The 25-year-old guard suffered an oblique injury late in the regular season and is expected to be out for four to six weeks. Smart, however, began running on a treadmill Tuesday and also participated in lighting shooting drills, according to NBC Sports Boston. Stevens said at practice Tuesday he didn’t “have an update” about Smart’s status. “I know he’s not close to playing,” Stevens said. “I know he’s progressed well, but I don’t know what that means....

Grichuk said an allegation from Aubrey Huff that Stroman once kicked 30 younger teammates out of a weight room so he could skip rope by himself “was a known story around players in the Jays team/system.” Stroman then wrote a scathing response that touched on Grichuk’s disappointing on-field play in 2019. “You’ve done nothing but talk about me behind my back,” Stroman wrote. “Consistently. I’ve always kept my mouth shut and let it slide....

The condition occurs in around 1 in 4,000 individuals. It was named for Antoine Bernard-Jean Marfan, who first described it in 1896. Marfan Syndrome Symptoms Marfan syndrome can cause many different symptoms related to problems in different parts of the body. Among the most important are heart and cardiovascular problems, issues with the skeletal system, and eye problems. Cardiovascular Symptoms People with Marfan syndrome can have a variety of heart issues, some of which can be life-threatening....

The singer, who has eight-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe, from ex-husband Nick Cannon, told Cosmopolitan U.K. that she used to look forward to the festive season as a child every year. But the 49-year-old said her hopes for the holidays were spoiled thanks to her “dysfunctional family” and their financial struggles. Her parents divorced when she was very young and she no longer speaks to her siblings, according to the magazine....

"Boss, listen to this, OK?" Rivera said on Thursday night before Game 2 of the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. "Since I did the whole American League and all the time with the family traveling with me, so I decided I'm going to give another shot in the National League. So here it is, guys." Having praised Rivera effusively at the ceremony to present him with the Commissioner's Historic Achievement Award, Selig said he would have no problem if Rivera came back for a 20th season....

One of the many people on-hand to see Jeter say goodbye one last time was close friend and former teammate Mariano Rivera, who went through the same farewell process a season ago. MORE: Jeter’s final game | Jeter’s letter to fans | Jeter tops jersey sales | Foul ball switcheroo Rivera was on-hand to see his replacement, David Robertson, blow a three-run lead in the top of the ninth inning, only to have Jeter pull out the heroics one last time....

“There’s no relief for us, unlike any other business in the country. We’re probably in about as tough a spot as you can be in,” Brandon Pollock, co-owner and CEO of the recreational and medicinal marijuana dispensary Theory Wellness in Massachusetts, told Newsweek. Since the pandemic began, the company has experienced a 90 percent decline in sales, Pollock said. That’s largely because Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker classified recreational sales of marijuana as nonessential and allowed only medicinal shops to stay open....

Thirty-four states currently have marijuana legalized either medically or recreationally, allowing for the majority of Americans to have access to weed in one way or another. While marijuana is still illegal on a federal level, the House passed legislation earlier this month that would decriminalize the substance and expunge nonviolent marijuana-related convictions, which have disproportionately affected low-income communities of color for years. Since Colorado and Washington’s groundbreaking legalization of recreational marijuana in 2012, 15 states and Washington, D....

The singer, whose given name is Brian Warner, is wanted on two counts of misdemeanor assault after an alleged incident involving a videographer during a concert at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion on August 18, 2019. The 52-year-old’s legal team has described the claims as “ludicrous.” Gilford Police Department in New Hampshire said the videographer had been hired to film the Manson concert and was in the stage pit area when the alleged assaults took place....

The musician has launched a robust defense against these allegations of sexual abuse made against him by his ex Evan Rachel Wood and is now suing the Westworld actress for a “campaign of malicious and unjustified attacks” she allegedly orchestrated to take him down. The shock rocker—real name Brian Warner—has, in a new lawsuit, accused Wood, along with her “on-again, off-again” partner Ashley “Illma” Gore, of defaming him as “a rapist and abuser—a malicious falsehood that has derailed Warner’s successful music, TV, and film career....

