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The New York Yankees captain held a news conference Wednesday, a week after making an announcement many of his teammates said shocked and saddened them. On the day the team's position players reported for spring training, Jeter spoke in the pavilion behind the third-base stands, where closer Mariano Rivera said last March that 2013 would be his final season. Jeter, who turns 40 in June, was limited to 17 games last season, hitting 190 with one homer and seven RBIs after breaking an ankle in the 2012 AL championship series opener....

“Innocent blood was spilled. I’m not with that at all,” Richardson said to reporters in reference to the Saturday slaying of NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. “That’s not the message I’m trying to get across. It’s sad. It’s real sad that two officers lost their lives and can’t go home to their families. … I never wanted that to happen at all. No police officer deserves to die....

In fact, the Jets quarterback admits his beard game was pretty weak before he joined the Bills in 2009. MORE: Jets have history of QB misery | 2015 QB rankings | NFL doesn’t include Tom Brady in Super Bowl tweet “I had a hard time growing facial hair until I was about 24. It was just patchy and it would never come in,’’ Fitzpatrick said per Newsday.com. “And then, I don’t know, something happened in Buffalo....

If Marshall wants to wear it in New York, he’ll have to beat Hakim in a 40-yard dash. MORE: Revis is brilliant | Accept that Cutler is flawed Hakim challenged Marshall in a video he later deleted from his Instagram page Wednesday night. In the video, Hakim says Marshall can have the number if he beats him. But, if Hakim wins, ‘‘he can give me $25,000 and he can have the number....

“It turned out that the fragments were originally in a wooden box. This was in a pit that had been dug directly into the ground and laid out with stones. When examining the fragments, it quickly became clear that there were different printed products with Hebrew characters and Gothic script,” according to the Office for Land Monument Preservation in the Rhineland. “The experts called in from the LVR Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History were able to identify these as Jewish prayer books....

“.@VP Mike Pence’s recent piece in the @WSJ, ‘A Partisan Impeachment, a Profile in Courage,’ is a total perversion of JFK’s legacy and the meaning of courage,” Kennedy’s grandson Jack Schlossberg wrote in a Saturday Twitter thread. “As Kennedy’s grandson, and a member of the Profiles in Courage Award Committee, I took special interest.” In the article penned by Pence, which was published on Thursday by The Wall Street Journal, the vice president cited Kennedy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Profiles in Courage....

Lahiri’s characters form the sort of community—common background, ambitions and mores—that has been lampooned among other elite classes as a “people like us” similarity. Pulling this off for a population that even in a multicultural society is still particularly subject to exoticization, if not outright prejudice, is a tricky feat, but Lahiri owns up to her premise: these are no common masses. Her families of immigrant parents and American-born children, who grow up to intermarry with non-Indians and trade saris for dresses, don’t arrive as dishwashers or nannies, but as scientists, researchers, doctors, surgeons or, at the least, engineering students at MIT....

Richardson, 22, suffered a dislocated shoulder during Australia’s one-day international series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates in March. Australia have decided Jhye Richardson will not be ready for the tournament, which begins on May 30, and called up Kane Richardson as his replacement. “This is obviously very disappointing news for the team and for Jhye, who has been exceptional throughout his rehabilitation process,” Australia physiotherapist David Beakley said in a statement on Wednesday....

In a segment on Saturday, Acosta said Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert had “proudly displayed her ignorance and bigotry” with comments about Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat. In a video that circulated online, Boebert was seen referring to the Muslim congresswoman as part of “the Jihad Squad” and comparing her to a suicide bomber. After a fierce backlash, Boebert issued an apology to the Muslim community. Referencing Boebert’s history of “violent and incendiary” comments, Acosta said she “appears to believe that trolling, overt racism and the glorification of political violence all come with the job here in Washington… now where would she get that idea?...

“I feel like our execution has been improving,” Harbaugh said during the Big Ten teleconference on Tuesday. “I feel like our effort has been improving and the way we finish has also been improving.” Improving. No. 24 Michigan improved to 8-2 over the last three weeks while outscoring the trio of Rutgers, Minnesota and Maryland 103-34. That won’t get noticed. How the Wolverines respond Saturday at No. 5 Wisconsin and again on Nov....

