Harvick, who started on the pole for the Irwin Tools Night Race, wound up 11th after an eventful night where he led 75 laps. MORE: Hamlin lashes out at Harvick | Logano wins | Earnhardt collected in crash | Results The first eventful moment was his wreck on Lap 161 where he was battling Hamlin for the lead. He tried to duck underneath Hamlin and the right front of his car clipped Hamlin’s left rear, ending Hamlin’s night....
Harvick entered Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 with an impressive history at the track — and found himself repeating it. MORE: Check out photos from Atlanta | Jimmie Johnson ties Dale Earnhardt with win For the fourth time in five races at the track, Harvick led more than 100 laps. But once again, he failed to win at the track where he had his first and emotional Sprint Cup victory in 2001....
He injured the shoulder in the team’s preseason opener against the Lions, and the Jets first thought he would return in a matter of weeks. Instead, he was placed on injured reserve Tuesday and will undergo surgery soon to repair the tear. MORE: The Jets and a history of QB misery | Most indispensable players, non-QB division “He was bummed out about it,” coach Todd Bowles said. “But if you’re in pain and you’re not getting any better, you’ve got to fix it sooner than later....
British designer Stephen Webster (www.stephenwebster.com) uses the latest laser-cutting techniques to perfect his collection, including the Crystal Haze Classic white-gold bracelet with turquoise and diamonds ($17,000). Theo Fennell, the eccentric creator of silver Heinz ketchup and Smirnoff bottles (theofennell.com), shows he is about more than gimmickry with his delicate Cradle range of rings in 18-karat white gold. From the marquise aquamarine to the mint-green octagon tourmaline model (both from $12,000), his creations are redolent of summer....
Video of a teacher at Mountain Brook High School in Mountain Brook, Alabama, appearing to lead students in performing the gesture sparked outrage on social media this week. The lesson involved the teacher explaining to 11th grade history students that the “Bellamy salute” used to be performed when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, but was abandoned after a similar gesture was made infamous by the Nazis. The focus on the lesson had been “the meaning of symbols, how they change, and why the Bellamy Salute should never again be recognized due to its association with the actions of the Nazi Party,” Mountain Brook Schools said in a statement....
Breuer, who played the human-goat hybrid Goat Boy on SNL, used the-near death experience suffered by the NFL star to garner laughs on the ReAwaken America Tour, which has been described as an event for conservative Christians. There were plenty of laughs for Breuer as the audience lapped up his quips about flu vaccines before bringing the house down by mocking Hamlin. The jokes have been widely criticized on social media as many shared their surprise and disgust that the material was used and that people were laughing at it....
Carrey, who frequently posts his artwork online, accused McConnell of doing more damage to the U.S. than 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden while sharing a drawing of a hand dipping a $100 bill in a pool of blood. Carrey revealed his latest piece after figures from the Gun Violence Archive suggest that the number of firearm-related in the U.S. has reached more than 10,000 this year already. More than 2,700 people were killed in the New York terror attacks on September 11, 2001, after two hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers at the World Trade Center....
Two things to note here: 1. Jim Harbaugh is doing pushups with a walrus. 2. Jim Harbaugh is not in his signature khakis and mock turtle neck. An historic day all around. Found via NBCSN
And he made plenty more headlines after those camps. The Michigan coach is taking a little time away from football out of the country with his wife in France. This, too, is being well documented — by Harbaugh on Twitter. MORE: Ranking the Top 15 programs since 2000 | Big Ten non-con schedule rankings On Sunday, he posted some shots: Today, he apparently found a McDonald’s. And is he referencing Pulp Fiction?...
President Donald Trump has long claimed that the results of the 2020 presidential election were fraudulent and that Democrats perpetrated widespread voter fraud in order to place Biden in office. Jordan has supported Trump in his unsubstantiated allegations. On Monday, Trump awarded Jordan the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor. Many lawmakers have blamed Trump’s baseless claims for inspiring a riot at the U.S. Capitol in January during the Congressional certification of Biden’s win in the Electoral College....
