Not only did “Coach Khaki Pants” tuck his Mark Fidrych jersey into his khaki pants, but he wore cleats and had his own glove. MORE: Celebrity first pitches | Harbaugh recruiting player he once babysat Heck, Harbaugh even used a rosin bag prior to his pitch, toed the mound and wound up prior to his pitch, which was well high. If you’re going to be that serious about a ceremonial pitch, you can’t sail it high....
For the second time in as many seasons, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh has led the Wolverines to new heights as a program. And for the second time in as many seasons, the Michigan man has been tied to an NFL coaching search that would take him out of Ann Arbor. According to a report from The Athletic, sources close to Harbaugh feel the eighth-year Michigan coach would leave his alma mater for a chance to return to the NFL....
McElwain said even his 94-year-old mother was displeased with his profanity-filled tirade aimed at running back Kelvin Taylor on Saturday. MORE: SN Power Rankings | Bowl projections “I’m not proud about it, and neither is my mother,” McElwain said at his weekly news conference. “I don’t feel good about it. As you know, this is a very public job. This is a public thing that we do. I understand that I have a long ways to go and I make mistakes....
That’s understandable. He won six Sprint Cup championships, including five in a row, under the old Chase systems. Johnson wanted to reserve judgment on the elimination-style format implemented last season. And even though he was eliminated in the second round, he says NASCAR has made him a believer in the new Chase. MORE: Speedweeks schedule | Complications in qualifying | More fights? Who should be involved? “I wanted the stats to tell me that it was better and the stats that NASCAR shared with the drivers a couple of weeks ago definitely showed things going in the right direction,” Johnson said....
Instead, Johnson showed the mettle of a six-time champion. His focus netted a fourth-place finish in Saturday night’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Duck Commander 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, despite contact with competitors on two separate occasions. MORE: Texas race photos | Earnhardt Jr. has fiery pit stop Johnson faced his first setback when he tagged Kyle Busch’s rear bumper on pit road on a stop during a Lap 25 caution....
After a bit of first-lap drama, Johnson settled into second place by Lap 75 at Phoenix International Raceway, while championship rival Matt Kenseth was struggling to crack the top 10. Johnson, who leads Kenseth by seven points with two races remaining, started on the pole at Phoenix but slipped to sixth after first-lap contact with Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano. Logano got into the side of Johnson, causing him to get loose and lose five positions....
Butler has battled ankle injuries all season. The Heat All-Star already sustained three separate ankle injuries this season prior to this one, causing him to miss seven games. Beyond the lingering ankle injuries, Butler has also missed time this season with tailbone and toe injuries. He’s missed 23 games in all after missing 20 last season. Since joining the Heat prior to the 2019-20 season, Butler has missed 58 total games....
Matt Schaub replaced Joe Flacco, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in November. Schaub missed most of practice this week with a chest injury. MORE WEEK 14: Fantasy QBs, ranked | Game-by-game predictions | Picks against spread Bryn Renner was promoted from the Ravens’ practice squad this week in case he’s needed as the backup to Clausen against the Seahawks.
On Thursday night’s show, Fallon was discussing how Senator Joe Manchin had finally agreed to support the Democrat’s major energy and health care bill following months of stalled negotiations. “This is a huge victory for Biden. In fact, right after the announcement, his approval rating skyrocketed to 11 percent,” Fallon said. “Switching gears. Apparently, this year, Hershey doesn’t think they’re going to be able to meet the demand for Halloween....
Samson hurt his left knee while attempting to field a ball near the boundary ropes during the first T20I at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday, January 3. An official statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) confirmed the development. The cricket board’s release stated: Samson was dismissed for five in the opening T20I of the series against Sri Lanka, following a failed attempt to take on Dhananjaya de Silva....
Sadly, however, Mr. Rickman died in 2016 to pancreatic cancer – the same year that Harry Potter and the Cursed Child made its debut. The two events happened only a few months apart from each other. RELATED: Here’s Why Ron Weasley is Trending on Twitter As such, when JK Rowling attended a dress rehearsal for the play, she was ambushed with a deep sense of sadness the moment Snape took his place on stage....
A Telegram post from Nicholas Veniamin, a U.K.-based supporter of former President Donald Trump who creates video content rallying against the so-called “Deep-State,” made the outlandish claim last week. His Telegram channel has more than 100,000 subscribers and his Biden clone post is now beginning to spread on Facebook. There was a corresponding spike in Google searches for “Biden clone.” Veniamin has a group pumping out conspiracies on Facebook and well-followed accounts on Twitter and YouTube, maintaining a presence on these social media platforms despite Big Tech’s crackdown on misinformation....
Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and author Chris Whipple spoke to Newsweek about his forthcoming book The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House, which offers unique insights into the administration. Whipple said that while his book was “unsparing” about mistakes Biden has made, he also lauded the president’s ability, highlighting his stance on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the ongoing war in Ukraine. Biden enters the third year of his presidency “with the wind at his back” but “now comes the hard part....
At least no one was dunked on this time.
Advocates of Depp share the belief that appropriate justice for the veteran actor would not only be winning the libel case, but also getting back the roles that he may have lost due to Heard’s allegations against him. Among those roles is a stint in Disney’s next Pirates of the Caribbean film, which he had been removed from during the height of the former couple’s legal drama. RELATED: Amber Heard’s Aquaman Co-Star Jason Momoa Appears To Support Johnny Depp...
A photo showing Jones present during a protest against segregation when he was 14 years old was brought back under the spotlight on Wednesday by James, who asked reporters why they were asking him questions about Kyrie Irving rather than Jones. MORE: LeBron James calls out media coverage of Jerry Jones 1957 photo controversy compared to Kyrie Irving backlash On Friday, Jones addressed the comments but refused to say anything negative about the Lakers star....
The Washington Post published a story on Nov. 23 featuring Jones in a fairly compromising position; The feature of the story was a 1957 photograph outside of Little Rock High School in Arkansas, in which Jones is seemingly part of a group of students preventing the desegregation of the school. Soon after the photo was released, Jones explained his standing during the event, offering a small defense of himself in the process....
Ryder and Bracewell were involved in a physical altercation before the start of the first Test match at Auckland which New Zealand ended up winning by 40 runs. The duo have confessed to being present at the scene of the incident. “We’ll be naming our second Test side tomorrow or maybe later on today and neither Jesse Ryder nor Doug Bracewell will be available for selection,” New Zealand coach Mike Hesson said....
According to well-placed sources, the 27 year-old is unsettled after his parent club turned down a bid in excess of Sh16 million from a top Tunisian club, believed to be either Esperance Sportiff or Etoile du Sahel. This deal would also have the Kenya international pocket a Sh8 million signing bonus, alongside an estimated Sh1 million as monthly salary and bonuses, figures that have turned the head of the Nairobi born player....
Speaking on Showtime’s “Inside the NFL” on Tuesday, the Jets wide receiver touched on several hot-button topics. Chief among them was Deflategate, which reached its long-awaited conclusion last week when a federal judge threw out the NFL’s four-game suspension of Brady, who appealed the initial punishment. MORE: Deflategate punishment a ‘makeup call’ for Spygate debacle, report says | Brady, Patriots atop Week 1 NFL Power Rankings Marshall, who appears regularly on the weekly show, said the Patriots quarterback got off easy in part because of one factor:...
