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The Kentucky coach once mistakenly tweeted “Happy Birthday” to his daughter on the wrong day, and even had an Andrew Harrison-Andrew Wiggins mix-up. Losing a person may top all of that. MORE: Calipari vs. Saban | Jahlil Okafor gets posterized Monday night Calipari tweeted “Trey,” who you would have to assume is freshman forward Trey Lyles, was missing from the plane. Kentucky is playing at LSU on Tuesday night so it’s kind crucial that all the players are present....

Daly joined the handful of athletes and sports executives endorsing Trump as he battles to win the Republican presidential nomination. Daly’s endorsement needs a spell-check, but other than that he’s probably just looking for free golf on one of Trump’s many courses. Speaking of which, the PGA is playing on Trump’s Blue Monster course at Doral this weekend for the WGC-Cadillac Championship. MORE: NASCAR’s risky Trump endorsement | Featured groups this week at Doral...

Although Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s current lieutenant governor, enjoyed a double-digit lead in some polls taken over the summer, Oz has rapidly retaken ground while many midterm elections across the country have swung toward Republicans. The candidates are vying for the seat of retiring Republican Senator Pat Toomey. The contest is one of the closest midterm elections in the country and could be critical in the battle to control a Senate that is currently split evenly between parties....

Earlier this month, the 40-year-old singer-songwriter dropped a rendition of “Baby It’s Cold Outside” with pop vocalist Kelly Clarkson, who is also one of Legend’s colleagues on NBC’s hit talent-scouting show, The Voice. In what appears to be a nod to the #MeToo era, the release—co-written with Insecure writer Natasha Rothwell—features revised lyrics to the 1950s song. As Vanity Fair initially reported, listeners can now hear Clarkson singing “What will my friends think?...

In Atlanta, where Lewis passed away from cancer on July 17, 2020, following decades of public service in Georgia, a U.S. Navy ship will be christened with his name and a cycling event will commemorate his legacy on Saturday, WSB reported. In Nashville, where Lewis conducted peaceful sit-ins to protest Jim Crow racism in the 1960s, a street was named in his honor, according to WSMV. Additionally, a number of promiment public figures have paid tribute to the late congressman via Twitter....

Following Queen Elizabeth II’s death in September and the crowning of King Charles III shortly after, Oliver asked the question, “What is the point of the monarchy?” on his show, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, and examined the tasks, responsibilities and expenses that the royal family is subject to before adding that they do a lot of mundane things, like send birthday cards to U.K. citizens who turn 100....

Communist Party mouthpiece Global Times dismissed the skit as amateurish, while mentions of the specific episode were almost non-existent on the country’s highly regulated social media services. Among American and Taiwanese viewers, meanwhile, the production has won praise for its research and accuracy. Oliver introduced the otherwise complex subject with a typical mixture of humor and seriousness. He touched briefly on the last 400 years of colonial history in Taiwan and concluded with a concise explanation of the uneasy status quo that has held for generations across the Taiwan Strait....

Colleague Hannah Storm announced the news on “SportsCenter” on Wednesday morning. The cause of his death was not immediately known. MORE: Notable sports deaths in 2016 A Toronto-area native, Saunders joined ESPN in 1986 and had filled a variety of roles, both as a host and a play-by-play man. He had hosted “The Sports Reporters,” a Sunday morning staple, since Dick Schaap’s death in 1991, as well as much of ABC’s college football coverage....

It got worse (and more confusing) after the Canucks fired general manager Mike Gillis. Vancouver's ownership group, led by Francisco Aquilini, threatened legal action against media outlets for reporting that they largely made the decision to hire Tortorella, rather than Gillis. All that happened while Tortorella was still technically the coach. He's not anymore, courtesy of new president Trevor Linden's first big move, but that doesn't mean the weirdness has abated....

Ignore the expert commentary you’ve heard so far and the prosecutors’ statements about how this is an open and shut case. Initial descriptions of a criminal case are always one-sided, because the prosecutors are the ones who get to hold a press conference under the American flag talking about how bad the bad guy is. Defense lawyers always look like they have an uphill fight at the beginning, and the smartest ones will wait and not say much publicly, while they figure out the details of the prosecution’s case....

