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Nicolo Zaniolo stylishly scored the only goal in the 32nd minute at Tirana’s National Arena. Roma’s first European title was the 16th different trophy of Mourinho’s decorated career as he made it five wins out of five in continental finals. Feyenoord pushed their Serie A opponents hard after halftime, but this is how Mourinho’s men refused to be denied. Mourinho tactics give Roma the first-half edge Once upon a time, Mourinho was the coach in his early forties taking a young team swaggering into European finals....

The loss means Roma is winless in its last three, with just two victories in league play since the start of December. That leaves Roma just seventh in the Serie A table on 32 points, only able to maintain its position thanks to Lazio’s 2-1 loss to Inter that left them in eighth. After another frustrating result, Mourinho said he believes Roma have psychological problems that they will need to work through....

Buffalo coach Sean McDermott provided a brief update Wednesday after a big helmet-to-helmet hit in Sunday’s game against the Patriots put Allen in the concussion protocol. McDermott said Allen will be in meetings with the team Wednesday, and he plans to get both Allen and backup Matt Barkley ready for Week 5 against the Titans. “We’ll get them both ready, but with Josh being in the protocol, he’ll do some individual drill work out there, but other than that he’s in the protocol," McDermott said (via the team’s official website)....

Hawley was among the GOP lawmakers who rejected the Electoral College results that delivered the White House to President Joe Biden. Supporters of Donald Trump spurred by these false claims of election fraud stormed the Capitol on January 6, leading to five deaths. After donors and local figures distanced themselves from the senator, Hawley gave a bullish response when asked by KTVO whether he had helped incite the mob and was putting his political career ahead of his constituents....

You’ve turned your success as a social media influencer into an impressive investment portfolio. Was that entrepreneurial spirit always in mind for you? A hundred percent. I’ve been someone that’s been business savvy since I was a little kid. When I was 12, 13 years old, I was starting a hockey T-shirt company. I was always doing things that were on the entrepreneurial side. So when I was able to grow such a large following, it just made sense....

All the talking has been done and there’s only one thing left to do: make predictions. Sporting News talked to people in boxing to get their picks with most of them picking Joshua walking out the unified heavyweight champion. MORE: Sporting News boxing experts make their pro picks heading into Saturday’s fight Joshua vs. Parker expert predictions Showtime Boxing analyst Paulie Malignaggi: I think Joshua wins by late-round knockout. I think Parker shows that he’s no pushover and he belongs in there....

But reporters and editors and even opinion columnists are expected, according to the mostly unwritten rules, to be on the outside looking in, to reflect events without becoming part of them. This is a cornerstone of the profession, embodied by the venerable Walter Lippmann decades ago in a single word: objectivity. A lofty goal, a great notion. Yet at some level the notion is nonsense, and it has helped to poison the compact between the people and the press in present-day news reporting....

Altidore, who has 34 international goals at age 26, sat out the Copa America Centenario tournament in June, as well as the three prep matches in advance. But since rejoining Toronto FC in mid-July he has scored five goals in eight matches. MORE: Hope Solo should be finished, but not like this With No. 2 career scorer Clint Dempsey absent while the cause of his irregular heartbeat is examined, and winger Gyasi Zardes unavailable because of an injury to a chest muscle, the U....

With that in mind, the goal for this column was to identify 11 rising MLB stars who deserve their first trip to the All-Star Game. That first trip is special, any player will tell you. There’s just something about being honored, about standing out there on the field with the supertstars of baseball. FOSTER: Bellinger and Judge won’t hit 50 homers, so let’s relax Turns out, that’s not such an easy task this year....

The investigation was started “in response to multiple reports appearing in the media recently,” according to a statement released by the Commission on Judicial Conduct. Sinnott came under fire for his refusal to slow prosecution of protesters charged with misdemeanors during the August 31 Straight Pride Parade in the city. Over 30 people were detained during clashes between paradegoers, the Boston Police Department—who accused protesters of hurling “bottles filled with urine” and other objects at them—and anti-parade protesters....

The star expressed her displeasure with the series, which chronicles the life and reign of the queen and her family members, in an open letter to the editor of The Times of London newspaper, which was published on Thursday. In it she expresses the belief that “while many will recognise The Crown for the brilliant but fictionalised account of events that it is, I fear that a significant number of viewers, particularly overseas, may take its version of history as being wholly true....

Abortion: Predicting the demise of Floe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion on demand, is the easy part–but it is by no means clear what doctrine or concept will replace it. The trimester system that underlies Roe, which allows abortion during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, is an attempt to balance a woman’s right to choose with the state’s overriding interest in protecting unborn life. In essence, the new court must decide if it wants to maintain that balance in some form, outlaw abortion more or less completely or somehow dodge the issue....

title: “Jumping Ship” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-20” author: “Dan Carswell”

The Impact of Ads on Kids Ads for junk food can increase the amount of unhealthy food choices kids make within as little as 30 minutes after exposure to the advertisements, says research published in the July 2016 issue of the journal Obesity Reviews. Researchers at McMaster University, in Canada, assessed 17 studies that examined the effects of unhealthy food and drinks marketing and found that the ads increased the amount of calories kids ate and their preference for unhealthy food shortly after they viewed the commercials....

Five years later, those promises remain largely unfulfilled. His U.S. sides often played ugly, and his attempts to change the system may take years to deliver any fruit — if they do at all. But failure in the goals Klinsmann set is different from failure as U.S. coach. Despite celebrations that would indicate Klinsmann’s failure was a catastrophe to the level of the 1998 World Cup, the reality was the German coach achieved plenty of heights as U....

Jurgen Klinsmann is technical director of the United States men’s national team program. His performance in this job is more difficult to evaluate, but based on results of some youth national teams and at least one prominent soccer figure’s concerns about the development of younger national team prospects — just wait till you see who that is — he doesn’t seem to be doing this job well. MORE: Klinsmann’s worst moments as USMNT coach...

The Washtenaw County Circuit Court jury reached the not guilty verdict in the trial of Ed Thomas, 21, one of two men charged in the slaying of the 20-year-old wide receiver from Chicago. The other man charged, Kristopher Pratt, 20, accepted a deal and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, testifying that he shot Reed and Thomas participated in the Oct. 18 robbery. The jury acquitted Thomas on open murder, armed robber and conspiracy charges....

Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, had filed a defamation suit against Gawker for leaking a sex tape involving him and Heather Cole, the wife of Hogan’s best friend, DJ Bubba “the Love Sponge” Clem. MORE: Sex, sports and scandal Hogan’s attorney, Kenneth Turkel, argued that Gawker should have had the “common decency” to inform the 62-year-old Hogan that it was going to post the video. Turkel also accused Gawker of “playing God” with Hogan’s privacy....

The trial questions whether Smollett lied to Chicago police on January 29, 2019, about being victimized in a racist and homophobic attack. Prosecutors allege that Smollett paid $3,500 to two brothers, Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo, to stage the attack against him. Smollett has denied the charges. Under cross-examination, Walker asked Olabinjo Osundairo about his past use of homophobic slurs on social media. In past tweets, Olabinjo Osundairo referred to gay singer Frank Ocean as “that [n-word] gay....