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It has been a slow start to 2019 for Marc Skinner’s Orlando, who have only collected one point from their opening six matches of the campaign. Despite boasting Marta — regarded as the greatest female soccer player of all time — Alex Morgan and star duo Alanna Kennedy and Emily van Egmond, Orlando is still searching for their first win of the season. But Marta, who is preparing to leave for the Women’s World Cup in France, is hopeful Orlando can salvage its season — the Pride are nine points adrift of the top four with 18 matches remaining....

In a wide-ranging feature story by ESPN The Magazine, Bennett describes his feelings about his old team and his former teammates. Included is a section in which the author does a speed-round question format with Martellus and his brother Michael, describing players in one sentence. Here’s what they said about Jay Cutler: MORE: NFL’s top 25 quarterbacks Later in the story, Martellus said, “I’ve been in the league for nine years now, and I’ve only been on two teams where the guys were a team: the New York Giants and now with the Patriots....

The Frenchman has found form at the right time for the Red Devils, with Jose Mourinho’s side in need of inspiration in the final third. Martial has stepped up by finding the target in a 2-0 victory over Everton, a 3-0 mauling of Stoke and now a 1-0 win over Burnley. His latest strike broke the deadlock in a tight encounter at Turf Moor, with the Clarets having held firm for 54 minutes....

Stewart lashed out at Truex for an on-track incident late in the race. MORE: Johnson not happy with latest penalty | Kurt Busch order upheld by judge | Power Rankings | Most disappointing “He thought I cut him off, so he ran into me,” Truex said. “And just kind of flipped out after the race and called me everything in the book, and I was like, all right, we’ll give you a few minutes to calm down....

Truex has led laps in 11 races this season, but has won only once. He’s been among the top contenders on virtually a weekly basis. It’s been a source of frustration for the driver. MORE: Rain at Pocono not a problem for Keelan Harvick | Childers out On Monday, he started from the pole and led until the pit stops during the competition caution on Lap 15. He led the race off pit road, but was third behind Greg Biffle and Brad Keselowski, who opted to remain on the track....

Truex led 30 laps early and was among race leaders when he had to make a pit stop for what turned out to be a flat tire. After the stop, he returned to the track in 22nd and was fighting fellow Chase driver Kevin Harvick — who lost a lap during a pit sequence in which he was on pit road when the caution came out and lost a lap — for the free-pass position should a caution come out....

Defending champions Germany meanwhile lost to Mexico in a game that exposed a lack of speed and gave El Tri all the encouragement they needed to raid on the break. France and Brazil have made heavy work of their opening games as well – needing magic, or good fortune or both in order to get themselves towards the summits of their respective groups. Spain were not wholly impressive in either of their games while Portugal have plenty of work to do to live up to their status of European champions even if Cristiano Ronaldo is doing all he can up front....

The Bayern Munich midfielde — who can also play in central defense — had been named in Julen Lopetegui’s squad for Spain’s trips to Italy and Albania this week. Martinez will be missing from the traveling party, though, after tests confirmed he will be spending some time on the sidelines, which will be a blow for Spain and potentially Bayern, with a timeline for his return not provided by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)....

It also raises another possibility — a midweek night race. MORE: Next stop, Kansas | Hard-luck Hamlin | Charlotte winners, losers The idea for a midweek race has been bantered about the past few years, and it’s something NASCAR needs to try. Martinsville could be the perfect place. With TV ratings down and its audience dwindling, a midweek night race could be a way to reenergize fans and produce excitement....

There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of different ways of looking at this, so here are a some ground rules we have in place when considering what to watch. We will only be including MCU properties released up to September 2021—when Shang-Chi came exclusively to movie theaters. Future films like The Eternals, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Spider-Man: No Way Home will have to slot in at a later date....

They called out other players across the nation, and soon enough there were videos from nearly every college. The dance then swept to the professional leagues and other people joined in as well. MORE: Watch Maryland do the Running Man Challenge | Way-too-early Top 25 While Nickens and Brantley helped take the video to an entirely different level, the dance was actually created by a couple of high school students....

Maryland coach Mike Locksley took a seat where South Carolina’s Shane Beamer did a year ago and found himself on the receiving end of a giant tub of mayo. Locksley was about as hesitant as you’d expect. He told a reporter before the mayo came down that he isn’t of a fan of the condiment but would do it for the win and for Duke’s commitment to donating $10,000 to a charity of his choice....

Following almost every major sporting accomplishment, whether it be the men's basketball National Championship victory in 2001, the women's basketball National Championship victory in 2006, or any big win over Duke, students in College Park find the nearest object and set it on fire. During finals week, students on campus adorn the famous bronze statue of the university's official mascot Testudo with numerous "offerings" (See: McDonald's wrappers, empty cases of beer, Solo cups, etc....

Residents in the Belovsky district reported the death of 145 bee colonies, with the value of the losses estimated to be around one million rubles (around $14,000,) according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Siberian region, which is also referred to as Kuzbass. Local authorities also received reports of similar mass bee deaths in the Guryevsky and Krapivinsky districts, although the number of lost colonies has yet to be disclosed, Russian news agency Interfax reported....

Massachusetts joins a growing number of states that have made emergency declarations, including Colorado, Rhode Island, New York and California. “Today, I’m declaring a state of emergency in Massachusetts,” Baker said in a Tuesday statement sent to Newsweek. “I urge employers and other large organizations to follow our example and limit or eliminate non-essential travel, limit or eliminate large events where possible, and explore telework where appropriate for your organization....

In a statement on Friday, hospital leaders with the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, which represents hospitals throughout the state, issued “their most urgent message to the public yet, as the stability of the system hangs in the balance.” “Every corner of our healthcare system is gasping for air. Every unit and hallway is full, procedures are being cancelled, and patients are waiting in ERs for hours on end for the care they need,” the association stated....

The ReMarkable Cleanouts store at Winsmith Mill Market in Norwood posted the video to Facebook and said: “Young man asked permission to play and I asked permission to post the video. It’s a great day here at the mill! Come on down!” The video was full of comments from people offering to chip in and buy the mystery man a piano if he didn’t already have one. The store owner responded to one of the comments and said: “I would love for this young man to come and play anytime and if he would like the piano I would love to donate it to him, only if he has room [where he lives]....

Rickie Fowler and Ian Poulter got off to scintilating starts on moving. Both players started the day 1-over-par, but quickly improved their positions. Fowler made the turn in three under, then birdied the difficult 10th and 11th holes. He ran into trouble making double bogey on 18 to finish 1 under, but showed that low scores are out there. MORE: Tiger’s hot Saturday start; Rory rising too | Live leaderboard | Images from third round...

An extraordinary final round, brought forward by the threat of inclement weather, ended with Woods topping the leaderboard by one shot at 13 under following a closing 70. Now a 15-time major champion, Woods was two behind Francesco Molinari at the start of the day, but he managed to overhaul the Italian, who dramatically found water at the 12th and 15th, and hold off a host of other contenders in a thrilling finale....

Finally. Tiger Woods gave us that Sunday by winning his fifth Masters tournament at Augusta National. Woods’ putt at No. 18 finished off a 2-under final round (and a 13-under tournament) in a legendary performance capped with that vintage fist pump. Woods threw his arms in the air in celebration, a moment that we had been waiting all day, all weekend, all decade for. MORE: Best moments from Tiger Woods’ Masters victory...