Depp, 58, and Heard, 35, embarked on a romance after meeting on the set of their 2011 movie The Rum Diary, tying the knot in 2015. Heard filed for divorce the following year, with their union officially dissolved in January 2017. Amid their acrimonious split, Heard went public with domestic abuse allegations against the Pirates of the Caribbean star—with the actor losing a libel case against The Sun in late 2020, after the British newspaper labeled him a “wife beater....

Manziel’s latest problem involved alcohol and driving. And a dust-up with a girlfriend that was described as an argument that got out of hand. NFL WEEK 6 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread | What Vegas says | Fantasy advice We’re beyond teachable moments with Manziel, the man-child whose level of maturity and apparent lack of common sense appear to be roughly equivalent to his on-field production. In a word, spotty....

As you expect, things didn’t exactly go swimingly for the Browns. For the third week in a row, they had a special teams play blocked, and later in the first half, Manziel went to the sideline and did this after throwing an interception. MORE: 23 gifts for Manziel | Manziel to the Cowboys? | Manziel’s antics That’s a rookie mistake. Manziel should take advice from Aaron Rodgers. Throw the tablet, don’t slam it....

The pharmaceutical company announced on February 8 that the plant will temporarily cease operations on its COVID-19 vaccine in order to begin production on another vaccine for an unrelated virus. The announcement, reported by The New York Times, comes as global vaccine distribution has slowed down, worrying organizations like COVAX that the halt in production will make it worse. “We strive to improve human health and have worked tirelessly to forge partnerships and build a global manufacturing network across four continents to produce our COVID-19 vaccine,” wrote the company in a statement....

Viewers of TSN in Canada, however, did. According to video of the incident, which was replayed on several sports shows this week, things indeed got tense and heated between the two drivers after their late-race run-in on the track. Newman declined comment after the confrontation in the garage, but Johnson characterized it as “just normal Ryan Newman stuff." Athlonsports.com posted a partial transcript of the conversation Friday. At one point, Johnson told Newman, “You’re in the way (expletive) every single lap …”...

Three weeks ago, the former Cougars standout was supposedly pegged to be the “coach-in-waiting” under Bobby Cremins’ tenure, but he told the Post and Courier on Thursday that he “let down a lot of people” following a domestic dispute that occured between he and his wife, Crystal, in 2011. In June that year, Johnson pled no contest to a disorderly conduct charge that followed what he called a “heated argument” with Crystal, spending 19 days in jail....

It has become old for the crew to have problems, and after a couple mistakes, Harvick has brooded on the radio, letting his frustration be known. He was unhappy Friday night, too, with the JR Motorsports crew that pitted his car for the Nationwide race. They ended up rallying for the win. The scolding gets old after a while, just as the mistakes get old for those at Stewart-Haas Racing....

With £30,000 in prizes available this season, including a £5,000 sports package for the overall victor, there’s an extra incentive to get involved. As if that wasn’t enough, you can now see how your Fantasy Football skills stack up against some of the Goal Gaming team. All you have to do is enter the pin code 37353 and you’ll be added into the mini league. Our Fantasy Football expert, Kevin DeVries will have a team entered, as will Jim Knight....

Despite heavy pressure from the Bush administration, the central bank has been slow to bring interest rates down. Fed chairman Alan Greenspan has worried that inflation, which ran 6.1 percent last year, could get out of hand if the economy moves too fast. Investors have been nervous, too: although short-term interest rates have tumbled since December, rates on longterm bonds, which are the key to everything from mortgages to business investment, have barely budged....

The rock star and the governor are two of 116 other donors who have raised about $50,000 for the Democratic candidate’s White House bid. The list also includes Hoboken Mayor Ravinder Bhalla and Bob Menendez, Booker’s fellow Senate colleague from the Garden State. Bon Jovi and Murphy teamed up to host a massive fundraiser at a private residence in Red Bank, NJ, according to New Jersey radio station 101.5. The invitation listed three different levels of tickets, including $1,000 for the cocktail reception; $2,800 for the reception and a photo with Booker; and $28,000 for the reception, a photo and dinner....