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The longtime Bears running back posted a message on his Instagram account Friday morning confirming the news. MORE: Players who retired before age 30 | Peyton’s possible next steps Forte has spent all eight of his seasons in Chicago after being drafted by the team in 2008. He was a standout player at his position, earning two Pro Bowl spots in 2011 and 2013. In 2014 he set a record for most receptions by a running back in a single season (102)....

The U.S. representatives for Florida and Ohio, respectively, have been compared to the teenaged delinquents by Twitter users, who have even taken to editing Beavis’ hair and Butt-Head’s shirt onto the politicians. Gaetz and Jordan were interviewed by Sean Hannity on Fox News Monday after Jordan was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by President Donald Trump. The representatives discussed Trump’s removal from Twitter and his potential second impeachment....

The City of Riverside announced on Friday that the event, which was planned for 6 p.m. on Saturday, would not proceed at the Riverside Convention Center after it was “widely condemned” by residents, according to a press release from the city. Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson called the rally “divisive” and welcomed the decision from the Raincross Hospitality Corp., which manages the convention center through a city contract. “These quotes are going to make great exhibits in the lawsuit @RepMTG and I will be filing,” Gaetz wrote in response on Saturday, retweeting images shared by a journalist of the city’s press release....

His remarks come after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy offered a key concession to conservatives criticizing his speakership bid, CNN reported Friday, citing Republican sources who were familiar with the private conversations that McCarthy had with GOP lawmakers. In a phone interview on Saturday, Bannon told Newsweek that there is “no chance” that Gaetz would be elected House speaker. However, he added the Florida Republican and Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, together will be the “de facto” speakers or “the speaker in fact [but] not in actuality” of the House....

Harvey struckout three Tigers — Anthony Gose, Jordan Lennerton and Bryan Holaday — all on fastballs, topping the radar gun at an impressive 99 mph. The 25 year-old, who finished the 2013 season with a 2.27 ERA and 191/31 K/BB ratio in 178 1/3 innings, threw just 25 pitches; eight balls and 17 strikes. Harvey will likely to make his regular-season debut on April 9 against the Nationals. 

He is more than within striking distance. He controls his own destiny. Kenseth led the most laps in the Goody’s Headache Relief 500 and settled for a second-place finish, gaining four points on Johnson, who finished fifth, to create a tie atop the Cup standings with three races left in the season. MORE: Biffle warns Johnson | Race results | Gordon wins | Harvick vs. Childress With seven wins this year to Johnson’s five, Kenseth is considered the points leader, regaining the lead at one of Johnson’s best tracks and traditionally one of Kenseth’s worst....

The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads into its first Saturday night race of the season, the Duck Commander 500 at Texas (7:30 p.m. ET, Fox; qualifying 2:45 p.m. ET Friday). Kenseth is preparing for the race at a track where he has won twice, in 2002 and 2011. He has been close in other races there, as he points out, which is why he has an average finish of 9....

Kenseth entered the Chase for the Sprint Cup race at Charlotte as the man to beat, but he crashed out of that race. That meant he needed to win at either Kansas or Talladega to advance to the Eliminator Round. You know what happened at Kansas. MORE: Chase-clinching scenarios | Qualifying Saturday, race Sunday | Confidence a rare commodity No one knows what will happen at Talladega. NASCAR’s most unpredictable track can be counted on to provide two things: a major crash that collects some of the best Cup drivers; and a winner....

No one was surprised that Matt Kenseth had a beef with Joey Logano. But the quote above, captured off Kenseth’s team radio feed, showed just how angry Kenseth was during the race at Talladega. MORE: Remembering Jeff Gordon’s victories | Expect the unexpected | Talladega images Outward calm was giving way for Kenseth a week after he and Logano tangled late in the Kansas race. Kenseth needed to win after crashing out at Charlotte....

