From the Flames: Our thoughts and prayers are with Katie and Matt at this difficult time. We appreciate that everyone has and will continue to respect their privacy during this period. A private memorial service will take place in the ensuing days. Stajan, 30, will be away from the Flames indefinitely.
The Houston native and mattress mogul netted a cool $75 million after betting on the Astros to win the 2022 World Series. He presumably picked up a slice of that pie on Thursday night. And he did so in style. In a video posted by BetMGM, McIngvale dumped stack after stack into a wheelbarrow before rolling it over to his private jet. MORE: How much money did Jim McIngvale win on the Astros?...
1975 fans are used to lead singer Matty Healy’s scares, often claiming the band’s end is near, or that another project will take over what they’ve already built. They’re just as used to Healy walking back these statements and releasing album after album, even with inherent anxiety that any expression could be the last. It’s not that Healy is trying to disrupt the fanbase. He just has a list of plans that demand his time....
The 10-foot tiger shark was reported in the waters facing the Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort on Wednesday morning by a stand-up paddle boarder, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) confirmed in a post to its official Facebook account. Ocean safety officers who surveyed the area reported “the possible sighting of three tiger sharks of at least ten feet in length” and “at least one shark had been aggressively following a group of stand-up paddle boarders who attempted to fend it off with their paddles,” the Hawaii DLNR confirmed....
The Mavericks are in the market for a new head coach, and while the options on the current hoops landscape aren’t entirely intriguing, ESPN’s Marc Stein reports that current Lakers assistant Jason Kidd is a “prime candidate” for the job. To make matters more interesting, speaking with ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, former-Mavs-now-Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle offered a public endorsement of Kidd for the head coaching job on Tuesday: Kidd had a few head-coaching stops in the league: He spent a single year in Brooklyn coaching the Nets, followed by 3 1/2 seasons in Milwaukee before being fired mid-season in 2018....
In addition, the moon at this time may also appear as a “blood moon” for some observers, because the Earth’s shadow will give it a reddish color. This is also known as a lunar eclipse; when the Earth comes directly between the sun and the moon, preventing the sun from illuminating the moon’s surface. According to The Old Farmer’s Almanac, this blood moon eclipse will only be visible to people in western North America, western South America, eastern Asia, and Oceania....
Premier League leaders City went behind to Nicolas Otamendi’s own goal on the stroke of half-time, only for Sergio Aguero to equalise from the spot early in the second period after Sterling went down under a challenge from Scott Malone. Man City -2 23/20 v Saints The England winger bundled home late on to wrap up the points - securing a record-breaking 11th successive away victory in the process....
For three decades, knowing the state of the economy was enough to know who would win. Yet here’s George W. Bush defying conventional wisdom. In most national polls he leads Al Gore, who–assuming the standard political advantages of a flourishing economy–ought to sweep to victory. By and large, Americans aren’t giving Gore much credit for the boom. A recent Washington Post/ABC poll asked which candidate people “trusted” more to handle the economy....
The fight, which is expected to be the richest in boxing history, has been touted ever since 2009 but has seemingly moved closer in recent weeks. MORE: What happened to Holyfield’s ear? He doesn’t even know | Pacquiao asks Miss Universe contestant odd question The pair talked and swapped numbers during a chance meeting at Tuesday’s Heat game with Pacquiao’s adviser, Michael Koncz, telling ESPN.com that a private discussion post-game to try and thrash out a deal was encouraging....
Ortiz beat Berto for the WBC Welterweight Championship by unanimous decision back in 2011. Ortiz would lose the title to Mayweather in his first championship defense five months later via a controversial knockout. MORE: Classic photos of Floyd Mayweather | Mayweather vs. Berto live blog | Odds, lines, picks Berto’s last loss came to Robert Guerrero in 2013, when the two competed for the vacant Interim WBC Welterweight Championship. Guerrero won the title, only to lose it to Mayweather in his next fight....
In the end, it’s “Money” that stands atop the boxing world, once again. LOOK: Must-see photos from Mayweather-McGregor fight It was unlike anything we’ve seen in the past, and it’s safe to say that it far exceeded the expectations of many fight fans across the world. For one night — at least, and probably only — Mayweather is the “savior” and hero of boxing. MORE: Who predicted the fight correctly, who got it wrong?...
But, while most leading promoters view their abilities to let an anticipated bout “marinate” as something akin to an art, frustration among fans generally sets in long before the fights they want to happen come to fruition. Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s unanimous points win over Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas five years ago today is a case in point. Talk of pound-for-pound king Mayweather taking on Pacquiao first emerged when the Filipino sensation jumped two weight classes to batter a shopworn Oscar De La Hoya in December 2008....
Other for the more social … It’s hard for an average fan to get perspective on the former — even when it’s color coded — but let’s put the latter in perspective: the 2.7 billion tweets during the seven-hour window (8 p.m.-3 a.m. ET) measured by Twitter equals almost 386 million tweets per hour. #MayPac = #tonoftweets MORE: Why boxing isn’t dead post May-Pac | Who Pacquiao should fight next
The two sides met in a heavyweight two-legged encounter in Europe’s elite club competition, but the French giants were blown away. Real won 5-2 on aggregate, with Neymar absent from the second leg due to injury. Mbappe was unable to get on the scoresheet in either game and the teenage wonderkid, who has netted 17 goals in all competitions this season, believes Real have a team of “champions”. “Mentally, we wanted to face the game against Madrid as best as possible,” he said, per Marca....
Champions League odds here The 18-year-old, who joined PSG from Monaco on an initial loan deal ahead of a €180 million permanent move next summer, is the first teenager to score for two different clubs in the Champions League. He scored his first goal in the competition for Monaco in February during his former club’s 5-3 away defeat by Manchester City in the first leg of their last-16 tie....
How big? Try five years at $85 million. The deal also includes a sixth year vesting option that could bring the contract to $100 million. The deal is pending a physical, according to the report. McCann was talking to the Texas Rangers as well, but Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News said talks had broken off. The Yankees are in crying need of an upgrade at catcher. After letting Russell Martin walk last winter they saw receivers average ....
McConnell defended his position, and the lower $600 stimulus checks, while speaking from the Senate floor on Wednesday, while Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) promised to block a vote on overriding President Donald Trump’s veto of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) until a standalone vote on the direct payments is held. Beshear, a Democrat, joined the movement to increase payments on Tuesday, saying that McConnell not allowing the measure to pass would deprive “our Kentucky families receiving an extra $5 billion....
While McConnell and Cruz’s ads have asked donors to give funds to help Republican Georgia Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Purdue, the fine print at the bottom of the linked donation pages shows that some of the funds go towards their own campaign committees as well, according to a recent report from The Daily Beast. A McConnell spokesperson told the publication that his Georgia ads have raised over $3.4 million for the Republican candidates in Georgia....
In an interview with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow Fridady, the congressman said that McConnell “bear[s] the responsibility for whatever dangerous acts this president commits,” if the senator stops or delays impeachment. Maddow asked the congressman about a memo reportedly being circulated in the Senate by McConnell, which says that the Senate wouldn’t begin a trial until after President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Schiff said that “if Mitch McConnell wants to move with expedition, he knows how to do it....
“We share your view that a national discussion on wage issues for working Americans is needed—but the Raise the Wage Act is the wrong bill at the wrong time for our nation’s restaurants,” the National Restaurant Association wrote in a letter to congressional leaders in February. “The restaurant industry and our workforce will suffer from a fast-tracked wage increase and elimination of the tip credit.” The following day, a top executive at Denny’s, one of the association’s members, told investors that gradual increases in the minimum wage haven’t been a problem for the company at all....
