It was much simpler: Lemke didn’t know whether he’d even play. Despite having played second base for the Braves for most of the stretch run of their worst-to-first season, he found himself out of the lineup in Game 1. It was a little odd, he thought, but no big deal — he’d be ready for Game 2. And, yes, he played in Game 2, but it was almost like he didn’t....
Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and senior military adviser to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, told the Associated Press and CNN on Sunday that he would drop his opposition to a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of the hands of commanders. “We’ve been at it for years, and we haven’t effectively moved the needle,” Milley said. “We have to. We must.” Late last month, a Pentagon review panel submitted recommendations to Austin, stating that commanders should be removed from deciding cases related to sexual assault, sexual harassment and, potentially, hate crimes....
Were it another era, the 2006 Detroit Tigers, which lost their last five games to blow the AL Central to the Minnesota Twins by a single game, might be recalled as one of baseball’s epic chokes rather than as the American League’s surprise representative in the World Series. And does anybody remember how the St. Louis Cardinals limped into the post-season with the worst record of any division champ in history?...
His death was announced by his son Will, who said he passed “peacefully, among family, of natural causes” just a week before his 72nd birthday. Following the actor’s death, his ex-partner, the actress Marlee Matlin, became a trending topic on Twitter as her accusations of physical and sexual abuse against Hurt resurfaced. Hurt and Matlin had a high-profile relationship in the 80s after starring in Children of a Lesser God together, but the CODA star alleged that she was brutally beaten and raped by him in one incident....
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The tweet gained plenty of attention (mostly praise), but on Monday, the Marlins apologized. “This was a regrettable exchange by our otherwise creative social media team. Unfortunately, in this medium, sometimes we swing and miss, and this was definitely a miss,” a spokesperson said in a statement. The spokesperson added: “The matter has been addressed internally.” MORE: MLB Power Rankings following post trade deadline shuffle The Marlins also followed the tweet up with a separate apology....
Marshall’s relationship with Hoover’s FBI came to light last week when 1,300 pages of the bureau’s files on the first black Supreme Court justice were released. They record a series of contacts between Marshall and high-ranking G-men, touching on everything from the danger of communists in the movement’s ranks to a renegade NAACP activist in North Carolina who advocated armed self-defense. The press played the story as if Marshall–the architect of the crucial legal challenges that led to the abolition of Jim Crow–was an FBI collaborator, snitching to the Feds....
Cato hit Ryan Yurachek for a 6-yard touchdown in the second quarterof Marshall’s 45-13 victory over Florida International on Saturday. Cato started the streak on Sept. 10, 2011, against Southern Mississippi. MORE: Upset Saturday, Part II? Top 25 updates | WVU gets in on act | So does K-State Cato added three more touchdown passes and finished with 214 passing yards in the Thundering Herd’s win. Wilson, now with the Seahawks, threw at least one TD in 38 consecutive games while at North Carolina State and Wisconsin from 2009 to 2011....
On Monday, Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll confirmed to ESPN that Lynch is flying to Seattle for a conversation with him and to undergo a physical. The move comes as the Seahawks are struggling at Lynch’s position of running back. The team has lost three players, C.J Prosise, Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny, to injuries so Lynch’s potential return could help the team as they make a run for the NFL playoffs....
Most of the time you’re not going to get anything, except maybe a one-liner. You know why he’s here. Rolling up on Beastmode all unannounced definitely isn’t the best move. An eager person with a camera learned the hard way Thursday when he queried the notoriously quiet running back, who’s said to be mulling retirement, about his future plans. Boy, did he get a response! MORE: HS yearbook photos of Super Bowl 50 players | The Dream Super Bowl NOTE: The following clip contains language not suitable for work or children....
Affectionately known as "Beast Quake," Lynch shrugged off eight tackles, stiff-armed Saints safety Tracy Porter and transformed the Seahawks into perennial playoff contenders. Fans responded so enthusiastically that a geologic sensor near the stadium registered vibrations in the earth usually indicative of an earthquake. The Seahawks currently own the best record in the NFL at 10-1 but the Saints, at 9-2, aren't far behind.
On Friday, which would have been her father’s 92nd birthday, Bernice King tweeted, “Dear politicians/political influencers: When you tweet about my father’s birthday, remember that he was resolute about eradicating racism, poverty & militarism. Encourage & enact policies that reflect your birthday sentiments.” Also included in the tweet was video from a 1967 interview that Martin Luther King Jr. did with NBC, in which he addressed specific and daunting challenges that Black Americans face that many white, European immigrants don’t have to overcome....
The Rangers rallied from a goal down twice before finally taking the lead on Stepan's goal with 2:46 left in the game. "This is how it is played in the playoffs," St. Louis said. "We want to play like it is the playoffs so we don't have to turn the switch on when it is the playoffs." MORE: Rangers were on rise before trade for St. Louis St. Louis, long a nemesis for the Hurricanes when he played for Tampa Bay, triggered Stepan's 5-on-3 goal with a stiff pass across the crease that Carolina could not defend....
They didn’t wreck their cars. MORE: Drivers most likely to throw a punch | Talladega picks | Earnhardt wedding | Harvick prank Marcos Ambrose, who blew a right front tire, had to go to a backup car but beyond that, the other 46 drivers escaped unscathed as teams practiced in the draft in preparation for qualifying Saturday and the race Sunday. Martin Truex Jr. posted the top speed of 200....
Tanaka is 12-4 with a 2.51 ERA and 135 strikeouts in 129.1 innings, with three complete games in his first season in the major leagues after starring in Japan. He has almost singlehandedly kept the Yankees in the American League East race in a season where New York has lost Ivan Nova (Tommy John surgery), Michael Pineda (shoulder), and CC Sabathia (visiting Dr. James Andrews next week) to the 60-day disabled list....
In a video posted to Twitter, Alinejad, an Iranian journalist who is currently living in the U.S., confirmed that she was the target of a recent assassination attempt that was allegedly planned by three Iranian-backed individuals. In the video, Alinejad called on the U.S. to take notable action against the Islamic Republic of Iran and said, “If we don’t take a strong action right now, we will face these terrorists on U....
No. 2 Auburn's potent 1-2 backfield punch came through in the clutch again Monday night in a 34-31 loss to No. 1 Florida State in the BCS championship game. This time it just wasn't enough. Mason's 37-yard touchdown run with 1:19 left gave the Tigers (12-2) a lead that Jameis Winston & Co. wiped out with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left. A defense that had mostly held firm in big moments couldn't stop the Heisman Trophy winner and his deadly offense....
“Over half of MA is now high risk for COVID-19. Resolve to not be a super spreader on New Year’s Eve. Don’t go out and party, stay home,” the alert says. The alerts were sent to an estimated 4.5 million people, according to MassLive. The state launched the alert system earlier this year to keep residents updated about the state’s response to the virus and has sent a handful of alerts in recent weeks to discourage holiday gatherings....
The Steamship Authority reported that a “team of IT professionals” has been working to assess the impact of the cyber attack. Updates were provided on The Steamship Authority’s official Twitter account. The first statement noted, “customers traveling with us today may experience delays.” A follow-up tweet said “[a]dditional information will be provided” after the IT team completes its assessment of the situation. The account then posted a new schedule indicating the delays caused by the hackers....
The video, taken from a moving car, seems to have been shot soon after a rainstorm. The sidewalks glisten with rain, a grouping of clouds looms overhead and many vultures stand on the housetops with their wings extended, a common vulture behavior known as a “horaltic pose.” While the pose can look majestic or even threatening, it’s actually something vultures do to dry their wings off and help their bodies warm up after it rains....
