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But nerves hit the NASCAR star much worse than they get him before any green flag drops. Harvick had no control of the outcome with his Kevin Harvick Inc. client Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone set to fight in the main event of Wednesday’s UFC card. “I’m way more nervous than I would be sitting in the seat of my car and driving myself,” he said. Harvick attended the Revel Casino Hotel card to watch Cerrone fight Jim Miller in a five-round lightweight bout....

But even the events Sunday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway were ones he couldn’t have predicted although the result was the same: Harvick had a dominant car but didn’t go to victory lane. MORE: Danica has career-best finish | Kahne wins | Stewart wrecks in return | Glad he’s back Harvick led 195 of 335 laps in the Oral-B 500 but finished 19th, the last driver on the lead lap, after a wreck on the first attempt at a green-white-checkered finish....

No surprise, really: Harvick lit into his pit crew during Sunday’s Darlington race, one which he could have won had mistakes not slowed his stops. MORE: 10 to watch at Richmond | Chase decisions to be made Two members of Danica Patrick’s crew — front tire changer Eric Maycroft and front tire carrier Matt Holzbaur — will work in Harvick’s pits at Richmond. Tim Sheets and Todd Drakulich will do work on Patrick’s car....

“Past comments from and endorsed by Marjorie Taylor Greene on school shootings, political violence, and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories do not represent the values or beliefs of the House Republican Conference. I condemn those comments unequivocally,” said McCarthy in a statement released Wednesday afternoon, as members of the House Committee on Rules met to discuss the upcoming floor vote, scheduled for Thursday. “I condemned them in the past. I continue to condemn them today....

As expected, former Red Sox ace Curt Schilling was hard on the eyes. MORE: Ugliest, strangest and most entertaining baseball fights since 1976 “Yeah, Schilling, it was not easy on the shower, that we have talked about many times. And Gabe Kapler, he was a very good body in the shower,” Millar said. “He is a wonderful man in the shower.” The conversation should have stopped there, but if you’ve watched Millar on MLB Network, you know it never does....

New York has a new-look team for 2019, and not just with the uniforms. Adam Gase takes over as head coach after three seasons with AFC East rival Miami. Le’Veon Bell signed with the Jets this offseason, and that should give second-year quarterback Sam Darnold even more confidence. The Jets at least have the surface value of a potential playoff sleeper, but they have work to do based on their 2019 schedule....

The receiver admitted to ESPN going on a “boisterous” halftime rant in the locker room, which not everyone enjoyed. He said he was targeting the offense, but because he was in the middle of everyone, the defense chimed in as well. This is what led to “a raucous locker room” and “might have raised tensions,” according unidentified sources cited by ESPN. WEEK 17 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread...

Spurred also in part by the film “Blood Diamond,” potential jewelry buyers are taking notice. Sales at ecofriendly Brilliantearth.com, which offers “clean” Canadian diamonds and recycled gold, have more than tripled in the past year. “We’re seeing people that like diamonds, and want to buy diamonds, and have recently learned about these issues,” CEO Beth Gerstein says. “It’s not just the vegan who does yoga every day.” GreenKarat.com, an online retailer that sells recycled gold and synthetic diamonds, is launching a program encouraging couples to turn in gold items donated by friends and family, which will be refined and recast into an engagement ring or wedding bands....

This was evidence of the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in 587/586 BC, which led directly to the destruction of the Temple of God, originally built by Solomon, and eventually also to the exile of all the city inhabitants to Babylon located more than 500 miles away (present-day Iraq). Every year religious Jews in Jerusalem and across the world gather together to pray, mourn and fast in remembrance of the destruction of the Jewish Temple to God....

Boeheim, coming off a 64-54 win over Clemson, was asked a harmless question by The Athletic’s Matthew Gutierrez about the defensive development of players Quincy Guerrier and Alan Griffin. Boeheim started with a typical response, and then delved into insults. MORE: March Madness predictions: SN’s latest Field of 68 Here is the exchange: Gutierrez: “Hey Jim, just wanted to ask you on Quincy and Alan, if you could expand a little bit on their defensive growth....

