“As my friend and mentor, Jon Krakauer, once said to me, ‘There are two great risks in life, risking too much, and risking too little.’ There is maybe a perception that climbing was what I always wanted to do and the decision was really clear for me. But it was followed by years of doubt.” Conquering that doubt, following his dream to Yosemite and living out of the back of his blue Subaru Loyale for six years surely paid off....
Why? Well, it’s complicated. NFL executives have told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler they believe San Francisco could be in a tight spot. Fowler reported Monday teams believe the 49ers are “a bit stuck” because Garoppolo needs to pass a physical following offseason shoulder surgery. Plus, the market of teams that would be interested in obtaining him “seems to be pretty small.” However, Fowler indicated Garoppolo remains on schedule with his recovery and should be throwing now or in the near future....
Mazars cut ties with Trump’s company last week, saying that financial statements they prepared for him from 2011 to 2020 should “no longer be relied upon.” “In other words, ‘We are not going to prison with you, Mr. Trump,’” Jimmy Kimmel joked in his Tuesday night monologue. The decade’s worth of statements have been withdrawn by Mazars as part of New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation into allegations Trump inflated the value of some New York properties to obtain better bank loans and other financial benefits....
Trump called Woods “a true legend” while presenting him with the Medal of Freedom. Despite vastly increasing the popularity of golf through his decade-plus of dominance in the sport, Woods won his first major in nearly 11 years in April by claiming the Masters. MORE: When is Tiger Woods’ next tournament on 2019 PGA Tour schedule? Kimmel, however, referred to Woods as the “Pride of Hooters” and compared getting the honor from Trump to “getting an Oscar from Jean-Claude Van Damme....
Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole was the first to report the news, which was later confirmed by the UFC. Per Tim Simpson, Prochazka’s manager, the champion injured his right shoulder while wrestling. It popped out and someone popped it back in. ESPN’s Brett Okamoto has revealed it to be a “serious orthopedic injury.” Prochazka will vacate the light heavyweight title and will be out for about a year. He vacated immediately out of respect for the division....
MORE: Matthew Stafford shows Aaron Rodgers how to properly chug a beer Ohai plays professional soccer for the Houston Dash of the National Women’s Soccer League. The couple have been dating for three years. A post shared by Kealia Ohai (@kealiamae) on May 5, 2019 at 1:11pm PDT They met through Watt’s former teammate Brian Cushing, who is married to Ohai’s older sister, Megan, according to People. A post shared by Kealia Ohai (@kealiamae) on Feb 3, 2019 at 5:08pm PST
Laurer, better known as Chyna, died Wednesday at age 45, according to her management team. Her body was found in her home in Los Angeles by her manager after what appeared to be a large intake of pills for sleeping problems, TMZ reported. MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2016 Laurer entered the business in 1997 as the bodyguard and real-life girlfriend of Paul “HHH” Levesque, but she quickly became a sensation during the famed “Attitude Era” of the WWF....
Researchers argued in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that the idea that the U.S. is meritocratic—encapsulated by the American Dream—adds to the “willful ignorance that Americans exhibit regarding the relative lack of actual economic mobility in society.” Social class, which the researchers defined as a person’s status in society reflected by their income, occupation and educational attainment, is in fact “remarkably stable” across generations, they said....
Pau Gasol added 20 points and 11 rebounds for the injury-ravaged Lakers, who had lost 29 of their previous 37 games. Meeks was 11 of 18 from the field and 14 for 14 at the line while becoming the third player to reach the 30-point mark this season for Los Angeles. Meeks is averaging 19.2 points in 11 games since returning from a sprained right ankle. Before the injury, he was averaging 14....
Two polls this month from Florida Atlantic University and Univision show Trump leading by two and three percent, respectively, in a hypothetical matchup if Biden becomes the Democratic nominee. But because the results are within the margins of error, the numbers suggest a statistical dead heat. Among Hispanic voters—a large and key demographic in Florida—a survey by Mason-Dixon Polling for Telemundo showed Biden boasting a 20-point lead: 58 percent compared to Trump’s 38 percent....