The Hall of Fame quarterback waved a Bills flag over the tunnel and honored his former teammate Darryl Talley by wearing a No. 56 jersey. Talley, the Bills star linebacker from 1982 to 1994, recently revealed that he suffers from depression and suicidal thoughts. MORE: Week 13 must-see photos | Rams participate in “Hands up, don’t shoot” | ‘Beast Mode’ retiring? The Browns held a 3-0 lead over the Bills late in the second quarter....
He ended up crafting a love letter, as well. This was never his mission. Ross began working on “Slobberknocker” several years ago to chronicle his unlikely journey from self-described “chubby kid with a Southern accent” raised on an Oklahoma farm to pro wrestling’s most celebrated announcer. And then tragedy struck — twice. Scott Williams, the pro wrestling historian with whom Ross was collaborating, died of a heart attack in August 2016 at the age of 49....
Maguire, a redshirt junior from New Jersey, led the Seminoles to a 45-21 win over Syracuse, finishing the day 23 of 35 for 348 passing yards and three touchdowns. MORE: Navy QB Keenan Reynolds ties all-time rushing TD record | FSU QB Everett Golson out with lingering concussion problems “Hardest job in ball, man: backup quarterback,” Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher said after the game. “Because to play that position, the demands of it, not just physically but mentally, especially what we do, are ridiculous....
Restarting third with just 19 laps to go in the Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Speedway, the seven-time Cup champion was stuck on what had become a detrimental inside line, but shortly after setting the race’s fastest lap time, he knew he had a car worthy of beating Martin Truex Jr. and/or Ryan Blaney in front of him. Then Brad Keselowski got a big jump on the restart from fifth behind Johnson, ducking to the inside right after the start/finish line....
Biffle confronted Johnson after the race Sunday, grabbing him by the collar to let him know he was furious with Johnson for hitting him in the rear bumper and causing an already damaged bumper cover to nearly fly off his car. The two drivers haven’t talked since the incident, but Biffle has said he wanted to call to apologize to Johnson for the way he acted while still saying that Johnson was wrong to run into him....
There’s still more work to do. MORE: How Johnson won again | Khane turns bad day into good one | Harvick questions pit strategy Johnson has had incredible cars the last month. But he also has taken advantage of opportunities to win, with the exception of the race at Pocono Raceway, where he finished sixth. Knaus took the blame for that one, sending Johnson out of the pits when Marcos Ambrose was coming into his stall, resulting in body damage to Johnson’s car....
The Heat had already ruled out starting point guard Kyle Lowry with a hamstring injury, which was expected after the veteran guard left Game 4 early with an ailment. MORE: Kyle Lowry injury update: When will the veteran guard return? The surprise came from Tuesday’s injury report, which listed Jimmy Butler for the first time this series. What is Butler’s injury and how long will the All-Star forward be sidelined?...
The late-night host made his comments in his Thursday night monologue ahead of Pence receiving the vaccine Friday morning to huge media fanfare. “Speaking of cold, white stuff,” the host said, “Mike Pence is expected to get his first of two Pfizer shots tomorrow.” Kimmel suggested that Pence and his wife Karen were getting the jab on live television to “show that the vaccine is safe.” “I guess the thinking is, if it’s good enough for America’s First Karen, it should be good enough for the rest of them too,” he mocked....
In an interview, Biden said that he and other leading Democrats are “absolutely, thoroughly, totally” making a conscious effort to ensure that Obama doesn’t become the next Kerry. The failure of Kerry and the Dems of ‘04 to seize control of the national-security agenda and counterattack Bush was a mistake “that was emblazoned in my mind,” Biden says. Hence this week’s onslaught of Democratic ripostes to Bush’s seeming suggestion, in a speech to the Israeli Knesset, that Obama was guilty of “appeasement” for indicating he would negotiate with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other U....
Biden told World News Tonight’s David Muir that he wasn’t giving up on the $1.75 trillion infrastructure and social spending bill despite Manchin publicly declaring he’s a “no” on the legislation. Manchin is opposed to an expansion of the enhanced child tax credit that the White House sees as one of Biden’s major accomplishments. The child tax credit program will likely end in January if it is not extended....