Ryan has done his best throwing the ball to compensate for an awful defense, but by some mistakes of his own, he couldn’t prevent a 0-5 start that caused both coach Dan Quinn and general manager Thomas Dimitroff, the man who drafted him, to be fired. Just four years removed from his MVP season under Kyle Shahanan in which he led the team to Super Bowl 51, Ryan is at a career crossroads of sorts on a team in need of a roster overhaul to be competitive in the tough NFC South again....

Stafford’s 105.7 passer rating is 10 points higher than it has ever been through his first seven games. His 7.94 yards per pass attempt and 68.0 completion percentage also are personal highs through this point in the season. MORE: Lions win, shut up Skip Bayless The 28-year-old’s passer rating is five points better than any Lions QB through seven games since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, which along with his completion percentage would easily be franchise-bests over a full year....

Torrential rain swamped the property with water on Monday amid widespread flooding across the Hawaiian island of Maui. Mark Alexander, who lives in the home with wife Dixie Alexander and their family, had to leave the property for a community center after the water arrived and quickly got deeper. He told local news station KITV: “I didn’t even know what to do. Before I know it, the water is to my knees, to my waist....

The running back most notably played for the Jaguars where he spent eight seasons before he signed with the Raiders last season. Jones-Drew made his announcement on his Twitter page. MORE: Top 25 free agents | Andre Johnson wants out | 5 great Wilfork moments Jones-Drew entered the league as a second-round draft pick in 2006. As a member of the Jaguars he was named to the Pro Bowl three times (2009, 2010, 2011) and led the NFL in rushing yards in 2011....

That was May 26, 1993: the day the Rangers outfielder took a ball off the noggin and helped the Indians’ Carlos Martinez boost his home run total. MORE: SN’s latest MLB Power Rankings Here’s the video, which you’ve seen 1,000 times, because it never really gets old. The whole thing still doesn’t make much sense. How did Canseco muff this so badly? He tracked it the whole way, he reached up to catch it, then just had it bop right off the top of his head and over the fence....

Mazda says it the one-rotor engine displaces 830 cubic centimeters and makes 75 horsepower on its own. The electric motor is more powerful than the current one in the US MX-30, delivering 168 horsepower and 192 pound-feet of torque. That’s good for a sprint time to 60 miles per hour in 9.1 seconds. The BMW i3 featured the same setup, with an electric motor powering the wheels and a small range extender for going farther....

The 56-year-old has been out of work since leaving Watford at the end of last season, but is among a number of names - including Carlo Ancelotti and Antonio Conte - to have been mooted as a potential successor to Vincenzo Montella at Milan. ACM 10/1 to win Europa League Doubts about Montella’s future persist as the Rossoneri, having invested huge money in the transfer market this year, languish in seventh place in Serie A, nine points off the Champions League qualification places and 13 points off the top....

Despite the absence of Neymar and Angel Di Maria, the 22-year-old scored once in the first half and twice in the second half as the Ligue 1 giants ran riot at Camp Nou. Their effort was good enough that Mbappe, who has been constantly linked to La Liga and the Premier League, commented about how happy it made him to be part of Mauricio Pochettino’s squad. What did Mbappe say about the performance?...

The teenage forward spent just one season working with Glik at Monaco, but it proved to be a memorable campaign as the Ligue 1 title was wrestled away from Paris Saint-Germain. PSG 3/1 to net 22+ in CL group stage Mbappe contributed significantly to that success, plundering 15 goals in the French top-flight and 26 across all competitions. Those efforts helped to earn him a move to PSG which will eventually cost the capital giants €180 million, and Glik believes the 18-year-old will take his game to even greater heights in the years to come....

Man Utd ready to pay €70m for Marquinhos France international Mbappe has enjoyed a breakout season, scoring 22 goals - including five in four Champions League knockout games - and has reportedly attracted interest from a number of top sides. But Giuly, who had two spells at Monaco, reaching the final of Europe’s elite competition in 2004, has called for the hype around Mbappe to be calmed ahead of a second full senior campaign....