“The reason I wouldn’t is because it’s all designed to deal with Trump doing what he’s done his whole life: trying to take the focus off him,” Biden told the editorial board of The Des Moines Register on Friday. “The issue is not what I did.” His interview elicited swift backlash, especially in light of criticisms from his own party of the current president who has embraced maneuvers stymieing Congress’ oversight ability, including through the issuance of subpoenas....
In order to help control the spread of the virus, Biden said he will force all private businesses with 100 or more employees to require staff to have a COVID vaccine or to make sure they are tested at least once a week. Those who don’t comply could face fines of up to $14,000 for each violation. “This is not about freedom or personal choice. It’s about protecting yourself and those around you — the people you work with, the people you care about, the people you love,” Biden said....
The president made his first appearance on late night TV since coming to office in January with a virtual interview where he touched on a range of subjects, including inflation and his own approval rating. Fallon asked the president about his approval in recent polling. Biden’s approval has been underwater since August 30—the day before the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan—and stood at just 43 percent on December 10, according to analysis from poll tracker 538....
President Joe Boden was scheduled on Thursday to announce the U.S. would share the doses through the global COVAX alliance in a speech before the start of the Group of Seven (G7) summit. Enough doses to fully protect 100 million people, about 200 million, would be shared this year, and the balance would be donated in the first half of 2022, according to the AP’s source. Global public health groups planned to use the G7 meetings in Cornwall, England, to urge the world’s richest democracies to advance vaccine sharing with the world....
Speaking with the Los Angeles Times this past week, Sanders pushed back against the frequent claim he is “too far to the left” to defeat Trump should he win the Democratic Party’s nomination in July. Sanders said the “only way” Democrats can beat Trump is through “unprecedented turnout,” which his campaign will be able to accomplish by encouraging the vast majority of Americans who do not vote to show up on Election Day....
The president shared a photoshopped image of Biden on Twitter on Tuesday, with the former vice president in a retirement home and the phrase “Biden for Resident” underneath. Trump, 74, has long made such jibes about Biden—questioning his cognitive abilities and nicknaming him “Sleepy Joe.” His campaign has also used edited photos of Biden in Facebook advertisements in the past, with filters appearing to be used to make the Democrat look older....
The survey, conducted between March 6 and 8, found that 62 percent of Americans approve of how Biden is handling the pandemic. That’s 18 points higher than former President Donald Trump’s best rating in the poll, in which he earned 44 percent approval in March and April last year. By the time he left office in January, Trump’s approval rating on the coronavirus had dropped to 39 percent. Biden enjoyed the most support from Democrats, 91 percent of whom approved of his job dealing with the health crisis....
As of Wednesday morning, Biden’s tally of 77,271,279 votes has stretched his popular vote lead to 5,088,900 over Trump, who has so far recorded 72,182,379 votes, according to the Cook Political Report. With legal challenges underway the numbers could change, but so far Biden has netted 50.8 percent of the popular vote, which is 3.4 percentage points more than Trump’s 47.4 percent. The margin has surpassed the gap between former President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012, when Obama defeated the Republican candidate by 4,982,296 votes....
“I just need to make sure whomever I pick…that person is sympatico with where I want to take the nation in terms of domestic and foreign policy,” Biden said during the interview. “I think there are a number of women who are in that category. The lawyers are putting together what will be the nature of the vetting process. It’s got to be thorough, which it would be. We’re looking at when to start sooner than later....
The former Vice President was declared the winner in a tight race against President Donald Trump on Saturday morning after maintaining his lead in Pennsylvania. Following the announcement from major news networks, Biden tweeted that he was “honored” to become the 46th president of the United States. “America, I’m honored that you have chosen me to lead our great country. The work ahead of us will be hard, but I promise you this: I will be a President for all Americans — whether you voted for me or not....
