added the caption: “Charlie, my son, and Lily, my daughter-in-law!...

Trump, a psychologist and niece of former President Donald Trump, has been an outspoken critic of her family and celebrated the transition of power on Twitter on Wednesday. “We did it. President Joe Biden—a man of decency, integrity, empathy and compassion. A man who will indeed protect and defend the Constitution. Finally,” she wrote. However, Trump also argued that those who had opposed Biden’s Electoral College win must be held accountable....

“There’s a whole lot of problems with this Olympics, but that was probably the one that stood out the most with me,” Hogan said. The governor said he told Becca Meyers, a three-time gold medalist, that he was proud of her for speaking up to set an example for younger athletes. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below: Hogan presented a citation to Meyers during a news conference commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act....

The city’s board of health voted to rescind the mandate Thursday. The vote is a stark reversal of the mandate, which went into effect just days earlier as public health officials sounded the alarm over rising infection rates. Philadelphia was the only major city with a mask mandate, placing it at odds with a pandemic-weary public and an unexpected shift in federal regulations. “Due to decreasing hospitalizations and a leveling of case counts, the City will move to strongly recommending masks in indoor public spaces as opposed to a mask mandate,” Kevin Lessard, spokesman for Mayor Jim Kenney, told Newsweek in an email....

The measure, disclosed by outgoing Prime Minister Erna Solberg, was framed as a route for the nation’s population of 5.3 million to begin to return to pre-pandemic life, the AP reported. “It has been 561 days since we introduced the toughest measures in Norway in peacetime,” Solberg said Friday during a news conference. “Now the time has come to return to a normal daily life.” However, the abrupt change resulted in surprise and some chaotic aftereffects in Norway’s capital, Oslo, and other parts of the country, the AP reported....

According to the Telegram and Gazette, the hospital, UMass Memorial Health, wrote a notice to patients about the breach on October 15 and said that an unauthorized person accessed hospital accounts between June 2020 and January 2021. “Our investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident determined on January 27, 2021, that a limited number of UMass employees’ email accounts may have been accessed by an unauthorized person,” the notice said....

The study compared the 50 states and District of Columbia in how they have provided three types of coronavirus support: coronavirus relief and medical services; food and housing assistance; and unemployment support. According to the study, these three categories were then evaluated using “17 relevant metrics” and were graded on a 100-point scale—with 100 being the best possible score. These key metrics include a number of different statistics, such as coronavirus relief fund per capita, share of sheltered homeless population and average unemployment weekly benefit....

Asamoah’s present contract at Juventus expires in June and the Nerazzurri have joined the likes of Chelsea and Napoli as favourites to land the versatile player. The Serie A outfit are reportedly willing to offer the Ghana international €3 million per season as salary, and the former player feels it would be a good deal for the San Siro outfit. “It would be perfect for Spalletti,” Paganin told Radio Sportiva....

Ranieri: Sevilla better but we showed big heart The Premier League champions travelled to Andalusia in wretched form and looked to be on their way to a significant defeat as Sevilla dominated the first half and opened up a two-goal lead in the 62nd minute – Joaquin Correa atoning for a penalty that Schmeichel saved by adding to Pablo Sarabia’s opener. But Vardy pulled one back 17 minutes from time to give Leicester a lifeline in the last-16 tie and Schmeichel believes that goal gives them a real chance at the King Power Stadium on March 14....