The team announced Armstrong's intentions on Monday afternoon. He will retire effective Jan. 31 and the club says it's beginning the process of finding a successor and starting that transition. Armstrong, 71, joined the franchise as team president in 1983 and outside of a two-year stint in the early 1990s has been with the club in that role since. Armstrong says he wants to spend more time with his family and some recent deaths of friends helped "crystallize my decision....

The free-agent reliever has agreed to a two-year contract with the Seattle Mariners. The deal reportedly is worth $14 million. FANTASY SOURCE: How Rodney move affects Farquhar’s value Rodney was an elite closer the past two seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays. He recorded 85 saves, 37 of them last season. He had a career year in 2012 when he posted an 0.60 ERA in 74 2/3 innings. Grantland’s Jonah Keri was first to report the signing, with other media outlets later receiving confirmation....

“I’m fine with being kicked off of my committees because it would be a waste of my time,” Greene said at a press conference. With the extra time on her hands, Greene said she will work to “build a huge amount of support with people who want to put America first and don’t care about party lines and don’t care about political identities involved.” The freshman congresswoman added, “Going forward, I’ve been freed....

“Dr. Fauci was not elected by the American people—he was not supposed to guide our economy,” Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, told reporters at the U.S. Capitol. “Yet Dr. Fauci very much controlled our lives for the past year.” She added, “How do you feel about being part of this human experiment? That is what we have been over this past year,” Fauci has been the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly four decades, but his profile rose significantly last year as the face of the nation’s coronavirus response....

During an interview on In the Trenches with Teddy Daniels, Loomer said that Greene sent her text messages in which she targeted McCarthy. Loomer’s comments were shared to Twitter on Saturday in a clip posted by PatriotTakes, a platform that monitors and exposes right-wing extremism. Loomer, a failed GOP congressional candidate in Florida whom Greene endorsed, also pointed out how the Georgia Republican held contradictory stances about McCarthy as she currently supports him despite criticizing him in the past....

Greene, who is serving her first term in the House, has been a strong supporter of gun rights. An ally of outgoing President Donald Trump, Greene said Wednesday that she would introduce articles of impeachment against President-elect Joe Biden the day after he takes office. In a 2018 Facebook post uncovered by Media Matters for America, Greene wrote that Democrats intended to increase the stringency of U.S. gun control laws....

Greene, a conservative Republican who represents Georgia’s 14th congressional district, took to Twitter on Wednesday to join some of her GOP colleagues in demanding a court-martial. The Post article, based on the new book Peril by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, reported that Milley spoke to General Li Zuocheng on October 30, 2020, and January 8, 2021 to assure him that the U.S. would not attack China. Milley, the most senior military official in the U....

Rick Dennison has been offensive line coach/run game coordinator for the past two seasons but he is now reportedly out because he did not want to get the jab, according to ESPN. NFL rules require the vaccine for all Tier 1 staff, which includes coaches, front-office workers, equipment managers, and scouts. While players are not required to have the jab, the ones who are vaccinated avoid strict protocols that unvaccinated players must face in training and throughout the season....

Greene and other Republicans who had large Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans forgiven, all well in excess of $100,000, were targeted by the official White House Twitter account on Thursday for alleged hypocrisy due to their denouncement of Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness program, which forgives up to $20,000 in debt per borrower. Greene on Friday targeted Biden repeatedly on Twitter. The Georgia Republican condemned the president earlier on Friday while sharing a short video clip of him saying that he does not “respect these MAGA Republicans....

Speaking to Newsweek, experts in the field branded her tweet “stunning and entirely inappropriate” and “embarrassing,” while one historian said she “dishonored U.S. veterans.” Greene, who represents Georgia’s 14th Congressional District in the U.S. House, posted the images on Tuesday. She wrote: “Tonight, I stopped at the Wilder Monument in Chickamauga, GA, which honors the Confederate soldiers of the Wilder Brigade. I will always defend our nation’s history!” However, the Wilder Brigade, also known as the Lightning Brigade, in fact fought on the Union side at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863....