The Chargers have given Gordon permission to seek a trade, according to NFL Network, which cited unidentified league sources. He will weigh his options which include going back to the Chargers, the report noted. Gordon, 26, rushed for 885 yards and 10 touchdowns last season and also caught 50 passes for 490 yards and another four scores. However, that came in just 12 games as Gordon has been injury prone in the past....
Saban spent part of his press conference discussing the recent troubles of players Jonathan Taylor and Geno Smith. MORE: Top 25 wide receivers | Alabama WR tears ACL | Ohio State has Michigan hydrants Saban dismissed Taylor after his arrest on domestic violence charges, while Smith was arrested on his DUI charges for a second time. Smith is still with the team. Taylor’s previous dismissal from Georgia raised red flags at other places, but Alabama took him in....
Maybe if Dole had refreshed his memory he wouldn’t have pinned his election hopes so emphatically on an ““economic plan’’ that’s mostly a pipe dream. Dole would have us believe that the economy is sickly when the unemployment rate is 5.4 percent, when disposable personal income (adjusted for inflation) has risen 3.5 percent over the past year and when profits (unadjusted) are up 15 percent. Not only is the economy strong, but people think it’s strong....
Last week, for instance, it was disclosed that the Bush White House was once again touting health and education programs that the president has, in fact, cut. What do you do with people who brag of bringing heart defibrillators to communities across America when they’ve actually proposed slashing the defibrillator program by 82 percent? Apparently, nothing. If Kerry or his war room had a sharp rejoinder, it wasn’t sharp enough to break through the clutter....
There was only one problem. The slides did not include a single such cause photo. “When people saw the effect photo but not the cause photo, they ‘filled in the blank’ by saying they had seen the cause with their own two eyes,” says psychologist Mark Reinitz of the University of Puget Sound. Writing in the July issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology, he and Sharon Hannigan of Bard College conclude that the mind’s drive to infer causes can fool people into “remembering” something they never saw....
The University of Memphis’ decision to honor its former coach drew a backlash from many supporters almost immediately after the school announced its plans Wednesday. According to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, details of the ‘homecoming’ will be announced later. MORE: Calipari: An exclusive SN series PHOTOS: Calipari through the years Memphis president David Rudd’s Twitter mentions were filled with UM fans who expressed various levels of displeasure with the decision, citing the state in which he left the basketball program when he bolted for Kentucky following the 2009 season....
Jose Ecarri, 21, and a pilot friend were flying from Tamiami to Arcadia in a Piper PA-32 small plane at around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, when the aircraft’s single engine failed. The pair had to make an emergency landing close to a highway in the Everglades, according to NBC 6. The two men were not injured in the crash and exited the plane shortly after the landing. They were rescued from the crash site at around noon by a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue helicopter, which hoisted them to safety using a harness....
They are in the midst of a formidable 16-match winning sequence, the longest in French top-flight history, which has seen them chalk up a perfect four wins from four so far this term. This form has successfully highlighted the strength in depth that has quietly been amassed on the south coast, with those who’ve departed having been seamlessly replaced. One of those to step into the spotlight is 21-year-old Brazilian defender, Jorge....
The machine, known as Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), is intended to help keep patients with severe cases of COVID-19 out of intensive care. The device has already been used in hospitals in Italy and China, providing non-invasive aid if a person is having difficult taking in air naturally. COVID-19, an infectious respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus, has spread to more than 720,000 people and caused more than 34,000 deaths globally....
President Joe Biden’s pick will tell the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose members will consider his nomination on Monday and Tuesday, that “battling extremist attacks on our democratic institutions” remains central to the Justice Department’s mission. A preview of Garland’s submission to the committee, first reported by Politico, shows that the Chicago-native will call the January 6 riot “a heinous attack.” “If confirmed, I will supervise the prosecution of white supremacists and others who stormed the Capitol on January 6—a heinous attack that sought to disrupt a cornerstone of our democracy: the peaceful transfer of power to a newly elected government,” he is expected to say....
Ehiogu, who was coach of the Tottenham Under-23 team, passed away on Friday after suffering cardiac arrest while taking training and his untimely demise has sent shockwaves through English football. Ex Aston Villa star Ugo Ehiogu dies aged 44 Merson, who played with Ehiogu at Villa in the late 1990s, was asked to give viewers an insight into ’the man behind the player’ and was visibly distraught as he described the former defender....
The Brazil star left Barcelona for the French side in a world-record move after they triggered his €222 million release clause. Messi 15/4 to be CL top scorer The deal had been the subject of intense media speculation until Neymar arrived at training to tell the club of his desire to leave. However, Gerard Pique revealed soon afterwards that the 25-year-old had given the indication that he would leave at Messi’s wedding at the end of June, a story backed up last month by Xavi....
Real Madrid star Ronaldo joined Messi on five Ballons d’Or after claiming the individual honour on Thursday. However, Rakitic has no doubt about who is better, saying it was unfortunate Ronaldo had played in the same era as Messi. “You already know my opinion and I have a lot of respect for Cristiano, who is one of the best in history,” the Croatia international said, via Mundo Deportivo, after a 2-0 win over Villarreal on Sunday....
The Barcelona captain has been included despite having been restricted to just 13 starts in La Liga last season, largely due to injury problems. Atletico 28/1 to win La Liga Holder Cristiano Ronaldo, Barca star Lionel Messi and new Paris Saint-Germain signing Neymar are on the list, while Juventus duo Paulo Dybala and Gianluigi Buffon are named after impressing en route to the Champions League final. Tottenham striker Harry Kane is on the list, having finished top of the Premier League goalscoring charts for the second campaign in a row, although Spurs’ season ended in disappointment, as they failed to win a trophy....
WATCH: Messi scores on the counter against Man City The Argentina international started a swift counterattack against Pep Guardiola’s men, and raced forward to finish off the lightning move, steering home a superb Neymar pass. Messi’s strike was his 16th in 14 games against English clubs, as he again came back to haunt his former club manager. The 29-year-old scored a hat trick in the reverse fixture on October 19, as Barca ran out 4-0 winners at Camp Nou....
Florentino: We would have loved Messi at Madrid Amor was one of the first players to come through the youth ranks at La Masia and went on to coach at the Barca academy when Joan Laporta was elected as president in 2003. It was then that he first saw a young Messi, who had arrived in Barcelona in 2000 and was starring for the junior sides before moving up to the first team in 2004-05....
Messi’s Argentina and Neymar’s Brazil could meet in a blockbuster all-South American final in Moscow next July if results go according to plan. Argentina – runners-up in 2014 – were drawn in Group D with Croatia, Nigeria and debutants Iceland on Friday, while five-time champions Brazil headline Group E, which includes Serbia, Switzerland and Costa Rica. Asked about a mouth-watering showdown with rivals Brazil which would reunite former Barcelona team-mates Messi and Neymar, Sampaoli told Omnisport: “It would be a dream a final against Brazil....
The 33-year-old, who has spent 20 years at the Catalan club, dropped the bombshell news on Barcelona in late August that he intended to leave on a free transfer. However, Barca refused to recognise the break in his contract, as they claimed the moment for using it had passed in June; and so a stalemate began in which the Argentina international tried to find a way out. However, Messi has accepted he must stay at Camp Nou to avoid dragging his beloved club to court....