The Wolverines announced Monday the football team will travel to Rome in April for “a week of learning and spring practice.” MORE: Harbaugh will find a way around the ‘Michigan rule’ This trip does not violate the new rule, since the trip will be during the semester in April and the team will be using three of the 15 allotted spring practices while training at AS Roma’s facilities. “We were looking to provide our student-athletes with a great educational, cultural and international football experience,” said Jim Harbaugh in a release....

Jordan, a Republican who represents Ohio’s 4th congressional district, told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade that the committee had misled the American people over a truncated text message from Jordan to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, released on December 13. The House Select Committee wishes to speak to Jordan about his communications with Trump on January 6, noting in a letter from committee chair Representative Bennie Thompson that Jordan was in touch with Trump at least once that day....

In the ad, released on Thursday ahead of the Super Bowl this weekend, Lamon is dressed as a Western sheriff, facing down actors in cowboy costumes who are meant to be Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. “The good people of Arizona have had enough of you. It’s time for a showdown,” Lamon says in the ad. When the three Democratic “cowboys” approach a ranch with guns, Lamon shoots at them, knocking their weapons out of their hands and forcing them to run away....

From mid-February through May 7, Ric Flair and RIcky Steamboat battled over the NWA heavyweight title in what many wrestling pundits say are the three greatest trilogy matches in the history of the sport. At the Chi-Town Rumble in February of ‘89 in Chicago, Steamboat pinned Flair to capture his first ever NWA world title. They met again at Clash of the Champions VI on April 2, opposite of Wrestlemania V in a two-out-of-three-falls match where Steamboat won the 55-minute battle two-to-one....

Enter Jimmie Johnson. A long, dry season and an uncharacteristic number of fateful penalties were left behind as Johnson won the rain-delayed Bank of America 500. MORE: Dillon-Elliott crash | Harvick’s hard luck | Logano’s wall-bangers That puts Johnson in the third round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup, as he pursues his seventh title in NASCAR’s premier series. It’s Johnson’s eighth win at Charlotte. He took the lead on Lap 317 and ended Lap 334 under the checkered flag....

After a wild final 15 laps, Johnson pulled away from Kyle Larson in overtime to hoist the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship trophy for a record-tying seventh time, joining Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty. Johnson notched five consecutive titles from 2006 to 2010, and his most recent in 2013. MORE: NASCAR trophies that’ll blow your mind Johnson’s seventh championship comes 10 seasons after his first, much quicker than the other two....

First, Johnson got loose on the exit of Turn 4 on lap 90, but was able to slide right into pit road unscathed. He was penalized for speeding on pit road but was able to stay on the lead lap. MORE: Driver runs half marathon after Coke 600 | Indy driver wrecks in first lap He then was able to work his way back up to the top-five with 150 laps to go....

The original poster (OP), known as u/acfreeman94, posted about the incident in Reddit’s “Antiwork” forum, where it received more than 7,300 upvotes and 400 comments. The post can be found here. ‘Nobody Wants to Work’ According to a study conducted by Pew Research Center, over 60 percent of respondents said they quit their jobs in 2021 due to low pay. Another 63 percent said they left jobs because they didn’t feel there were opportunities for advancement and 57 percent felt disrespected at work....

According to new data released by the U.S. Department of Labor, as of July 2, initial unemployment filings reached 235,000. “The 4-week moving average was 232,500, an increase of 750 from the previous week’s unrevised average of 231,750,” the U.S. Labor Department said. According to Bloomberg, the number of jobless claims for the week ending on July 2 was the highest the U.S. has seen since January. The increase in the number of jobless claims comes as the U....

The 1994 comedy film, starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, has often been referenced in politics and attributed to elected leaders. The billboard is believed to be in Richland County in Wisconsin and has been met with a mixed response. The picture was shared on Twitter by JonCover2 to his over 6,000 followers and has since been liked 14,000 times and retweeted over 3,000 times. Newsweek has reached out to the original poster and Wisconsin officials for comment....