His reason for visiting: to flip the nation’s top kicker prospect, Quinn Nordin, from Penn State to Michigan. MORE: Sprint to Signing Day begins as recruiting dead period ends One minute after the end of the recruiting “dead period” Thursday, Harbaugh was preparing for a sleepover (yes, a sleepover) at Nordin’s house. Concerned that Nordin might possibly miss class during the day, Harbaugh — khaki-clad as always — joined the senior at Rockford High School....

A few hours before the game, Irsay announced on his Twitter feed Luck would not play against the Bills and that Ryan was the reason. MORE: Jared Goff outplayed by another rookie QB in NFL debut That didn’t sit well with Ryan, who said after the game, “Take a look at the tapes, and see how many times we blitzed.” Actually, don’t bother. Ryan did the math himself. Per NewYorkUpstate....

“In Real America, you work hard, pay your bills, and provide for your family,” Jordan wrote in a tweet. “Isn’t that how it should be?” Shortly after Jordan’s tweet, a number of social media users responded, with many critical of his remark, prompting the phrase “Real America,” to trend on Twitter. Jordan’s tweet comes shortly after some Republican lawmakers criticized the White House for the student loan forgiveness plan....

On Wednesday’s show, Jimmy Fallon brought back his famous superlatives and put an NHL spin on them. As was the case with his NBA and NFL versions, no one was safe. MORE: Lightning take commanding lead | NBA All-Stars get revenge on Fallon | Fallon chugs beer at Yankees game From Alex Ovechkin being the most likely to be the first guy James Bond punches in a movie to Fallon spending four minutes talking about dogs, pet stairs and duvets in relation to Curtis Glencross, you’ll likely find yourself laughing out loud several times....

The 49ers ultimately could not offload their veteran quarterback via the trade bloc. Nor did they simply release him so he could come to terms with another team on his own (at the risk he would choose, say, division rival Seattle). And so, the team brought him back and renegotiated his contract to make him the highest-paid backup in the league behind Trey Lance. The saga’s ending came as a bit of a surprise to Garoppolo, who on Thursday admitted he thought would never return to San Francisco....

In the week leading up to Garoppolo’s reporting to San Francisco camp, we read about his date with an adult-film star, how he thought he was better than Tom Brady while in New England and how he still gets congratulatory texts from Patriots coach Bill Belichick. We didn’t need one tabloid item and two more in-depth features to know the expectations for Garoppolo, now the third highest paid player in the NFL....

According to a report from ESPN’s Adam Schefter, not even the shoulder sprain Garoppolo suffered in San Francisco’s 23-17 wild-card victory over the Cowboys — which will require surgery that will “happen shortly”— has deterred suitors. Schefter also reported Garoppolo will not need to undergo surgery on his thumb, which he injured in an unrelated incident. MORE: Garoppolo seemingly bids farewell to 49ers faithful Schefter later clarified that Garoppolo is expected to be able to throw before the July 4 holiday, which — in the case a trade is carried out — would allow him to begin working out with the new training and medical staff....

With superstars like Lionel Messi, LeBron James, Roger Federer and Lewis Hamilton unlikely to be plying their trades in 2030, the stage is set for new names to come to the fore. Omnisport’s team of writers have tipped 20 20-year-olds to do just that over the next 10 years. Men’s football: Joao Felix A €126m move from Benfica to Atletico Madrid made Joao Felix the second most expensive teenager in football history....

The Portuguese international, who joined the club from Benfica last year, has been a key presence for Diego Simeone’s side since his arrival, helping them on both domestic and European fronts. He was instrumental in his side’s defeat of Champions League holders Liverpool in March, helping Atletico seal a quarter-final berth in the continent’s premier competition. However he may now miss the season restart after picking up a low grade medial collateral ligament sprain in his left knee during training, as players step up their work ahead of the hoped-for completion of the current campaign....

The Indian national football team, which is training in Kochi for the February 6 FIFA international friendly match against Palestine to be played at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium, were forced to make two changes to their original 23-man squad. Dempo’s midfielder Anthony Pereira sustained an injury during the latest round of I-league matches and will give the match a miss. He will be replaced by fellow club mate and striker Joaquim Abranches, who earned a national call-up during the last international friendly against Singapore which India lost 0-2 last October....